Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01

/ every InInEi9g man IL has hut Al
| tanned IAe Ie-uIs thaI ">.~ uope'
! tor. he sddea. kIe is something
! wrong, re asserted or the Result:
! Y CuGu De ditlerent.
| we are growing j. our relations tC
! the TeueraI goyeruaent and 10 Othel
countries. he said. i CONCLUSION. "AnC
d We should 1esl il or duty 10 remedy
these defects.
Puts Power with Supervisors
A. Lewis, Jr., SAD tHat the meat OF
the whole dlscussnh conferred aOouI
the amendments u the present Oil
regard ing the eIectin or oIrcers. | II
DER the proposed AMENDMENTS, ne con
tnued, ali the pOEfr Is centered IL
the board or suuaviScrs, with the
board setting the pDIcy and the mayor
following II out.
III the supervisors demand retrench,
ment, they Will get 4, he said. I IL
der the present sgitem an officer Is
not oDnged 10 bow TO the dictates Of
the board.
Efficiency What Is Required
Wallace r. Harrington said he does
not understand tlEt the present bill
cOntemplates giving Honolulu the
managerial form government.
We IRE striving Tor the best he
said. We want good roads and good
administration. have seen exhIbl
tons of officials passing the buck here
tor the last several years. The pres
ent form OF city government has been
a distinct failure 1t seems to ME
that this new charter is simply going
to repeat the state of affairs.
u his is a crisis IN the affairs OF
the city and county OF Honolulu Our
plant is all shot to IieceS.' Our roads
are all gone, they were improperly
built. The water nd sewer systems
are inadequate. IfIthat isn't q crisis
don't know whatIis. This calls for
a business reorganization. There can
be no greater calamity to a business
than the decay of its plant. That is
what mas been goig on here with our
government. We must get in and do
something for our elves"
Rotary Club for amendments
Speaking for TIE Rotary Club, Ed
Towse declared infavor of the amend
ments presented b Judge Frear. John
Effinger, representing the AID Club,
said that organiI ation favored the
short ballot and wanted to see it tried
cut:
Supervisor F. II. Hatch took the
floor in defense bf the present city
administration, declaring that the
present form of charter is the best
Honolulu could have. 1t tends to a
business-like handing of every propo.
sition, he added, and Il think more
of the man who is in politics for what
be can get out of t than the man who
stays home and Knocks"
Committee Will csueus Tonight
The members Of the Oahu delega.
ton expect to meet at 1880 O'Clock
this evening for heir first caucus on
the city charter. .-.r
Briefly, the PROVISIONS in the Cham
Der of Commerce amendments are
these: ..
The board of Supervisors shall con-
sist. of a mayor and six supervisors,
the mayor to be the chief officer of
the board. 3 ~...
Elective officefs shall be a mayor,
six supervisors and an auditor, the
mayor and auditor elected at large,
with three supervisors from each dis
trict. 49, ~ .--., -.
The elective officers hold office for
four years. But at the general cleo.
tion in 1917 the two supervisors re.
ceiving the lowest votes in the fourth
district, and thk two receiving the
lowest number il the fifth. shall hold
office for two WARS.
Appointiye officers shall he a city
and county CLERK, treasurer, city at.
torney, sheriff and superintendent Of
city works.
One section outlines very fully the
power of the Supervisors to impeach
any officer gully of malfeasance in
office Such officer shall be informed
of the charge aid given every oppor-
tuhity to defend himself.
The appointise officers shall have
the power to iemove any employees
under them.
The amendments strike out sections
65 and 66 of the bill, relating to
power of appointments" and "presi-
dent of the board of supervisors u
Many Representative Men Attend
Those who attended the hearing in
eluded former Governor Frear, C. r.
Hemenway, F. C. Anterior, J. NJ Nc
Chesney, W. O. Smith, r. C. Brown,
Capt. Henri Berger, Norman Watkins,
w. c. Achi, w. r. harrington, Super
yisors Robert Horner, Daniel Logan
and F. M. Hatch, Mayor Lane, Riley
II. Allen, A. Lewis, Jr., Judge w. l..
Whitney, A. F. Wall, II. f. Vernon.
w. H. Mcclellan, Senators Baldwin
and Chillingworth, Z. A. Berndt, }.
Lightfoot, DR.. A. F. Jackson, J. Nj.
Young, j. N. s. Williams, G. F. Bush.
George p. Denison, Eugene Aiu, w. L.
Howard, F. ]. Lowrey, F. d. Lowrey,
Harry z. Murray. w. G. Hall, J. T.
Warren, j. A. Rath, E. o. White,
George Waterhouse, F. T. P. Water
house, James Steiner, w. T. Garden.
Ed Towse, John Effinger. J. F. Child,
F. Q. Cannon, H. L. Kerr, C. H. Klue-
gel, H. F. Wiehman, w. H. Mclnery,
John r SOnor and nunaro,tc ofharS