The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1911-05-06
Honolulu
Newsletter
Racy Paragraphs From the Capitol On
Current Topics.
(By Oscar Brenton.)

the capital since the legislature end
ed. Really nothing of importance
is happening and / say this advised
ly for the grand jury at work on
the Hilo school case has not even
found an indictment. It's strange
how little things break up homes.
Take the case of Margaret, for
instance. | do not know who she
is but have heard she is a resident
OF Wailuku, happily married and
for aught 1 know the mother of
several. Well, this confounded af-
fair is bringing her from her happy
home to testify against Richmond
ct al. If half the things Mrs. Comp
ton said about her before the COM
mission are true and Margaret testi-
fies to that effect before the grand
jury it will be case of Mr.. Mar
garet leaving his happy home for
her, or on account of he, she and it.
Personally l haven't an idea that
she will tell anything of the kind,
even if it had happened in pictur-
esque Hilo, and feeling SO it is safe
for the readers of the News to wager
anything that peace will reign. The
entire affair is mysterious. People
want to know why the stuff was
published; why any one would be
SO heartless as to try and break up
homes.
am not so sure that other per-
sons will not be brought into the
case; persons who at this time seem
to have an idea that they are safe
from the court. 1t has been rumored
that one gentleman might be called
from Wailuku to tell his opinion of
the charater of one of the parties
called before the jury. 1t might be
to qualify in the matter of veracity
or the lack of it. At all events
Wailuku may have something to
say before the case is ended. Should
there be an indictment | am assured
the trial will be in the nature of a
thriller and inter island boats will
carry passengers from Hilo and
way ports, the round trip for one
fare. Better come down. You will
have the time of your life and a
good chance to see a fiapper.
| note the admission of Repre-
sentative Rickard to practice in the
the district courts of the territory.
Rickard used to be Judge in Lau-
pahoehoe, keeper of the landing
and half dozen other things. At
present young Marcial divides his
time between the court house,
where he presides as magistrate,
and the school house nearby where
he teaches japanese schoolboys, age
thirty-one, the English language.
The pay for being judge was not as
much before the session of the legis-
lature as it is now and the increase
is entirely due to the efforts of Mr..
Rickard who had the pay boosted
to seventy.five per month. That
seemed like doing good thing for
Marcial the incumbent and Rickard
grew black and blue on the back
from being slapped on that part of
his anatomy as he was being told
what a good fellow he was. But a
set back came later in the shape of
a petition for the removal of Mar
cial because all of his time is needed
at the school. 1t seemed the scheme
was to have the young fellow re-
moved and Rickard would fall back
into his place as Judge. But a close
counting of noses in the house
showed that the scheme could moi
be worked. The salary question had
been settled. OF course / have nc
information that there is any rela.