The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-01

and 255 of the male petition. 1 am per-
sonally ard intimately acquainted with
ILiHkalani's handwriting Mr.. John Ross
also signs his name on page SO7, and
again on page 3OS.
on page 25O of the male petition, %
signatures, Nos. to q are in the same
handwriting. On page 294 of the male
petition, % signatures, Nos. to "a are
in the same handwriting. On page of
the female petition, all of the IS sigma
lures and the age, are in the same hand
writing. On page of the female petit
ton, all of the 16 signatures are in the
same handwriting. on page u of the
women's petition, a of the As signatures
are in the same handwriting. All the
| signatures on pages los, 1O9 and Ill of the
women's petition, 126 in all, are in the
same handwriting All of the signatures
| Except 13 on page 300 on pages 116, 100,
l21 and 1872 of the female petition, us
in ALL are in the same handwriting.
On page $40 of the women's petition, c.
X Pa, man, has signed all the names
from Nos. 6 to SO, 81 in all. His own
signature appears as No. l on page 1870
of the mems petition. All the numbering
of signatures on pages $50, 131 aad 1872 of
the mems petition, is in his handwriting.
The pages of the petition and numbers of
the signatures of male petitioners, which
do not appear TO be original signatures
are given in Table 4, and of females in
Table D. hereto attached.
Fourth fact tending to dscredit the
petition.-The petition purports TO give
the ages, on whole pages of the petition,
are filled in, all in the same handwriting.
and manifestly without attempt on the
part of the enumerator TO insert the real
age of the petitioners, the ages all ending
in even, or round numbers. The following
examples will suffice to demonstrate that
no reliance can be placed on the correct
ness of the ages given. on page 20 of
the male petition, signatures Nos so to
40 inclusive, have set opposite them, all
in one handwriting, the following, as their
respective ages, so, 90 3d. 49, As, A. 49, 90
IS, IS, -, 80, 40, 60, 30, 40, 60 years. on
pages IS the ages set opposite signatures,
Nos. to %, inclusive, all in the same
handwriting, are 40, 40, 20, 80, 49, So, 40
As, 30, 80, 3d. 40, 60, 45 years. There are
scores of other instances of ages all in
one handwriting manifestly inserted by a
different person and at different time
from the signatures.
Again, the ages of 27S certainly, and
robably many more petitioners have been
fraudulently changed. The ages of petit
toners are not ordinarily an essential
part of petition; but having in this case
been made part, frauds in connection
, affect the bona fdes of the whole petit
ton.
Fifth fact tending to discredit the petit
tion.-Each and every page of the male
petition is countersigned with the original
signatures of Enoch johnson, secretary
and James X. Kaulia, president of the
Hawaiian Patriotic League" and each
page of the female petition is counter
signed with the original signatures OF
Mrs. Lila Aholo, secretary and Mrs. K
Campbell, president of the "Women's
r Patriotic League"
These four people are all intelligent.
Johnson and Kaulia are members of the
Kaulia is now chairman of the Royalist
delegation in Washington, and personally
brought the petition from Honolulu.
, 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
dividuaI page, and have even taken oath
r before a Notary Public certifying thereto
tsates Consul as to the official standing
of the notary.
f A summary of the facts which appear
upon the face of the male petition, in
consistent with its genuineness and bona
fdes, which must have been known to
Kaulia and Johnson when they certified
, it, are as follows:
I. The petition certifies that the minor
petitioners are between IA and 20 years
of age.
The male petition shows on its face
, that out of a total of 3OS pages, 1O5 pages
or more than one-third, contain the
names of $50 minors ranging from 2 to
10 years of age.
2. That on 81 pages of the male petit
ton, the ages of So petitioners who are
under IA, have been fraudulently changed
to IA or upwards.
3. That on IS pages, % persons have
signed SOS signatures as high as 46 sigma
lures on one page being in the same
handwriting page 164, male petition.)
4. In a great number of instances, the
ages are all in the same handwriting and
in round numbers only.
3. The signatures of the boys, and 3
years of age are in good, round hand
writing. This may be claimed as evil
dence of the advanced educational sys-
TEN of Hawaii.
Each and every page above indicated is
, countersigned by Johnson and Kaulia.
!. The female petition shows on its
face that S27 of the minors are under "A
years of age.
?. There is no separate certificate on
J the female petition that minors are over
Il, but the common management of the
) two petitions is evidenced by the fact
{ that on 70 pages of the female petition,
the ages of 22S petitioners who are under
II years, have been fraudulently changed
to IA or upwards
5. on AZ pages, 4S persons have signed
} 1,l04 names; as high as 126 signatures in
one case and lis in another being all in
the same handwriting; and in one in
stance Is female names (naoa q apd IN