The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-01

to take out of the hands of the exa-
tive officers the investigation which ty
were quietly making to establish CT
piete evidence of the facts of briby
on May Is Grand Jury, summoneoy
his orders, appeared before the Jlye
and received a charge to investigates
Governors allegations of briry
against the Legislature An inspeC5n
OF the names of this Grand Jury s.
closes the important fact that ii n
prises only one friend of Dole. a yag
man, and of fourteen veteran and ned
Royalist enemies of the Governorax
Of them having been defeated as I'll
Republican candidates for the Leea-
ture. 1t was so composed by the a.
sonal orders of Judge Humphreys, ke-
cuted by the bailiff of his court, insad
of being summoned in the former md
usual manner by the High Sheriff.
Humphreys claims the legal powIso
to do, and perhaps really has ii, byir-
tue of new law which enables h to
appoint a bailiff who is to execu all
orders and processes of the courth
same as is done by the High Stiff.
This law was railroaded throughthe
Legislature and signed by the Corn
or without suspicion of its conf ing
upon the Circuit Judge the powelow
claimed. The bailiff appointed 1.-THE
Judge was one Oscar Lewis. a sor's
crimp, who has gained an undeable
notoriety in Honolulu and in San ran
cisco and in Portland Just a wesago
Humphreys became compelled tdis-
charge this man in consequence an
affidavit that he had approacheE the
business manager of the Adviser
with an offer to pack a jury to quit
the editor, on the consideration 1T he
should get a license to run tloon
near the Sailors Home
The new jury Immediately sunoned
and questioned Attorney Genera p.
Dole "a cousin to the Governor) ecre-
tary Cooper and Lorrin A. Tlston,
former Minister at Washingto and
present controller of the P. C. DIVER
tiser. Cooper and Dole refused, tes-
tify on the ground that it wouIiefeat
the ends of justice to divulge WE they
had been officially investigatinaThey
were brought before the Juds but
were finally let off, after muclnsult-
/ ing treatment. Two other high icials,
now removed by the Senate, w had
confidential knowledge by hearss from
Cooper and T. p. Dole were ailarly
hustled and harried, but finall!et off,
on grounds of privilege and hesay.
FORMER MINISTER THURS,N &C
CUSED
Thurston Jared harder. He mftted
knowledge of legislators demds for
=; n
grew out of his confidential relions as
attorney, and his client had refad per
mission to tell the facts. as would
injure his business. PersistilI in his
refusal to testify, on May %, lumph-
, reys fined him 800 for connpt of
court, and ordered him to jaiintil he
, testified, or the jury session ended.
ThurstOn secured a writ of haas cor
pus from the Chief Justice, a is still
at large on $500 bail. He sutquently
secured by wireless telegraphle pres
ence of his client from KonHawaii
This client, Coerper, has testid all the
facts to the Grand Jury.
1t proved that Coerper Unsolicited
the aid of certain members ohe Low
er House to carry a bill for iorporat-
/
ready passed the Senate. TIE greedy
solons demanded from s10do $1,000
apiece for their support. Cper con-
cluded to abandon the bill, 4 to pro-
coed to buy rights of way. Gut II he
exposed the knavish legislors they
would use their local infiuer in kona
to thwart his plans to burights OF
way. But finding that hiattorney's
freedom was in jeopardy, Crper gave
up the names of the men. lurston IS
still however. exposed to tgwrath OF
the court, unless the Chief lstice sees
a way TO free him. 1t bec1e evident
that the object of the cou had been
to convict of bribery prdnent cor
poration owned by men ofie Govern
or's party, and so in some gree to ex-
onerate Humphreys frien& the iegis-
lators.
AN EDITOR INDEED.
But 1 have run ahead the hottest
incident in my story, On1e 23d Wal