The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-08-15
Quit Your Place
Or Give Up Hope
For Legislature
Board of Supervisors VIII
Stop Salaries Of County
Employes-Candidates Day
Before the Primaries

Holding of two salaries public Of
fees does not go on Maui. County
employees who have thought they
could hold their jobs and go to the
legislature also have another guess
coming. If they want the county
jobs they will have to hold on to them
and forego their desires to shine as
legislators. If their ambitions for
legislative honors are too strong to
be resisted and overcome they will
have to give their county jobs.
Comes Out squareIy
The board of supervisors took
square stand on the question of
county officials and employees running
for the legislature, at the meeting
Saturday. The motion introduced on
Wednesday was withdrawn and a
stronger and more drastic resolution
passed. The resolution provides that
heads of all departments shall be in
formed and instructed that no Off
cial or other employe of the county
of Maui shall be granted leave of
absence for the purpose of campaign
ing for election to the Territorial
legislature and further that any such
official or employe who is a candi-
date for election to the legislature
shall resign his county office or posi-
tion not later than the day preceding
the primary election and that in de-
fault of such resignation he shall be
dropped from the county payroll at
that date"
The first proposal was to require
candidates for the legislature to re-
sign their county places the day be-
fore the general election but a strong
sentiment appeared among the mem
bers of the board against permitting
employees of the county to electioneer
on time for which the county was
paying them. 1t was proposed to re-
quire designations Immediately on the
filing of nomination papers but the re-
solution as quoted above passed ulti-
mately.
Must Make Choice
Among those affected by the ruling
of the board who have been reported
to be aspirants for legislative honors
are George Cummings, Alfred Fur
tado, Levi Joseph, Guy Goodness,
Thomas Holstein and Peruvia j.
Goodness, the latter being ambitious
for the senatorship and the others for
seats in the house. The board felt
that the matter of eligibility to the
legislature was not in their province
but the matter of pay for the time
taken in the campaign and while
away from Maui in the legislature
was something that does concern
them vitality.
Guy Goodness has expected to re
sign as supervisor if he shall run
under the rulings in the Pacheco
Kumalae case. Several of the county
employees who have been mentioned
as possibilities will probably with
draw their nomination petitions fol
their county places are worth more
to them than the salary that comes
from sixty day session of the terri
torial legislature.
The stand of the supervisors is
chiefly a matter of financial policy
Economy has been the rule and there
have been cuts in expenses right anC
left, few departments escaping them
Uunder those circumstances the mem
bers of the board looked the matter
squarely in the face from the dollars
and cents view. There must be {
general ruling, one that would affec
all employees and no favoritism SHOULD
be shown.
The vote on the resolution was un
animous.
Public sentiment appears to be
strongly against the reappointment tC
office of any official or employe whC
leaves his county Office in order tt
go to the legislature.
The Island of Hawaii has been thu
chief offender in sending county EN-
ployes to the territorial Legislature
and its course has been held up a!
a precedent for other counties.
Cummings Withdraws
George Cummings was the first t
announce his withdrawal. Sunda!
afternoon, when told of the action
of the board he asked that his an
nouncement for representative b.
cancelled and added that he an
nounced in order to present the issu
squarely that has been met by tn
board and that he was perfectly salts
fed with the action the supervisor
have taken
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