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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11
The LONG and The SHORT OF IT.

Extremes meet" Little HenshnlI
and big Smith, the little editor OF the
Star and the big editor of the Advcr.
tiscr well Illustrate that ancient say.
ing. in publicly clasping hands In their
editorial issues OF yesterday and dc.
claring--to each other "You and ap.
PROVE of lightfoot; that ends IT,"
The editor OF the Advertiser knew
that he had to get some backing IN
his support of Mr.. Lightfoot. The
opinion of this community sadly need.
ed tonic on that question, ana "d.
tor Smith, though sufficient unto HIM.
self on some occasions. felt undoubcd.
ly that he had to get bottle.holdcl or
some kind to help him on the job. And
he got one.
This morning the Advertiser cont
tains an outburst Of culogy for tho
fair-mindedness, the sober Judgment
and the conclusive say-so OF the Editor
Of the Star, acting as second for his
lil'hu 'hN VI wv fhh''i'is'is W
unimportant cases we believe the INIT
! ed action Of the Star and the Advcr.
| tiser might settle things, DHt some
matters too deeply stir the commuu.
ity to be covered up by any WHIT.
wash brush, even If backed up ~ an
Editors trust. No white.wash brush
can efface Mr.. Lightfoot's speech at
| the theater. No white.wash brush can
make his aggression at that theStcr
come within the protection accorded
| him as an attorney In trying case in
court. any more than IL Mr.. LightrOut
was to make n speech tonight in that
theater he could claim the suppress.
sion of all comment in regard to ii. b..
cause he happened to be trying a case
In court. The two things will not At
and will not wash.
Mr.. Iightfoot, in the discharge Of
his duties In court, and his clients In
making their defense in court, are en-.
titled to protection. but what thog are
doing today outside OF court. or have
done outside of court, in other mat.
tiers, is public. property. and 1t is sim.
ply audacious impudence to try and
throw dust in the eyes of the public
and claim that these matters are with.
in Mr.. Lightfoot's privilege and the
privileges of the defense.
If there had been but that one act
Of Mr.. Lightfoot, the Bulletin
might have taken different course,
but Mr.. Lightfoot, later. in the Court
House, rendered physical assistance
to the japanese In avoiding the sery.
ing Of warrant of arrest for fclonv,
and has throughout conducted himself
In perfect accord with the speech he
delivered at the theatcr. We do not
propose that he shall keep that mp
without public criticism, and If there
Is any more Of It We propose to crit,
icise 1t Just as freely as we have his
conduct In the past II we consider The
. game worth the candle.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11

IL Sheba were dead and In his gra, c
perhaps you would still be consenting
in your heart that law and order
should have It's way and that the pros
ecution should prevail against the
openly and practically self-confessed
law.breakers and conspirators. She.
ba, by the depression of the assassin's
knife by the sixteenth of an inch. still
lives and Is with us. Evidently as a
result OF this your repentant streak is
over and you would just as leave see
the prosecution fall down for no other
reason than to hand It out to the
Planters. How guilty or not the
Planters may have been In bringing
about this incubus upon Hawaii. right.
minded men can readily understand
that this is not the time to quarrel
with them on cause and effect. II
has ever been the custom of an Anglo.
Saxon community to forget its sores
6nd personal grievances in the face OF
common foe, and to depart from our
traditions to skulk in any such way
as the Advertiser has done In the face
Of the enemy, deserves more than
passing comment.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11

So far as his conduct In that re-
spect Is concerned. he acted entirely
as an individual, and 1t would be an
astounding proposition that man
could pursue such tactics and claim
entire immunity from public criticism
because, forsooth, he also happened
to be trying one of the many cases
that have grown up out of thu strike.
But after all, is the editor OF the Star
really in such funk to preserve and
support fair trial of the caJcs In
que sticn?
Ten days ago the same gentleman
published pointed attack on the en-.
gaging of special counsel for public
prosecutions, at the time the present
conspiracy case was under way and
being tried. The editor of the Star
has been q resident of this Territory
for some ten or fifteen years. and II
during that time he has ever been
carried away by an appreciation of the
wrongs and dangers of private assist
ance to pu,;lic prosecutions to the ex.
tent Of registering a single public pro.
test against the system, We fail to
have noted H There is absolutely no
question that he published the editor.
ial in question in reference to, and
having in mind the prosecution Of the
conspiracy cases.
There was no call for any such at.
tack at the time.
The public are deeply concerned In
a struggle to keep these aliens some
where within legal bounds.
That they were occupying position
of racial defiance Of the laws of the
land has been emphasized time and
again by this same editor of the Star
and for him to discredit the prosecu.
ton at critical time In the trial OF
the conspiracy case when according to
his own admission, the Japanese were
openly and again and again defyins
the law, is wholly inexcusable.
How does the Star square that ed
itorial with its plea for fair show?
! Is 1t only necessary or vital that the
defense shall be given fair show
Has the prosecution no rights?
If the gentleman felt that private as.
sistance Of public prosecutions was
unwise and led to evils, having been
complacent to that system for ten OF
fifteen years, he surely could have
held himself In n few weeks longer
until these cases were out of the way
or he could have made his suggestions
in private way to the Attorney Gen
erals Department and had the matter
settled privately. The fact that he re
referred to incidents on the mainland
in connection with his editorial doe.
not cover up In the slightest the oh
jective point of his attack, nor aid tn,
fairness of his attack or the motive
of 1t. .afa. ,..H.
What is more. does'the Star considc
II fair play not only to impugn private
practically that they are very general
| ly conducted in an extremely partisan
II not positively fraudulent and CO
ercive manner?
\ The men conducting the prosecution
In these strike cases probably car
very little for the individual opinion
of the Star. But they certainly are no
men Of sense and judgment II they d
not realize that every attack upon tn
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11

