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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18

full custodian was in jail. showed that
Mr., Negoro was paid $40 q month.
What Of itl Why, some lawvers-not
all, thank God-would write out the
account Of the proceedings in this court
and have it published in the Evening
Bulletin. Would that make the lawyer
responsible for everything that might
appear afterward in that papers Why,
it ; absurd.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
What Conspiracy Is.

seNow. gentlemen of the jury, we
want to approach this trial IN a com
mon sense way. Of course, there IS
such thing as a conspiracy You
have all heard of the wonderful Guy
Fawkes conspiracy The court will in
struct you that the proof of a con-
spiracy may be made by proof OF va
rious acts. It isn't very often that you
can get direct proof of conspiracy, and
I am not fool enough to suggest to
YOU that that is the only proof. The
government comes to you with bunch
of facts from which they say you can
infer a conspiracy Lightfoot re-
hearsed in a general way some of the
facts.
"There was an organization called
the Higher Wage Association-as Prof.
Dening translates it. the Higher Wage
'Kisei Association, and his testimony
being Hinged, he says 'Kisei-an awful
thing; it means determination. And
they say there were branch organiza-
tons at other places. When
we have entered into conspiracy, the
act of one is the act of all. But that
isn't the same as saving that these
men are 10 be held responsible for ev-
cry crime committed in the Territory
of Hawaii, unless conspiracy is prov
ed. It seems to me they have put the
cart before the horse They should first
have proved that there was a con-
spiracy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
What Must Be Proved

conspiracy among these defendants, you
cannot find them guilty.
What Must Be Proved
His Honor viii instruct you that
every material fact in the complaint
must be proved What do We mean
by proof? 1t isn't our duty 10 prove
that we are not guilty, as they do IN
France. The accused IS presumed TO be
innocent. until he is proved to be guli-
". The prosecution must prove ms
guilt. You may say when YOU get
in the Jury room. I wonder why that
fellow Lightfoot didn I put on this evl-
dence or that evidence, why he dIdn
90 more into the riot case, why he
didn I put Maxine on the stand: The
reason in this case is that the defend.
ants would testify to the same thing.
Kinney interrupted TO give notice
that if counsel took that line OF argu-
ment. he himself would go into it, which
he hadn't done before. There was an
exchange of legal amenities before
Lightfoot went on with his argument
'.You re not going to try their case
on what Mr.. Kinney imagines may be
the case. Why, his imaginings may
be no more reliable than those OF Dr.
Atcherley. You re not going to try
the case on what Mr.. Kinney believes
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18

'sycophant,' we might use the word
sneak. And l hate a sneak. When
You were boys, didn't you ever have
any sneaks in your class! And you
have seen it after you left school, -
men who went to others and got secrets
and used them to their own advantage
1t is scandal-mongering,-the tattle
tale tit business. That is what we
mean when we say the sycophants
should be ostracized. And why should
n t they be ostracized2 Here we have
a body of japanese trying to get more
wages. But they don t get them. The
planters say 'Byand-by. By-and-by
you may get raise of wages Be good
children, keep on working in our cane
fields while we make our enormous
dividends, and by and by, when you
are old men. or are dead, we may grant
higher wages
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
The Right to ostraclze.

'EWould not the japanese of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii be bIithering idiots if
they didn t get rid of the sycophantss
81 have spoken of Sheba. One of the
things that has been charged against
us is that there was a poem. We have
heard that and we have wept and wept
and wept because of this poor little
girl of Mr.. Sheba s, who is mentioned
in the poem. But who in the name of
Heaven ever did 90 to that little child
and say a word to her about her
father? 1t was a poem IN newspaper.
There was a bitter newspaper contro-
versy, and the Jill IL order to express
completely its idea of Mr.. Sheba that
he was a sneak printed that poem. |
submit that it was no cruel or heartless
thing as if any one had actually gone
to the little child and said these
things about her papa.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
The Play.

