The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-11
CIVIC FEDERATION
ENDORSE WOODRUFF

Inc Executive SOUlIlltlee Oh Une
Civic Federation held special meet
ing Monday afternoon, and, after
long debate, passed resolution en-
dorsing Mr.. Woodruff as second Federal
Judge for Hawaii. 1t was voted to
cable President Taft of the stand taken
by the Federation and also to cable
Senator Dillingham; of the Senate Judi
ciary subcommittee having this matter
in charge. This was done. Definite in
formation was received to the effect
that Woodrutf's s name had not been
withdrawn from the lists, and, while
it was the sense of the meeting that
the Civic Federation had no fight with
the Bar Association, with the friends
of A. G. M. Robertson, or with Robert
son himself, it was decided to take the
above action on account of the fact
that Woodruff IS name is the only one
which can be considered now, he being
the only nominee.
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one guilty of committing violence dur
ing the progress of the strike.
Striking at Lightfoot.
1t was reported yesterday that since
the collapse is close at hand that Ma
kino has been saying harsh things of
Attorney Lightfoot, adviser of the
strikers. He said that Mr.. Lightfoot's IS
| speech at the mass meeting some weeks
ago was foolish,p and that he had
| only taken up the Higher Wage mat
ter with the idea of popularizing him
self with the Japanese. He said that
this effort had failed, and that Mr..
Lightfoot would now have hard time
! squaring himself with the haoles and
particularly the planters.
A British Subject?
| One Of the police officers stated at
Aiea last evening that Maxine, during
| the course of some heated remarks
made there, said: "Tbey can't touch
me anyway, for Pm British sub
| iect.' Maxine, as is well known, is
part Japanese and part English OF
American.
No Longer Leader.
Maxine is no longer leader. His
star has fallen, and since Sunday he
has been making frantic efforts tc
stay the final crash of his hopes an6
ambitions. According to many of hii
statements, for several weeks past, ht
believed that if he carried the strike
through successfully that he woult
have become one of the big men of tn,
Japanese community and in a position
} to almost dictate terms to the planters
whom he has abused and ridiculed witt
/. the utmost abandon.
Sheba Made a Convert.
While Editor Sheba was being shay
ed yesterday in japanese barber sho
, on Hotel street, some countrymep o
his sat by discussing the strike. !
japanese who works in local saloo
entered and, after some conversatio
q about the strike, said, "Sheba ought
e be killed. The editor jumped out @
e the chair and confronted the fellO'
S and said; "I am Sheba. If you want
: kill me here is chance" The ma
}, was alarmed and the bystanders, thinl
ing row was impending, interferei
e Mr.. Sheba then told the stranger ths
Z he meant him no harm and would lii
n chance to explain his position L
}. wards the strike. The two men wen
/. to the Shinpo office where Editor Shet
"a learned TO his ama2ement, that Il
4 other Japanese held him responsible Il
h, the strike and for the losses his broi
It er, tinsmith at Eva, had ineuTr'
a, from II. The man could not read, b
~ had heard that 6heba was 10 blame 8
4 everything that had gone wrong, Al
II incident ended with the stranger beeol
10 ing a sheba partisan,