Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-14
THREAT OF fight
TOFINISH MAKES
CITY HEAD Smile
Larsen Tired of Being Dictated
to, He Tells Board; Keliinoi
Not Given Raise

II will fight you to a finish, Mr..
Mayor" said Supervisor William Lar
sen last night at the meeting of the
supervisors. and the mayor and other
supervisors laughed.
| This is no joking matter" con-
tinued Larsen, II mean what say,
and am tired of being dictated to
by you, Mr.. Mayor"
| IL was the old, old question of APP
pointees in the road department, with
especial attention to the position of
road overseer, with, the old, old argu-
ments pro and con, and the usual final
climax in a burst of fiery words from
the chairman of the water committee.
Early in the meeting as soon as the
question of raising the salary of Sam
Keliinoi, acting road oyerseer, came
up. Larsen had urged a caucus on the
grounds that he had some things to
say and did not want to say them In
public. lie was discouraged In the re-
quest by the mayor, who declared that
il was no time to break up the meet
ing and go into a private caucus on
the road question.
Place Salary at sf75.
Single moved to reconsider the sal
airy of the acting road overseer, this
being before the appropriation bill had
had its third reading. The motion car
ried and was followed Immediately by
one placing Keliinoi's salary at SITS.
Il suggest that We go into caucus
on this question" again Larsen pro-
posed, but If you want unpleasant re-
marks out here and insist on staying
in regular meeting, why all right"
The mayor informed Larsen that 1t
is his prerogative to say what he
chooses and then Arnold offered a
suggestion. He said that the board
had not yet decided upon a salary for
the acting road overseer, but that he
had a right to the salary at which
he was engaged until some definite APP
pointment had been made.
Il take it his salary is now 5000,
said Arnold. Il move to amend, and
make it $780,
"Keliinoi ought to get something be-
yond $50, his salary as statistician,"
suggested Single, "even II II isn't
more than IS. l think s175 would
be a proper amount"
Was Never Appointed?
Let US come to brass tacks, said
Hollinger The fact of the matter
is that Whitehouse never appointed
Keliinois as acting road overseer. at
least we never heard Of it. Keliinoi
served for a short time as acting road
overseer when Whitehouse was sick"
Then Single suggested that Collins |
write a letter to the board. stating |
that Keliinoi is acting road oyerseer,
for January at least Horner thought |
If Keliinoi was raised the board would |
be breaking the promise 1t made in
Sundays caucus not to raise any sal.
aries. Arnold thought so also; he sug-
gested that Shingles motion to raise
would not hold water Then Larsen
stepped into the breach.
Il understood when we divorced the
road and engineering departments
that the road overseer was to be an I
appointee of the mayor with the ap- |
prevail of the board. have asked for
a caucus on this question, but | can |
say what | have to in meeting. II
/ start to fight you, Mr.. Mayor. I'll
fight to finish"
Hollinger Had Back Turned.
Hollinger had turned round IN MS
swivel chair until his back was to-
ward the mayor. AS the mayor called
upon him to face the meeting Larsen
took the suggestion as aimed at him.
What's that" he asked earnestly.
and the crowd laughted. This is no
Joke" he cried; mo joke, Mr.. Mayor,
mean what say. I'll fight you to
finish"
Fight all you want to- smiled the
city head blandly. but before Larsen
had a chance to continue, Arnold
jumped to his feet, urging a vote on
the salary at $3.50. This motion car
ried, and as the excitement died down
the mayor declared the rules suspend
ed and asked the clerk to read the
appropriation budget.
Eighteen million francs, constitut-
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