Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-16
REPRESENTATIVES
TELL their STORY
Mr.. Long Stands By His
Statement About
irregularities
CASTRO TURNED down
BILL SPEAKER 0.k.ED
First Hearing Of Graft Committee
/ Brings Out Interesting Detail
OF House Manage
| ment

The first session of the Graft Com
mittee, appointed for the purpose Of
investigating into the allegations OF
graft that have for some time been
going about the corridors of the
House and that have been made on
the floor of the House, did not bring
out anything startling in the way OF
proof of graft. Hut a number OF ir-
Irregularities were pointed out and
the story published April - in the
- u lie n that allegationssof graft
and bribery had been made by a
member of the House was fully sub
stantiated.
Representative Long, though puz-
zled as to where the u u let n got
the story. corroborated IL in nearly
all its main features despite evident
efforts to get him to discredit 1t. He
said that he did not intend to con-
vey the impression that members of
the House were actually getting paid
for translation work under assumed
names, but he had been told that GER
tain members, naming Kaleiopu and
Sheldon, had done translation work
for which others presented vouchers.
That either of them had attempted
to pad his salary by such work was
something he could not of his own
knowledge state, but the proceedings
appeared to him decidedly irregular
and something that should not be al
lowed to go on. Other than this, the
Bulletin story, he said, was sub
stantialiy correct.
II was brought out that Represen-
tatiye Castro, chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Expenditures and
Accounts. had held UP vouchers for
translation on the ground that the
work had been done by House mem.
bers and not by the ones who pre-
sentedl the vouchers. Castro stated
that at the time he did this he did
believe that the members expected ia
receive compensation for the work,
though from what he had heard la.
ter, he could not now credit this.
Refused Speakers OK.
Castro also stated that he had held
up the $50 automobile bill for the
ride to the japanese cruisers and had
told the Speaker, who o. K.'ed the
bill. that he would not approve IL
And / will not approve It," he said
He also expressed regret that he hat
approved the automobile bill for the
trip to the Diamond Head fortihca'
tions, as he did not believe 1t should
be charged to the Territory.
The statement was also made be
fore the committee that one OF thu
Journal clerks, although paid out o
the Federal appropriation which, un
der the provisions of the appropria
ton is not to be expended for trans
lation, has been doing translation
Although this may not be graft, thu
statement was made that 1t is Ger
tainly an irregularity that should no
be permitted.
The charge was made before tn
committee that eX-Stenographe
Lloyd had attempted to bride Knlei
opu by the offer of Panama hat L
Support the resolution later introduc
ed by Alfonso to allow Lloyd compen
sation for the transcribing OF hi
lpotes. Kaleiopu himself made thi
1chargc, and 1t was repeated by othe
members. 1t was also charged tina
Lloyd had offered to split up witt
Clerk Woodward II the latter woul,
approve padded bill for typewrit
ing.
The committee sat from o'clocl
until $40, adjourning at the latte
hour until 10 o'clock this morning
| The first witness called was tn
Bulletin reporter who wrote tn
stories that occasioned the investiga
ion. lie was asked where he oh
tanned his information and reptile
that he could not divulge the nam
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