Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-14
'F|LIPINOS HAVE
NO RIGHT in
GUARD
Governor Pinkham Will Not
Discuss Feeding INDECENT;
Auditor Fisher Has Word

1ON6EuOE ElHhAdIu Ids uOI d "OIu
to say regarding 4. A. Wilder's
charges that money spent for the re-
lief of Filipino members Of the Ma
tional Guard is being used illegally.
Saturday afternoon he declared that
a public statement regarding what the
territory had done for the alienation
OF the condition of some of the un-
employed men on the islands might
be ready today. He is still awaiting
some figures from r. A. Kearns, COM
missioner of immigration, he said. :
Judge Wilder said today that not
only are the Filipinos fed by illegal
use of territorial funds, but that they
have no right to belong to the Ma
tional Guard anyway, since they are
neither citizens nor eligible to be-
come citizens. He quotes law to prove
his point. ~ .....
Auditor J. H. Fisher had word or
two to say on the matter, though.
Judge Wilder declared in the letter
in which his charges were made pub
lie that there was an undated resig-
nation of the auditors in the hands
of the governor, and intimated that
he was controlled by the governor
through the resignation. There is no
resignation of mine in the hands of
the governor, or anyone else" declar-
ed Mr.. Fisher this afternoon. IN
the IA years I've been in Office I've
never written resignation. What is
more, an undated resignation from
me is not necessary. If I'm not want
cd 90 in O IN f1fn
would not have to be more than, an
insinuation that my resignation was
wanted and it would be in the hands
of the governor"
$500 Has Been Used. -. ..
The auditor declared that as far as
he could see and understand the law
he has no power to hold up any ap-
preparations from the fund the gov
ernor has for relief of the INDECENT
and unemployed even If he wanted
to-. The money was appropriated by
ed by the board of immigration, and
four appropriations have been made
from it and placed at the governors
disposal, one Of $1,000 recently and
three of $500 previously.
The governor is given full respon.
sibility for the expenditure of the fund,
and in the words of Auditor Fisher,
at is up to him and to no one else
to determine who are the INDECENT
and unemployed' members of the COM
q do not think that anyone will.
get prison sentence or a fine for
feeding hungry men, regardless of
what Wilder says" declared Mr.. Fish
er. Members of the National Guard
are as liable to be unemployed, in
digent and helpless as any other mem
bers of the community, and / do not
see why aid should be denied to them
because they are members of the
guard. Rather they should have more
consideration for what they are doing
for the country"
o. K, Stainback Says.
Wilder's charges, made Saturday,
have aroused deal of comment, but
no one has yet made a statement
him. The encouragement.
al rendered an opinion declaring the
setting aside of an appropriation for
the support of unemployed members
of the guard to be within the legal
rights of the commissioner of immi
grafton and Wilder's charge that they
cannot be supported by public funds,
which require the recipients of bene.
fits to be INDECENT and unemployed"
because they are members of the Ma
tional Guard is held to be "mcre
Brig. gen Samuel I. Johnson de
clared that although meal tickets
we're distributed to needy members
Of the guard and charged against the
governors fund, the Filipinos were
not favored.
Must be Really Hungry.
In order to obtain these tickets, he
added, militiaman must be out OF
work and out of money, actually hun.
cry and willing to work. A certain
amount of work about the Armory is
done by the men and every effort is
made to obtain employment for them
through the free employment agency
conducted by the guard. ..:....*,..
TT seems to me that more of an
appreciation of the demonstrated de |
sire of the men to do their full duty |
'or the country should be shown than
IS evident in this protest against the
feeding of few men who are actual. |
y hungry and unfortunate enough to |
be out of job" he protested yigor.
,usly.
I'VE feed no men who have either |
money mr. work and we ppt work for |