The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-07-27

but today want to get on if possible. -
Mr.. Kinney-''That simply means
/ that you met your match. y
Mr.. Lightfoot-''I am not meeting
matches, l am trying this case of CON
spiracy, am not matching against this
fellows wit. ~
/ The Court" Proceed. -
Mr.. Lightfoot-''1 want you to an
swer my question, Mr.. Sheba, and not
engage in any address to the jury"
| "Well, to make my answer plain -
Mr.. Kinney moment please,
that is improper to accuse the wit
| ness -
! The Court-''I think the latter re-
mark is improper ! think it is un-
/ fair to say that the witness is attempt
ing to address the jury. l think he
may not be answering your question di-
recrly but sometimes witnesses fail to
! fully grasp what the attorney is get
! ting at and perhaps that is the diff
Guilty"
"Did you give at that meeting any
reason for Directing to the presence of
Mr.. Negorol'
"Yes.''
+, "What was that reason?o
81 didn't know at the time that he
was the paid editor of the Nippu Jiji
and | didn t know his connection with
the Nippu Jill at the time"
"And because of that ignorance on
your part you objected to his presence,
is that it9'
cit was to be the conference of repre-
sentatives of the four japanese news
papers, and when outside people butted
in into the meeting why naturally l
would object to it. We didn t want to
be Influenced by the outsiders.
Lightfoot received good many whis-
pered suggestions from Negoro as the
examination progressed, and twice af-
ter following up wrong clue admitted
that he had got hold of the wrong
story and asked that some of his ques.
tions be stricken out.
Upon the details of the conference the
witness said that he had objected to the
presence of Maxine and Negoro at all ;
that he objected to Makino's idea of a
mass meeting, to the formation of the
Higher Wage Association, and to the
idea of strikes and upon his side had
advanced the idea of campaign of ed.
ucation among the white planters.
The witness testified that he had
been translating for the Advertiser, but
that he had not been paid for it, having
done it as matter of principle in line
with his idea of campaign among the
white people for higher wages.
There was considerable discussion
about the name of the Higher Wage
ASSOCIATION as the witness started that
ne did not IKE the ldea or the ideas
: suggested by the name; lie sad the
tltie was better translated hlgheI
wages Nohsuhlihation society ana
tnat the WORD signlfylhg Cohsumma'
tion imPlleu that the members were
determined ni TO atIaih thelr OBJECT
Dlu Count Okuiia use II as the
name ol society asheu Liehtioot
hes, COUNT okuma is radlcal, nc
Ieaueu the anu NJ Alllelicah aeltatloh II
JdPah IL oPPosltlon 10 Tue government
ne 'useu III III connection WIN the apoIl
tloh OF tax on soy ana SAT-
The "Iron'' Fist.
!, Al tbe sacond conference held omone
+he newsnaners the nresident and see
rotorv ~ tbe Jononese Wholesale Nrer
cbonts, Aesnciotion were nrasen+ to no
mort +be resolutions which had heer
a6onte5 bv +beir societv They wer,
, in favor of the nrineinle of hiobe,
,yo,as bnt wantad moro time IN stud,
and advised nroceeding in neacefn
manner The Anal conclusion Of tb,
: second confererca was that thev shoul,
! stnJy tbe matter and meet again.
Tigbtfoot % newt line of e9aminatio,
was IN take the frst article in th,
"Jiii,; which fine witness had trans
, lated detach the English TRANSLATION
, and give him the PAPER TO translat,
ON the stand while the LAWYERS followed
= the written version.
In the main the two TRANSACTIONS wer,
| substantiallv the same. Occasionally {
. word or n phrase woulds appear in ON,
r which was not in the other and ther
! I,igbtfoot would institute searchint
cross examination ON the reasons fo
!, the discrepancy.
! The main controversy ragged over III,
4 words Diron hammer and "sirol
/ fist, Liphtfoot wanted to know
,,,ho.ba, ,ha ,,o, NTH on iron hon.ua
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