The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-01-04

tesy intimated that it was none of Mr..
Hemenway's business and none of the
Territory's business. The Filipinos
were not brought to Hawaii by the ter
ritorial board of immigration but by
the labor bureau of the pianters' as
sociation, and neither Mr.. Hemenway
ror the government of Hawaii had
anything to say about it.
And all of this Mr.. Hemenway sauve.
ly admitted. But he did more than
admit the truth of all Mr.. Mead IS state.
ments. Oh, no, Mr.. Hemenway made
no threats. That is not Mr.. Hemen.
ways way. But he said things. He
said, in effect that, while it might be
true that he had no authority to in
terfere with what the labor bureau of
the planters association or Mr.. Mead
might do in regard to the importation
of Filipinos and the throwing of them
upon the town, yet it was possible that
there might be some way around it. He
might after all be able to find some
way to act. He regretted very much
to be obliged to say so, but really
don 7 you know, Mr.. Mead, the Terri
tory of Hawaii can not afford to look
with favor upon the dumping of ninety
four brand-new impecunicus immigrants
upon the town. Good afternoon, sir.
Ways and Means.
And the attorney-general returned to
his own office and began to busy him
self with ways and means for taking
care of the aforesaid nmety-four i'm.
pecunious Filipinos who said they were
hungry, penniless and had no place to
sleep unless they would agree to accept
the dictum of Mr.. Mead.
Mr.. Hemenway says he had made no
threats of any kind. He says he
doesn t know exactly what course he
will pursue, but he is very certain that
some way will be found to solve the
problem
"Will you work in conjunction with
the federal ofiicialsin he was asked.
"Well, / can't say Just what we will
do he returned. But it is extremely
probable that L will bring the matter
to the attention of Mr.. Breckons and
see what can be done 1t is true that,
the Territory has no authority over the
importation of laborers from American
territory, but it is also true that there
must be some way to deal With the
situation. / told Mr.. Mead that could
not see that it was right for the plan
ters' association to dump the immi.
grants on the town just because of
disagreement regarding wage ques.
tion, 1t was their duty to take care
of the immigrants pending settlement
of the difficulty. i"
Mead Is Mum.
Last night X. ID. Mead was called
up on the telephone aud asked IL any
thing had been done. With his usual
courtesy he declined 10 say anything,
advising the reporter 10 get any fur
ther Information from the source where
he obtained his first news of tho
trouble, ''lf Mr. liemenway told you
anything he said "let him tell you
the rest, All ! We got 10 say Is that
everything is all settled"
A Difference OF Opinion.
Mr. ilemenwny upon being again ap.
peaied 90 denied ANY knowledge Of any
settlement NJ the dineulty "TheTu
has been nothing done sinee this after
noon that ! am aware Of" bo said,
The matter stands lusl ~ u did be-
fore 30
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