Now, the next thing that the prose
eutlon serves you up is that beautiful
play. The funny thing about it is that
it isn't the play that was produced at
all. 1t was a skeleton upon which the
actors built the play. What
in the name of fortune has that to do
with the Honolulu Higher Wage Asso-
ciation2 1t is sought to fasten the
guilt of conspiracy upon Mr., Negoro
because he wrote play! And there
wasn't a word in the play that Mr..
Kinney could take exception TO.
But, what under Heaven is the mat
ter with the play? Why, Mr.. Sheba
was personated. Well, is poor little Mr.
Sheba S skin so thin that he can't be
personated on the stage? Why. the
President of the United States is some
times personated on the stage All
great men are personated on the stage.
Mr.. Maxine was personated on the
stage, yet I can t see that he's lost
flesh over it. Some fool in the audi
ence shouted. Down with Sheba,' but
they didn t pull Sheba down Suppose
the whole audience had shouted, Blu
kumetzu Sheba. That makes no diff
ference unless it can be shown that that
was part of conspiracy of these de-
PENDANTS.
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A $4,000 w ord.

A $4,000 Word.
"Now, they say there was this Ho-
nolulu Higher Wage Kisei Association.
That word Kisei' is worth. two thou
sand dollars. But is there throughout
their testimony a particle Of evidence
of any connection between the associa-
tons of Eva, Waipahu, Kahuku and
that of Honolulu? OF course, the pros
ecution imagined there was; and it is
on that imagination this complaint was
brought. 1t is true that the associa-
tions had the same objects, the secur-
ing of higher wages, and they mutual
ly assisted one another with food, lodg
ing. medical attendance. And it is also
true they were in sense bound to-
gether by a common object But the
outside associations had their own Off
GERS; they made no reports to the H0-
nouIu association and were not rep
resented in the Honolulu association.
They were absolutely independent.
The object of the prosecution in say
ing they were branch organizations
was to prove to you that they were
carrying out the conspiracy which the
prosecution dreams was concocted in
Honolulu. But there is no evidence
that they were branch organizations,
and there is abundant evidence that
they Were independent and separate
The prosecution has absolutely fallen
down, absolutely failed to show that
there was any connection.
''Now, they say, the Higher Wage
Association had an organ, the Nippu
Jipi,-that is to say, it was a part of
the conspiracy. You see the object.
That would make the association re-
sponsible for everything the Nippu Jill
said or did. They said they would
show you the Jill was the organ Of the
Higher Wage Association. Have they?
There is evidence TO prove that Mr.. Ne
goro and Mr.. Maxine had nothing to do
with debating the policy of the paper.
The Bleat of the Calf.
''Does the fact that they were urging
the same benefit to the japanese make
them the same as the others? We
Will suppose that the Evening Bulletin
is favoring the side of the prosecution.
Does that make the Evening Bulletin
and the Attorney-General's office part
ners2
1t is true the Nippu Jill sometimes
received the mail for the Higher Wage
Association, because the writer's knew
the address Of the Jill. The Jill was
corporation and had absolutely no
connection with the Higher Wage As
ISOLATION. 1t was a newspaper, publish
ing its own articles and following out
its own policy.
''But the books of the Jill. taken
By the police officers while the right
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
Sheba a Sneak.

"But the japanese didn't want to
wait for a golden crown. They wanted
something to wear now. So they got
together and they said, WEN try to
get more wages; it may be that we IL
have an interview with w. o. Smith.
And then some little fellow runs to
the planters and says, Mr.. Planters,
do you. know what my countrymen are
doing9 They going to demand better
wages, and if they don't get them,
they're going to strike
"He was ostracized. And hadn It
they a perfect right to exclude him
from their councilss He had it coming
to him. He deserved it. When they
said, Mr.. Sheba, you have cast in
your lot with the planters, you cannot
come into our councils, they were
right.
''Look at the thing man fashion.
Sheba made his bed and he must lie on
it. He cast in his lot with the planters
and against his own eountrymen.
He's a sneak; he S sycophant, and
he's where he belongs, excluded from
the councils of his countrymen. He
got what he deserved, and he has nc
sympathy due him.
Referring to the Shinpo and the
Chronicle, Lightfoot said they had in
deed been pretty severely chastised
They made their choice as a business
proposition, and their circulation is
pretty nearly pau. They took their
chances. But to whine, to say, We've
lost our circulation; won t YOU be sorry
for us; won't you come into our back
yard and food it with your tearsl
Bah!
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A Bird of a Riot.

