The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-02


will never change his mind. Wells,
Fargo is now figuring on operating
delivery system in Honolulu; l am
told that they intend to put on wa
CONS, and, it is their intention to put
out Of business as many local express
men.
They are telling a story on local
attorney whom l need not identify any
more definitely than by saying that he
was cnce lay reader, once ran a laun-
dry, once taught school and is now the
partner of another lawyer whom John
X. Sumner will never employ again. AS
the story goes this lawyer was APP
pointed the other day to defend a
Porto Rican on some charge or other,
according to the delectable custom nre-
vailing in our courts of providing free
counsel to the busted defendant The
counsel for the defense in this case re-
cognized an old acquaintance as soon
as he met his client for consultation.
The defendant had just finished a term
in Jail for stealing the watch of the
lawyer appointed to defend him.
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There is a statute in the Session
Laws of the Territory which was enact
ed in 1905, which is known among at
torneys as the Statute of Ashford, from
the fact that it is alleged that Attorney
c. w. Ashford was entirely respon-
sible for having it enacted, to cover
one specific case which he happened
to have on at that time. 1t provides
that after 60 days of term of court
shall have passed, neither side in
case at law may compel the trial of
the matter during that term, unless
1t shall have been previously set, or
both sides agree to it, Therefore there
was great deal of glee among the at
torneys about the Judiciary building
yesterday when Ashford babe fair to
be hoisted by his own petard, as it
were. Ashford had a motion to set,
but Achi opposed it, on the grounds
of the Statute of Ashford" 1t is
possible that Achi may relent and let
the matter come up this term, but ne
holds the whip hand. The matter will
come up on the 18th.
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There are various rumors of queer
sort of political campaign here next
time. | don't know how true they are.
They are not altogether new, being
much similar to reports which have
been current in previous campaigns
and which have not been borne out by
the result of the count of votes. Briefly
the reports in question are that in most
districts throughout the islands, there
is a general effort among Hawaiian
societies to bind all of that race to-
gether in a combination to put Ha-
waiians in office. Motley has long
preached this doctrine, but neither he
nor anyone else ever succeeded in
making it stick. A majority of the
Hawaiians have always voted on a
more intelligent basis than mere race
lines If they hadn't there would prob
ably have been very unpleasant
amendment of the Organic Act.
Whether truthfully or not, there is
no doubt that the rumors which come
from various secret societies of the
Hawaiians, report a movement to draw
the race line. This was neatly done
on Hawaii, according to some Democra-
tic leaders of that island, who have
been in Honolulu not very long since
Never was a political party so fear
fully dumped" as was the Democra-
tic organization of the big island Ask
7. j. Ryan, of Olaa lands fame, who
is now in Honolulu, and possibly he
will tell you about it. Ryan managed
the fusion campaign and elected almost
the whole ticket, Before that he had
evolved and engineered the fusion
scheme which made the success possible
After election there was joy in the
ranks of the Democrats, also in the
ranks of the Home Rulers, but the
former did not know really how joyful
the latter were.
When it came to the distribution of
the jobs, the Democrats began to wear
very long faces. The supervisors were
nicely organized by the fusionists,.
with a Democratic haOle chairman. But
suddenly it was discovered that GER
tain Hawaiian secret society was hold
ing nightly meetings, and the charge
was openly made that the Home Rule
majority of the county board was TAX
ing orders from this society. The end
of it was that the so-called fusion
board wouldn't give Party Manager
Ryan even $40 a month job,-they
turned the man who ran their cam
Daign out into the cold world, and the
supervisors administration became Ha-
waiian and Home Rule. Democrats
need not apply was the motto.
Since then there has been quite