The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-12-02
BUILDERS FAVOR
CHINESE LABOR

was h'il raiuIuhl ui which time iI.
IDlolt 1f the builders aud 1fadcfs
La,nanse upon the memorial fayofng
....a .e labor on Plantations vas SUBJ
mItl,d.
ihg communication contains the fol-
loving RESOLUTION as adopted by the
Builders and Traders.
Hesolyed, That tuls Exchange, rep
l'a,ntlng the largest number OF trad
e'a dLd builders Icgiumately engaged
lh business In this Territory ana en-
Wo!inB large numbers of white and
Hawaiian mechanics and laborers, do
hereby endorse and ratify the memori-
al addressed to the senatorial Com
mission by the Merchants Association
Of Honolulu, and
Resolved, That a committee COM
posed of the president of this Exchange
ana five members thereof to be named
by the president, are hereby authorized
to convey this ratification to the di-
lectors or members of the Merchants
Association and to bring before that
body the request of this Exchange
that 1t exert all its influence on the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
and the Chamber of Commerce and
other commercial bodies and the COM
munity at large to promote trade. me-
chanical and industrial interests by
fostering in this community a senti-
ment in favor of employing only Amer
lean citizens or those eligible to be-
come such in all mechanical, building
and laboring work, in this Territory.
and be it further
Resolved, That the above commit
tee of this Exchange is hereby author
lHed and empowered to act on behalf
OF this Exchange and by and with the
Merchants Association and other bod
les who may endorse the memorial of
the Merchants Association to the SEN
atorial Commission to draft and for
ward such endorsement and ratifica-
tion as may be right and proper and in
conformity with these resolutions"
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in the city of Honolulu, well knowing
at the time that you had no funds in
said bank to cover the payment of
same, and that the said William Vanat-
ia. as public accountant. did return to
the Treasurer of the Territory of Ha-
wall said check for s255 as a part of
the Government funds, and upon pres
entation Of said check for payment it
was dshonored."
What have you to say in regard to
that?
4. ] went to Mr.. Nanatta and asked
him If he had any funds he could give
me on a check; he said he had; / got
two hundred and fifty-five dollars from
HIM, an1 gave him a check on the bank
Of Bishop & Company, where / had
balance. / won't be positive. however,
II there was quite enough to meet the
check, and as | was going to Honolulu
from Hilo, would make a deposit which
would cover the amount of the check.
AS matter of fact the check came
down before / expected ii would from
Hilo, and was presented on the bank
AID returned to the treasury, and
took it up there at the treasury.
Q. At the treasury here in Honolulu?
a. Yes, ! look it up. There was no
other intention on my part to collect
any money from him without getting it
at the banks
@. And did you get the $255.?
A. Certainly.
Q. And it was repudiated by the Ter
ritorial Treasurer on the grounds there
was no money in the bank when he Of
fered the check for payment?
A. The bank returned it mot sufii-
cient funds" and / paid the amount
into the Department and took up the
check. l don't remember except
ing one instance where | sent money
to Honolulu excepting through checks.
There was only one time where | sent
money to Honolulu by steamer and
paid freight on il.
THE FOURTH CHARGE.
The Chairman: That while you held
office as said Auditor of said Territory
you have procured money from b. II.
Wright, Chief Clerk of the Department
of Public Works, knowing that said
Nr,vlt had no means of his own, and
no money to lend, except public money
in his official custody, you borrowing
at one time, from the said Wright as
aforesaid, the sum of seven hundred and
fifty dollars for your own personal use,
knowing that the same was taken from
public funds"
Do you deny that you procured mon
ey from said b. II. Wright the Chief
Clerk of the Department Of Public
Works?
A. No. l do not deny it; l do not
remember-I do not think the amount
given there is correct as the total
amount at one time, but l did at one or
two times ask him for a loan, which he
gave me, end it was afterwards set
tied up; in fact, all the loans were set
tied up with him.
Mr.. McCandless: Q. Can you give us
the amount of those loans?
a. | think 1t was twice, perhaps
three times, but cannot state positively
without referring to my memorandums.
The Chairman: q. Did you think t.
II. Wright had money of his own to
loan?
a. Well, he told me at one time that
he would have money or something
from the sale of his wife's property,
that he would have money to loan.
Whether that was the truth or not l do
not know. ! did not ask him for Gov
ernment funds.
@. You did not ask him where he
got these funds from?
\. No.