Referring to the assault on Giichi,
Lightfoot passionately disclaimed on
behalf of his clients any connection
with that incident. He then took up
the riot at Waipahu.
"That was a bird of a riot We
went through long case; the jury DIS
agreed, and were soundly berated for
it, Mr.. Scoville comes on and testifes
that there was a shower of sticks and
stones. But when he is pinned right
down it was two stones and one stick
and I doubt if they ever existed. These
people say there was a shower of sticks
and stones, and when they come down
to it, it is just case of our eat and
another. Do you believe there was any
shower of sticks and stones?
Unless the prosecution gets tired,
you will have an opportunity of finding
out whether there was any riot there.
If it had had anything to do with this
case, we would have gone into it and
shown you that there was no riot; that
it was just the foolish act of police
officer who had lost his head and shot
off his revolver
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
About the Sycophants.

'ENow. about the sycophants of Ka-
huxu. 1t appears the laborers had
meeting and elected four syeophants or
sneaks. But they went further. They
did what they had no right to do; they
ordered them off the plantation. And
they gave them each 5000 tear money.
IF they had had the learned Mr.. Kin
ney to advise them, they might not
have done that. But we are not charg-
ed with assault and battery. We are
charged with conspiracy. If this act
was done in pursuance of conspiracy
between these defendants and the
ghosts then we are guilty. But there
is no evidence to show that they even
knew anything about it. There is alb
solutelv rot a word of testimony that
they knew it. What is true of the
svcophants at Waipahu is true of the
doctor at Kohala and the interpreter
Shimizu at Waipahu. Wasn't Shimizu
a svcophant? He was--a svcophant of
the worst kind, and they did well to
exclude the svcophant.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
3okunnetZu.

CHOW, we come to the last Of The
charges. the use of bitter words. Bear
in mind that there was a violent news
paper controversy. The papers were
written in the japanese language, and
the japanese language lends itself to
figurative expression. 'Wela ka hao'
-doesn t that mean a hot piece of
IRON? But we hear it used in a diff
ferent sense, don t we?
"We saw the statements made by
the prize fighters the other day. Cor
dell said. 4 am going to take the scalp
of Dick Sullivan to San Francisco in
nv belt But he WASH t actually GO
ing to scalp Mr. Sullivan.
Mr.. Dick Sullivan said, 4 am in prime
conution and / m going to get rid Of
lust think of it-get rid of-'taiji -
Mr.. Corden before the fifteenth rouad.
The sugar planters should not have al
lowed Mr.. Sullivan to use such lau-
guage.
''Mr. W. 4. Kinney said the Other
dav. Il am going to nail Mr.. Negoro to
the cross Awful! Didn Il it make the
the cold childs run down your back
7 have been in 4 good many legal bat
Ties with Mr.. Kinney, and I never
knew him actually to nail man to
CONTINUED on Page Five.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
Negoro's Plan.

'tWhile Mr.. Negoro was in Jail the
police visited his private apartments
and found a plan. And they said
Now, we've got it. This is the real
cheese. Wen have it translated. It
is the plan of the Higher Wage Asso
ciation.' But it WASH It anything of
the kind; it was the plan of labor
union. And there is no harm in the
formation of a labor union Labor has
as much right to combine as capital
If it were not for labor unions, capital
could go on getting its big dividends
2 per cent a month, or, as on one plan
tation on this island, 31a per cent a
month. Labor unions are not illegal.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
ENORMOUS SUBWAY TRAFFIC.
Moving Platforms Suggested as a
Relief for New York Congestion.

