The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-22
CATHGART GIVEN
CHANCE To SPEAK
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= Cathcart insisting on the eommittt
2 carrying out its promise to allow hi
: to make a public answer to the Adve
. tiser charges before taking defnit
2 steps to either put him off the tickt
or decide to keep him on. This promis
was respected and Friday night mex
arranged for the time when Catheal
shall appear at the Orpheum to max
his denials.
Secretary Castro gave out the follow
ing announcement to the press at tn
end of the meeting:
"'Since the publication of the frs
charges against Mr. Cathcart, the cen
trail committee has had under consider
alton an investigation, and has ais
agreed that, before coming to a conclu
sion, Mr. Cathcart should be given al
opportunity to answer each and ever
charge at Friday night meeting. An(
on Saturday morning this committee il
to meet and come to a definite conclu
sion one way or another, Saturday be
ing the last day on which nomination
papers can be fled
Mr.. Castro refused to state whether
names of any others for the place on
the ticket to be vacated by Cathcart,
should he be invited by the committee
to step out, but he added that there
were now several candidates available.
Cathcart's Reply to Dole.
Cathcart yesterday gave out the fol.
| lowing statement as his answer to the
charges of corruption made against
him by Brown and Chillingworth,
charges upon which Governor Dole re-
fused to appoint him Attorney Gen
eral:
"'The Advertiser reports the state
ments made by Judge Dole substantial
ly as Judge Dole made them yesterday,
Judge Dole to a question that put to
him.
''At the conclusion of Judge Dole
statement, l asked Judge Dole, What
Mr.. Brown said to you being hearsay,
you acted upon the word of Mr.. Chill
lingworth only?' Judge Dole replied,
yes, acted on what Mr.. Chilling
worth said, although it did not follow
that / believed it to be true, but it
would have required an investigation,
which l did not feel called upon 10
make at that time
EWhen | sought the position of At
torney General 1 became aware that
Judge Dole had some information ap-
parently detrimental to myself or
which he was relying. Governor
Dole would not tell me what his in
formation was nor from whom he got
it. was not afforded any opportunity
of denial and did not even know the
nature of the charge This is the first
time / have had an opportunity of
making a denial and I do now deny
that at any time I made to Mr.. Chill
hngwOrth or any one else any PROPOSE
ton of making money out of law
breakers and those accused of crime
by combination with the police de- |
partment OF, with any one else or any
proposition or suggestion of that char,
aeter in any respect.
81 For nearly three years I had al |
most the entire charge of the prosecu-r /
ton of offenses against the Territory
in the Circuit and Supreme Courts |
Had | wished to make money by anY
connivance with criminals it Law with
in my power to do so without the as
sistanee of Mr.. Chillingworth or Mr.. !
Brown or the police department. En-
tire confidence was reposed in me by
Mr.. Dole, the Attorney General, and
that confidence was never in any way
abused by me. As [ have said I had
entire charge of the prosecution of
offenders. The record of convictions
will show that I was a diligent and
active prosecutor; and that the ratio
of convictions was higher than that at
any time while the Attorney General s
department was conducting criminal
prosecutions; I may add these convic-
tons were obtained under the most
adverse circumstances.
FJOHN w. CATHCART. -
Challenge to Advertiser.
Mr.. Cathcart, in addition to the |
above statement of general denial, is
sued the following challenges:
. To the Hawaiian Gazette Company, |
Limited, and Walter G. Smith.
Gin your paper, the Advertiser, You
refer to my libel suits against you as
bluffs and intimate editorially that |
they are never to be tried, but will be
dropped after election.
There is time to try these libel
suits or some of them before election.
Under the law you have a right to
delay, but there is no need of it. There |
are now four cases fled against you.
81 hereby challenge you to an i'm