The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-21
REGISTRATION
P|IL|k!A NONPAy
County Employees Will Take 0veI
\. >S' Extra Work and Hustle
the Count Through .'....

on the question of getting out the
registration work. The warning fac.
tions have come together and agreed
on the modus Operandi. al " AZ
But there will be no money paid out
20 do the work which the row has re.
tarded for some weeks. Following 4
number of conferences the board of
supervisors decided to commander the
services Of six county office clerks who
have lots of time on their hands. These
elerks will now assist County Clerk
HRpai in the work, the necessary data
will be completed within few days
and the results sent down here to the
central registration board. "t
Such was the news brought to Homo
lulu yesterday by Maj. win Wayne,
who left for Hilo last Wed nesday to
bring about reconciliation on the one
hand and secure the data which is
now delaying the work of the central
board - slla z !
Wayne Before Board 49,
/ On Major Wayne's arrival in Hilo
a special meeting of the board of sup
ervisors was held. Prior to the MEET.
ing Major Wayne had a consultation
with Samuel X. Pua, the county sher-
i'll, At the meeting of the supervisors
Wayne pointed out that it was of vital
necessity that the work be carried out
without loss of time. He said that the
central board was being held up by
the failure of the County of Hawaii
officials to do their share and that this
was not fair to the board nor to the
Nation. Without the Big Island results
the central board records could not be
completed and a very important task
was being held up. -
Major Wayne said that there was q
possibility that draft might be order
ed In Hawaii shortly and IL was neces-
sary to have the. work of July 81 com
pleted so that whatever data would be
necessary would be available at mo-
ment's notice. He asked the superyi-
sors for no funds and said that this
was neither here nor there so long as
the work was completed. ~
Politics ut Bottom .. IVA
: II was plainly seen that the whole
pilikia arose over the factional fight
between the sheriff and the board; the
latter, recently having cut down the
number of police officers allowed the
sheriff 5 department. o.. 10 49, E
Supervisor Cabrinha with consider
able heat said that the board had been
branded as a lot of slackers and pro-
Germans because II had refused to give
Sheriff Pua money to play politics
with. He declared that for one be
would be willing to vote any reason.
able amount the central board in Homo
lulu might think necessary. Clerk Ha-
pal had received the offers Of several
men who volunteered to assist him In
the work and he believed the work
"opld be done without the board having
to vote funds for the purpose. GE
Sheriff Pua, also with much heat,
denied Cabrinha' charge. He said
that the supervisors charge that he,
the sheriff, wanted the money to play
politics with was maliciously false.
Supervisor Yates said that he knew
of his own, knowledge that Clerk Hapai
had been offered assistance by several
persons and that he, Yates, was one of
them. ''2 ".a"-L ..
Hapai Gets After Yates ~'.'-
Hapai admitted this, but said that
when he asked Yates to help him out
in clerical capacity Yates told him
he could not do so then as Col. Harry
II. Morehead, N. g. H., had ordered
him out into the country to attend to
his national guard duties, Yates being
in command of some of the militia.
Colonel Morehead had told Yates, Ha.
pal said the latter informed him, that
his work in the militia was far more
important than any he could do in as
'isting Hapai with the registration
work. o.. ., .esi an
Yates then proposed that the board
nOmmandeeT a number Of county
clerks to assist Hapai, There were
many Of these employees who had am
pie time on their hands and it would
not hurt them much if they did little
extra work for their regular pay, he
pointed out. f''r'. p. q. -. t'tF' -.
The board then went into executive
session and when the meeting recon.
vened Yates suggestion was carried
out in the form of a motion made by
the KOna supervisor. The board then
rommandeered six clerks from the diff.
ferent departments in the county
building to assist Hapai. This SETTLED
the whole pilikia and Major Wayne
now expects to see the Big Island Dor.
ton of the July 81 registration com.
pletod within short time and receiv.
ed here probably in the next boat from
Hilo. - -. - .sei. .e.fEga..sr y.
Win Do Work without Pay -
The upshot of the whole matter was
that neither Sheriff Pua nor County
Clerk Hapai will get any extra money
for the hire of additional clerks or
police or anything else. ~
While in Hilo, Major Wayne also at
tended to minor details of interest to
the national guard. There were few
small things that required looking into
and' fixing and the work was success.
fully accomplished between Colonel
Morehead of the Hawaii militia and
the Honolulu officer. Major Wayne
visited the Volcano of Kilauea as the
guest of Colonel Morehead on Thurs.
day evening.
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