The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-05
BANANA JACK IS
PUT ON PAYROLL
RunlOr Is That New Mayor
win Legislate the Com
mission Out AT First OBJ
pOrtunityAfter Tomorrow
lFrom snnaay Adyertiser.l

| 7 . I. VI.
Whine rnmors were still current In
political camps that Mayor-elect Liant
plans TO Introduce a resolution Monday
noon when the newly elected supervis-
ors are indicted into office, declaring
the Offices Of civil service commission
srs vacant, as counter-moye to Mayor
rern's eleventh hour sally, u meeting Of
the commission was called yesterday.
In very short space or time q re-
markable amount Of business was done,
under the leadership Of Lorrin An.
,lrews, the new chairman. Banana
Jack Kalakiela, as result Of this.
meeting, las, given tho position Of
clerk to the deputy sheriff, thus adding
a new and brighter chapter 70 the
long passive struggle Of poor Jack for
this Job. The rules 1.-THE commission
wore amended in two instances, and II
vas decided to hold a SPECIAL meeting
Wednesday to consider the appeal OF
David X. Keanoki, who was discharged
for INSTRUMENTATION by the sheriff
It was shown yesterday that though
the commission may not hold Office
long It win make hay while the sun
shines. 4, sd. H. .tt..5g \ I. II Il
All 6uglDleS 6uBlpto t.as .sathNhs, 9.Nt
Commissioner Jesse Makainai wai
the introducer Of one amendment. By
Its provision the commission Is required
to turn over the entire eligible list OF
applicants for police Jobs to the sheriff,
allowing him TO select tae men ne
wishes from the list. q
Before this amendment was made
the rules required the comn,sslon 20
give the sheriff or FIRE CHIEF only u the
first five on the eligible list. IL was
on this point that Sheriff Rose and
the BODICE commission came TO logger
heads, for Rose wanted TO put "Ba.i
mana Jack in as elork, Jack was
seventh on, the list, and the commission
4efused to include his name ON the,
list given the sheriff, , !. 4.
Chairman Andrews ruled taat the old
eommission had no authority under law
to give only a part Of the eligible list
to the sheriff at q time. On the other
hand, he stated that the sheriff was en-
titled to q full list of all applicants
satisfactorily passing tho examina--
lions. ~. 49, ~. 10y
Question Of Back. Pay c.l,t + \
Deputy Sheriff Aseh was present and
ave the board formal notice that Kali
akiela was appointed to the clerkship.,
A question now Is whether % Banana
Iaekt' win get his back pay. About
seven months Of his salary is being
held up by the city auditor. A fight
will no doubt be made for this money.
The ruling of the commission yestcr,
day was by inference that Jack had
been illegally kept from Office. Ever
since Rose became sheriff, Kalakiela
has been working as clerk, but his pay
has been held up by order Of the civil
service body, which was at that time
headed by Judge w. 8. Edings. III
New Appeal Ruling ss9 3 Il.
/ The second amendment, which came
from Commissioner Baron, related to
appeals. It covered more specifically
the conditions under which an officer
who has been fred, reduced in rank
or suspended, may make an appeal, and
it made the officer 3 right to appear by
attorney optional with the sheriff.
Lane Attitude Secret q
4 The rumor that Lane expected to
make eounter-moye to Fern could not
be confirmed yesterday. Some of his
friends said they thought il very
doubtful if he would do anything 10
the match that might hurt the party.
They said he felt displeased at Fern 3
action, not because he disapproved of
the men hut, because, he. felt out Of
courtesy he should have been allowed
TO name the new commission. ~ ~
\. At the meeting yesterday, which was
attended by all three Of the commits
sioners, Jesse Makainai, Peter Baron
and Lorrin Andrews-the former two
being reappointed no intimation. was
given that they proposed to resign.
! lanes rumored intention Of putting
them out of Office by resolution had
reached thor ears, and one,
of them. doubtless apropos to the ru.l
mur, said they would go down with