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after hearing what the committee was
after was questioned.
"Have you translated any bill in
troduced into the House into Hawai-
ian2
81 have introduced some of my own
bills, which | considered important,
such as the depository bill, because
some of the Hawaiian members said
they were being misled by some trans
lations. L received no pay for these
at all. Not a cent.
''On Thursday last I was asked by
Kaleo if | would help him in his trans
lation of two small bills. He was GO
ing round the Island l do not know
if he is a good translator. / did not
help him get the position. He got it
from the Printing Committee. /"
"Did you get pay for that works'
asked Single.
"Not cent. I don't know where
they are going to get their money,
even.
"Do you expect to get pays"
81 do not. [ translated the work
for him as friend. / expect to get
no compensation in any shape or
form -
Kaleiopu stated that the pay of
transiators was thirty cents hundred
words.
He was asked if there was any brib
cry in the House of which he had
knowledge. Kaleiopu then told of Lloyd
coming to him and asking for support,
promising to do something for him. Ka-
leiopu refused, even turning down
Panama hat.
"That is the first attempt" said the
member
Admitted Mistake.
Conev asked KaIeiopu concerning
some statements made by him about
Irregularities in committees and their
clerks. Kaleiopu said that there might
be something a little irregular, but not
very much The rules were complicat-
ed and he had learned later that he
was mistaken.
He said he knew neither by direct
knowledge nor hearsay of bribery, graft
or stuffed bills.
Sheldon a Church Member.
Representative Sheldon, when called,
stated that he had translated no bills
and knew nothing of a bill held up be-
cause he had done the work. He had
helped Apau and his wife sometimes
ON words. Mr.. and Mrs. Apau living in
his house. He did the work gratis and
expected no compensation in any way.
He had helped Apau to come to Homo
lulu. having known him as a book
keeper out of a job whom he found
working on the road. He tried to make
10 Isxyt fInn hills
He said he had no recollectiorssGf
telling Castro that bill for translatioha
was his. He did not Eemember talking
about either bills or translation at any
time with Castro except stating that
some of the translation work was
"bum." He remembered Correa kick
ing about poor work also.
He said he knew only hearsay about
Irregularities, referring to the Lloyd
attempt to bride Kaleiopu, when Ka
leiopu said he would hear no talk. of
money, and Lloyd had said: ''How
would a Panama hat do2''
Sheldon said he was church mem
Der, but not a bigoted one. He was
now serving his third term, and stated
that he knew of no single bill intro
duced which looked as if it had come
in only for translation.
"Until this matter came up, ] was
proud of being member of this Legis-
lature,' he said
Furtado Not Guilty.
Furtado, who was supposed to have
introduced a bill to repeal dead law,
was called to tell why this was the
only bill the committee could think of
that could have been brought in to be
translated.
Furtado said that bill happened TO
be Kewewehi S, one of the members of
the ves.igating committee. Kewe-
wehi grinned and acknowledged that
that was So
Kawewehi Didn't Know.
He was promptly sworn and explain
ed that he introduced the bill on ad-
vice of his constituents, not knowing