Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-03-17
Higher OFFICE
IS PREDICTED
FOR SHINGLE
Hints Scattered About as He
Bids Supervisors "AIoha;;" !.
On Way to Mainland

! Hints of a possible candidacy of
Robert W. Shingle for a higher po.
! litical office" were freely scattered
4 about at last nights meeting of the
1 board of supervisors after the mayor
had accepted, his resignation tender
/ ed in February and Shingle had finish
/ ed his swan song" ~-"
| Member after member of the board
arose and complimented the genial
Bob" on the work he. had done for
the board while he served, and each
and every one of them included some
wish for his future success that hint
! ed at some definite plan of the retir-
| ing member. .a-........ -. -. - =
Supervisor Charles n. Arnold was
! the most outspoken of Shingles we'll
wishers. He has served with him on
/ the road committee ever since he was
made a member Of the board
Other things are in store for all
of US, he declared after reviewing
Shingles record on the board and the
road committee in complimentary
vein. "Mr Shingle has gone through
! the trying fire of service on this
board If things so shape themselves
that other, bigger things political
come ffs way he will find that the
time spent here will not have beer
wasted. All that he has done will re
dound to his credit. I.s.
Not "Hankerinq' For 1t.
Mind you, don't say that he is
hankering for political office. But ]
do say that If he is ever picked as a
candidate, this fall or any other time,
he will find that he has made some
true friends friends who will get out
and hustle for him, friends who will
boost and work for him"
The mayor, in letter accepting the
resignation, expressed his regrets al
losing Shingle and later in a compli-
mentary address. Every member of the
board, from vehement Larsen to quiet
Logan, arose and expressed his re
grets.
AHA wanted Shingle to reconsider
his resignation while away from Ho
nolulu, and be all ready to accept
re-appointment when he returned.
Hollinger claimed that it had been the
efforts of the board that had induced
him to accept the appointment after
he had refused it from the mayor and
asked that he unite with the board in
aiding the mayor to pick his success.
sor.
Too Valuable to Lose.
Horner declared that he had proved
too valuable man to be dropped by
the board and said he was coming to
Shingle for help on the problems of
the hoard very often, after he return
ed from his trip.
Shingle, in short reply to the may
or's letter Of acceptance of his resig
nation, regretted that business affairs
made it impossible for him to stick
1t out" especially as, in his opinion,
the board was going to make good and
kick through" you will not hear OF
ne making any cheap cracks about
the board of supervisors or the city
government, for know now, the diff.
ficulties 1t has to encounter" he
said. Il have been in office long
enough to know that whatever short
comipgs the government of Honolulu
has II is not the fault of the mayor
or the supervisors, but of the law
Income Of Peanut Stand.
I'VE have been obliged to run one of
the most progressive and fastest
growing cities in the United States
on the income of peanut stand and
under the most restricted conditions.
No city On the mainland of this size
is denied the right to levy it's own
taxes, as we are 1t is a shame and
makes me mad every time think
of It."
He went on to suggest that better
cooperation could be secured in the
board by more ear2est backing OF
the committees and their reports and
wound up by saying that he would al
ways be member of the board in
spirit If not in fact and wanted the
members to feel free to call on him
for ok o,r, 4;r,,o