The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-31
HOLLAND SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT.
THAT e PETITION :"
Continued from Page L.

There is no possibility that the officers
of the organizations named did not know
of the frauds and forgeries enumerated
above, and yet they have certified to the
genuineness and correctness of each in
dividual page, and have even taken oath
before Notary Public certifying thereto,
and secured the certificate of the United
tSates Consul as to the official standing
of the notary.
A summary of the facts which appear
upon the face of the male petition, in
consistent with it's genuineness and bona
fides, which must have been known to
Kaulia and Johnson when they certified
it, are as follows:
/. The petition certifies that the minor
of age.
The male petition shows on it's face
that out of a total of 3GS pages, 105 pages,
or more than one-third, contain the
names of $50 minors ranging from to
Is years of age.
2. That on 81 pages of the male petit
ton, the ages of So petitioners who are
to IA or upwards.
3. That on IS pages, % persons have
signed 3OS signatures as nigh as 46 sigma
lures on one page being in the same
handwriting page 1884, male petition.)
4. In a great number of instances, the
ages are all in the sam handwriting and
in round numbers only.
5. The signatures of the boys, 2 and 8
years of age, are in good, round hand
writing This may be claimed as evil
dence of the advanced educational sys-
tenn of Hawaii.
Each and every page above indicated is
countersigned by Johnson and Kaulia.
l. The female petition shows it's
face that 327 of the minors are under IA
years of age.
2. There is no separate certificate on
the female petition that minors are over
A. but the common management OF the
two petitions is evidenced by the fact
that on 73 pages of the female petition,
the ages of 22S petitioners who are under
IA years, have been fraudulently changed
to Il or upwards.
s. On AZ pages, 43 persons have signed
i,
| one case and 17S in another being all in
i the same handwriting; and in one in
stance, Is female names page 81 and in
another page 240) are in the handwriting
of we'll known men.
f. In a great number of instances thu
| ages are all in the same handwriting
| and in round numbers.
). The signatures of the and veal
old girls are in good round handwriting
| impossible to be genuine.
Each and every page indicated above il
countersigned by Mrs. Aholo and Mrs
Campbell.
| In conclusion I desire to make some
explanation concerning the getting VI
and signings of petitinos in Hawaii
| 1t is common knowledge there, that ever
to greater degree than in this country
there is little feeling of responsibility at
tached to signing a petition. Among tn
native Hawaiians especially, the feeling
that it is rather an honor to see one
name attached to a petition and that
would be unfriendly to refuse to sign
petition-am act which costs nothing
For example, the petition in question was
1 am credibly informed, taken to man
prominent supporters of annexation an
they We're requested to sign it simply t
show that there was no hard feeling i
the matter. Subscription papers were ais
passed around to raise money to send tn
Royalist delegation now in Washington
and leading anneXationists asked to sui
scribe thereto. AS an example of tn
irresponsible signing of petitions. whic
have come to my personal knowledge,
was member of the Hawaiian Legis
Ilature in 1856, and noticing native men
Der sitting al my side writing at the to
of a document which contained a numbe
of signatures. I asked him what he wa
doing?
He replied that he was preparing a pet
ton in support of a bill which he ha
introduced. I said, why you don't mea
to say that you get your petition signe
first, and write in the heading afte1
wards, do your
''Why certainly do he replied, ct
too much bother to send clear to my di
trict to get a petition. SO I had a lot
blank sheets signed up in advance, ar
every time I want a petition to back l
one of my measures, I fill in headir
on one of these sheets" He thereupC
pulled open the drawer of his desk ar
showed me 20 or 80 sheets ali signed
blank with a space at the top in whiC
to insert the object of the petition.
Another member of the Hawaiian Legi
lature once made a wager that within