The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-31
Sent to Washington By Hawaii
anS Is Under Fire.
SIGNATURES WERE EXAMINED
BY L. A. ThurSton Who Says Some
of Them Are ForgerieS-HiS
Analysis.

| The Hawaiian anti-annexation peti-
tion of 10000 odd names, has been ex-
amined in Washington The analysis
of the petition by L. A. Thurston is as
| follows:
The petition consists of $50 pages, of
which 90S pages CONAN what purport to be
male signatures; and 24S pages, female
signatures.
The number of male signatures purports
to be 1037S; the number of female sig
natures purports to be 1881; making the
| total number of signatures 21,269.
The petition contains column in which
opposite each name, the age of each
petitioner purports to be written The
male petition contains a summary i'll
which it is stated that the adult signers
number SIG; and the minors between
the ages of IA and 20 years, 2,262, making
the total of 10,37S males. The female petit
ton contains no summary of adults and
minors, but examination thereof shows
that there purport to be, adults S,215; un-
der 20 years of age, 2,67S.
The face of the petition therefore shows
that there are: male adults, SIG; women
adults, S,215; total adults, 1881; male
minors, 1882; female minors, 2,676; total
minors, 4,93S. 1t thus appears, even from
the face of the petition, that % per cent.
of the petitioners are minors. There is
strong reason to believe that a much
larger number of the petitioners are
min for cta fad
REASONS FOR DISTRIBUTING THE
PETITION.-The following facts, tending
to discredit both the genuineness and the
good faith of the petition, appear upon it's
face. The certificate or summary accom-
panying the male petition states that the
minors are between IA and 20 years of
age.
The petition shows on it's face that there
are $50 male petitioners, and 327 female
petitioners, or GIT in all, under IA years
of age, of whom boys and girls are
only two years of age. The page of the
petition and number of each male peti-
toner under Il is given above. There is
strong reason to believe that the number
of minors under IA is much greater than
that given above, by reason of the fact
that several hundred fraudulent changes
in the ages of petitioners is apparent on
the face of the petition, particulars of
which are hereinafter given.
The number above enumerated is simply
that appearing on the face of the petition.
Second fact tending to discredit the petit
tion.-The ages of 81 of the male petit
TONERS, and 22S of the female petitioners,
Iii IN oil HOY fro JuIa fIxr
changed from a lower to a higher figure.
The object of these changes is manifest
ly to try and make the face of the petition
comply with the statement contained
therein that the minors are over IA; and
second, to give an appearance of greater
responsibility and weight to the petition
than it would have if so many young
children appeared to be signers.
The page of the petition and number of
each male signature which has been
fraudulently changed, is given in Table
2, hereto attached.
The page of the petition and number of
each female signature, the age opposite
which has been frauduIently changed is
given in Table 8, hereto attached.
There are a great number of other ages
which appear to have been tampered with,
but only those are enumerated above
which have plainly been fraudulently
changed.
Third fact tending to discredit the petit
tion.-The signatures of over 400. or near
ly 10 per cent of the adult petitioners are
not original, but forgeries. There are
an immense number of other signatures
that appear to be forgeries, but only
those plainly appearing to be so are
enumerated above.
The pages of the petition and numbers
of each of the signatures which are not
original are enumerated, as to the male
female signatures, in Table s. hereto at
tached.
The following are some of the most
glaring instances of wholesale incorpora-
tion of signatures all in one handwriting
On page 95 of the male petition, 10 sigma
lures, Nos. % to 40, as are all in the same
handwriting. On page 161 of the male
petition, IS signatures, Nos. 33 to so are
all in the same handwriting. On page
163 of the male petition, signatures,
Nos. 9 to Is, are in one handwriting: 9
signatures Nos. II to % are in one hand
writing, and IA signatures, Nos. 80 to As
are in one handwriting. On page 164 of
the male petition, 46 signatures, Nos to
50, are all in one handwriting. On page