The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-08-23

morrow. The Advertiser viii publish
what has taken place here tonight, and
that will bring the whole matter 30 be.
fore the public that they will have TO
bring in those atiidavits OF keep still
about them"
eyes, make them come up or shut
up" said Waterhouse. HBut IL has
to be soon. In the meanwhile If we
put this thing off for long we are only
playing their game and our organiza.
tion will be split from top to bottom. -
A vote was taken on the question Of
adjournment and it was resolved that
the matter will rest until noon today.
Cohen and Lane Scrap.
Cohen and Lane had a tilt or two
concerning what Cohen told Lane and
what Lane thought Cohen told him.
There was some little discrepancy be.
tween the two. Both were inclined to
talk loud and both showed signs of
anger.
offered the Presidency.
During the airing of the Manoa
charges, Andrews turned the tables on
Cooper by telling how he had offered
at the first to draw out of the precinct
fight and let Cooper have the presi.
dency If he wanted to get in and help
the party. He also showed how he had
offered to retire as judge of election
and asked Hemenway to take his place,
while he had later asked Hemenway to
call meeting of the upper Manoaites
in order that he might meet them and
talk over things SO as TO avoid the
present row. He had gone out of his
way to try and settle the matter, but
did not propose to be run out. If the
Manoaites wanted to vote against him,
that was their privilege.
Another little touch was given when
Atkinson stated that he had been told
by an employe Of the liquor men that
1t was all right to repeat the substance
Of the affidavits.
"Who was that employe Of the liquor
menf" asked Andrews.
John Wise" said Atkinson, and
everyone smiled.
Andrews Position.
After the meeting, Mr.. Andrews was
asked to make statement to sum up
his position. He said:
81 am very glad that at last the men
who have been making these cowardly
attacks upon me for the last month are
being forced into the open. The veiled
newspaper insinuatiOns and whispers on
the street corner made by men who did
not dare to face me with open charges
can have little effect in the community,
now that we have forced them to lay
their statements before the territorial
committee in open meeting
81 again brand as utterly false the
charge that at any time | offered or
agreed TO accept or did accept any sum
of money to do anything at variance
with the duty l owed to the Republican
party. Nor have accepted money
from any person or asked for such
money for myself, Early in the year |
did have conversations with William
Lishman and Charles Bartlett concern
ing politics and the liquor situation.
These interviews were both had at the
request of the gentlemen at my private
office in the Judd building, and ON each
occasion the gentlemen asked that the
| conversation should be confidential
one, and l have always regarded it as
such.
"The conversation contained no
propositions that / would be ashamed
10 repeat, but until have these gem
tlemen g permission can not state the
conversations. A statement was made
at the meeting that Mr. Bartlett has
made an affidavit charging that 1 offer.
ed to sell out to him for S2500.
"If he has made such an affidavit
and the same is made public, pre-.
sumo that / may consider the obllga.
tion, which | regarded as between gen.
tlemen, at an end, and win be glad to
say what occurred at such conversation.
II he does not release me from this OBJ.
legation, / can only say in answer to
veiled insinuations, that have been
made, that at neither of these converse.
tions--and there were only two that
remember TO have had with representa-.
tives Of the liquor interests ON the
liquor ituation-anything was said by
mo tAat coEd be distorted into saying
that / was willing TO sell out myself or
the Republican party for any sum Of
money WhatevaT."