The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-22

had been paid in cash by Kumalae in
the hallway of the capitol. The testi-
mony of H. E. Cooper, Jas. H. Boyd.
]. A. Magoon, T Lyons, John NJ. Will
son and Mrs Leonard was offered to
show that Johnson had not attended
any Of the meetings.
Attorney Ashford said the defense
would be to show that Enoch Johnson
had been employed by the committee
to perform clerical work and that at
] the express wish of Kumalae he did
not attend the committee meetings,
Kumalae taking notes which he sub
sequently handed to Mr.. Johnson to
write into the report.
A legal opinion was also desired at
this time, and Johnson gave it in writ
ing charging $50 for it. Subsequently.
Mr.. Girvin handed in report, and
johnson also had one. Johnson took
the Girvin report made interlineations
in it, and it was then handed to Tesla
who wrote the last five pages of the
report to make a clean copy.
| r. J. Tesla was called as a witness
! by the defense, he testifying that he
had typewriter the last five pages,
for which work he was paid $3.50 in
cash by Kumalae. No explanation was
made as to why cash was paid instead
of payment being made by warrant.
| Solomon Meheula, clerk of the House
| of Representatives, was called. At
| torney General Andrews handed up a
| bill for $500 purporting to be drawn
up and payable to Meheula, for his in
spection as to whether he handed that
special bill to be O.K.'d by the chair
man Of the committee. Then ensued a
parry of words between Ashford and
| Andrews. Meheula protested that he
was indicted on that bill and it might
incriminate him if he answered.
| Jonah Kumalae, chairman of the
| committee to investigate the Chinese
fund, testified he acted as clerk of the
committee, using authorizations, leav-
| ing out words, but writing rapidly
| enough to take the testimony. John
son. although appointed as clerk did
not attend the meetings as it was a
rule to exclude everybody except the
witness under examination. This rule
was broken when H. E. Cooper APP
peared as a witness when a shorthand
expert was called in.
Kumalae denied that he had appoint
ed a ub-conmittee, which had been
| testified to. He was not consulted in
the appointment of Mr.. Girvin to do
clerical work.
He had employed Johnson at SIS per
day. He turned over the testimony to
johnson, who Transcribed it, filling in
the proper words, etc. He said he was
very much surprised when Long hand
ed him the Girvin report, but he hand
| ed it to Johnson to go over. Johnson's
own report covered &c pages. He
found that Girvin's report contained
better English and after consulting
with some members he thought it
ought to be presented to the House.
| KumaIae identified a voucher for $50
for a legal opinion given by Johnson,
the clerk, which was given verbally
and which Johnson said he had in
| corporated in the report. Kumalae
| knew Johnson to he an attorney, and
he knew that legal opinions given by
Johnson We're to be relied upon, for
Johnson had given him opinions on
| OLnSf matters winch were correct.
The report. also compiled by johnson.
was also paid for as extra compensa-
| ton. Johnson asked for $45 and Cir
! vim, 49, so he made out a bill of $50
for both payable to Enoch johnson.
The latter gave Kumalae, $35 out of
the $50 which he paid over to Girvin.
The $45 it was reasonable charge, be-
cause Judging from charges made in
1a irIa HI
He did not notify the committee that
he had appointed Johnson until toward
the end of the session. He was not
sure about this as his memory was
not good. Johnson's work was to take
his notes taken at meetings and write
them out in proper FORM" filing in
words.
! According to the amount of work
I guess it was twenty-six days work
| altogether" said Kumalae referring to
| Johnson's clerical work. He told me
| he worked on it twenty-six days. he
! continued.
| ''Johnson's report was never present
| ed to the committee-it was presented
to me. 1t was found that Girvin's re-
port was the better one, so that was
adopted
Did you ever notify the committee
! that you had obtained this opinion?"
/ inquired Andrews.
Il don't remember" answered Ku-
malae. That became the burden of his
answers
Il will say, however that the COM
mittee signed the whole report and the
opinion was in it," said Kumalae.
He could not point out in the report
the opinion" He was asked why the
lawyers, on the committee of which
there were three-Long, Chillingworth
and Fernandez-had not been question:
ed as to the legal point.
How about yourself asked An
! drews, weren't you one of Humph-
reys' lawyers?" which caused 2 smile.
1t was brought out by Kumalae's
| testimony that despite the secrecy by
which Johnson was excluded from the
meetings, Prendergast, the clerk OF
another committee, was present.
! David Kupihea said that as a mem
! Der of the committee on accounts he
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