Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-22
REPORT OF CAREFUL STUDY POINTS
OUT result Of POLITICAL scheme
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plan favored by the Municipal Research Club
This is line with the theory of complete responsibility
Of the Board Mayor should be in harmony with
the majority the Board If the Supervisors elected for
four years half of them every the Mayor might well
the Supervisors years that he will be
all be accord with the majority OF the Board
fg) Mayor. and fcto. The Mayor should have
In this respect he should be merely OF the
Supervisors with greater power than the others although he
presiding officer The majority should control and be held to
complete responsibility Mayor should ordinarily have
both and and would better than he should
have rather than a veto.
CHI Salaries If the Supervisors be the heads OF de-
pamets and give all their their official duties the
plan their salaries should be greatly in
creased the Ach charter Otherwise there be
sufficient for changing the existing salaries which left
(S600 the Convention and Municipal Research Club
charters excepting Convention charter the wider
distinction between the Mayor and other Supervisors and places
the salary Of the Mayor 5000 1t $1,000 The NUM-
cpal Research Club charter gives the Mayor the salary
the other Supervisors 1t may be best to make distinction in
his favor this respect he the ceremonial head OF the city
and has larger duties
~ Posrrs and Administrations
Each succeeding Legislature has added the powers and
duties of the Counties and the City and County 1t would be in
erestng and instructive the growth of these local gov
these respects and especially the of finance
involving both and expenditures Probably few
realize the stages gone through The length which this report
has already reached however against further protracon
opinion of your committee much might be said for fur
of the powers duties of these governments
andespeca these governments should be changed that full
responsibility could be definitely and clearly fixed Only the mat
of taxation, however will be referred and that briefly
The Convention and Aci charters transfer the assessment
and collection property taxes Territory the City
and County The Municipal Research Club charter leaves that
matter dealt with should be- by separate bill The City
and County receive practically all these such
collected for special school funds Your committee
sufficient sound why these should not be assessed
and collected by the City and County but whether the prevail
ing sentiment for against that your committee of the
opinion that any the limit upon the of especially
for permanent improvements should be raised removed alto
gete Without increase funds the growing needs of this
City and County be They should be and pros
porous least they should be public improve
largely if entirely of funds rather than
loans The City and County should be financed the budget
system
CD The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sofing aud recall.
Your COMMITTEE hesiates make recommendations
of lesser immediate Importance feeling that nothing should
be permitted obscure the of superatve importance
already referred few additional however will be
The Supervisors indeed all officers
theoretically the representatives of the and responsible
them They should be really Hence the importance of the
methods by which the voters express their will both in the
selection of officers and in holding them responsibility.
a Preferential s0ng. We have long been accustomed
the Australian ballot system designed the secrecy of
the ballot and therefore the independence and free choice of the
elections and also give the
nations by means of the device of nomination by petition Still
the machine largely controlled nominations within the party and
when there than for Office
the successful candidate only often elected by minority
PLURALITY but not nfrequen he elected over others who
actually preferred him by majority of the be-
the real choice of the could be expressed in such
to be effective under the methods provided The direct
primary then devised for the purpose of giving the
distinguished from the machine of voice in nominations
and Of reducing the candidates for each Office small
Der possible elections by nores In of
the direct primary laws provided also that
candidate who receives majority of all the primary cleo
ton shall be deemed elected and that there shall be second
regular election that Office Such law passed here BY
the Legislature of 1913 The Supreme Court has held that the
part which provides that candidate who receives majority
shall be deemed elected invalid under the of the Organic
Act far members of the Legislature concerned Cooke
Thdyer, f1aw. 247) But direct primary does
always prevent election by minority and the other hand
imposes extra burden the candidates well the mun
paly by Of the added expense and and strain
yclved Accordingly, there eing tendency the main
land TO adopt the preferential system of voting This only
avoids the time and expense and elections
but in the election nsures the election of all officers BY
majority The objection usually raised against