Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-27
All Efforts to Cut Down Number
of Supervisors, and Short
Ballot, are Blocked

With the defeat last night in the
charter convention of William G.
Achis proposal to amend section Of
the majority report so that four super
visors at large and a mayor would
constitute the city governing body,
was sounded what may be the knell
Of the minority's hopes. 1t Is admitted
now that the forces which stand for
distribution Of office for political ends
and for q long ballot have three to
two majority, and last nights proceed
ings showed that they would stand
almost solidly for the majority report
and refuse to compromise on minor
points. The vote TO table Acni,s am
|-endment, (which 10 said to Indicate
fairly well the position of the dele
gates, was:
Keiki, Liftee, Logan, Fern,
Kalauokalani, Kiakaii, andrews, Pet
ers, Uluihi, Crabbe, Fogarty, Jarrett,
Bright, Kaleo, Keao. Akawa, Lua, Ku-
pau, Arnold, Mossman, Ahuna, Kala-
ma, Kupihea, Gay, Paehec0, McCand-
less, Speckman, Correa, Kali, Luning,
Punohu Total 81
Noes-Wise, Green, johnson, Tarle.
ton, Bush, Castro, Chillingworth, Judd,
Owen, Lake, Cohen. Lane, Douglas,
Achi, Hokii, Smith, Buckle, Keliinoi,
Eames, Atkinson, Henry.
Worked IN Circle.
More than two hours was occupied
by the convention In discussion, vot-
ing and arguing parliamentary law,
although q fiye-minute rule was made
to keep speakers from wasting too
much time. At the end of the two
hours the convention adjourned after
working around in q circle, with ex-
actly the same business before it for
tonight that II started with last night
the consideration Of section 8 of the
majority report
On the 42d day of the convention
the members have worked through the
majority report as far as section s.
There are still 237 sections to be TAX
en- up, considered and voted on.
A. L. G. Atkinson was the first
speaker las night, and the only speak
er for the progressiyes with the excep-
ton of Achi, who spoke a few minutes
ip support of his amendment. Atkin-
son said he spoke without hope of in
fluencing the conventions decision,
but he did hope to maze palmer the
views of those who favored the short
ballot.
Number Not Important.
The number of supervisors, over
which we are engaged in hot discus.
sion, is not important" Mr.. Atkinson
said. The important point is that We
should elect our supervisors and give
them the appointive power, SO that
city officials would not be chosen by
the people without any view to fitness.
Each supervisor should pc elected by
the voters for specific position, as
supervisor of health and schools, SUI
pervisor of law and order, and so on,
each having department directly un-
der him and bearing the responsible.
ity for that department.
Under the present system the SUI
pervisors, after election, put who they
want in charge of what work they
want Once the people elected Jim
Quinn because he was a practical
road man, but the supervisors would
not let him take that department aft
er he got in. They do not consider
the fitness of man for place as
much as they do politics. They are
trafficking in public oTfices. But If
the people should be given a chance
they would elect supervisor for
each department fitch for the work.
They would probably choose lawyer
FOR law and order, for instance, and