The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-04

the Treasury Department and vas for
merry in the Interior Department A
license was issued TO George A Davis
as notary public in 1896 on July 9th
Of that year.
Davis sprang to his feet Re objected
to the evidence. why" said he, -ac-
cording to the testimony~of the Wit
ness the license WAS issued prior 10
the passage OF the Act in 1897
Il was a rib-yoaster and the prose
cution became groggy.
Last year. according 20 the witness.
Davis had failed TO pay for license
How do you know that | haven't
asked the attorney.
BY the books" answered Rose fall
teringly.
Have you them with you!"
No"
Then Attorney Davis smashed right
and left His foot work and arm work
met the appreciation Of the audience
He demanded that the case be dis
missed He had sent his resignation 20
the Governor weeks ago, but that au-
gust person had refused or neglected
20 act upon H. He then placed in evil
ience his resignation, sent TO the At
torney General on August LIST, and
which had previously been introduced
in evidence by the prosecution.
High Sheriff Brown took the stand
and then the exciting part of the n Il
began. He stated that he was informed
BY the Treasurer that Davis hadn't pad
his license. He narrated the story Of
-, A-s- ~ ha z1-trr
Didn't you go TO the Attorney Gen
erals Office last night 20 consult about
this case?" asked Davis on eross-exi m
| nation.
Brown admitted that ne had a con-
sultation with the Attorney General.
Now, isn't it a matter of fact tnat
| this whole action has been brought
wholly out OF spite. for the interest
have taken in the Edwards case?"
Brown made a denial
Didn't you and the Attorney Gen
eral talk about the Edwards case last
night?"
I'VE might have mentioned it mad
yertently"
When you brought this Edwards af-
fdavit into court did you forget about
the Edwards case?"
Brown made an evasive answer, say
ing that he had no animus in the case
and was only fulfilling his duty.
Haven't | always treated you fairly
and as a gentleman" asked Davis.
Il can't say that you have treated me
as a gentleman" This was said with
great chilliness.
Didn't | manage your interests in
the City of Columbia case, in the Chin
| Chong property case, and didn't | col
lect 5000 for you from Captain August
Spillner, for which you never paid me
one cent?" asked Davis.
You did But paid you s25 for col-
lecting the money from Spillner.'
You never paid me one cent" re-
torted Davis, his eyes glistening. There
wasn't sleepy man in the court.
DO you mean to say that Treasurer
Theodore F. Lansing informed you that
hadn't paid my license?"
1T might have been the Deputy
Treasurer"
what orders did you bring Edwards in
to court?"
I sent for him and he came"
You sent for him! Didn't you get
an order from the Supreme Court?''
mo"
Haven't l always been a law-abid-
ing citizen?"
Yes, only when you are excited"
do you get excited? Didn't you
eject T. McCants Stewart out of your
office about a month ago."
The High Sheriff made no response.
How long did you attend the Bos-
ton Law School with the Hon. Edmund
Pearson Dole?"
Referee Wilcox cautioned Davis
about committing foul by sustaining
-the objection of the Attorney-Gen-
eral.
Then there were more savage pass
ages, and Brown tiptoed to his corner
q badly used up man. 1t began to
dawn upon the audience that it was a
case of malicious persecution.
Davis requested to be sworn. On
the stand he called Brown a liar. He
declared that he had never received a
cent for collecting the 5000 from Spill
ner. and then a pathetic scene ensued.
Davis, with uplifted arms and with
an eloquence never heard in a Homo
lulu court, for the past two years at
least, called on the heavenly powers to
forgive Brown, for he couldn't.
There were lights and shades in
Davis finish. The case was nothing
but tempest in teapot, as The Re-
publican had said. He didn't class him
self with peddlers and fish hawkers
and cake makers, who had TO secure a
license from the High Sheriff to ped
die their wares.
But when Davis came to sum up
his case, no pen can describe his elo-
quence. He felt that he had been
wronged. And with that intense earn
estness which always actuates a
wronged honest man he launched forth
lnvective followed invective. until
there was nothing but terrible tor
nado sweeping everything before it.
When Davis alluded to the nepotism
of the Dole family; when he pointed
TO the Acknowledgement and declared
that he was nothing but creature OF
his uncle, Dole turned pale. VIII N
Davis called upon God to forgive
Brown for not telling the truth, it was
dramatic