The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-22

as the records We're at Honolulu, so he
favored county government with at
tendant conveniences. The bill passed
by the last Legislature was too yo-
luminous.
Senator Mitchell suggested that a
survey was what was wanted and Mr..
Peck said he tried it but he was too
late.
Mr.. Peck was asked about the Jail
by Senator Burton. on the lines of
Emil Ney's letter This brought up Lor-
rim Andrews sheriff of the island. He
said the Jail was a poor one, the
grounds being enclosed by a twelve foot
fence The average number of pris-
oners was from so to 100. The jailor
gets $50 a month. Andrews said he
knew Emil Ney, formerly a guard at
the Jail, who got $50 and board. He
explained hat prisoners were worked
on roads. Senator Burton wanted to
know if there was sufficient safeguard
to prevent contractors from being paid
for convict labor. Andrews said he
kept nine or eleven horses in a separate
enclosure. Ball and chain are put on
only after an escape. There was some
discussion over the propriety of thus
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children, but nothing important was
developed.
John Fitzgerald testified that he was
pilot harbormaster, wharfinger, keep
er of the kerosene warehouse and keep
er of the government powder maya
zines He said during a strong north
wind it was almost impossible to keep
vessels from going ashore in the har-
Dor and that in consequence it was
necessary that there be a breakwater.
He said such a wall should be con-
structed from the end of COcoanut Is
| land to the reef buoy, which in
straight line would mean fill in four
| to five fathoms, but by taking circu-
| lar route the depth would be about two
and half fathoms. The two lights
at the harbor entrance were sufficient
| but there should be a twentymile light
on the point below the city
LITTLE HOLDS THE CENTER.
Judge Gilbert F. Little was then
| sworn. He was questioned as to the
/ Supreme Court and testified that the
bench was filled by an attorney with
out having been sworn, for one case
only. He said there was a case where
one justice and two attorneys sat and
| the two lawyers filed the courts opin-
t ion and the single justice filed a dis
sentfng opinion. He said that the con
, dition was unwise and tending to create
, distrust and diSaffection. He said the
( lack of appeal from the Supreme Cour
t was a mistake. AS to the power of Of
5 ficiaIs he said there was no change
now from the Dole oligarchy. He salt
he called it oligarchy because two o.
} three fellows ran it. He said if thu
t same system had prevailed in west
? ern town every member of the outfi
would have been hanged.
Two members of the Supreme Court
r he said Frear and Perry, were not A
0 mericans. and they had the power t
t reverse the Circuit Courts wheneve
I they wished. To Senator Mitchell Lit
tie said he thought he was in toucI
4 with the sentiment of the Americans
= and all thought we should have al
4 American government run by Ameri
r cans He said the old regime was lott
. TO let go.
AS to the ex-Queen he said there wa
r an American sentiment that the Queer
= was the innocent victim of a condition
she could not combat, and hence tn
2 revolution was without right. He sal,
g the overthrow was due TO the desire o
g the Queen to promulgate a constitution
0 which would give TO her people a vot
! and have it counted. He told of TIL
A landing of marines, and insisted tn
2 effect was to compel the Queen to sub
= nit.
r Judge Little said the sentiment of A
mericans was that the Queen couI
-, not have been overthtrown but for tn
5 presence Of the marines. and that sh
$ yielded upon the representations tina
the United States government wouIc
:, treat her with justice. The natives. h