integrity or the good faith Of the men
conducting the prosecution Is an at
tack upon the prosecution itself and
a blow aimed against conviction.
Mr.. Editor of the Star, what did you
write that editorial for just now?
Docs not your position amount to
this: You have, written ringing ed.
torlals on the general japanese situa.
ton, have denounced jurios who have
rendered, or attempted to render. fool.
hardy verdicts, but you have failed
and deliberately failed, TO maintain a
proper position at the very time that
counts, that is when the trials are on!
The practical thing to do is not to
interfere with conviction, If the ev.
.dence warrants It, and hollering your
self hoarse with theoretical denuncia.
tons Of the Japanese and then putting
4 knife into the prosecution that IL
progressing here, where abundant ev.
idence is being ELECTED for conviction
is to leave the one necessary and vital
point open and unprotected and &c
busy yourself in building up walls OF
protection and defense where nothing
at present calls for 1t.
Give us a sample, therefore, of your
square deal. Quit such knitting and
detracting editorials as the one In
question and let there he fair trial
on both sides.
You eu'osiaed delaying tho Sega
trial in the interests of the defense.
You desire Mr. Lightfoot to be held
immune whatever he does, in the in.
terests Of the defense.
How about the prosecution?
With the personnel of the prosecu
ton this paper has little concern, but
II recognizes that an attack upon that
personnel just now, with insinuations
against their good faith and their
methods Of conducting the trial. Is
merely another way of inviting anoth
err disagreement or positive acquittal
Be useful Mr.. Editor Of the Star. IL II
be within the capacity of your medium
at the RIGHT POINT and at the
RIGHT TIME. or AT least refrain from
vicious and uncalled.for attacks even
II covertly made, upon the public con
duct of trial where there Is abso
lutely no doubt but that the defense Is
getting n square deal.
Tho .connorhood ed,tor,o, rrom IN,
Star or Julv 40 e,titIed "Iur,os an,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11

1t is apparent that the Higher
Wage Association has also made f.
nancial provision for copper-hcad
Americans as well MS the thugs.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11

What are your real sentiments in
regard to this strike?
They cannot be discussed; they
will not bear discussion, for the
proposition to dump the fight against
the strikers, particularly In court,
which is the crucial point, cannot
be directly advocated without open
advocacy of lawlessness. But every
man in some unguarded moment dis
closes his true position, and we be-
lieve In your comments of August
4th, upon the attempt of Mort to as
sasslnate Sheba, you attributed to
others what is your own position.
Let us quote your words on that oc-
casion to you again. You say:
Perhaps 1t will be consola-
ton to Editor Sheba, whatever
the result of his wounds may
be. to know that the crime has
brought the people Into a more
serious mood about the posi-
bilities of the japanese labor
agitation. A LARGE NUMBER
OF citizens had thought the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11

yond putting In head lines IN large let,
tiers Accuse Kinney Of Bad Faith" In
connection with some afiidavits, you
hand out these two vital editorials on
the situation of the hour: Some Tar
IN Changes and THE Yachtsman of
Tomorrow" In that same paper, In
glaring headlines, you note these
words Conspiracy Defense Scores"
when you know, II you know anything,
that the Conspiracy Defense scored
by getting in an article written by Ne
goro at the early stages of the labor
agitation, which the Star the next day
quoted at length as being the most
dangerous and significant articles that
had yet come out into the open against
the agltators.
On the End of August you bring
down the house and contribute your
mite against the threatened miscar-
rage Of justice by handing out the
following editorials: THE Future of
the Mango" and Another Bourbon
threatened referring TO Alpnonso OF
Spain. In your Sunday Advertiser
you hand out the following editorial
THE Length of Life" containing
dissertation on Buttermilk as n recipe
for a ripe old age This bring us to
the beginning of August, and shows
one weeks effort on your part, you
holding. the pen of the one morning
paper in this city, to preserve law and
order, to uphold the ends of Justice
and to remove the clouds of passion.
hate or mistaken sympathy that would
acquit wholesale deliberate defiance of
the laws of the land, which defiance
was then continuing and manifesting
itself undated at the very hour when
you were using mp the precious space
of that paper in a dissertation on
MANGOES and BUTTERMILK.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11
editor SMITHS POSITION.

