Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-27
CHARTER MINORITY SHOWED UNDER
BY RELIABLE MAJORITY OF TEN

others In accordance with the same
rule of fitness.
Without being personal, do you
think there would be any possibility
of the voters electing a man like Bill
Larson supervisor of health and
schools, if they had the selectiye pow
err" Mr.. Atkinson asked.
Tabled by Ten Majority.
]. H. S. Kaleo moved to amend sec.
tion so that it would provide for sew.
en- supervisors, to be elected at large,
| for four years, their terms to overlap
so that they would go out, three one
time and four the next, at the end of
alternate two years Achi moved that
section be amended 30 it would pro-
vide for mayor and four supervisors
to be elected at large. Aehi's amend
ment was in line with his plan of
commission government. On motion
of Jesse Uluihi Achr amendment was
tabled by vote of 81 to 81
Kalana's motion to table Kaleo's
amendment carried by vote of 81
to 20.
Keliinoi offered an amendment pro-
yiding for the election of seven super
visors at large. The amendment was
worded exactly as the provision in
the present charter is, with the excep-
tion that the words elected at large
were added. A motion to lay the am
endment on the table was defeated rs
to q.
Asked to Put Muffler On. i.
During the discussion of Keliinoi's
motion Delegate Lake asked the chair
man to request Mr.. Kiakahi to speak
lower, as his voice was reverberating
through the Young hotel and across
the roof garden to the hills Mr.. Pa
checo asked Kiakahi to put the muf-
fler on.
Hawaiians are themselves to blame,
according to remarks made by John H.
Wise, because 'tthe fourth district gets
all the best of it, Wise said the
trouble was the HaWaiians put too
many men in the field.
David M. Kupihea of Kalihi-kai de-
parted from the subject of amend
ments to tell the convention with I'M
usual vigor that any one who said his
expenses were paid for coming to and
going from the convention did not
tell the truth. Kupihea said he paid
his own expenses. He did not indi-
cate who had accused him of collect
ing expenses for attending the con-
Eention. fs...>.
Hints At Conspiracy.
Referring to Samuel Keliinoi, who
is connected with the Honolulu road
department, Paulo Hokii said he
thought the next best thing to the
plan to have four supervisors was the
proposition offered by an employe of
the board of supervisors"
Keliinoi rose and objected strenu-
ously to the insinuation that he had
been ordered to present the amend
ment, which he said he had drawn up
and brought to the convention of his
own will. Supervisors Logan and
Arnold, who had hurried from a board
meeting to be present and support Ke-
liinoi's motion, did not make any COM
ments on Hokii's accusation that the
board was behind the amendment. 1
The amendment was defeated q to
26. L. NJ. Straus walked in at the
last moment and voted mo-" although
he did not appear to have heard the
motion, and delegate Cohen, who
would have voted AYE" left before the
motion was put. "--... o.. f.. ......& 1
Tonight the convention will go back
to the beginning of section s and if
too many amendments are not offered,
may reach a vote on the section pro-
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