The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-09-12
Afternoon.

Afternoon.
Re-assembled at lis.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The Appropriation bill passed third read
ing.
THE BRIBERY CASES.
Reading of Hawaiian version of COM
mlttee report on the bribery charges, con-
| tinued, and was got through with at 3
o'clock.
Following is the report:
Hon. w. r. Castle, President of the Legis-
lature:
The select committee of inquiry, APP
pointed to investigate the truth Of certain
charges preferred by the AttOrney-General,
against Representatives A. Kauhi and G.
P. KamauOha, beg leave to present the fol-
lowing report;
Pursuant to the notice given in the
House, the committee met at p. M, on
Saturday the Sth inst. Copies OF the
resolution in both the Hawaiian and Eng
lish languages, were furnished to the said
A. Kauhi and G. z. KamauOha previous to
the time of meeting, and witnesses named
by the Attorney-General were cited. Upon
the meeting of the committee at o'clock,
Reps A. Kauhi and q. 2. KamauOha were
present, and signified their readiness to
proceed with the investigation.
shorthand reporter was employed and
sworn; the interpreter of the House was
engaged to interpret
A careful record of the proceedings,
statements of parties, and the testimony Of
witnesses, was kept in shorthand by the
clerk and cOpiOus notes were also taken by
members of committee. The shorthand
report has been carefully transcribed, and
a copy of the same is herewith presented
as part of this report.
FINDINGS OF FACT.
After painstaking investigation, and
careful hearing, the committee find the
following facts to be Substantiated by the
evidence:
1. That money was provided by certain
Chinese to be used in defeating the pro-
posed constitutional amendment relating
to Chinese, and to reward certain members
of the Legislature who should vote to de-
feat the same.
2. That after the said amendment was
indefinitely postponed certain of the said
money was paid to certain of said mem
bers.
g. That there was conspiracy between
Representative A. Kauhi, Representative
G. P. KamauOha. and SOtherS to use the
money to corruptly influence members of
this House to defeat the passage of said
amendment.
A. That in pursuance of said conspiracy
said q. P. KamauOha sought to persuade
Representative A. 2. kalaukOa to vote
against the passage OF said amendment,
and through said A. P. Kalaukoa to per-
suade other members of this House SO to
vote.
5. That said A. Kauhi, in pursuance of
such conspiracy, received money from
certain Chinese for the purpose of distrib-
uting the same among members of this
House as a reward for their having voted
to defeat 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. Luhiau, Noble from. Ha-
wall; o. NaWahine, Representative from
Wailuku; q. P. Kamauoha, Representa-
tive from S. KOna.
g. That said A P. Kalaukoa took the
fifty dollars SO paid to him, for the purpose
of exposing such conspiracy.
We would state as appears by the record
that said S. G.. Luhiau and 0. Nawahine
gave their evidence before the committee
stating how, when and from whom they
received the said money SO paid them; but
it is not clearly proved that, before they
voted upon the passage of said amendment
they were informed, or had knowledge of
the reward so prepared for them.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
In view of the evidence and the foregoing
findings of fact, we make the following
recommendations, which we offer in the
form of resolutions, to wit:
l. Resolved, That the conduct of Repre-
sentative A. Kauhi, and of Representative
g. P. Kamauoha, in the premises, establish
the fact that sufficient cause exists to expel
the said A. Kauhi and said G. P. Kamau-
oha from this House, and to declare their
seats in the Legislature vacant
2. Resolved, That the said A. Kauhi |
Representative from Eva and Waianae is !
hereby expelled from the House, and his |
seat in the Legislature is declared vacant
3. Resolved, That the said G. P.
Kamauoha, Representative from s. Kona |
is hereby expelled from the House, and his |
seat in the Legislature is declared vacant.
T. Resolved, That the conduct of Noble |
S. G. Luhiau, and of Representative 0.
Nawahine, in accepting the said sums of
fifty dollars each is most reprehensible, |
and is deserving of punishment. But,
that, in view of the fact of the free confess u,
sions made by them, and of the assistance |
which they rendered the committee in the |
course of the investigation, the imposing |
upon them of the censure OF this House |
will be sufficient punishment.
5. Resolved, That Noble s. G. Luhiau be |
called before the bar of this House, there |
to receive, from the President of the LegiS- |
lature, the censure of this House for the |
cause aforesaid.
6. Resolved, That Representative 0. |
Nawahine be called before the bar of this |
House, there to receive, from the President |
of the Legislature, the censure of the |
House, for the cause aforesaid.
Z. Resolved, That the Attorney General /
be instructed to institute such prosecu- !
tons, as the facts shall, in his opinion, |