The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-05-24
HIL0 SENDS THE
UGLIER WORD.
Harsh Language Directed to
the Attorney-General's
Department.
PARSONS AND PEPEEKEo
Threat That Hawaii Senators
Win Oppose Confirmation
of Lindsay.

Both of tho Hilo papos broke out
last week with hot attacks upon tho
attorney goneNl's department In con.
noction with tho controversy over
judge Parsons connection with tho
fopookoo boundary matter, regarding
which there has boon much correspond
once, alrondy published In The Aivor.
User Facts Garbled by tho Attorney.
Goinloral, y Is tho big heading in the
Tribune, while tho Herald demands
that Governor FrOar Interfere and com.
pei tho attornoy-geponal' department
10 mako amends for its alleged miaren.
rosontation of Circuit Judge parBons.
Tho Tribune says that tho attorney.
gonoral's department, "instaad OF TAX.
ing the decent and manly course OF ac.
knowledging It's error, has attempted
to squirm out OF n nasty sltuation by
direct falsohood and misraproaontn.
tion'' This appears 10 refer 10 tho
statement coming from tho attorney
general y Office that Judge Parsons was
originally attorney for tho POpsokeO
sugar Company in tho boundary mntter.
IL was the fact that Parsons, az bound.
airy commissioner, had mot handed down
n decision that started the row. Par
sons, when Deputy Attorney. General
Lymor attempted 20 call him down, said
no couldn't decide the case because the
Encouragement had failod 10 flo a
brief.
After saying that Attorney. Gononl
Lindsay should have tnlon Hyoung
Lymer" over fRthorly knoo and Riyon
him spanking for his part in starting
tho rumpus, tho Tribune says;
'Tbo books Of tho firm of Smith g.
Parsons show that In no instance did
IL represent the Popookoo Sugar Com.
pany in n boundary case, and tho only
time the firm during tho ontiro period
of It's existence did any work for tho
Popoehoo Company WIS when u 70.
coiyod, In May, 1904, tho princoly sum
of i've dollars for services in an assault
case, IN which there was no appearance
In court and which must aH tho aizo Of
tho fco indicates, have boon a yory
trivial matter.
"Vorily Attorney General Lindsay,
himself judge for yoars must havo 4
very Bordid opinion of judges whom no
daros TO insinunto that court might
be influenced by FIVE dollnrB---Or by any
sum, for tho matter OF that.
"On the whole tho attorney general
and his minlons have stopped Co the
tnciics Of tho gutter politicians in their
misguided efforts TO evado making a
manly apology for an error which
y0uthfnlncss and inoxperienCo might
hnye explained, II not excused. They
have done n shameful business with
innucndo and covert insinuations,
which, ~ thoy can not be nailed down
mud bcoauBo they may BIO ovadod when
shown up, add cOwardiee TO the indie
concy Of the attack
"Tho Tribune docs not intend 10 fol.
low this manner Of warfare. II will
instead nsk Mr.. Lymer tho following
questions;
"'ls IL not fnct that Mr.. Lymor
was incubntod in tho Office Of w. A.
Kinney, tho Attorney
"s II not fact that tho Kinney
family Is n party in tho present Pepeo.
kc0 boundary case, and that IL will DO
benefited IL tho decision follows tho line
Of tho Torritory's contOntiOn7
Is " not fact that tho Incidental
discovery Of tho matter by Lymer was
grently assisted by tho law Office re-
forred 10 nboveW
Tho Tribune suggoBtB further that "
Judge Parsons doesn't got vlndication
nt tho hands Of the nttOrnoy-gen0ral' Is
department, which IL claims has mis-.
represented his connection with tho
caso, there will BIO something doing
when the senators from Hawaii have
chanco nj the matter of confirming
Lindsny's appointment ns attorney.
general