NEW YORK. January 25.-MOving plat
forms to replace the present local train
service is possibility Of the future
brought out by Bion ]. Arnold. consulting
engineer to the public service commission,
in a report Mr.. Arnold was retained by
the commission in 1907 to study subway
conditions and propose changes looking to
an increase in efficiency of operation.
Speaking of the short haul or local bust
ness of the subway. which he says is the
money maker for the Interborough rath-
er than the express service, Mr.. Arnold
says:
1T is not improbable that commercial
demonstration of the moving platform
may prove that the short haul pa ssengers
can be transported at lower cost by
means of a moving platform than by the
present local train method. Irrespective
of whether the short haul business is
handled by means of moving platforms or
by cars the profit made from the short
haul rides should be so used as to offset
the losses due to the long haul
Subway traffic growth. the report says
has been phenomenal Opened October
- 1904. the ticket sales for the year 1903
were 1l6 2O9, ,313: growing in the succeed
ing year to 149. .77s,37O: i'm 1907 to 162 559
800: while the year 1903 showed 2O99l
10. At present the subway is carrying
from $50. 900 to 80 600 passengers per day.
The record for one day was made De-
cember 81. 1908. when SO6 900 passengers
were carried.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
MINERS IN A FATAL CRASH
TWO CARS WITH MINERS COL.
LIDE WITH COAL CARRIERS.
Three Killed and Ten Others Are In
jured-Happened About Mid
way Of Inclined Plane.

CUMBERLAND. Md. January Is
Three men were killed and ten others in
jured. three OF whom 1t Is thought will
die. in an accident on the inclined rail-
way leading to the mine of the Pied
mont and Georges Creek Coal Company
on the mountain side near Piedmont. w.
Va. today.
Two cars loaded with miners going to
work collided with two coal-laden cars
bound down. James Condry, William
Hamilton and an unnamed Italian were
killed, Charles Kight and two Italians
sustained injuries which may result IA
tally and the remaining injured men
were severely bruised and shaken up.
The accident occurred at a meeting
point for cars about midway of the plane,
which is a half mile long. Instead OF
taking separate tracks the cars came to-
gether head on. with the results given.
The switch at that point works auto
matically and was reported to have been
in good condition Saturday night.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
'PRIMATE OF ALL CANADA DIES.
Most Rev. Arthur Sweatman Sue
cumbs to Pneumonia.

TORONTO. Ontario. January 25-Most
Rev. Arthur Sweatman, Archbishop of
Toronto. metropolitan of the ecclesiastical
province of eastern Canada and primate
of all Canada, died yesterday afternoon
at the house of bronchial pneumonia
Last Monday he contracted a severe cold,
which Tuesday developed into pneumonia.
and Saturday his condition became so
grave that little hope of his recovery was
entertained.
The late prinate was born in England
in 1894 and was educated al Cambridge
University. After his ordination he came
to Canada in 1868 as principal Of Hell
muth School for Boys in London. Ont.
Later he became mathematical master
of Upper Canada College at Toronto and
In 1876 became rector of Woodstock and
subsequently of Brantford churches. He
was elected Bishop of Toronto in 1879.
Two years ago. on the death of Arch
bishop Bond of Montreal. he was elected
TO the highest dignities of the Anglican
Church in Canada.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
TAFT AND THE TARIFF.
Writes a Second Letter About the
Proposed Commission.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. January %
President-elect Taft has written a second
letter in reference to the creation OF a
permanent tariff commission to the COM
mittee on arrangements OF the national
tariff commission convention. which will
meet in indianapolis February 16 TO IS.
Several DAYS ago Mr.. TAFT wrote letter
indorsng the proposed convention and
its object. He says in his second letter:
"A tariff commission would be harmful
or useful "a its functions were described
in the bill. Ny own ideas have been
that there ought to be permanent COM
mission of tariff experts to keep them
selves advised by all the means possible
of the cost of producing tire articles
named in the schedules in foreign coun-
tries and in this country l think what
We lack is evidence. and some such means
might very we'll be used for the purpose
of securing it. / should be the last to
advocate a commission with any power to
fix rates. If that were constitutional, as it
would not be, or with any function other
than that of furnishing the evidence to
Congress upon which from time to time it
might act.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
sEABOARD AIR LINE STORY.
Reported Contest for Control Is De
MED at Richmond.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va. January a5.-Lang
horne NJ. Williams, brother of John Skel-
ton Williams and. member of the firm oi
John l.. Williams & Sons today mad.
this statement regarding the story ap-
pearing today concerning the fight fol
control OF the Seaboard Air Line: There
is absolutely nothing in the story SO far
we know.
John Shelton Williams is out of the
city
The story purports that serious con-
test for the control of the Sea board ha S
been entered into between the Williams
family of Baltimore, on the one hand,
and T.. II. Hartman and Thomas +. Ryan
on the other. For some years the control
of the road is supposed to have lain be-
tween the Williams people and Mr.. Ryan,
although of course. the actual operation
Of the property has been conducted by
receivers. The original receivers of the
road are supposed to have been controlled
by Mr. Ryan, but about year and a
half ago the Williams strength in the
property was increased to such an extent
that they were able to go into court and
have their own receivers appointed to act
in corporation with those already oper-
ating for the Ryan interests.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
FOOD FOR MESSINA.
Earthquake Sufferers Still in Need
of Clothing.

