Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-17

the Territory OI hawaii must look Tor
ward to with ardent joy; because then
we are not going to be colony of
slaves, we are going to be free PEG.
pie.
81 say 1t is important This case
goes to the very heart of the sugar
industry of che. Territory of Hawaii
and don't you forget It, II Is import
ant to the prosecution. I don't care
what .the prosecution really Is. It |,
said to be the Territory OF Hawaii:
don't care whether II is actually 3
criminal proceeding brought by the
Territory Of Hawaii for the punish.
ment of a crime or whether II is the
effort of the Planters Association [,
get these leaders of the Japanese H.
Jail so that they can force the rank
and file to work: say II makes abso
uteiy no difference. This Is q mat
ter of the greatest importance to the
prosecution. whether 1t really be tn.
Territory Of Hawaii or the Planters
Association. How does II appear?
How does II appear? First of all
have the employment for this prosocu
ton OF the most learned firm of law
yers In Honolulu or In the Hawaiian
Islands: Mr.. Kinney. a gentleman who
has practiced law at this bar for 2!
years or more; Judge Ballou very re
Gently Associate Justice of the Sn
premc Court of the Territory of Ha.
WALL Mr.. Prosser. recently deputy
attorney general; Mr.. Anderson. o
Young man Of great learning AMI grca,
uromlse.--Thcsc gentlemen this OK
Dcnsive firm, are engaged by someone
lawyers do not work for nothing
1on't YOU ever fool yourselves in think
ing that they do) are engaged by
someone for this prosecution. We
have the police arm of the law.-I am
rot permitted To talk to you very
much about that, because several
hinrs that YOU know of that took
place hero you arcs ip"irncted by the
court TO Disregard, 81 ! cannot go into
that but We havesbhd oh 90 much
'he police arm Of the law. Arrest ar
ter arrest, arrest after arrest both In
this court and when they could not
get II In this court. bring In the ser.
vices of the ,District Court of thu
United States OF America. II you
, please; day after day arrest after ar
, rest. bond after band and bond after
!, bond. and the police arm OF the law
, has been kept In motion ever since
!, the beginning of this strike.
, Kinney Sustained.
Then we have had Mr.. Dening. Mr.
Dening. doubtless a very learned gen
tleman. came here all the way from
the Empire of Japan at an expens,
OF two thousand dollar fee and hi,
expenses. Our treasury is low: .we
cant afford to pay, for instance
George Smithies a salary-
Mr. Kinney: One moment. I think
that Is the limit and object to that
The Court. There Is no evidence
here before the Court, Mr.. Lightfoot
of that.
Mr.. Kinney. II is not a matter OF
) general history, either.
II
: Mr.. LightfoOt II IL a fact of com
mon knowledge that II is necessary for
every department of the Territory of
Hawaii to economic to the utmost
limit: but we can send to Japan foI
the valuable services OF Professor
; Dening, even though II costs us $4,000
' and expenses. And when Mr.. Dening
comes, what have We? What Is the
prize packet that we have paid $4,000
and expenses for? lie comes here
gentlemen of the jury. as an expert
doesn't he? Now. has an expert any
: thing to do with the question before
I the court? His business was to trans
1 late those letters and to translate
them imoartially. but what did he do
Barely has Mr.. Dening landed on oul
shores than he HES himself to Wal
pahu and there harangues the labor
: ers; makes 1t appear, II you please
D that 1t Is the wish OF the government
!. or Of the people Of the Empire OF ia
D pan that they should go back to work
a Here we find this gentleman, thi,
expert. coming here. at the expense o.
thees defendants ana at your expens,
and my expense, coming here with hi,
! mind absolutely made up for convic
\ ton before ever he sets his foot OF
1 our fair shores.
/, THE result was to be expected
!. There was absolutely no more use fo
, Professor Dcning In this case than
:, dog would have use for two tails.
!. 1--WE had the Sheba TRANSACTIONS, an,
U ! submit to you, gentlemen of tn,
Jury. you have seen both the Shebi