The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-09-11

ultttt was VI l. hulnauOuu, WHO
stated that he was not guilty of the
chr.e; he had not received any
tuN. from the Chinese. He had
t.. .Hst the a.4ondmcnt from
Wiur. H. answer TO
,he At'orncy-Gencral,
X aid he had received $50
ate. t. vote on the amendment
had ysan taken. lie thought the
mou was given him as a present.
He acd Luhiau if he had.received
any money, and he stated he had
received his $50 from Knuhi
Rep hauhi was examined and
said that the allegations against him
were not true.
Rep. Kalaukoa stated that Paeha-
ole and Kamauoha had talked to
him about his vote on the Chinese
amendment. Kamauoha stated that
if l would vote against the amend
ment l would get coal enough for
my steamer. He asked me to speak
to Kawainui and the member for
Walluku about their votes, One
day we went to Ahlo's store, and a
Chinaman said he would pay $50 to
each native voting against the
amendment. They had tried to get
Kawainui's vote but could not man
age it, and it was thought best to
drop him, as he had too big mouth
in his newspaper. wanted to.
know whether bribery was going on
and followed it up. / received
$50 Spreckels certificate from Ka-
uhi. Crhe certificate with others
are in possession of the Attorney
Generally
Rep. Mcguire was examined and
said that Kamauoha had $50 for
me; he had received it from Kauhi.
Minister'Thurston said he had re-
ceived note from Rep. Kalaukoa,
stating that the Chinese were offer
ing money for votes on the amend
ment.
Rep. Kauhi on again being ex-
amined stoutly denied paying $50
TO four members of the House.
Noble Richardson and Rep. Dan
iels gave evidence denying they had
been influenced in their votes or re-
ceived any money.
Rep. Paehaole said he got nothing
for voting.
All Lai, Ahlo and w. o, Smith
also testified.
FINDINGS OF FACT.
After painstaking investigation,
and careful hearing, the committee
find the following facts to be sub
stantiated by the evidence:
/. That money was provided by
certain Chinese TO be used in de-
feating the proposed Constitutional
Amendment relating to Chinese, and
TO reward certain members Of the
Legislature who should vote to de-
feat the same.
,. That after the said amendment
was indefinitely postponed certain Of
the said money was paid to certain
of said members.
3. That there was q conspiracy
between Representative a. Kaulii,
Representative G.. =. KamaGoha,
and Others to use the money 10 cor
ruptly influence members OF this
House to defeat the passage Of said
amendment.
d. That in pursuance Of said con-
spiracy said G.. p. Kamauoha sought
to persuade Representative a. p.
kalaukoa to vote against The pas.
sage of said amendments and through
said a. p. Kalaukoa TO persuade
other members of this House so to
vote.
5. That said A. Kauhi, in pursu-
ance of such conspiracy, received
money from certain Chinese for the
purpose of distributing the same
among members of this House as a
reward for their having voted to de-
feat said amendment, and gave fifty
dollars of the same to each of the
following named members of this
House, to wit:
A. p. Kalaukoa, Representative
from Honolulu; S. G.. Luhau, No
bic from Hawaii; o. Nawahine, Re-
preventative from Wailuku; G.. p.
kamauoha, Representative from S.
Kona.
6. That said A. =. Kalaukoa took
the fifty dollars so paid to him, fol
the purpose of exposing such con.
spiracy.
We would state as appears by the
record that said S. c. Luhiau ant
o. Nawahine gave their evidenc,
before the committee stating how
when and from whom they received
the said money so paid them; but i
is not clearly proved that, before
they voted upon the passage of sale
amendment they were Informed, Of
had knowledge of the reward Sc
prepared for them.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
In view of the evidence and thu
foregoing findings of fact, we make
the following recommendations
which we offer in the form of reso
lutions, to wit:
!. Resolved, that the conduct o,
Representative A. Kauhi, and o
| characterization n ID Ko,nouoha /,