The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-23
SAJPIREA ANTER.
LOWER HOUSE TO
PROBE CONDUCT
ForcstalIs Protest BY Welfare
Workers Against His Sitting
malls Of Legislation
Lawmaker Accused Of Having
knowledge 81 Immoral Acts
Of Daughter and Niece
lFrom satrrday, -Advrtlser.l


In a resolution, in which be refers
Kupihea, to the Honolulu newspaper
as public prints" and to the first
judge Of the first circuit court as one
e. w. Ashford Representative, Kupi'
hea asks Tor the appointment Of leg
islatiye special committee to invest.
gate the charges made against him
from the, bench by Judge Ashford. His
resolution was presented yesterday and
adopted. Speaker Holstein probably
will appoint the requested committee
this morning. s y
Forestalls women's Protest 4
Kupihea, by his resolution, fore.
stalled protest from the members Of
the Child's Welfare Committee, com,
posed of number of the leading
women Of the city, who were prepar-,
ing to call Speaker Holstein . stteh
tion officially to the presence of Kupi,
hea in the house and to the existence
4 OF the charges made against him. The
women were ready to protest, in the
name Of deeeney, against the pfcsence
Of this ornament from the 'fifth district
in any legislative body. At a meeting
Of the committee yesterday, however,
il was thought best, in view OF the
resolution, to withhold action until II
could be known what the special com
mittee would do.
These women, or a number Of them,
will attend the sessions of this special
committee, in order TO have first hand
knowledge of what the proceeding
may be. ,-., - X !.
Desire Criminal Prosecution
In the meanwhile the women are go.
ing ahead to see what action against
Kupihea under The criminal statutes
can be taken. ftk 4 4. /.
fKupihen's resolution Is: K
Whereas, According to the public
prints, one G. w. Ashford, cir.
emit Judge Of the first circuit CONT,
has in open court attacked the q
reputation for honesty, deeehey I
and hiorality 0f s HiSniber Of the 4.
house Of representatives, TO wit,
Hon, d. M. Kupihea; and
Whereas, BY reason Of said strict
IRE aud attack he has east "a re-
Election upon the personnel of the
honse; now, therefore, be II sn. Z.
Resolved, That the speaker of {
the house appoint special com.
mittee TO Immediately investigate
the charges openly made by said
circuit judge against Hon. ID. NJ. !
Kupihea, and ascertain whether
tho same are true and report the I,
findings TO said house; and .g.u Il
f Resolved, That upon said find
ings being returned to said house,
the house take appropriate action
upon the same. 'a-s.H ~ .
DAVID M. KUPIHEA, =
Representative, Fifth Representa-. !,
tive District 49,
.February 10, 1915. i. 81 r.
Judge Ashford Makes Charges p.
The charges against Kupibea were.
made from the bench by Judge Ash.
ford, in suspen,ling sentence against
two soldiers, French Oldham and vii,
liam Bradbrook, who had pleaded guilty
to adultery with the danghtcr and tie
niece of Kupihea, 10th girls being un.
der the age of consent. The soldiers
We're not sent to the penitentiary be-.
cause Of their own youth, eighteen and
nineteen years, respectively, and be-
cause IL appeared that they had com,
mitted their crime with practically. yet
not certainly, the conniVnnce of Kupi.
hea, who had invited them to his home
and who had supplied them with the
cottage in which the crime had been
committed. S. fI
In view OF an The circumstances.
Judge Ashford stated that he believed
the interests of justice to all would
be best served by not sending the boys
to penitentiary for number of years