The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-15
Released on BaiI---Habeas Corpus
Argument for Others Will Be
Heard This Morning.
(From Sundays Advertiser.)

if they were only held as witnesses. |
He said that the opinion of the Attor
ney General should be sufficient foun- |
dation for the court refusing bail, it |
being plain that the interests of jus
tice would be defeated by allowing the
witnesses to go free and be influenced
by the threats and intimidations of
Others.
Denounces Gathering.
IT prophesy that the events of this
| year and the year to come will be re-
membered in our history for a gen.
Grafton" asserted Mr.. Kinney. at is
| a criminal organization that we have
to deal with and If these men are
| allowed to be bailed out as soon as
arrested 1t will soon become q ques-
| ton as to where the Government
;. actually is"
Kinney denounced in strong terms
what he characterized as a deliberate
attempt to intimidate the court Fri
day, when a crowd of several hundred
Japanese gathered about the Judiciary
building and cheered the strike lead
ers when they entered and left the
building.
THAT gathering during which men
crowded their way into this courtroom
was an affront and an insult to the
administration of Justice he said.
In reply Lightfoot declared the
statement that the Territory is in the
| hands of a criminal organization was
lie
st agree with Mr.. Kinney" he said.
that the events of this year will be
long remembered, and / say that they
will be remembered with shame by the
, good citizens of this Territory We
, are now in a period of lawlessness
, when even a mans private dwelling
is not safe and is broken open and
/ a safe carried away without even a
} pretense of justifiabe authority for
, ! the action"
Lightfoot denied that the gathering
t of the Japanese before the Judiciary
5 building Friday was disorderly, and
t commended that they had a perfect
Ell right to cheer their leaders as they
. did.
Action Justified.
q Kinney defended the action of Sheriff
i Henry in entering Makino's store and
L removing the safe. He declared that
q no one had a lawful right to claim,
: the possession of criminal documents
of the nature that were recovered
e from the safe, and that the action
Y was entirely justified.
= ..In this case we had to open safe,
J. it is true' said Kinney. 1.-THE con-
/ tents are now the property of the
: Government, and l challenge the learn
t ed counsel to bring an action In
j. replevin to secure the return of the
e contents of the safe in question"
n Referring to the nature of the papers
% now in the hands of the Attorney
General Mr.. Kinney insisted that there
T. was ample proof of the absolute
, necessity of holding the witnesses
n without bail until such time as they
could give their testimony withou'
fear of intimidation or personal VIC
lence from the leaders of the higher
wage agitation and adherents.
He quoted a statement in the Nippl
Jill that "sycophants are to be social
ly ostracized," and declared that tn
witnesses who were inclined to Civ
unbiased testimony for the prosecu
ton of criminals would be included II
the designation of 'sycophants' an
treated accordingly.
ANY man among these Japanes
who lifts up his voice. to give evidenc
is an outcast among his countrymen,
said Kinney.
Referring to the man who was beate
and severely injured because he az
sired to return to work on plantatio
in opposition to the mandates of tn
Higher Wage Association, Kinney d.
clared that back of the rights of tina
japanese was the sentiments of the Law
! l.. ha sula de IN
that at the time he was assaulted til
japanese was exercising right guaral
teed by the Constitution of the Unite
States.
Lightfoot Scored
Referring to statement by Ligh
foot that the japanese had perfe'
right to refuse TO give any informatic
to the officers of the law in connectiO
with the assault Mr.. Kinney said tn;
it was distinctly bad teaching to con
from an attorney who by the sole re
son of his position is supposed to N
hold the administration of justice"
3 81 do not think that you could fiji
any more depraved teaching than tn
, from the lowest class of citizens" sa
Kinney, "and we would not feed su,
philosophy TO our dogs"
Alnney declared lhht the great uh
| ger of the times was in allowing h
much latitude to criminals in evadir
1 the penalty that the law preseribes +
. their acts, and that the obligations
the citizen was just as important
, his rights.
/, He declared that the "maudlin al
/ spread eagle talk that came from A
: torney Lightfoot was illustrative OF I
I. evil tendency that should be curbe
y and that the interest Of the gener
! public was Of far more serious consi
y Grafton and entitled 70 greater degr
q Of thought at the hands OF justice tn
a the personal interest Of an indlvidu
' whom the law has good reason TO u
y peet,
= owe have documents In our possi
sion, 1" said Mr., Kinney, "pTaetieal
r decreeing murder and from the Nip
i jill offices come letters that show "a
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