Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-04
vALEDICTORY OF
OLDBOARDG|
BY N. {. PACHECO
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one or two matters yet unfnishe'
were disposed of Then Retiring Ma
yor Fern called upon the various men
bers in turn for brief expressions o
opinion CT sentiment appropriate {
the occasion.
Paeheeo Speaks ForcetuIIy.
PachecO proved the boards tru
va!edictorian He spoke only few
minutes but his elouuence and force
fulness commanded the close atteD
ton of his audience.
Il suppose swan-songs always ar
In order when public bodies 90 GU
of Office" he began. "PerSonaly
shall not take much of your time
however. Mr. Mayor and fellOwmem
hers. wish to state that during the
TWO years | have been In office have
tried 10 fulfil my duties TO the bes
of my ability: | have not at any time
done other than my conscience dictat
ed in any matter. Conscience has die
tated my vote-personal grudge. no
spite, nor revenge have ever CONTROL
my enemies may have thought or sale
to the contrary.
This board has accomplished Ger
tain results, the effect of which car
be seen only as time passes. The time
will come when the people will real
iZe, | believe, that the. board of 1918
1914 did it's full duty toward the pub
lie. The public does not realize it now
THE peoples failure to return us
to office was not the fault of this board
but of certain political combinations
working against us.
People Are Competent.
five often asked myself if count!
government as tried out here has prov
ed a success. and if the people of the
community are fit to govern them
selves AS | go out of office today
feel that the people are wholly fiji
and competent. Their acton at the
recent election is not to be taken as
true criterion to Judge of their mt
ness for, self-government-rather 1t is
a failure of the individual members OF
the board. The people want harmony.
Every other member except Sam
Hardes;y had a few words to say
Mayor Ferns speech was, somewhat
abbreviated by the sudden appearance
of the incoming supervisors. His e"st
while fluency of speech appeared Sc
riously impeded by frequent and TN
expected attacks of throat trouble
which caused him to swallow deeply
and often. He managed to enunciate
the fact that he did not have much
to say, however, and a few, of his
further remarks We're drowned in the
sudden sad notes of Aloha De, the
tones of Bahdmaster Berger's must
clans swelling upward from the hall
below i'm cadence and volume that took
the minds ofhis hearers entirely away
from what Fern had to say. At the
last he was heard distinctly to an
nounce,s however, that he handed his
resignation and those of his confreres
ITO Mayor Lane and the new supervis
ors, and that he gave them his aloha
nui.
Mcclellan straightforward.
William H. Mcclellan, the oldes:
member of the old board in point OF
service and who has been chairman OF
the ways and means committee the
last two years, said:
Il feel that I've done my part in
trying to make our county govern
ment a success. We of course have
been subjected to criticism, but every
man who takes public Office must real
i1n OF hn hof 10 mi
ject to that.
THE people must be made to under
stand more clearly one basic principle
of all government-andm more particu
larly in county government because
that comes closer home to them-that
is, that there is always just certain
amount in their public treasury-no
more-and that with that money just
a certain amount of work can be done
and no more. No board can be ex
pected to satisfy all demands, for nc
county treasury ever will be big
enough for that 1t is always a ques
ton of how best to use the money
available-which projects are most
needful.
I'm the six yearS have been super
visor | have never seen anything that
looked like public work that was no:
done as it should be done, or money
improperly and wastefully spent
know every man on the county board
in those six years was giving the peo
pie his best thought and work
Il wish to congratulate the incom
ing board, and express the hope that
its members will make an enviable
record for themselves"