Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-07

he was.
I then returned and told Deputy
Sheriff Rose that ! wished to enter u
formal protest against the inaction of
the police in taking no steps to pre-
vent the town being turned over to tho
recruiting agents Of the Senator. |
told him that the attorney general and
the county attorney had both held
there was no lawful cmigrant license
out nnd therefore all recruiting, whoth-
err Oh tho employed or unemployed.
was unlawful and on behalf OF those
who were losing their labor I demand
ed an enforcement of the recruiting
laws.
Roses Indifference.
! said to him, "Flocks Of lnhorcrS
can not he going Off tonight without
arrangements having been made "a
take them off. and MI persons thus
aiding or abctting this movement were
acting without authority Of law, and II
was the duty Of the police to prevent
it," ana I demanded that they dis
charge their duty.
Rose mad" no reply for some mo-
mcnts, hut simply grinned.
Finally he said. did YOU find tho
sheriff" or where Is the sheriff."
said "1hc sheriff evidently IL neither
an duty nor ut home. ana 7 don't know
where he Is or what he Is doing"
then left.
Jarrett Arrived.
/ Between and $50 in tho evening,
while walking along in front OF Cecil
| Browns office on Merchant street. I
was nccosted by Jarrett. who came up
behind me from Fort street.
1Tc wanted to know what to do.
| was SO disguised with his absence
from duty after tho warning he had
received that I declined to talk with
him for some time. hut he persisted
ana wanted to know what ne had bot
ter do. and I told him that the matter
had gone so far that he was too lnto
10 do much that the time for action
was before this thing had got head
way.
| At that time there were several hun
drcd assembled on tho wharf. seeming
| ~ under good deal Of excitement,
ana took no stock in Jarrctt's late
appearance, believing II was an at
tempt on his part after ncglccting his
duty Of squaring himself by asking
me what to do when II was too late to
do much OF anything. lie persisted,
however. that he wanted to do what
| ever he could. then called his attcn-
tion to the fact that these lnhorcrs
could not he taken off to tho ship
without tho assistance Of local mon,
md that all persons on board the
scow and tug or other vessel used in
conveying these people ont to the
G, oh hp
were aiding In tho unlawful recruiting
Of labor for employment outside the
Territory. so that there would he no
excuse left for oven the deck hands
to continue ut work. suggested that
he order them to dcsist, hut did not
advise their arrest. for had come ia
the conclusion by that time that mat
tors had gone so far that It might
lead To n row in the crowd and prob
ably the serious injury Of n number OF
people.
Came In Late.
This conclusion was reached after
the movement was full blown and tho
crowds upon the wharf were all ready
to embark. The time TO check the
movement was in the early evening
and that matter was absolutely In tho
control of the police. who had Tho
means OF locating those who were en-
gincorinE the job either ms runners OF
otherwise. and could have arrested
them or blocked the work before any
large crowd had assembled.
Police Responsible.
. In conclusion Mr.. Kinney stated that
the key to the whole trouble was II
the attitude Of the police department
Presumably that department has II
the rank and file as good men ~ are
found on the average force, but they
can do nothing where the spirit ant
, bent of those In charge IL such rs has
been shown by the police department
| In connection with this recruiting
movement from the day II started.
Need for Lesson.
The complaint In many quarters II
the community that We have been too
hard upon the recruiters and recruit
; cd had gathered such Roadway that Il
, was perhaps well that sOmcthint
, should happen to show everyone in {
[ practical way that these recruiting cX'
r petitions are necessarily lawless anC
1 are conducted by men who are pre-
, pared TO defy and ovade the law,
Openly For Recruiters.
: confess that I did not dream tina
| the police department would opcnl!
, give the recruiters the freedom of tn,
, city as they did. What | expected wa
, that the movement would be conducted
r more secretly and the police be allow
, ed an opportunity thus to squur,
themselves by saying that they ha,
not been able to detect tho men VIII,
81.