Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-30

their detention as witnesses against
the labor agents, Craig anG Guzman.
Lindsay said he had helped issue the
warrants because ne thought he was
required to do SO under the law, ad-
nitting that the Supreme Court att
erwards held that both he and the
Circuit judge who issued the war
rants were acting illegally in, doing
so. The connection of Attorneys w
A. Kinney, S. M. Ballou and M. F.
Prosser with the case was brought
out, Lindsay saying he presumed tney
were acting for the planters, although
nominally enlisted for the prosecution
by the Territory.
Lindsay declared the Governor him
self knew nothing of this matter.
The Japanese strike was also
brought up during the morning and
Ashford questioned C. R. HemenWay,
who was attorney-general at that
time, as to the breaking open Of
safe to get evidence against the labor
leaders. Hemenway acknowledged
the responsibility for directing much
of the prosecution but said IN this
1holohSO lAS SdlS was
broken open under local attorneys be-
fore they were formally deputized by
his office.
Governor Frear, it was also en-
phasiZed, was on Hawaii when this
occurred, and on his return strongly
disapproved of the course taken. Ash
ford asked if the disapproval were
strong enough to insure the return of
the documents, and Frear said they
were not returned, that the evidence
found was discriminating.
These two instances of labor trou-
blesA were pretty freely discussed, and
Ashford's keen questions to get at
what he declared were illegal meth
DDS hit several marks The governor
himself was not found to be involved,
but Ashford showed that the machin.
cry Of the law has been called very
forcibly into play in quelling labor
troubles here.
Letter From HfIo fianter.
At the beginning of the morning
session, Attorney Ashford, asked if he
had any matters to bring up before
the Governor began his rebuttal, read
a letter from R. Tougher, a planter
OF H1lo, who was a witness before the
Secretary i'll the hearing at that city
last week
The letter contained figures show
ing the relation of planter and mill.
The ultimate figure, Ashford said, was
that the mills profit on the planters
cane is $50.S1 per ton, the mill buying
at the rate of 81 a ton when the New
York market is cents a pound. The
letter was handed Mr. Fisher
The Secretary informed Attorney
Olson that before the close of the
hearing he would like to hear some
testimony from Mr.. Ivers and Mr..
Starrett, and that he desired to &c
into the matter of immigration.
A number of documents and letters
were then handed to the Secretary by
Ashford. in relation to questions that
were brought up in the course of the
trip over Hawaii
Attorney Ashford produced a letter
from one l.. Malterre of South HiIO
on homesteading. The letter declar-
ed chat the homesteading tract was
Siis p0i i'IoIIS OpSuSu up anu ludI Tic
price, SIS an acre, appeared exorbi-
tant. The writer said he did not wish
his name mentioned, but Ashford saiC
he did not believe u anonymous com
munications and the letter went into
the record. The letter suggested that
it does not look as if the governmen
is encouraging homesteading, but, on
the contrary, is in with the corpora
tiOns.
Ashford asked that the Attorney
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