Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-04-04


REGULATIONS 0Fb0ARD
A large part Of the proceedings of
the Senate Molokai trip investi cation
committees session last night was TAX
en- up with vindication Of the steam.
ship officers, especially Captain Mao
pala. who had been accused Of drunk.
cnness by previous witnesses. G. l.
Wight. OF the Wilder's 8. 8. Co., was
present accompanied by H. e. Cooper,
Nho called several witnesses and ex.
amined them on this subject. After the
committee had expressed itself as thor.
oughly satisfied with the proof offered
the steamship people left and Pinkham
had his innings. He finished with all
his witnesses. Tonight he will read
statements from Molokai and argue his
case.
Senator Lane was the first witness
called. He was examined by II. K.
Cooper. He had seen Captain Naopala
on board the kinau. Lane first had
the impression that he was under the
influence Of liquor. The committees or
eeIea tne steamer 70 60 10 waikoiu
gu, instesa " anchored at haiawao.
n,s ulsoveu,enoe 70 .ne cominl''ee
oroeIs maue Lane thnk tnat mere was
sometn'ns radlcalIy wrong. ana ne ex.
p.esseu an OPINION at tne time that
Naopaia was urunk. Lane ,nought II
Was aueer tnat rinknam couia iana, put
.na. .he ohioers toiu tne iesisiatoIs
ina. was too dangerous Ior them 10
isho' ne thousht Naopaia was putting
up Jop on tnem' Later on, however,
ne had conversation al kalaupapa
Win Naopaia ana then round that ne
was mistaken. NaopaIa was not drunk
Louis sell, tne nrst omcer OF tne hinau,
was not under the innuence Oh liquor
either.
Pinkham asked Lane what connec.
ton there was between his landing and
Naopala's condition, Lane answered
that there was a rumor that pinkbsm
did not want the Health Committed
to land He aid NOT know how trne
the rrmor was
senator Woods called Captain
Clarke Iou,s Self and tho SECOND
mate. sanders 10 stand lane recog.
nlZad (slQrka and SAlf Nnnn nf fhnm
we're under tho inf,nence NJ uouor
There was a stout Hawaiian officer who
was drunk lane understood no was
nm of,,cer NJ tho ite,iLe
SECRETARY Atkinson was cs,,ed nv
Cooper' Cantain Clarke Captain Mao.
paia Mate Self and Mate Sarders no
knew He thonght NaonaIa was in
charge Every ono NJ thom was soher
An ofI,cer Of the Iikelike was rather
taIkatiye, This. he Thought gave rise
10 the impressIon that some Of the M.
Hcers were DRINK
q A Brown was ca,,ed nv Cooner
He saw Captains Clarke and Naonsla
and Mates Self and Sanders They
were sober
Senator Dowse,, Lraw and had ssar
ali the of,cers mentioned They were
ali perfectIv sober some NJ the mas.
seneers were under the influence Of
iionor but not badly 90
Mrs Nakuina aid not know ~ sbe
could tell when n man was under the
infuence NJ Iiouor Tho of,cers we're
as sober as thew always were
Dic,,ev stated that tho memhers NJ
the Committees had come to the con.
cIusion that ali the ofBcers were .oser
~
Senator Woods added that the com.
mittee in it's report would exonerate
the Kinau ofIicers and Captain Naopala
from ali blame.
G. /. Wight, president of the WI.
der's q s. Co. stated that Cap,ain Mao.
pala held a yery fine certificate' Self
also held an excellent masters license,
Both had worked themselves up by
hard work and were sober men. The
United States inspectors smoke OF both
as being exceptionaIIy able men
Woods called Acbi on the stand next.
He had seen none of the officers under
the influence of liouor. He saw two
passengers. Freeman and David Car.
ter. who were under the influence of
liauor.
Pinkham now started his case by
reading the following affidayit by Can.
tain Naopala:
NV name is Moses Naopala.