Editor Smith, in this mornings
issue of the Advertiser, belligerently
demands of this paper II 1t charges
that he has been in sympathy with
the strikers. Disregarding the tone
of the demand-for by this time all
of us are aware that there is touch
of sawdust in the robust form of our
contemporary we desire to an
swcr him frankly as to just what
we consider his position to be.
Are you in sympathy with the
strikers? Yes, and No.
Your whole course here shows
that you have understood, as an In
teligent man, that Hawaii must
have a citizen population, and that
citizen population must be non
Aslatic. In that sense we acquit
you upon your record of many years
of any desire to promote Asiatic
dominance in this Territory, and we
say that in that sense you have alb
solutely no sympathy for the strik-
ers. II, however, we were asked, do
you nevertheless love the strikers
FOR the enemies they have made"
we might well hesitate in our reply.
In other words, IL II Is asked wheth-
er you are at all in sympathy with
the planters in this strike we would
answer that you are decidedly out
of touch with the planters, SO much
so - and here Is the gist of on.
complaint so much so that you
would just as leave see the prosecu-
ton of the strike leaders and strik-
ers dumped, not because these men
are not openly and clearly guilty,
but because 1t would be handing 1t
out TO the planters, as you personal
ly think they deserve.
Have you advocated any such
proposition in your paper?
No, not openly.
Have your sympathies in that di-
rection affected the policy and atti-
tude of the Advertiser? Tremend-
ously. In what direction? Mainly
in putting up a perfunctory fight,
energetic in spots and weak in 9TH
ers, but upon the crucial point,
which is the conviction of law break
ers, you have been extremely luke
warm.
You say in this mornings paper
that If you had rung the changes
on the strike and called names, and
otherwise acted like a braying ass,
you might have satisfied some peo-
pie, but in the main dignified,
calm and judicial position, with no
undue partisanship as to the issues,
is the one that finally will commend
itself TO the better judgment of the
people of this Territory.
To be frank, we question absolute
ly your good faith in penning those
words, You have been known, in
the pursuit of such nondescript
and irresponsible article as Willie
Crawford to make the welkin ring
with your charges; you have kept up
from day to day squibs, editorials,
and what not In your paper on that
one individual; and II there is one
= feature Of your editorial career
above another it is the persistent,
unrelcnting pursuit Of your oppon-
ent once you are on the trail. To
such a marked degree do you carry
this that you have been open to the
charge of personal pique in attack
Ing other men, perhaps far beyond
what was justified. You never leave
the trail. You keep the matter be
fore the public in season and out
of season.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11

You may satisfactorily explain your
silence in not taking hold of any such
perverted sentiment and bringing II to
daylight and thrashing II out In the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-11


open. Such course may have been
pursued innocently or indifferently on
your part, but the average citizen can.
not forget that such is the time-hon-
wishes things accomplished that he
would blush to put in black and
white. You knew, on your own con.
iession, that such sentiment was
seething in the minds of some honest
and respectable men, and In the minds
of many bad and irresponsible ones.
1t did not need any support from you
to keep that going while to mention It,
TO discuss II or TO bring It to light
would have cured 1t. The way to give
such a mistaken sentiment force and
effect was to let it run its course In
the dark, unchallenged and unchecked.
It would not bear discussion any more
than the copperhead programs Of
blocking successful conclusion of the
War of the Rebellion could be dis
cussed or admitted by the men sup.
porting such program. They never
admitted that the root and motive OF
their actions was sympathy with the
South; they declared the war fail.
rre; they attacked the good repute Of
those in charge of the war; they sym.
pathized with riots: they professed
profound sympathy for the wrongs OF
the soldier, anything to STIR up trouble.
invade discipline and hamper the
progress of the war.
You may not be guilty Of these
charges nor OF any such secret thought
or motive. Your denials are entitled
to some weight, but the public and
this newspaper have right to attach
TO your conduct the purpose ordinar.
lily present when such conduct is en-
| gagged I'm. Turn over the files of your
paper and see what you have been
| doing In the way of editorial comment
tn reach the depravcd or mistaken sen.
timent that would foil and dshonor the
enforcement of law.
We have before us the files of the
Adver,,,or. Auyps, ,b.<yo,r loud.
ing editorials oro "Tbe prosid.p, and
tho T,r,9" mud "ovor,ond p,i,wov
| Enternrise" Auy,st Gtb vour load.
Ing ed,torio,s aro--"Tbo strife and
II. ! essons". .Ntas,erv nj tho Pacific
Not Possible" and .T.be Tariff an
Ieother" and i, vour ed,tor,,I IN Tho
Strike and lie Iessons va, min, nm,
that ITNAs WHO ARE TyRAN.
NICAI AND ARIrsJyE sbould no
weeded out wbe, Won know tboso
abuses long since were IN tho wano
and NOT vita, or urgent at tho moment
when you confess tho fate of tho on.
forcement of law was bonyiry IN tho
balance
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csc naper tn b,azon forth IN tbe world
that the strike was n thing of the
mast" The trutb ia that tho N,nnr
.liii blazoned forth that the agitation
would 90 en- precisely as II had in the
Imperial Valley press., 1909-10-23
HUNTING A VOLCANO

