The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-19
LATEST LETTER
OF HENRY CLEWS

Henry Clews Of New York. under
date of March o, says in part:
The improved undertone which
marked the close of February has
been well maintained, in spite of the
weakness shown in the first half of
the week as a result of profit taking
on the recent rise. SO far as the
| British coal strike is concerned there
is strong confidence in an early set
tlement, which probably accounts for
the calmness with which financial
London accepts the situation. AS TO
the conditions at home, no strike will
begin until April / when the present
agreement expires. It is hoped that
the next three weeks will afford
abundant time for a settlement of
some kind, and that the efforts to
make political capital out of the dis
pute will not succeed
While there has been no great fall
ing off in general business, still the
7oiume of trade is below normal and
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look into the matter of the sale of
that property"
IF you want to put it that way"
replied Nicely, coolly.
1t was here that the trouble started.
Judge Dole interrupted Olson as the
latter was about to continue his
cross-examination by stating that he
did not think the witness meant just
what he had said the last time, but
that his previous answer that it was
because the property was not on a
corner, was what the witness really
meant.
Olson protested vigorously. He
thought the judge had no right or
business to butt in and spoil the effect
of the cross-examination, merely be-
cause the judge didn't choose to look
at the replies of the witness in the
same way counsel for the respondents
did.
you are here to interpret and pass
upon questions of law" said Olson
holly, and you have no business to
interfere with my cross-examination
of the witness so long as I confine
myself to the rules of evidence. Yes
terday afternoon you chose to rebuke
me for taking too much time in the
| cross-eXamination of witness, though
you know that MI. Breckons took up
more time than l have Now you are
trying to spoil the effect of what l
have made the witness admit. You
have no right to d2 anything Of the
kind, Your business is to pass upon
questions of law, not to tell the jury
how to regard the testimony I elicit
from a witness"
Judge Dole interrupted with consid-
cradle warmth
you are right in saying that Mr..
Breckons took up too much of the
courts time in his cross-examination,'
said the judge, but / want you to
understand that, if I feel like criticiz-
ing your methods of cross-examina-
ton, | will do so, for it is my right.
The witness is largely in the hands
of the lawyers, for he is inexperi-
enced and in this case evidently has
no interest in the matter and is dis
posed to allow statements to go rather
than fight in support of what he has
said 1t is the duty of the Court to
protect the witness and 1 intend to
do So, If I consider that you are
wasting the time of the court or are
putting the statements of a witness
in a false light, it is my right and my
duty to interfere, and l propose to in
terfere."
Olson broke in with much heat
Yesterday afternoon" he said, in
my cross-examination of Mr.. Wilder
il succeeded in materially damaging
and breaking down the testimony he
gave on cross-examination, yet you
interfered and said | was wasting
the time of the court. l know what
l am about. r follow out a line of