The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-08
MCCARTHY AND
IRWIN DISCUSS

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charge, but l found that only he and
Mr.. Irwin were aware of what passed
through the telephone. then took
the only course left me, and brought
the matter to the attention of the
board of harbor commissioners.
"The affair is up to the attorney
general now, ar he will investigate
the whole matter"
e. p. Irwin was also seen by Star
representative. He stated that Mathe-
son did tell him on the phone that
Mccarthy was crooked, and that the
senator had been bought in connec-
ton with the Hilo wharf matter.
"As to the reason for my leaving
the Advertiser, it was on account of
an article that I wrote for the Pacific
Monthly magazine. l was warned
that was in danger of being fred
and half expected the axe to fall when
it did. Since then Matheson has sent
for me and offered me job on the
Advertiser.
At yesterdays meeting of the har-
Dor commissioners Mr.. Wakefield
spoke in scathing terms of the morn
ing paper, and declared that business
should be kept from it. Mcstocker
said that he was glad ne was not in
politics as he was sure he would get
it food and hard.
Colonel McCarthy's friends are thor
ough in their belief in his integrity
and he is receiving many messages of
sympathy
Complaint Not Entered.
Attorney General Lindsay stated
this morning that, up till noon, no
request had been made to him to in.
vestigate the matter of the charges
against Charles Mccarthy, that were
alluded to yesterday at the meeting
of the harbor commissioners.
The attorney general said that the
first he knew of the matter was when
he read the afternoon papers. He
would await some notification from
the commissioners.
The chairman of the board of har-
Dor commissioners, Marston Campbell,
stated shortly after noon today that
he had been so busy during the morn
ing that he could not take the matter
lup with the attorney general.
Mr.. Matheson's Statement.
| The editor of The Advertiser did not
say that Colonel Charles ]. Mccarthy
of the Board of Harbor Commissioners
had been bought in connection with
the recent agreement between the
commission and the Hilo Railroad
Company, nor does he believe or have
( the least reason to suspect that Colo
mel Mccarthy or any other member of
the board was bribed. Consequently,
the tremendous showing of virtuous
Indignation on the part of Messrs. Nc
Carthy, Berndt and Wakefield at yes.
terday's meeting of the board was en-
tirely superfuous, except for what po
ilitical effect it was supposed to have,
The basis for Colonel McCarthy's in
dignation at the present time appears
to be a statement made to him by E.
p. Irwin, editor of local weekly, who
had been discharged from this paper
for general unreliability and too fire
quent intoxication On Wednesday
night, Irwin called up The Advertiser
by telephone and began to urge the
support of Mccarthy politically, APP
parently doing his best to carry out
one of McCarthy's errapds. The i'm
preston gathered by the editor of The
Advertiser was that Irwin had been
drinking and the conversation, so far
as the editor of this paper is concern
ed, was ended as soon as possible.
Within five minutes after Irwin had