Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07
RESEARCH CLUB
MODELCHARTlER
Wins APPROVAL / 0. |

Make the public officer directly re
sponsible to the public for his acts,
make him feel that he is acting in th,
public eye while he is In office. no,
alone when he is abroad with a2genia
smile collecting votes, 4" said ex-Goxer
nor Walter r. Frear last night, de
tending the section concerning the re
cal In the model charter submitted to
the Municipal Research Club. 80.
Eighteen sections ofithe charter had
slipped by without receiving, more
than mere tentative suggestions and
discussions, but when section 10 was
reached, William !, Thompson. had. Z
bomb to explode, and he rose to ex.
plode i in the true. Thompsonian
aVitally wrong; ch V i,,l.5
the recall. and he Continued. we are
at work 90 this recall measure with
suggestions here and amendments
there; tearing it down In one place
and giving it Infinite b0lstering an Il,
others. All this goaS to. show that we
are afraid Of the local. We don1
trust 1t unless it is under gaard And
q thing we cant trust Is vitality wrong
II isn't one or two portions of the
pleasure which are awrong. It eouE
be added to and subtracted fraar for
ever. but It would still remain essen
TALLY wrong in and sofs itself" Il H.
Mr. Freaf then fSse and stated. in
the words quoted above the position
Of the clubs com mittee which had in
serted the section. Several others ex.
pressed themselves In a similar tenur,
but when ,thsy had finished Mr..
Thompson exploded again, with:
.sLet us put our efforts into the Sc
lection OF good men in the first place
and not waste so much effort seeing
how we can take had men out OF of
fee. II the recall goes through the
voter will be even more careless than
he is now, for he viii say to himself
that he can vote al be pleases in the
election, knowing that If the officer
does not prove worthy he may be re-
moved. This is like putting dirt on
the floor before zen sweep
After prolonged discussion the
club decided to retain the section with
out change. Beyond this. discussion
little was done at the meeting. See
ton Is. which forbade the use Of more
than one vehicle by each candidate in
getting the vote to the polls, was
out after the club had several
times passed over the measure. It
was held that the provision would not
be acceptable to the party politicians
Of the city.
What Salary for Manager
Pay Tor the city manager. Who IS
he most important official in the plan
IF the model charter, was discussed
it some length. s. S. Paxsor stated
hat it would be impossible 10 induce
! good businessman to take the posi-
Jon If the salary is left to the win
If the supervisors. He held that some
salary be decided upon by
.he club. to be modified later If neces-
,ary He suggested salary Of $500
! month.
r. C. Brown thought that $500 was
ar too much, and stated that man.
"a pable men would be glad to take
he position at a lesser sum, say $780,
year. In the discussion which now
lrcse from all parts CT the room
'uggestion was made that the city
manager be raised In salary from tim"
o time as he proved his efficiency
dr. Paxson then reduced his sugges
ion to a motion that tho amount
he salary be fixed In the charter The
notion was lost