Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-07-14
WHY SHOULD IAOKEA REFUSE
TO RESIGN.

It's shame to hit cripple, espe-
cially one who says he was toying
with dangerous weapons he didn't
know were loaded.
This is about the gist of the extra
ordinary explanation of laukea's
hundred-dollar note and of the fur
Their appeal for mercy made by the
laukea organ.
The childlike innocence with which
the self-praised, abusive reform sheet
tells its story of how 1t Investigated
It's Sheriff and found nothing really
wrong in his accepting loan Of
money that came from the denizens Of
the red-light district Is so blissfully
ridiculous! II shows how easily part
nerships with the Devil are consum-
mated.
How candid the organ is! and how
good-after the whole affair has
been exposed
II did not see any necessity for
publishing the facts until they were
made public from other sources! 1t
was suddenly stricken color-blind,
and the red lights of Iwilei were
turned to twinkling brilliants in soft
est hues. And money, tainted money
from the purlieus Of the town, be-
came the happy medium Of little
hpu fra 1T L.
vate business; none-of-the-public's
business.
Rats-s.,
The public is told that the Sheriff
didn't know who 1t was to whom his
note had been committed by one of
his oficers-a man with record"
That is for his detectives to look out
for.
Isn't that one Of the sweetest ex-
hibitions of ignorance that Honolulu
has ever seen?
Hasn't Honolulu a real peach Of a
Sheriff II it be true that he person
ally doesn't know who is doing bust
ness in that particular portion Of the
town that has had unsavory notoriety
for months, and especially at the time
when the runabout Townsend was
out looking up coin for his superior?
II that note, which Iaukea gave In
this most extraordinary way, is fur
Their mark of his capacity and ability
and superiority over all others as an
official of the County, why in the
name of seven cities is all this expla-
nation being made?
IT, on the face of 1t, this transac.
tion is purely personal affair, why
is II necessary for the Sheriff and his
directing mentor to tell long stories
that make a pitiful defense?
Why, in defending the Sheriff, is II
considered advisable to call the Unit
ed States District Attorney names
Isn't 1t a part of his business to FIND
out what Is going on? II Iaukea ant
his associates are not ashamed o
themselves, why, should they maxi
faces at Breckons?
Furthermore, at what time durinl
the term Of the note did the Count,
Sheriff learn that the money he hat
borrowed came from Iwilei? And
Immediately he discovered where
came from, did he proceed to max
other arrangements, or did he ALLOW
the note to run the full term? Tau
kea in his interview with the b u
letin said he paid the note when
became due.
Again, the face of the note indl
Gates that the Sheriff paid no interea
on this loan from Iwilei. Was tina
an expression of philanthropy on tn
part of Townsend, or Isoi?
But why go on with the details q
this transaction that reeks and smell
to heaven with the most damagin
admissions Of incompetence and lutte
inability to appreciate ordinary r.
sponsibilities Of Office or average cit
zenship?
The only answer the Sheriff an
his "explanationers" have to make
that I'VE solemnly swear on on
oaths as oath-makers that there rea
ly is no graft In this business, an
there would have been none had tn
note remained undiscovered"
Now isn't that lovely demonstri
ton of goodness?
What would Roosevelt say to that
What would the citizens of mai
land municipality say to an offici
and his defenders who were foo
enough to put up any such defense?
To thara apv ranufahla citizen