The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-22
VOLCANO MARSHALL GOES TO
JAIL. CHARGED VIII SEDlTl0N

Marshall VIII soon ba na u
.aoNn In tine Philippine ns Dr. wns n.
Hawaii AccDrd.nr .o thr Iat't ud
I vices he a. now Do jlu lu ID uIH
charged with treason. Mlrh.u ii
been hitting away ul 'hn officials Que
judiciary ~ Manila, ana DIE method
are objected ID b. these people 1u
. dispatches from Manila tsI Hi ihe nr
rest Of the editors Of ih Volcano. bIi
40 not mention any nance.
The reason " THIS is ,hat the dis
| patches are censored uy soc United
! states Goveruu eut. and tIut permits
sion was refused to send names u.s. th'
publication OF these 90 t.e United
states might stir up unnecessary SYM
patty for the ilcarCera.cd eo.tuIr
The san Franclsco Chronicle, how
ever. gives Marshall fun credit for bis
arrest. and follows The dispatch from
Manila printed in the Chronicle. with
local statement OF Alarshalls Identity
as follows:
! MANILA. April 10.-EXciteucnt pre-
| walls here on account Of The arrest ot
! the editor and proprietor Of Freedom,
| local publication who Is chargel with
| scdition in publishing recently an ar
tlcle from an American periodical to
which the edi or OF Free lom agreed. lie
also added remarks of his own, censur-
| ing the United states Commissions
| rule, and saying that when it started
In July last every paper in the city up
| held It, since which they had all
dropped by the wayside, as they would
4 not support arbitrary government, es-
pecialy when evidences Of carpet-bag
cling and rumors OF graf were too
thick to he pleasant
"The main charges made are that In
many cases the Filipino ce-holders
are rasCals and that the Commission
| has exalted to the highest positions
| Flipinos who are VIGOROUSLY corrupt.
The editors OF the Volcano also have
been arrested on a suit of the Govern
Went for demanding the removal of the
Judge who recently tried Senior Val
DEE Cthe editor OF a local Spanish paper.
who was fined 1000 pesetas for libeling
two Filipino members OF the Commits
sion), and who Is now trying the editor
of Freedom under the sedtion law.
"Thgse proceedings have aroused the
entire press of Manila ana it's repre-
scntutives met today and resolved to
send committee to the Commissioners
to argue against the injustice of the
proceedings. THE meeting also deter
|
idont Roosevelt, urging him to take
steps to prevent the Commission from
Using the sedition law in such cases, to
prove lese majeste against editors. The
% meeting, which was enthusiastic. was
also largely attended by lawyers, doc
= tors and others.
William II. Marshall. the principal
% editor of the Manila Volcano, is known
throughout California as an erratic but
brilliant editor. He was for II number
Of years the editorial writer of the Sac
- ramcnto Bee, and has occupied similar
positions in many California towns. He
, went to the Philippines a few months
ESQ from Honolulu. where he had beer
- Il resident for nearly three years. Par
is of this time he spent in jail for libeling
the Chief Justice Of the Republic OF
!, Hawaii.
n "Marshall's case Is famous in the an
nails of Jurisprudence as in it the ques-
- ton was first raised in the annexed ter
# rtory whether the Constitution OF The
United states followed the Nag. Mar.
shalls lawyers contended that it did
n and that their client not having beef
M indicted by grand jury, had been ILL.
gally convicted. The case was appealed
to the United States District Court Of
Fl Hawaii, but Judge Morris NJ Este, re,
n fused to, release Marshall and he broke
r. rock on the streets OF Honolulu unu
pardoned by Governor Dole.
"Curiously enough Marshalrs offens,
II for which he was sentenced in Hawai-
), was committed in the columns of the
= Volcano This was "A political weekly
a which he started to oppose the Dole
n | government He attacked the Supreni,
, Court of Hawaii in the boldest manner
: and announced weekly that the Vol
CGnO would never cease to belch It's
suphurous fumes until il had driven
Chief Justice Judd over the Pail The
Pail is the great preCipice near Hon
= o!ulu over which Kamenameha |. the
# uniiier of Hawaii. drove thousands Of
e his enemies to death below.
). when Marshall dotted the stripes he
q rekindled the Volcano, which had been
! extinct during his Incarceration. nut
although backed by Judge Humphreys
e and the missionaries of Honolulu
IT he could not make il "A success. He
X slipped off to Manila at the invitation
If Cf Editor &. O. Ziegenfuss of the Ma
Il ria American, and began publishing
he Manila Volcano. He has bitterly
: assalled many of the officials both
| American and Filipino
n Marshall is a master of invective
II He has much the style of the editors
II of generation and half ago, and
2 almost all his editorials end with an
apostrophe to the flag But he is q
man of courage, with few ambitions
except to agitate for his principles. and
- with n burning desire 10 fall a martyr
q to the convictions for which he has
toiled many years. 'Americanism' il
:, his war cry, and his Interpretation OF
a this word u.s. according to MARSHALL!
"a friends, sure to bring him the enmity
"a of Government officials in the Philip
no pines, and to ultimately cause his eNil,
: from the islands. If Marshall can brnl
,s about this, his life will have received
10 its browning glory"