The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-21
SUPREME COURT
MUST NOW RULE

The perplexing question of stenogra.
I phic fees is now before the Supreme
Court for consideration by virtue of
petition that was filed yesterday by
Atkinson and Quarles, attorneys for
james w. Lloyd, for a period of the
legislative session regularly employed
as official stenographer by the House
, of Representatives.. Lloyd asks t. re-
cover the sum of $4,000, and makes
a number of points in the contention
/ that he has been mistreated by the
House of Representatives and that the
Territory should be compelled to come
forward and reimburse him.
The petition recites ''that under the
instructions and directions of the said
Speaker of the said House of Repre-
sentatives, the said. plaintiff did, on the
seventeenth day of February, A. d.
1909, and during all the time that he
acted as such stenographer, typewrite
the minutes of the said House of Rep
resentatives, compiling same from the
stenographic notes made by him during
the session of the House, and made
carbon copies thereof for the use of the
House and its various committees; that
to do said work the plaintiff was com
PEELED to labor overtime, in the even
ings and far into the night, and said
typewriting was done by him outside
of the business hours of the Legisa-
ture; and, to do the same, it required
from three to four hours of labor each
day of the session, and after the SEES
sion had closed and all of the said
typewriting and carbon copies SO made
by plaintiff were accepted and used by
the said House of Representative and
it's officers and committees.
1t is also stated "that at former SEES
sions the official stenographer has been
paid for typewriting minutes and car
bon copies, at rates as high, and some
times higher, than the rates above men
toned, and it is, and has been, the Gus
tom of said House of Representatives
to pay its stenographer extra for such
typewriting and carbon copies.
Language Unadorned.
There was some rather ''strong testi-
mony' yesterday in Judge Robinson s
court where the suit of B. f. Dilling-
ham against Willard f. Scott is being
tried. Scott is conducting his own case
and as the question of his reputation
for "truth and veracity" has an i'm
portant place in the proceedings, Attor-
ney Prosser for the prosecution placed
ex-Judge Edings upon the stand. Ed
ings said that SCOTS reputation for
truth was "bad,' and named num-
Der of authorities for the statement.
Scott pressed for more specific details
and they were given in such definite
and pointed manner that they could not
fail of Interpretation. Edings' recol-
lection ON this particular point seemed
to be quite clear, and he gave the testi-
mony with gusto. A verbatim report
would consist mainly of stars and
dashes.
The case is an old one and was car
ried to the Territorial Supreme Court
which remanded it after making a
number of important rulings on accom-
mediation paper.
7 The case arises out of the difficult
ties connected with the receivership of
the Kona Sugar Company. Scott de-
sired that the case be transferred from
the court of Judge Humphreys to the
court at Kona. To accomplish this end
il was necessary to secure about $4,000
to meet outstanding obligations. He
managed to get all but $l1O0 and for
that amount he secured a note from
rDillingham, but when the note fell due
Scott did not pay and the suit was
, the result.
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that he was about to start branch of
his motor car business in Denver.
"A press dispatch received from Chi
cago last night states that it is be-
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fictitious name and address when he
married Mrs. Wallace, and that about
two months ago man representing
] himself as X. M. Baker, an automobile
agent of Chicago, married a girl in
Central Illinois, and that efforts to iden'
tify him at that time utterly failed"
The Chicago dispatch goes on to say;
: "Charles w. Baker secretary of the
Union Stockyards, has but one son
Harold G. Baker, aged 10, who is living
e with his parents here. The only auto
3 mobile agent in the city named Baker
is r. ID. Baker, who tonight told the
Chronicle correspondent that he was moi
guilty of the Honolulu eseapade
Q Eighteen automobile firms who Were
questioned in an effort to get a lin,
on II. NJ. Baker gave ii as their opin
ion that some adyenturer was using thai
name for the purpose of marrying sus
eeptible women, All agreed that NJ
such person had ever been heard Of il
Q automobile circles in Chicago or else
7 where that they could recall -