Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-03-29
POLICEMEN in
POLITICS TO BE
PROTESTED NOW
T. ]. Ryan to. File Objections
With Civil Service Com
Ift mission
M'cANDLESS MEN THINK
ROSE LEANS OTHER WAY
See Signs That Sheriff is Sid
ing With McCarthy-Pink-
ham Faction -.

Formal protest against the actiyit!
Of members of the police force in 10
cal politics IS to be filed with Chair
man Lorrin Andrews of the civil ser
vice commission by T. j. (Hflo) Ryan
as the result Of Democratic primary
nominations last week.
Four members Of the police force
and one deputy sheriff are running
for tho Democratic territorial central
committee. Three of the five are said
to be under civil service.
The men to be protested are Deputy
Sheriff ''Wallie" Davis of Koolaupoko,
Jailer Joseph J. Fern and Police Off
GERS NJ. H. Sanders, r. w. Holt and
Robert Ahuna. All of them are
claimed to be supporters Of Sheriff
Charles II. Rose, and the McCandless
wing of the Democratic party assert
that the signs indicate that Rose is
lining up with the opposing faction,
the so-called Mccarthy -Pinkham"
wing.
There is a whole basketful of local
politics mixed up In this plan to
protest the political activity on the
police force Ryan Il a McCandless
supporter, which is understood 70 be
one OF the reasons why he objects TO
the policemen taking active part in
politics, their activity being presum
ably for the Mccarthy -Pinkham group
and against McCandless.
At the same time the principle that
members Of the police and fire depart
ments should not take active part in
politics has been once officially recog.
nizcd by the Honoldlu civil service
commission.
The first civil service commission
adopted d police manual in 1913,
which included the following:
The right of every member of the
department, active or otherwise, to
entertain political opinions and the
right of elective franchise is sacred
and inviolate, but no member shall he
q delegate to or member of any
political or partisan convention Or
take active part irt any political com,
bine and shall refrain from political
discussion while in quarters or on
duty
Inquiry at the county clerks office
this morning brought out the infOrma-
ticn that this manual was repealed by
the present civil service commission,
and that while the principle of non.
activity Is supposed to be recognized,
nothing is done to enforce 1t.
Deputy Clerk Van eGieson, who Is
now clerk of the civil service commits
sion. said that the present commits.
sion repealed the former commissions
rules, but left the matter of drafting
suitable set of rules for a police
manual to Sheriff Rose. The sheriff
has never submitted, the proposed sub.
stitutc rules, says Van Gieson. :
The civil service commission is now
proceeding under general, rules adopt.
ed June z, 1915, which do not contain
the prohibition against politics. The
rules now relate merely to appoint
ments, examinations. etc e
Both Chairman Andrews of the CON-
mission and Sheriff Rose now. defene
the activity of the police officers in
politics.
Sheriff Charles H. Rose, when asked
yesterday for his opinion on the fact
that police officers ad a deputy
sheriff are participating in the election
by holding positions as can
dldatcs on the territorial central COM
mittee of political party, said that
be sees no harm In II.
M. II. Sanders, named as a candi-
date from the fourth district, is a BIZ
cycle officer, Robert Ahuna from the
nth district is q policeman. and r.
W. Davis is deputy sheriff in Koo-
|aupoko district.
This proposition Of trying to mar
now public officers down to the mere
right to exist is foolish says the
sheriff. 81 have the feeling that