The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-24

The morning session Of the Military
Commission was devoted entirely to
the arguments of the counsel for the
defense and the Judge-Advocate In
the cases Of Gulick, Seward, RIckard
and Walker.
The speech Of Mr.. Neumann though
a strong one lacked the fire that char
acterized his defense OF the young
men who appeared at the opening
session of the court martial. Captain
Kinney spoke as one with authority
whose every utterance was founded
upon unquestionabIe, unsurnaount-
able facts.
In his opening remarks Mr.. Neu-
mann stated that he would offer no
testimony In behalf Of the accused,
but would present . statement made
by Mr.. GulIck. He stated that he
would not consume much time, and
referred to the wild talk OF an even
ing Journal favoring hurried action,
and as he looked upon it an ill-advised
hustling Of the accused 10 their doom.
Attention was first called TO the In
dignation which had been expressed
throughout the community when the
fact that bombs were TO be used by
the rebels first came to notice. He
held that dynamite was legitimate
weapon of warfare when legitimately
used. It had been used to dIslodge
Wilcox and his men from the bunga.
low in the attempted overthrow OF
1889, and the use Of bombs In general
warfare or time OF siege was NOT COM
sidered q crime or inhuman. The
counsel believed the sentiment against
this feature was born rather Of timia.
ity than anything else. he stated
that the statement of Mr.. Gulick con-
tanned Q concise account Of his con-
nection with the affair, and that Mr..
Gulick was not guilty OF any crime
within the jurisdiction OF the Mill
tary Commission to bring him 20 ac-
count. 1.-THE evidence Is insufficient to
convict him Of the c-ime for which he
stands before YOU" Mr.. Nenmann
held that Gulick had no more connec-
tion with the affair than he himself
might be called upon IS q lawyer to
do, the fact that Gulickss name was
included In the proposed Cabinet
der the bane Of q REASONABLE act.
The counsel referred frequently to
General" Nowlein and the utter and
complete imbecility Of his plan OF
action. He hoped the men On trial
had no hand In the rebellion; ftthey
did It reflected upon their antellfgence
and sanity; it was the z0oaSt planned
affair he had ever known. II No sane
white man would give the aNvice the
accused were purp0Fted 20 havNN offer
ed. The Court should call to mind
that the promise OF aa%sasote skin
might have much TO do with Now.
eral" wanted Of o whole skin he could
not make out unless that after his de-
mise it should be stuffed and placed on
exhibition in the Bishop Museum.
After making very pretty tribute
to the treatment the counsel for the
defense had received at the hands OF
the Judge-Advocate, Mr.. Neumann
anticipated point which he thought
would be made by the prosecution.
He pre.supposed that the Judge-Ad-
vocate would state that it was the
the court was after. What means
had the court of knowing that the ma
tive Hawaiian was misg0ided? In
many houses the question OF the tax
ing the government from the natives
had been discussed and no govern
ment had a right to force an opinion
upon any man. Why is the white
man who thinks this government has
been wrongfully taken from the ma
tives more culpable than the man OF
dark skin? [ denounce any attempt
to invoke vengeance or to make dis
tinction in race or color.
Mr.. Neumann closed his remarks
with a special plea for Mr.. Gulick,
''against whom no testimony has been
brought, except you take In toto the
testimony of General Nowlein." Mr..