The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
Republican Majority Serves No
tloe On Bourbon Minority
Of Its Intentions
STEAM ROLLER WORKING IN
FINE SHAPE UNDER ARNOLD
Mcclellan and Petrie Sniff Long
ingB At Fast Vanishing Chair
manship Of Committees

the. Republican majority Of the board
Of supervisors intends to run the-board,
that II will brook no interference by
lite political opponents and that II In
tends 10 stand ont for all its prerOga!
tiyes, was served last night at the regu.
lar weekly meeting of the board upon
Mayor Joseph J. Fern and the Demo
cratic minority, Supervisors Mcclellan
and Pctfie. f H
Supervisor Arnold was spokesman for
the Solid Five in that particular, and
he minced no words and left no doubt
whatever as TO the intentions Of the
Republican majority. 81
II is true, as announced yesterday
through The Advertiser by the city
engineer that the city and county faces
shortages of oil But there was
enough oil available to put the Repub-
lican steam roller into perfect working
order. 1t ran without a hitch, rolling
with memorable purpose over the prDs-
trate FORMS Of the Democratic mayor
and the two Bourbon members Of the
bbard. And when il had passed, they
were flattened so thin they couldn't
east q shadow Notwithstanding still Tor
some time in the same place. 2
Steam Roller Tuned Up
In the absence Of Mayor Fern, Sup
ervisor Arnold, on motion Of HollinGer
and without opposition took the chair
and presided at the meeting. He
promptly tuned the steam rolleF'up and
put Il in motion. He thought that the
board should at once complete it's or
panization so that communications, re.
eeived by IT. could be assigned to the
proper committees. Hollinger, assist
ant engineer Of the roller, promptly
submitted copies of the proposed rnles
for the consideration of the board. PIT
rie objected to immediate action ION
this matter, saying that he wished TO
have time to go over and digest the
rules. However, he said, If there were
any particular rules the board wished
adopted Immediately, such for instance
rs one relating to the appointment Of
standing committees, he would not OBJ.
iect to that being voted upon, the other
rules. to be deferred for action until 0
later meeting, IA III, .Ui a.
Arnold conceded that this was n rea.
sonable request, and on motion of Pets
RE II was decided TO act only on the
rule relating to the appointment of
standlng committees. 49,.
Hoihnger moved that the standing
committees OF the, boara Do appolhteu
by the board itself, and that they be
only Eve. Heretofore standing com
mittees have been appointed by the
mayor, and under the recent admins
tration there were seven Of them. Holi
linger's motion would strip the mayor
OF the aPpointive power, ana incident.
any deprive the Two nehocratie SUI
peryisors OF ehhlrmansnips; ..i
Mott-Smlth SECONDED holilngers mo
hon. fetrle oDJeeted. May ask,
ne sara, why tne NUMBER OF eohunt
tees has been cut from seven 10 nVei
wants 10 Sohcen,taVe
hoihnger naNey epned nat the
majority OF the poard iet that there.
totoTe comnnttees had interloeked' n
we had EN- togetner' they u do pet
ter Work, ne sallf =" K 3 n .a.Z. ~.
can y heip pet see, reloined
Petriee, "why the ehange IS made.s y
may be wrong, put l can readily see
where the minority mas been eonsldered
IN the seieetlon ana rearrahgihg OF the
committees. l never neaId OF any
complaint Deiore regnrIinB the NUMBER
OF committees l sun peheVe ~ mas
only political Significance. a
we or the minority are ready 10
do our work on the committees 70
which we shall be appointed. We
am not looking Tor ehairmanshlPs OF
q place on any particular eommittee'
But IT Is politics. n. hg ~
The mayor has been. elected Tor
the fourth time, ana ne mas the con.
hdence OF the people. Afer the cleo
tion last month the Republicans mn
mediately took action 70 take away his
powers. They didsso by passing the
so'ealied park ordinance; Yesterday
they voted to take away his power to
make appointments and tonight they
are trying TO rearrange matters so 4
WIN De lmpossipfe Tor the minority 10
De represented on eertmn committees
'Ihe' mayor has the conscience OF
tne people, ana so 90 we members OF
me minority OF the board I contend