The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
STATES
WARMLY ROASTED
JUDGE SILLIMAN SAYS THE COUN-
TRY Is NOT TREATING
HAWAII RIGHTLY
EsTEE STOPS CRITICISM OF THE
NATION.
Much Acrimonious Discussion i'm the
Argument of the Pearl Harbor Land
Case.

Case.
The second trial of the Honolulu
Plantation case somewhat acrimonious
, from the first, has become quite torriI
under argument and this morning AZ
iorneys Silliman and Dunno had some
lively passages, with Judge Estee now
and then chipping in, Yesterday Dunne
gave a severe arraignment of the plan
tauon company Witnesses He stood
them up i'm a row and then produced a
large hammer with which he distribut-
ed knocks till he had them all put out
Dunno deNterOuesly skipped to and fro
among the witnesses, the defendants
and the attorneys, and when he had
Hnished his opening argument il looked
very ike an araignment of all parties
concerned as cOnspiratOrs to ciuCh the
United States government.
This morning Silliman had his turn,
and he not only roasted Dunno and his
witnesses but the United States as well.
Sllllman scored the proceedings taken
in the name of the nation and repeaI-
ed to the jury that the nations honor
Itself was involved in the case until
Estee told him to cease talking about
the United States, and Dunno angrily
remarked that he couldn't keep his
temper if Silliman didn't quit. But
hours of the morning session in roast
ing the other side.
Counsel has said that the United
states is distributing money here and
benehting the islands" said Silliman
"and that this naval station is for the
good of the Territory. / say that the
United States ought to distribute money
here and that this station is not for the
protection of the islands but of the Pa
citic coast The United States is taking
million dollars and a half away from
us every years in customs duties and
the country ought to distribute IL all
mere. DO not be deceived into the idea
that the United States is doing this
Pearl HarbOr business for the benefit of
these islands,-it is for the purposes of
the United States.
when the nation gives us 5000 600 for
pOStOtiiCe, or money for the improve
ment of Honolulu and HuO harbors
then we may know that the nation is
acting IN the interests of the Territory.
l love the United States, l was born
there and love its institutions and think
inat no other nation can compare with
its breadth of freedom, but l say that
the attitude of the nation towards this
Territory is not to be commended Tnere
is nothing creditable in the manner i'm
which the United States is treating this
country at this time. If my own father
were to treat another man so l would
say it, for l believe it to be the PLAIN
truth.
Il believe that the United States will
do justice i'm the end. l think that it
Will be shame and an outrage if the
nation gets the Pearl harbOr land from
this Territory for one dollar less than
1T is worth. The country can afford TO
pay million dollars for it. 1t can
well afford that sum- and it will be
blot and a stain on the rational reputa-
tion for fairness and Justice i'm the pro-
lection of every citizen under the flag
if it could he said that the United
States had forced people of this COM
munity out of their property at less
than its value
'Think of the great government re-
presented by these gentlemen" conti-
nued Silliman. indicating Admiral
Merry and Captain White and u. S.
Attorney Dunno, "and think of the way
they have handled this case, and ask
yourselves if it has been fair and right,
as between man and man. The Supreme
court has said that the manner In which
the United States takes the property of
its citizens under such proceedings as
this, is the surest and best test of the
character and integrity of the nation
As sure as there is a God in heaven,
gentlemen, in this case the United
States is on trial -"
Here Judge Estee interrupted. Don't
talk about the United States" he said,
Talk about your case"
Il can't sit here and hear this kind
of thing and keep my temper" said
Dunno, with a good deal of warmth, and
Silliman resumed on a new tack.
"Counsels argument" he said, strip
ped of its bitterness and sarcasm and
inveCtive, charges a conspiracy upon
the defendant and their attorneys and
the honorable gentlemen who have tes-
tilted in their behalf.-a conspiracy to
detraud the government The argu-
ment is rancid, bitter, and full Of sar-
casm and invective ana utterly unwar-
ranted, and it is an Illustration of the
methods employed i'm the whole case"
Silliman proceeded to further illus
trate the methods employed" by going
through the transcript and picking out
cases where he thought the case for the !
government had not been handled in
such way as to give the defendants
a fair show.