The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-18
Payment of His Expenses 0utot
Appropriations Suggested WIN
Not Be Legal Says Former
Member Of the Supreme Court
AUDITORS BOND MAY
BE PUT N DANGER
Wilder However Declines To APP
ply For An Injunction To Test.
Mattresses No Good Reason
Why He Should Be the Goat

That the expenses of Charles r.
Forbes, the superintendent Of public
works and ex-officio member OF a score
Of boards and commissions, in his preJ.
ent mission to Washington are not
legal chs &c against the two boards
dividing them up for paym1nt and
that Territorial Aud tor Fisher may be
liaele under his Iond for passing Forb-
es' accounts for pument are eonten-
hons advanced by Judge A, A. Wilder.
That the apparent illegality Of the
paymy nts have been iroueht 10 Andi.
tor Fisher Is attent on, and that he was
told before M. Forbes left the Terri.
tory that the proposed payment Of IFS
expenses was questionable, Judge VIII
der ASSERTS.
In letter to Thu Advertiser set
ting forth these contentious, Judge
Wilder writes;
No Authority In Law
Editor AdycrtisNr-Mt. Charles, r.
Forbes, the SUI eriniendent Of public
works, chairman of the public a ilities
commission, chairman Of the board az
haIbor commissioners, e'c., IL now in
Washington, ID c., mainly for the pnr-
pose OF urging as the special repre- en-.
tatiye. of the Governor certain legisla-
tion recommended for passage TO con
press by the Governor, which legisla.
ton did not haze the approval Of the
secretary of the interior p Tor to No
yember ~, 1918, when Mr.. Forbes de-
parted Tor Washington, aud incidental
~ for other purposes. His expenses are
! eng paid one-half by, the Public It'll
ties Commission and one-half BY the
Board of Harbor Commission r..
A careful examination Of the Public
Utilities Cfmmsion Act found In See
tions 222l 2240 inclusive Of thu Re.
vised Laws Of Hawaii Of 1915, as
amended by Act 40 of the Session
Laws of 1915. and Of the Harbor Com
mission Act found in Sections $50 .694
inclusive Of the Re ised Laws of Ha-
waii Of 1915, as amended by Act 1859
of the Session Laws of 1915, d scloscs
the fact that under neither act as
an ended is thete any authority what
ever for paying the expenses Of Mr..
Forbes in part or In whole as chairman
of either boa d for the purpose Of ufg.
ing legislation In Washington, or for
any other purpoge.
Auditor Was Notified
Prior to November IL, 1918, the
time when i left Hopolulu for WASH.
ington on legal business, 1 notified the
auditor Of the Ter,ito y Of this then
intended Illegal expend ture of public
popeY. He gtgg sted that / bring al
Injunction suit against b M TO test the
question legally. i refused TO re m ide
the goat and notified him that he
might become, thereafter liable on his
bond if he approved any vouchers in
connection with the EXPENSES OF the
trip Of Nj. Forbes to Washington,
| had thought that the emoIuments
of t'yournN Governor were copfined up.
der the Organic Act TO his sa'ary, but
appa emily am mistaken With ca d
colitrii utions publ ely solicited BY the
Governor TO be privately distributed
by HIM for charitable purposes, tog tn
er with the exren es Of a spcciai reli-
rssentatiye in Wash ngton paid OUT o.
pu lie funds Illegally, as i contend, the
Office Of tie Governor of Hawaii may
be worth more fnRneiaIly than is gen
orally tho' ght. Dated, JaBu ~ rs, 1916,
y. N A.. A. WILDER