Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-18

lCOnunue0 from page Onel
with explanations, as l first thought of
doing.
Senator CC.1e said this morning that
as Wise had contradicted several of
his statements as made in his pub
lished charges against Wise, the only
way to determine the issue is by de-
famation- of character, suit.
Il therefore invite Wise to sue me,
he said IF he does that | will be
able TO present to the court the evil
dence / have and on which accused
the clerk of graft.
Wise reiterated his statement this
morning that there was something
behind the charges not yet brought to
light" by which he said he meant
a political rather than moral motive.
Coke SAT- this morning that he
bore no malice against Wise, political
ly, religiously or socially; that he
nad always been friendly to Wise, and
would have continued to be had he
not become convinced that the clerk
had broken a trust and grated. Coke
said he was not interested in politics
and that politics had nothing to do
with his charges or motive in making
them; and that they would have been
made regardless of whether Wise car
ried a Republican or Democrat BAN
ner
AS for wise,s denial of his guilt,
he has said about what ! expected
him to. But he does not clear things
up much, or satisfy me in the least
iota that what have said against him
is ill-founded.
He admits that he ordered the type
writing done in the way he did-triple
spaced, and deeplmargined, with from
forty to fifty words to a page. He
admits that he charged seventy-five
cents for each stich typewriter page.
He justifies himself for making this
charge by saying that he had to COM.
pare all the copy, etc. might men
tion that George Clark, who did the
tipping for Wise. and received there
for twenty-five cents q page, justi-
fies his charge for the work by say
ing that he had to compare all the
copy! Lester Fishel, the proof-read
er. says Wise is not truthful in say
ing that he (Wise) read the proof
after him.
But / don't Want to go into this
again. | have said what had to say
in my statement, and that statement
goes. invite Wise to bring suit
against me for defamation of charac-
ter, and then we can settle the whole
thing in court
Wise Presents Facts.
At the archives building this morn
ing couple of vouchers for small
amounts, heretofore alleged to be
missing, were on file. Also, the
voucher for $1,000, which employees
of the building had insisted was not
of record with them, was on file. The
only missing voucher which was not
ca this morning, and the only one now
said to De missing, was one for $3282
in favor of the Paradise of the Pacific
on account of the Senate Journal
John Wise said this sum had been
paid. There are two vouchers for this
sum, neither of which is approved, on
t1fe; put Wise stated that they we're
duplicates, and that the original might
be In the possession of Senator Cecil
Brown, chairman of the accounts copl-
mfttee.
After short investigation of legis-
.ative accounts, Wise this morning
quickly produced figures to show that
the house journal cost more than the
senate journal He made the follow
ing statement to the Star-Bulletin:
Let me present the figures of what
it cost to typewrite, compare, compile,
inuex, and all clerical duties to be per-
formed after the close of the session
The House journal expense ac-
count shows tdat. during the session
the sum of s1018.50 was paid out of
the federal appropriation, and $476.80
from the territorial appropriation AT.
ter the close of the session a further
sum of $542.30 was paid for the said
journal, and for all clerical work per.
formed the further sum of $345, max
ing a total of $2782.6O. -
The Senate Journal cost $4,000 for
typewriting, comparing, compiling, In
dexing. and all clerical work after the
close OF the session, and 1886. ~ ~ for
proof-reading, making a total of ST.
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