The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-15
MINORITY DROPS
RESEARCH DRAFT
FOR ACH| CHARTER
Study Of Plan Reveals Commits
sion, Not City Manager
Form, Is Favored
CONVENTION WILL HEAR
CIVIC BODIES PROTEST
Tilt Between Andrews, and Chill
IingWorth When Commit
tees Report


Careful perusal Of the draft ten
dered to the charter convention Ia. t
night by the minority committee re-
veals the fact that despite the mi
nor1ty's statement that it presented
composite Of the Research Cub and
Achi charters, in reality the minority
draft Is the Achi proposal, very nearly
IN its entirety.
The minority appears virtually 10
have discarded the Research Club S
charter and fallen back on the COM
mission form Of government as sug-
gested by w. O. Achi. It does not
call the supervisors commissioners, but
gives them substantially the same
powers, and does not include a propose.
for city manager.
In substance, the minority draft
would create Eve supervisors. placing
each in control of certain depart
ment Of municipal affairs.
The statement was heard among GER
tain members Of the convention after
| last nights session that the draft as
presented by the minority was virtually
a betrayal Of the Research Club, and
that In consequence all who have been
favortng the clubs draft will align
themselves against the minority report
Reports on and drafts of the tenta,
tive charter proposed by each were re,
ceived from the majority and minority
factions of the committee of fifteen by
the charter convention last night.
After much parliamentary discussion
the convention filed the communications
from the chamber of commerce and tn.
Civic Federation, ordering the clerl
to notify both organizations that they
will be heard and will be informed
later when the convention will listen
to their arguments. Both of these OF
ganizations are opposed to the charte
of the majority committee.
LOrrin Andrews, chairman of the
committee Of fifteen, and one of the
majority members, made a propose
which enlivened last evenings session
He suggested that in response to tn,
requests for a public hearing the con
vention call a mass meeting at Aali
Park, at which all citizens could bC
heard. This resulted in more than a.
hours argument before action wa
taken as told above.
ohilltngworth Makes Protest
The situation was further cOmpli
Gated by Senator ChillingwOrth : in
sistence that the report of neither com
mittee was formally before the con
vcntion, because they are not ye
printed in Hawaiian, and that there
fore no action could be taken on the
requests for public hearings.
Andrews Makes Majority Report
The majority repo t and IrAit were
brought forward by LOrrm A"dr"Ws
who read the preliminary report, Civ
iLg the reasons for the draft, the sal
lent parts of which were published il
! The Advertiser Sunday.
Andrews said the ma jOrity h"hrvr'
!, the best charter to he had ut this tim
- one giving the administrative Off
GERS of the city absolute control o. "
their departments, limiting the su'"r
visors to Legislation solely, and plu"
ing in the hands of the voters rOnJru
over the men they have elected ny !iN
ing them the right to recall
He stated for the majority of tn
committee that they believed the weak
: ness of the present city IOv"rrm"n
o Is in the divided responsibility b,
u tween the supervisors and other cl''
l tive officials, preventing the adm'fi>
Q tr6tive officers from fixing "la"o fn
any failure of any part Of the govern
l n,ent.
. Two Charters Rejected
\ The majority committee rrlcrt"G tn
Custro and Achi charters because notI
Il was declared, propose more Contra
lied government and that wUuld h
laying groundwork for the cOnstrn'
,, tion later Of powerful personal m.
chimes, worse for the city than tn
. present political system,
awe have no reason to believe,
J SAYS the majority committee repor
"that the voters of this city a.c VI
u able to select their own officials, ne
!, have we heard any good reason VIII
= they should delegate to four Or fv
e men the appointment Of all These OF
u cials.''
Moreover, it declares, the alopti,
Of either the Castro or Achi charter
II would throw the government i%tU sue
| 'OnlNblO us W dHOuul d'UuOt' W ~
10 omtion in every department Of Il
C present government.
New Public Works Department
q The new department, that Of supe
70 intendent of city works. would HAY
ir control and be responsible for Il
% handling of all road, electric ligh
in wate- and sewer work and have char
5. of all city rolling stock. This won
include automobiles, over which niue
10 dispute arises from time TO time undo
ID the present system. The superinte
4. dent would be subject to recall' t
re could be removed without disruptir
m the entire machinery of the COVER
70 ment. ". -. D. T..
AL appointment OF district magistrat,
4 would be placed 10 the hands Of q
mayor. If the latter 3 appointnen
u ldid rot AMT the N0fers They rollld r