The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-08-23
POLITICAL PLOT Barred
AND TREACHERY EXPOSED
At COMMITTEE MEETING.
Perjury" Says Cohen" Lies" Says Andrews
...Affdavits Pedded Behind Door and
Afraid Of Light Of Day
tFrOm Saturdays Advertiser,

headquarters for the purpose Of smash
ing the Republican organization, was
the way j. c. Cohen characterized the
series of attacks being made upon him
and upon Lorrin Andrews, in plain,
front .the.shoulder speech at the meet
ing of the Republican executive com
mittee last night, meeting which had
it's dramatic features as well as its bits
of comedy
The comedy features came from the
ManOa plants against Andrews, the
dramatics came when Andrews de-
nounced as lies any statements made to
the effect that he had either asked OF
been offered any money by the liquor
dealers to turn the Republican party
over to them; when Chairman A. l.. 9.
Atkinson stated that there were afli-
davits in existence charging Andrews
with either asking for or agreeing TO
accept bribes, and by j. c. Cohen stat
ing that any such afiidavits, so far as
they mentioned him, were thOse of per
jurers.
Andrews was present to face what
ever accusers might be there against
him and referred in exceedingly sarcas-
tic tones to the ones who were only
brave enough to attack him in veiled
insinuations in the newspapers, in street
corner whisperings and in aflidavits
that they would not produce. He defied
any one of his traducers to face him
man.fashion before the committee.
tFor weeks have been attacked by
stabs in the back, by lying insinuations
and by eowardly blows, which those
who dealt them knew / could not re-
turn, because my hands we're tied. Now,
where are those who have anything to
say against met Why are they not
heref Why is this attack against me
made now, after all the work l have
done for the partyH If those who are
showing affdavits charging me with
something that 1 am supposed to have
done last March are working for the
party, why did they not bring charges
against me months ago7 Why are they
not men enough to come up here in the
open and say what they have to say
against met All ! ask is fair Ilay.
will meet them at any time and on any
issue"
Forced From Cover.
The results of last night meeting
while the resolution Of confidence in
Andrews was deferred for a vote until
TODAY, to allow the accusers to either
come up OF shut up-are important.
They will have the effect of driving
into the open the bushwhackers, posing
as Republicans, who have been doing
the dirty work of the Democratic com
mittee for the past six weeks. They
will bring to light the coalition, spok'
en- of some time ago in The Advertiser,
Of the LIQUOR dealers and the Demo
Gratis and show up the treacnery of
John Wise, Achi, the Bulletin and the
others who have been playing within
the party the part of traitors, working
for the liquor dealers and preparing to
sell out to the Democrats. The cover
has been torn off the conspiracy expos.
ing the putrid plan of the liquor deal
ers, who, despite all their professions
of fairplay and their statements that
to 90 into politics is not part of their
plans, are now shown to be bending
every energy, fair and unfair, open and
by sneakery, to disrupt the Republican
party for the purpose of electing a
Democratic legislature that will either
throw the present liquor law overheard
OF will transfer the licensing power to
the counties, with the result that coun'
ty politics will be run from the saloons.
Today the liquor men will be asked
to make public the afidavits they have
been showing privately. If they dare
present them, they will be taken up for
what they are worth at a meeting of
the committee at noon.
Accusers Stay Home.
There were present at the meeting
last night Chairman Atkinson and Com.
mitteemen King, Waterhouse, Lane,
Voeller and Macfarlane. Others present
wero A. d. Cooper, II. Glade and A. p.
Taylor, from the Manoa precinct; j. G.
Cohen, Solomon Hanohano, John Kea-
loha, A. S. Kaleopu, +. Fernandez,
President Keaphou Of the Kakaako
precinct club, W. r. Harrington, Lorrn
Andrews, r. o, Matheson, George F.
Henshall and Colonel Knox.
Manoa Complaints.
The Manoa complaints were first TAX
en- up. A communication was read from
a committee of Manoaites, signed by
them, by F. p. Steere. The Communica
tion stated that the committee had nc
charge to make against Andrews except
that he was persona non grata in Ma
noa, and the precinct Republicans, rep
resented by the committee, would dc
WnhL WAS pObslDle 10 see tnhl nellne
he nor Buffandeau reached the conven
tion.
A. d. Cooper was asked to partcu
larize concerning the kick and made
lengthy statement. The various CHARGE
were trivial and answered categoiically
by Andrews. The principal thinl
against him appears TO be that he per
Buaded Buffandeau TO desert his way
and come in on the clean ticket prop
aganda, The upper Mandates believ,
that the leopard can not change hi
spots and that Buffandeau Is beyont
possibility Of reform. Therefore the,
oppose him and Andrews, his new spon
BOT
These charges did not have any grea
weight, the committee preferring, ap
parently, to let the precinct settle III
own trouble,
Ihe Liquor AlRdAVits.
Chairman Atkinson then brought NJ