The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-05
RATA CHARGES
ROBERTSON
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bAiot AhS leicoNu III Will
the judgeship between Kuhio and Me.
Clellan, the first one being that Wood
ruff had withdrawn and that the Ha-
waiian candidate might be appointed,
and the last one stating that he had
no knowledge of anything that would
lead him to believe that Mr. Woodruff
would withdraw. Kinney stated that
the series Of messages had opened his
eyes and that he did not intend to
shut them again. He stated as his be-
lief that the Rath charges were only
a scouting party compared with the
general Woodruff campaign. He stated
that he considered Robertson was be-
ing iockeyed out of the running by I'M
seen hands and on that account desired
a resolution passed that would be un
mistakable in its language.
This was after Mr.. Rath had made
his charges and Mr.. Robertson had re-
piled.
Rath's Charges.
Mr.. Rath stated his charges in calm
and clear language, prefacing his re-
marks by stating that he had presented
the charges at Washington solely as
an individual, representing no religious
or political association or civic league.
81 believe of all officials of the gov
eminent, Judge should be one whose
past and present are above question, -
he said 81 am person who believes
that Judge should be one who honors
womanhood. Ny charge against this
gentleman is that he lacks this trait.
[ based my protest against his appoint
L. 4 70 hn
dent but to Senator. I do not think
it necessary to go into particulars. You
know, many of you, what | am refer
ring to.
"What has happened and what 1
specifically base my charges on IS
known to most of you. In the treat
ment of my own wife, by Haunting GER
tain things in her face, Mr.. Robertson
has been neither fair nor honorable.
In the treatment of other poor but
reputable women he has shown no con-
siderafion On this l have based my
charge I have not been trained in a
theological school and have not been
trained to talk, but if there are any
questions you wish to ask me [ am here
to answer them.
Mr.. Kinney explained that what the
Association wished to hear were par,
ticulars. "If there is anything left
unsaid at this meeting on your part,
Mr.. Rath, it is because. you have not
exercised the right you now have to
say it. You win have a courteous hear
ing
Mr. Kinney then asked number OF
questions, Mr.. Rath going into some
particulars concerning what he stated
was ''not nice to have thrust in the
faces of reputable women and their
families living in the neighborhood. -
s'Your charge Is based on the presum-
ed improper relations of Mr.. Robert
son with an immoral woman living in
your neighborhood2' asked Mr.. Kin
ney. son the fact, as you supposed,
that Mr. Robertson was keeping this
woman in a cottage near your place
and living with hera Was there any
thing that occurred outside Of this cot
tage that brought this matter into open
notice to you or your family?''
90 Yes. On the night of Mr.. Robert
sons marriage. - stated Mr.. Rath, who
gave an account of this. He stated that
on the night in question he had been
awakened by the noise of quarrel IN
the woman s yard. Going out he had
found the bride being reviled and
abused by the woman. A native man
held the brides wrists, forcing her to
listen while the woman told her that
she had been living with Robertson and
had been abandoned, telling the wife
that like fate awaited her He, Rath,
had taken the wife away and had asked
her to go home to her grandmother or
else come with him and let him take
her to his wife, who would guard her
that night. Finally she had gone away
with the woman, who was her cousin.
While the row was going on, Robertson
sat in a hack, peeping out, and had
finally driven away, leaving his bride
held by the native and subject to abuse,
while around her were gathered men
of all nationaHties listening.
81 do not believe that man who
would do this is a fit man to sit as a
Judge of the conduct of other men,
he stated.
Mr. Rath stated that he knew of
nothing reprehensible on the part OF
Mr.. Robertson since his marriage; that
he was not aware of the fact that the
woman in question had since married,
and that he knew only vaguely that
Mr.. Robertson held now and for several
years the important position of Ma
tional Committeeman in the Republican
party.
Robertson's Reply.
Mr.. Robertson began his reply by
stating that no man respected woman
hood higher than he did. 81 would
like to say that [ have and have always
had the greatest respect for womanhood,
as great as any man in this room. Re,
garding some of the phrases used in
the discussion OF these charges by Mr..
Rath, I wish to take exception to the
phrases of living with woman and
keeping woman l deny that. She
lived in her own place in Desha lane;
/ lived in my own place on Hotel street
don I deny visiting that neighborhood
but | make no admissions other than
that
After stating that Mr.. Rath had of
ten met him but had taken no occasion
to find fault with him for anything
he had done, Mr.. Robertson went into
details of the occurrences on the night
of his wedding.
This woman is relative of my
wife. When my wife was not at board
ing school she lived with her grand