Hunting volcanoes is an excellent sport when there are any volcanoes lurking in the circumiacence, but un- der some circumstances the sport is all at the expense of the hunters and is enjoyed only by the heartless spec tators. George Carter, Harold Wright, r. s. Webster and one other, whose invincible modesty deters him from mentioning his name, started on Thursday for Lower California to see the new volcano reported to have broken out near Black Butte. The volcano was a sulphur bank set afre by a frivolous person 10 fool a pair of COW -punchers. The cow -punchers, the gentlemen above mentioned, the Associated Press, Walter Bowker and the Los Angeles Times correspond ent were stung, and that is the whole story.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-10-23
SAN FRANCISCO APOLOGIZES.

Call doing all that could be expected of friendly paper coeract the injurious effect of its Washing correspondents aefcen enterprise concoctng sensations the expense Imperial Valley The publication of the wild about this region directed the attention of the San Fran papers the valley it's development and they taking pains acquire information upon which to base their wise editorial remarks
 The Call says, by way of apology:
 The Imperial Valley danger of pershing from thirst The supply from the Colorado not seriously threatened and although certain engineering difficulties and problems must be met they not such to alarm The situation as de scrbed by the Imperial Valley Press is well hand The trouble the securing the Colorado river bed in flood season and the possibility that the intake for the valley canal system might be left high and dry
 The Call reoces that the valley IS Tn danger of going dry and regrets that information of contrary character should been given public The valley people attribute the origin of these reports hostility which they believe the matOn service ershes against their region This looks like arather hard worked theory.
 attribute to the people of the valley generally the belief that the Reclamation Service maiciousy inspired the Call story may that notion but the theory n plausible generally held There ignorance enough in Francisco editorial account for any absurd maenent concerning the Colorado river and the valley rga system The Chronicle for instance msreads the petition to the denies that the Colorado IS in any danger of changing The petition did not deny the fac for that changed its and created con
 on presents puzg problems to the engineers The chief problem to induce the Southern Pacific to furnish the money required for the solution of the other problems
Imperial Valley press., 1909-10-23
MINISTERIAL UNION

The Imperial Valley Ministerial Un- ion held it's first meeting for the sea son in the El Centro Methodist Church Monday October IS, at D. m. It was a very Interesting and profitable meeting. A programme was arranged for an all day county Sun day School convention. to be held in Fl Centro November 23 Plans were laid for the coming year. Reports from the various places indicated that the outlook for the church of the val ley for the coming year was very hopeful The attitude of the Imperial Valley Press on civic questions was discussed and approved. Those present were: J. W. Millar, Brawley; c. F. Seymour, Holtville; w. H. Hull, Calexico; A. H. Croco, Brawley; A. R. Moore. Brawley; w. F. Oglesby, Silsbee; W. M, Platt, El Centro.
 D. K. BURNHAM, /
 Secretary,
Imperial Valley press., 1909-10-23
LOCATE OIL CLAIMS
Bend in New River, From Which ls- sues Gas Covered With Placer treakings-Fifteen Lo-
 cators.

Fifteen submarine oil placer claims were located the past week on lands lying in the bed of New River and in townships II and l5, ranges 2 and 13. lying about ten. miles northwest of El Centro.
 The locators are C. N. Perry, l.. s. Bower. Dan V. Noland, w. R. Bower, II. D. Noland, w. M Bower, S A, No- land, T. M McNamara, F. B. Fuller and c. Williams.
 Some of these locators visited the locality this week and made an ex- of the crevices in the sand stone dike exposed by the erosions of New River, from which issued gas that burned upon applying match to the holes.
 An oil expert from los Angeles will be on, the grounds during the ensuing week to make more thorough eX-