The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-20
BROWN COMPLETES HIS
LETTER TO GOVERNOR


the final chapter of Arthur NJ. Browns
attempt to refute the criticisms of his
conduct of the Office of High Sheriff,
made by Governor Carter, has been
given out. Its full text follows:
Brown may not have realized that a
Chinese hackman does not present
handsome silver gifts or literally en-
terrain the police and judiciary with
champagne dinners without expecting
some consideration i'm return"
l challenge the Governor to show
that l have received any silver gifts,
or gold ones for that matter, hand
some or ugly, from any Chinese (hack-
man or otherwise) and call the
governor down point blank on his as
sertion to that effect, that is, 1 assume
that ne intended to charge that / was
the recipient of the silver gifts re-
ferred to In his arraignment
The only Chinese hackman that /
know of whose dinners 1 attended was
the Chinese hackman, Ahoo, who. on
his birthday and certain Chinese an
NV tl SdIltSt mas Dttll Ill IHG
entertaining in a public and open way
members of Territorial and Federal
officers. If / mistake not Governor
Carter was invited to at least one of
these functions and sent his regrets
because he was about to take a trip
to Waialua.
These dinners have taken place, per-
haps, twice year and / never thought
any more about going to them than 1
would to a Chinese "konohi' dinner
and now l want to reiterate my de-
NAL in regard to the silver gifts and
want the Governor to make good that
assertion or take it back. on Chinese
New Years different Chinese have
sent me presents consisting of lichee
nuts and the usual "konoht' gifts and
this is no marked profusion, nothing
more than any other citizen with
reasonably wide acquaintance amongst
the Chinese might expect, and if the
Governors accusation is intended to
charge that Chinese secured undue or
any influence upon me in my official
capacity by reason of these konohi
presents or otherwise / unequivocally
deny such to be the case.
DENy1Nc, rvEpvrr,r>-o
Continuing the Governor charges
that Il may not have known of the
tremendous extent to which gambling
had taken hold of this community and
ope'ns Coi'uue'eu'
ne e'i SIMPLY sd! 'hal gam
't ne my ",'uiiioeics III ONCE
49,. i'o''' VI '"e community
a.. -. '' h'' was ~ pe-
eN'ep' as mere
49,, e'e'l'' was ho more
0p ~. 'i, NOV"
49,, ~, w. o'ei i'or urges
tl,;. 80 nv. 't''Ne Nio"m that
49,. 49,, e'e'' Suiieiii 's,
40 49, - ,,-,,'n "o,Hen " appear
: wy .''ipioSe gu lleir huspailus
P",' az ie''. u tiie wages earn
rI,ir,, 49,, 'nel '",u'ei CUM
en -, saiiipleu
Il, 49,. -S9' S,ie iloi
49,, ''i' eo'i''.'ioil 'ha' 1t IS not
al 80. 'tli"i women 10 wait
e. - "'ou"u .he once
,,,,., ,,ai1 a., -, 40,
n - y, ''ieiii " save
'Ni' ','i's'
49, re we ioiSson's state
o iecoiiec'loll OF any
= ~, r,n, ',. us peen iiiaoe 10 me py
times rona,ohan IT, liu'nDei Vi
having come to me and comnlained
because their husbands drank nm their
wages around the saloons and did NOT
provide for their families, and in these
,ases / recommended that thew 60 70
he employers of their husbands md
secure an Arrangement by which mart
IF the pay could be given IN tho wife
directly, and as a matter of fact for
years past antedating my term as
Sheriff, / have known of ARRANGEMENTS
If that kind being made. particular,v
~ steamship companies In this CON
lection I should like something moro
definite from the governor. Who are
he employers whose offices are haunt
ID by these Hawaiian womeno Tbat
causes suffering goes without
saying, but that I have caused tbis
or that any sucb cordition
If general restitution arose arong
Hawaiian women during INV fern, 90