Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-14
DEFEAT PLAN TO
RAILROAD GRANT
FORCHART'ER men
Supervisors Finally Decide to
Abide BY Legal Advice, and
Make No Appropriation

Make NO ApproprIation
This office desires to reiterate"-
Deputy Clerk Bnffandeau paused last
light for the slightest fraction of a
! second as he came to the closing para
graph of a letter which City and
County Attorney A. NJ. Brown mad
sent as a second warning to the
board of Supervisors, concerning the
| appropriation of funds from the city
Golfers to pay the expenses of the
charter convention progressing in the
city.
= The supervisors leaned forward
ears pricked up. and look as though
they contemplated distances in theiI
eyeA The deputy clerk continued:
This Office desires to reiterate that
the Board Of Supervisors ID without
authority to appropriate the funds oil
the city and county to defray any exD
penses Of the Charter Convention, ex.
cept only election expenses. ,,:.
A slight debate followed the read.
ing, and Supervisors Larsen and Id.
gan scratched bHsily over a sheet OF
yellow municipal paper. When the
scratching had been finished, Super.
visor Larsen arose withfa resolution
which provided that the city supervis.
AIRS, appropfiatet the money. His thee.
y seemed not so much to get the bin
passed as to get II unpassed. He was
Tying to get some definite action. on
The subject. sEs Il, s.,G-.e 80
When Clerk Buffandeau had finished
reading the yellow manuscript Super.
Sisor Arnold got to his feet. His sun,
burnt face glowed yisibly. Already he
bad gone through the meeting as Q
champion OF parliamentary rules, now
advising the mayor on points at issue,
now rising to q point Of order, now
laughing In scorn at some break in
procedures made by his less .ettered
brothers. J g.. g.. ..,....zs.
Mr.. Arnold was plainly peeved al
the resolution. yMr. Mayor he said,
Il fail 70 see what this board has to
.dllly daily around for. In regard to
this appropriation. We should stand
on our own feet, as should also the
convention
The convention" continued Mr.
Arnold, lis creature of the legisla.
ture, and even Mr. Logan says that
the law allows the convention to &c
ahead making expenses, and to call
upon the territory to pay them through
Its auditor. / say for us to pass the
buck on TO, the mayor" a, Us 81 80 !. =.
Mr.. larsen differed with Mr.. Arm.
old. The mayor cannot appropriate7
money" he said, 'the mayor can
recommend. but. It. takes rs to appro-3
pirate. The board can put itself on
record now as taking the advice Oh
Its attorney %;
Mr.. Logan rose then to explain the
purpose of the resolution. my idea"
he said softly, els to have the board
pass the resolution and then have the
auditor refuse to pay the money. In
this way the whole case can be taken
At once to the supreme court and de,
cided. IS i 49,. 4
Il think," he went on, beaming at
MT. Arnold, who sat at his side, sthat
Mr.. Arnold might withdraw this sobiec-
ton which he has made through ETH
quette to- the attorneys department.
e viii do no harm To pass the bill,
and the charter convention does not
want to quit like q baby Il
s Mr.. Hollinger rose In the nick of
lime. Let us stand by our attorney |
ne said with Patrick Henry accent,
Mr.. Arnold nodded soberly, as he |
remarked that a.. long as the board |
had q legal department it must adhere |
70 It's advice II we do not, /. he said. |
we put a cloud of doubt upon the del
partment. Z rs i. 49,. &
81 will admit" continued MT. Arm
,ldl THAT four Of Us were YESTERDAY
willing to ask for an appropriation of |
he money here. But this second let.
er of the attorney has Changed me
N the subject i propose now q sub.
resolution to. adhere to the advice of
he attorney and send his letters to
he convention chairman" - /
There was no second to, the sub
resolution, and Mr.. Larsen, finding
'uch opposition to his measure, asked
hat it be withdrawn. with the
unanimous consent of the board. !"
Ironed the mayor, the resolution is
For Mr.. Arnold's sake, though"
aid Mr.. Larsen, I'D like, to say that
Ie would never have passed the reso-
ution yesterday, today or tomorrow.
know four of the, supervisors who
would have voted against it." .., |
For Mr.. Larsen's sake" snapped
Ar. Arnold, Il would have. Logan
arried around in his pocket Yesterday
our votes tied up in an envelope In
avor of such a resolution" Mr.. Arm.
Id named over the four supervisors
rho had favored the action.
Where, may l ask" questioned Mr..
Arneld in closing, did you get your
nformation that the resolution would
ave failed, Mr.. Larsen?"
AHA himself told me he would
ever go against the opinion of the
ttorney," said Larsen.
And Ahia's name was tied up in the
nVelope with the rest Of u.s." said
.rnold.