Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-08

h"o" '"S o"oo'oh'e vi tne Cohttuts
thereof.
yours respectfully,
lSlgned) w. a. KINNEY,
Attorney Tor Hon. D. X. kalanianaole.
In me matter OF the complaint OF Hon.
Jonah kuhio kalanianaole, Delegate
III Congress from Hawaii, against
the administration OF Hon. Walter F.
frear, Governor OF Hawaii.
pn'Hr ibNDhhEn bf SoMrLAiN-
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III 'ne oohip'a,han' orIsinal le,'er
VI p'o'eo' asa'nst oe repppo'n,ihe"' Vi
uoNeinor rrear III octoper' 1911 oc-
'u,s 'ne Io'io"lns passase' -
al lou, Years more y, uo'ernor
rrear ADMINISTRATION prouuce no pet
yer resu,'s u'an Tue ,ast iour years
hawaii is Iihely 10 Urn, mo cohul-
t,ohs where pubic ueeraua'lon from
tne status VI .eIIl,o,y W que WneIe
sen ruie even III purely locai mat'ers
80 uenieu ne, peop'e' may oeeo'ie
I'VE ,a'ionai ISSUE
Whie this statement was copieu III
10 tne speeincauon Oh charges lurhish-
ed december z, l'li, u was not com,
hehteu upon or explained ny NE, anu
! reel II my du'y, IN Justice 10 myself
ana the people Oh the Territory Oh ma
wan, 10 explain upon tne RECORD the
statement III question, Ooth 10 snow
fniI Justihcatioh ior II ana 10 make
clear ana environment ana surrouhd-
ings under which the Governor ID
charged 10 nave committed spec'nc
acts oil omission ana commission III
disregard OF MS opiigauohs NJ gov
erhor' . .s... .. i
If any specific act charged Is proven
or admitted to have been committed
by the Governor. the significance or
culpability of such act and the degree
of disregard of duty to be inferred
thereirom ana the availability OF the
Governor IN view OF such acts Tor use
iul service 10 the people OF hawaii
ana the pubilc generally may Dest De
judged by considering general condi-
lions III hawaii at the time ana now
urgent the necessity or promoting
homestead laws mas been during tho
period IN question, claiming IN TINS
connection, as DO, that 30 urgent ana
imperative is the necessity OF counter
baiahcing the rising tue OF Asiatic
ascehdehcy III the population OF la
wall, the chlef asset ana instrument
atty In which enort Is the homestead
ing OF the public lands with desirable
hon-Asialc cltlzen population, that
acts OF COMMISSION ana commission IN
the discharge OF MS duties by the Gov
ernor winch, under normal conditions
oil population, might not raise any de-
clded issue, though disproved, when
viewed IN the ilght OF undisputed ana
indisputable conditions OF population
III Hawaii, become not only grave
dereictiohs OF duty, Dut carry win
them the suggestion OF downright be-
uayai OF tne territory OF Hawah In
patters OF Vitai Importance 10 her very
existence.
The event which will precipitate an
issue over our Asiatic population In
Hawaii and reveal the far-reaching
consequence of bringing in an alien
population in such overwhelming num-
bers, is the fact that, within ten years
time. under existing conditions as de-
monstratable from the Census returns.
there will be enough male Japanese
and Chinese born In Hawaii. come OF
age. to cast 30 per cent of the votes
o! the electorate of Hawaii, and, in
fifteen years, enough, in all probable
ity, to constitute clear majority of
that vote.
The census for Hawaii of 1910 shows
SS,2ll Japanese and Chinese, out of a
total population of 9l,909. of which
2l,G9S are Chinese. or the total popu-
lation, 9S.156 are native born: |. e..
born within the United States or its
possessions. Or that number, 1889
are Japanese, and 7,l95 Chinese; max
ing total or 21,O94 .Asiatics entitled
to American citizenship, out of q total