MESSINA, January 25.-The Ameri-
can supplies for the earthquake sufferers
brought out here by the steamer Celtic
are being distributed along the coasts Of
Calabria and Sicily, north and south of
Messina and Reggie, by Italian torpedo
boats. Gen. Mazza, the Italian officer in
command Of the earthquake zone. went
on board the Celtic to express the graft
tude Of the Italian authorities and peo-
pie.
There is now sufficient food in Mes
sina, but the people still need clothing
and shoes. A thousand more blankets
were distributed this morning.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
ON THE CANAL LIBEL CASE
GRAND JURY HEARS SOME
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES READ.
Impression at the City Hall Is That
One or More Indictments Will
Be Returned.

The District of Columbia grand jury
which is probing into the alleged libelous
publications concerning the purchase OF
the Panama canal held a session of one
hours duration this morning. No wit
nesses appeared for examination. and the
ing by United States Attorney Baker and
Assistant United States Attorney McNa-
mara of the articles from the two large
files of the copies Of the New York World
which, it is claimed. contained libelous
statements against Douglass Robinson
brother-in-law of the President; Charles
p. Taft and William Nelson Cromwell. An
adjournment was taken at noon until to-
morrow.
The investigation is rapidly drawing to
a close. and it Is expacted that tomorrow
morning a few witnesses will be heard by
the grand jury concerning the minor de-
tails of the case which the government is
attempting to make out against the New
York World. Indianapolis News and some
Of the proprietors or others connected
with the publications. These witnesses, it
is expected will connect the loose ends
Of testimony given by various witnesses
who have been examined during the
course of the inquiry.
Loaded With Files.
When Mr.. Baker and his assistant en-
tered the grand jury room at II o'clock
each carried a large volume of the
Worlds files, from the ends of which
protruded a number of yellow slips, or
markers. to aid the government officers
in selecting the portions of the papers
which they desired the grand jury should
hear. Several OF the articles were accom-
panied by cartoons representing the
three men who are charged in the arti-
cles with benefiting financially in the
canal purchase.
Probably a week will elapse before
any knowledge of action of the grand
jury will be made public. Should the
grand jurors arrive at the conclusion
that the evidence adduced before them
by the various witnesses has established
the fact that the law Of criminal libel
has been violated in this jurisdiction by
the distribution here of number of
copies of the two papers, presentment
will be made to the district attorney. on
which indictments would be predicated.
The preparation of such indictments
would take several days. Should the
grand jury decide against the govern
ment it would report to Justice Gould
at its next regular return of indictments
that it had ignored the case
The general impression about the city
hall is that one or more indictments
will result from the present inquiry.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
INDIGNANT OVER LYNcHING.
Citizens of Mobile, Ala, Give Ex-
preston to Views

MOBILE January 2o.-The lynching of
the negro Douglas Robertson in Mobile
Saturday morning was denounced yester-
day from nearly every pulpit In the city.
and at a largely attended mass meeting
at the office OF Joseph c. Rich. former
mayor, resolutions were adopted calling
on Gov Conner to institute a searching
investigation to determine whether or not
the sheriff of Mobile county performed his
full duty in respect to the protection of
the negro. 1t was demanded that the
sheriff be removed if it was found that
he had not done his full duty.
The su moi $3.50 was subscribed at the
meeting for the employment of counsel to
assist the legal authorities of the county
and state in prosecuting those engaged in
the ivnching. \ resolution also was
adopted calling on the governor to offer
as large a reward possible for the ar
rest and conviction of those engaged in
the lynching.