The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-23
FORBES IS F[AYED
IN UPPER HOUSE.
House Wants Senate 70 Join In
investigation Of Harbor Boards
Work on Piers IN Honolulu
Harbor - But plIlkia Starts

FROM the house to the senate there
yesterday passed q communication to
the effect that house concurrent reeo-
luton sought to laanoh an investiga.
ton into the alleged peculiar conduct Of
the harbor commission relative 10 Piers
=, 3 and 10 III Honohiiu hafbor.
The house wanted the senate TO Join
in the investigation, the lower assembly
tesiring that the higher bunch Of rep
Iresentntiyes add its forces 10 the exam
ination Of what had so long been talked
Of az q particularly sensat ional piece Of
public business. Hey
.Nat1rally, the hrst question that
arose was what the senate was TO do
iouse "' Ffr' nv ~ II
Senator Castle, one Of the most con
servative and at the same time one of
ne most carefully eondderate Of the
solons, saidP = '| AZ ~
5hstle Roasts Forbes
&c the reports which we read in the
| newspRpefs are correct, and / have no
ieason to believe that these reports are
[anything but correct, the conduct Of
some Of the meetings Of some Of the
public commissions are scandaloue,
Some Of the statements accredited 70
the heads of these esmmisaiona are q
iisgraee ia the Territory. These eondi-
tions apply to the harbor commission
/ md the public utilities, move that
Consideration in regard 10 this eoncur.
.ent resolution be deferred until Mon
I lay
| President chillingworth said that Ne
had beard considerable along the same
inc, and be thought it was hsgh time
that some action was taken. BY way
II suggestion, he saie II might be vel
Cor a committee, composed Of member
from each of the islands, to take up tn,
allegations, or the matter might be re
erred to the public lands committee.
Senator Castle made the suggestion
that the smaller the COMMITTEES the mor'
Eeffective was the work likely to be
hey were not 50. likely to get in sael
Eother's way.
I Senator Paeheco was very much in IN
1or Of an Investigation of anything tina
Needed an Investigation, but he wa
trenuously opposed to any advance ex
preston Of opinion relative to con
emplated Investigation which might il
my way reflect on the personsJ VII,
Ewere likely. to be the, subjects Of inyes
litigation. He thought that the legis
atdrc, II II proposed to take up an,
search into the facts Of scandal
should 20 at it with a clean heart,
ieart untouched by thought Of guilt o
innocence on one side or the other. an,
he said ms much. He took umbraoe.a
Castle = remarks, although his own late
epiarks showed that he entirely agreed
< gifh what Castle had said. If ther,
we're loose and lax methods in the ad
nipistration Of public affairs, said Pa
cheeo, IL was up to the Legislature 4
oring out the fact in an investigation
ut the letter of Superintendent of Pub
ic Works Forbes, received the day be
ore, was a proposition wherein either
whitewash or Justification was souel,t.
i On the day before, the senate was i
receipt of letter from the superip
tendent of public works, who is also tn
chairman of the haFbor commission
wherein the writer complained that h
was being yili6ed, and wherein he de
handed that the senate take a. hand 4
the investigation of the conditions 0
the construction of Piers 8, o and ii
Even prior to fine letter received fror
1 Nr, Forbes, President Chillingworth ha
Stated to the press that he was abou
70 suggest an investigation Of the pier
and when Castle, on receipt of tn
house = plan for an investigation, re
ferred to scandalous conduct in meet
ipgs of public commissions, and Pa
checo protested against pre-jud cement,
Pacheeo proceeded himself to speak 8
the letter of Forbes being either cas-
Of seeking justification or whitewash
| President ChilTingworth remarko
chat Forbes had complained that he wa
icing vilifed from pillar TO post, init
mating that an Investigation wa
i kelly to relieve the gentleman of an
Embarrassment as to why he was no
being investigated.
| Senator Pacheco resented the idea O
Forbes inviting an investigation. ~
here is any Investigation. to be mad,
ct na inifiafa it nf,raal.,n.