Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-10

their answers were taken down as Il
matter OF record for the use Of the
department. This plan was adopted
because we deemed II our duty az
the active members Of the depart
mont to find out first what there was
in tho way Of complaint before
called the commissioners togo her.
Tn this connection | might point
ont that the commissioners are not
paid, AMI az they are scattered all
over the Islands II Is matter of con-
siderable Inconvenience to them to
be called to meet. II also involves
an expense Of several hundred dol.
lars. II was therefore originally my
plan, before | had made any invcs'i-
cation of the trouble. that might
have the entire matter settled hero
in meeting with the Complainants.
as that would, If such method had
been satisfactory. have done away
with tho disaCrccablc necessity Of
bringing the dirty linen from Hilo 10
Honulnlu TO be washed. I'm thinking
of suggesting such plan I was also
actuatcd by the though. Of the ap-
proprIatiCr Of $50 coo for the Hilo
Union school which IL now before
the legislature. This item has been
recommended by the Governor. and
there Is no item on the list of school
needs which I am SO GeSIrOus to SEQ
passed rs this one. When I was here
las; ! took notes for the location OF
the new school. and ! was much i'm
pressed with the necessity of such n
school being built right away. for
fear that the present ramshackle al
fair would not Withstand heavy
earthquake shock. felt sure that
all this trouble could not but harm
lIilO's chances of getting this apprO-
priatiOn-and | fear that some harm
has been done alroady-and for this
reason | hoped that The matter be-
settled here. However,. after seeing
how intense feeling existed on tho
subject gave up this plan. ms
felt sure that many of the petitioners
would never have been satisfied.
Petitioners Called.
"ln making my investigation made
II a point to call first of all those
who signed the petition. These were
II. G. Wears, w. II. c. Campbell.
Adam Lindsay, T.. n. Holmes. NJ. s.
Canario, Chas. Wcathcrbce. VIM. Fct-
ter, n. c. WilliOng, J. s. Canario. W.
Nannatta, Mrs. LuscOmb and John
Napier.
81 had intended to call all of the
petitioners, but several of those whom
! did call. assured me that II wis
useless to call some of the others. rs
they were sure that they knew moth
ing more about tho matter than they
did themselves. Most of the mem
bers Of the TIilo faculty have also
been seen. asked the petitioners
and others whom | called, to tell me
all they knew about the matter. and
to suggest the names of others whom
they thought might possess relevant
information, and when might call
| have tried to call every one who
has been suggested. and | feel that
| have obtained all the information
which | could he wished TO get.
" also called n number of Other
Witnesses who were not signors of the
petition. / had the names of some
of these on list | had prepared at
the ouiFct, among them being T.. T..
Richards. Miss Josephine DeyO. Miss
Eta Sandry. Miss Allen. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jarrett 7. Lewis. Mr.. and Mrs. Levi
Lyman Mrs. Judge Andrews. Father
AloySius. VIM. McCmskcy, Miss. Scv~
cranCc, Luther Severance. William
Weight. w. II. Smith. Miss Pomeroy.
Mr.. Richmond and several others. As
matter of fact. | did not call every
one OF tho Witnesses named. and /
did call others whose names I do not
recall at this moment
Richmond Called.
Il may add that ] called Richmond
for the reason that ii was very gen.
orally known that there was an in
vcstigatiOn going on directed against
him, and it seemed only proper Ina,
when the superintendent was in the
town he should confer with him. |
Informed Mr.. Richmond mat COM
plants had been made against him,
but as there was no direct evidence
did not have occasion to have him
answer charges. as the judgment
would not necessarily come from the
superintendent ut this time Mr.. Rich
mend will without doubt have ample
opportunity 10 make reply when the
dCDartmpnt takes the mnttpr nm