The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-19
'SyPERyIS(lRsOUI 4
OF ONE :DLEAMA,
BUTFACE ANOTHER
PetHe Delays Return Which
MeaHs Deadlock Cannot
nVan Be Broken .,a.I
POLICE APPROPRIATION -
-, FIGHT TO BE RESUMED
July Pay Roll Is Cared Fot, But
Same PiIikia Looms n
1,nn,FOr AUGUST, 49,.

1t is now apparent that the question
of cutting the police appropriation, on
which the supervisors have been dead!
locked for weeks, is going to remain
up In the. air for some time 10 como.
The board has met the present situai
tion, but Supervisor 'Petrie, to- whom
all eyes were turned to break the dead.
lock, IL not coming home for some
time and this means that until he does
come from the Coast the question can.
not be settled. :,
AT special session that tasted Just
seven minutes last night the board
passed the county budget for the next
six months and passed a special appro.
priation covering the pay Of the police
for the month Of July. As Supervisor
Petrie cannot be here to break tho
deadlock, and as members Of opposing
factions Of the deadlock have said they
"will stick till hell freezes" the battle
over the question Of the police appro.
pri6tion must again be fought again in
August and possibly again in Septem-
Cause Of trouble ".'
=, The question of cutting down the
appropriation Of the police department
by $4,000 was the rock upon which the
supervisors split and which has caused
q deadlock in the board with Supervis-
ors' Arnold, MottsSmith and Brllina
standing 6rt for a cut in the police
appropriation and Supervisors MeCleE
land Holiinger and AHA opposing such
mea sure. 81 ~ ..Na,t !
Taking into consideration the fact
that the police had already earned O
portion Of this month s pay and that
the board was obligated 10 pay this
morning d com romise measure, provid-
ing for a special appropriation for
the paymeHBI' 6f the police for this
month was agreed upon on Wednes-
day and''passed last night. The rea.
son for This arrangement was owing
to the fact that three was no posi-.
bility of the present deadlock being
broken until the return Of Supervisor
Petrie from the mainland, both factions
Of the board decided upon this com
promise measure. believing that Petrie
wOnld be hsfe the latter part of this
week. Upon the return Of the latter,
the matter Of the police appropTiat ton
was 30 be AGAIN fought over with both
sides con fident that they were going
to win Mr. -Petrie over to their way
Of thinking. B"
How Scheme Failed
This scheme would have worked out
satisfactorily il the sad news had not
arrived yesterday AFTERNOON that Su,
perVisor Petrie had been detained in
oan Francisco aud would not teturn
until the latter part Of the month This
means that the board is in no better
condition regarding the police appro
priation than it was before, as the
safhe conditions which prevail this
month wal prevail in the month Of
August, provided that the .appropria ton
| is not changed before the first of Ext
month Thc law provides that no ,rt>
employee may be discharged until Civ.
en- thirty days notice.
Under these conditions the police are
sure Of their present salaries and pos.
tions through the month of August re.
gardless Of what attitude Supervisor
Petrie may take in regard to the gen
eral police appropriation upon his re-
turn. With the passage Of last night =
special resolution and the signing Of
the general appropriation bill, all of
the monthly employees OF the city will
be paid today and the road laborers
tomorrow.
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