The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-09-01
Second Deputy City Attorney and
Utilities Commissioner Subject
Of Hard Planning
BUT he CANNOT BE
oUSTED FROM OFFICE
Some Supervisors Are inclined
To Let Dual Duties Go and
Drop Whole Matter

Why w 7. Garden, second deputy
city attorney, answered only with n
grin when asked whether he intended
to"comply with Supervisor Hollinger g
demand that he resign from either the
public utility Commission or his mu-
nicipaf job, became clear at Sthc meet
ing of the supervisor s last night.
hc simply does not have 70 quit
either positiOn for the present. and
perhaps at no time in the future unless
he feels so inclined.
What Mayor Lane thinks about it
was not disclosed, because he was NOT
at the session, but all the other mem
beers except Holllnger and Larsen indi.
Gated they do not disapprove the at
tUrncy's membership on the territorial
h"ari In fact, several, including Lo,
gan and Hatch, are inclined to approve
amy Of the added distinction Garden
has achieved in the community.
L.unniGer Holly Attacks Garden
H"llinger, as promised, came holly
to the attack against the deputy city
attorney. He read excerpts FROM let
tiers given TO the board a year ago by
City Attorney Brown, wherein both
Brown and Garden pledged the latter
to devote all their time 10 the eitv's
interests and certainly to ,eschew pri
vHte practise.
Hollinger then asserted that it is i'm
possible for man to carry water on
two shoulders, TO serve two masters, at
one and the same time. and anyone try
ing such impossibilities should be
tU.ced to see the error of his ways.
Garden should resign his commission
on the utilities BOARD or give up his
job in the city Office, said the super
visor. The time might come when the
interests of the city and utilities com
mission would conflict
City officials Are Ignored
- He came to us and asked raise
in his salary, and we turned him
down" said the speaker, "and now l
suppose he is getting even with US by
takng this job, which pays him ten
dollars for every meeting he attends.
He took it without first asking our per
mission. Without seeking pPrmss
from our ehGirnan, the mayor, Garden
left the city Saturday afternoon, went
TO Hilo, AID did not get back until yes
terGay morning. 1t didn't make any
difference to him whether we decided
his services here. He went anyhow,
regardless Of any such considera
t.u.s. "'
i.arsen announced that this was an
other instance wherein the tail Naggcd
the dog. He waxed exceedingly indig
nant.
"This board of supervisors is losing
tNc respect Of the public and forfeit.
ing its dignity,' he declared, "be-
cause it doPsR t exact respect from its
employees. This man Garden 5 attitude
ever since he has been in our employ
has been supercilious, condescepdent;
finally it reached impudence, when he
Informed us he intended prosecuting us
for spending more money than the law
permitted, after he had let us do il
without warning.
"And on top Of that he had the gall
to come back and ask US to raise his
sQlary!''
Nothing Illegal Is Involved
Hornrr wanted to know if there was
Fnything illegal in holding the terri
torial and city positions by the one
man.
Il can uSsur" you there s nothing
Illegal about that, said Hollinger,
serve the rity's best interest at the
same time.
Hath said HUIlius arguments
did not appeal. He believed the in
terests of the Territory and the city
were idrmti"al thrs" two on the one
side of the question in the matter of
corporations, as against the corpora
tiOns themselves.
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handsome thing by the city in appoint
ing one Of our men to the utilities
commission, licking our own deputy
70 help him in solving these corpora
ton QUESTIONS, said Hatch.
Arnold said he understood the Gov
erncr thinks the city should have re-
Preventative on the utilities commission
and TINT this was his reason for select
ing Garden.
Q rden Can't Be Removed
"Hnwcvrr " he said. eve can't re-
move him from the city attorneys of
fee. All We could do would be to cut
of his salary, and | dom 7 think there
IL any member Of this board who is
small enough to try to do thing of
tbat kind"
The proposed new charter, in its
control to the utility commission. The
fupeTvisors, after hard fighting, in
Y hich Garden did heroic work for them
succeeded in retaining this control for
the city. Would Gardens interest in
t'e city'S behalf be 50 strong if this
charter should come back to the com,
mission, with Garden now member
- thP rOmmssiuni
No Conclusion Is Reached
But all this was talk. There Was
nothing before the board. No motion
had been made. Arnold had suggested
th"t it be referred to committee
with instruction to investigate, but 10
net on was taken. Before the argu-
ment ended Larsen excused himself and
dnprrted from the session, and the dis
crssion ended without settlement IIol-
linger promised that he would bring it
before the body later.