The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-24
ALL APPOINTMENTS
TO Be CONFIRMED
. BY Legislature
Original Plan To Turn DownPer-
sonnet Of Food Commission
Discovered DANGEROUS
SHADOW OF GOVERNOR I.
SCARES LAW MAKERS
Fear He Might Name New Board
Instead Of Leaving Matter
For Mccarthy To Handle


All of the long list of recess appoint
ments that have been made by the
Governor since the 1917 session of the
and particularly the appoint
ments Of the members Of the food. com.
will be confirmed by the sep,
ate, according to report, for the first
theory that was advanced to the ef..
feet that Governor to.be Mccarthy
would be given the best help in the
matter of the food commission II. the
senate withheld confirmation, has been
found to contain serious flaw In
stead Of helping the new Governor, IL
was said yesterday that such a course
would gum the cards altogether for him.
Out Of the weller of criticism and
complaint that has been directed
against the food commission all through
the special session two separate courses
of action in the house and senate, both
designed to bring an end to the acti.
vities of the commission, seemed immi.
nent. The house set ont to wind up
the affairs of the present commission
without ceremony when it adopted Rep
resentative Lorrin Andrews resolution
calling for the designations Of the mem
bers.
senate's Action e.. n
The senate rejected this plan when
it tabled the resolution, having In
mind an idea Of it's own of doing the
thing more gracefully merely by with
holding confirmation Of the appoint
ments of the members of the food body,
The senate was and Is anxious to please
the Governor. 1t was pointed out that
the executive would have the freest
hand If the slate were cleaned entirely
for him. 1t was held that H. the sen.
ate failed to confirm the appointment
of members of the commission, II
would go out of existence automatically
and the new Governor would then be
free, to name a new food commission
composed of members now serving or
others, az he might elect This seemad
simple and pleasing plan until yes,
terday when somebody threw wrench
into the machinery.
, At the end of such n, course of action
rs that proposed, looming like dead
fall on a smooth country road, the figure
Of Governor Pinkham was pointed out,
If the. senate puts the food. commission
ont of business by failing To confirm
the appointments of members, he, and
not the new Governor, would be the one
who would, name the succeeding food
commission. with the result that Gov.
Nrnor Mccarthy would indeed have q
full measure of pilikia in The shape Of
food commission to face when he. took
office.
The Situation ,l+.l .
The Legislators are trying to wind up
the special session by next Wednesday
and IN any event the session will run,s
to an end by May 81. This is all of Q
week before the date on which Cover
or Mccarthy viii take office, tentative
ly set at Saturday, dune 6. ! CO., Igs
If the food commission appointments
are not confirmed in the senate thu
body goes out Of existence with thu
end of the special session and ley
appointments would then be in. order
with the present administration still ii
power. Though it would only be fOl
matter of q week, it would b
enough. .r
\ contention that was advanced wa
that the outgoing Administration, as
! matter of courtesy to the new Cover
nor, would refrain from naming ney
food commissioners in the week II
which this would be possible and woul'
lenYe the matter of the appointmen
! to the new Governor. !. ..
Entirely too hazardous a proposi
tion," was the answer. 'EPo man,
IDEAS of ipfallibiity and to many sypu
| Governor can do no harm notions.
It was thought, in fact, that Governo
! Pinkham would seize upon. the oppoI
tunity to name q new food board i
a spirit Of sincerity, however mistake I
and would believe In that way he woul
be aiding the new administration. I
was accepted that If he did reae
such conclusion, no idea that h
might form on the subject could b
/ dslodgede -, ,4
Results Foreseen ~ i a.
The result of this would be, this
the new Governor would have a newl
named food commission to deal viii
Its acts would not be- subject to IN
view, for it would not have performe
any duties. However distasteful to tn
new executive D. membets} of the bod
might be, he would be hard put to fin
any basis for setting about to remoy
members and such newly named men
hers might be lOath to offer resignl
tiOns. 49,, s..i, ,..,
Vastly simpler is the course GovernC
Mccarthy mapped out for himself SON
time ago on the theory that the pre-
rnt food commission would be in powt
at the time he takes office. He sal
when he took office that he propose
to inquire personally into all mat tel
pertaining to the food commission ~
into the complaints and criticisms thi
have been directed against II. He sal
rhiS WAS his intention as he had bee
assured that the designations Of q
members of the commission would !
placed N his hands. What action
would take would be determined.
what his own inquiry revealed and
hnzardrb the belief that the person
I r -. IN, r., H.