The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10

ChIIIihuworth Points Out certain-
" Of Split II Proposed
Scheme Goes Through

On snap vote, yesterday, re select |
committee Of Oahu senators went on
record in favor Of mayor with nm
quanhed power to hire and Are A.
his own pleasure. &.
Logically, the eomplement Of this
decision was a board Of supervisors
elected Of lnfee. but the committee en-
dofsed the three and three pan,
which would give three supervisors
from the fourth and three from the
fifth district l4s
Practically, II il BY no means cor.
tain that the committee, In Its final
report, win make the recommendhtions|
On which Il agreed tentatively yesfer'
day, and political opinion inside and
outside the committee was that NO
such q city charter ever woud pass
the house. w lsi al
What il IL you re trying 20 dof,'
asked Harry Murray, who attended the
committee meeting, q make declara-
ton 81 principle Or report bill that
stands dome chance 10 pass the houstl
OF course, yon can table the bill here
aid now, II You want to,3 49,
senator Quinn replied that the epm-
mittee was trying 70 make some pro.
grass and that the only way X could
get forward was 70 learn its own IN
cIinations and then judge whether Il
stood any chance of doing what u
wanted to do. II II seemed not then
it could do something else That wa
what .confetehce committed were fori
In the course Of the informal debatc.
It came out quite as matter Of
course and without question or COM
ment, that the shreWdest political opius
ion Of the town expects TO see John
Lane, incumbent, and Joe Fern, 1.-THE
former mayor, make the race against
each other. None Of the other candi.
dates Il expected to cut any figure al
the primaries, fft
Taking il for granted with the rest
of the committee that this Is TO- be
the upshot Of the nomination., Senator
Chillingworth went on TO deduce the
probable consequences, II the. Jfilce Of
mayor should be made absolute in ap.
poinfments and removals. cis
rIf you do that, ,, said heys you
split the town squarely in two The
& fifth win 70 solid Democratic and the
fourth win 20 solid Republican. The
mayor will be absolute, not only in ap'
poihtments and removals, but in every
thing else.
fss'fhe theory Of such a goyernmepi
would be to make the supervisors 3
purely legislative body, but they viii
be nothing but an echo of the mayor
Iftbe's a Republican, he win appoini
Republicans and the solid fourth will
line up behind him. His vote and thu
three votes from the fourth will b
majority on all measures And If II
goes the other way, and you get 1
Democratic mayor, then the fifth vii
be in absolute CONTROL d
In the discussion leading up 10 /
tentative decision, senator Shingle wa
for centering power in the mayor
'tGive the powerato one man. b
argued. Make him Responsible ans
he'll be held responsible. KNOWING
that, he m weigh his acts. " ! y
Senator ShingIe was willing to Civ
the supervisors power Of confirmation
over the mayor . nomination, but he in
sisted that the mayor have. absqlut
powers of removal Taxed with the
orsticaI Inconsistency, he was willin
10 put the charge aside a. iheonss
duentiai Practically, he believed tn
important thing was to give the mayo
power over his department chiefs. OH
erwise, the city superintendent Of pul
lie worlxs,, or , any other depart men
head, could work upsa little hui anon
the Supervisors, and then block III
mayor at every turn. d
1t wasc at this point that Senate
Quinn moved for snap vote, TO tel
the sentiment of the COMMITTEES.
On the question Of salaries, Il was u
sense Of the committee that the mayo
and the city attorney each should r
ceive $4,000. At present the mayo
gets $4,000 and the city attorney $500