The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-01
JEFF M'GARE Tells
. HOME FDLKHOWHE
.FOUGHTGRAFrHtRE
Did Not Resign Until He Had
LaWless Element PROSTATE Il
Under Foot ~. =.
IMPROVEMENT IMMENSE
SUM IN FEDERAL SIZE DEAL
Not Quit Office Before,
Enemies Had Expended An
Their Ammunition

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Gen. Jeff McCarn, who recently re-
signed as United States district attor.
ney for Hawaii, has returned to Nash.
vile and win resume the PRACTISE Of
law, having his Offices in the Arcade.
says the Nashville (Tennessee) Banner
of January 10. 49,. '.s..r u. 10y
4 From time to time there have come
reports of the activity Of General Me.
earn in the enforcement Of law. and
Of the Opposition which he had aroused
as result Those who knew General
Mccain when he was attorney general
OF the criminal court of Davidson
County were confident that he would
sustain his part in any such contests,
and knew that any attempt to run him
out of Hawaii would be one of the lafg-
'at jobs undertaken by lawless eIe-
inent anywhere. Pct Zig ~ raEf.
Though General McCarn finally re-
signed, it wins only after the opposition
Ind worn itself out In attacks against
him being worsted in each scrimmage.
When he visited here last summer he
had in mind to give up his position AZ
soon as he could get matters there
finally adjusted, and with this in view
he left his family here ., tl,E
Terror TO Hvil Doors .fl
u Not only did General McCarn prove
a tertor to eyil-doers in the Territory.
but BY his report, on the value of Ger,
tain property, which was about to be
unloaded on the government at fancy
prices he saved Uncle Sam n round
half million dollars, Very recently the
purchase recommended by General Nc.
earn was made by the government,
thus defeating the holdup which had
almost been completed when General
MeGarn was indicted into office. Fl
In discussing his reasons for leaving
Hawaii and his work there, General
McCarn said this mornings
a. ~ resigned largely for business rea-
sons. Conditions are such in, Hawaii
that it is difficult for a lawyer holding
the position of United States attorney
TO do outside practise, In any terri.
tory the federal statutes apply to such
4 large class Of offenses that are dealt
with entirely by state statutes in the
states that one has to be very careful
in accepting retainers lest he finds
himself embarrassed by being in a po-
sition that is adverse 10 the govern
ment's interests So / found that l
would have to CONFINES myself almost
exclusively to my Official duties. and
from a'.business standpoint the salary
Of the Office was not attractive
when 1 first arrived i'm Hawaii I
was received most cordially and was
treated with almost unlimited gener
osity. III had satisfied. first, the large
interests there and, second, the erin,
inal classes, i eoui 1 have remained in
Hawaii and done as my predecessor
accumulated large fortune. 49,
Saves Large sum for Government
~ The opposition TO me grew, not SO
much from anything j actually did, but
developed just as soon as the CONNER
eial interests discovered that could
not be controlled by them. As an ex-
ample Of this, 1 refer to the selection
Of q site for a government building.
This does not come within the duties
Of the United States attorney, but IL
happened that the department of iuI
tice, for some reason, requested me to
ePOrt to them my views on the value
Of a. lot which had been selected for
the location ola government building.
P. The government owned two-thirds
Of block and that probably was
worth 100000 or more. This lot was
rather small for the purpose of the
building and it was decided, to con.
temn the other one-third of the block.
This had beru lone before my arrival
and the Judgements, interest and costs
In this Proceedibg amounted to some.
thing over $3.50 600. thus making the
lot on which they proposed to put M
the building cost the government n
The neighborhood Of 100000.
I"This price was exorbitant, and so
recommending to the govern.
nent another lot which could be pur.
rhased for 100000 or less. The gov.
eminent followed my suggestion ana
refused to pay the judgements and
within sixty days has purchased thel
size of thu" entire block, which would
haye.cost the government 100000, ana
Il in a better location and IN other |
ways better suited for the governments
purposes. By this change the govern.
nent saved $500, 900. .s'E =
y Now this $500, 600 was not really the |
hing that caused the strong CONNER. |
'ial interests there to oppose me, for
they could well afford to lose 100000 |
but the thing which aroused them was
hat they were unable to ihduce me to |
zee the government s interest and |
heir interests conferred in the taking
81 this property. w.. /
"There were other matters that
aroused other elements, namely, the
abolition, CT prize fights, or boxing
natches,' as they preferred to call
them. The federal statute on this
'ubject had been absolutely ignored un-
ill ] arrived in Honolulu. Promoters
had made large sums of money by hold, |
Ing these matches. There are from
5000 to 10000 soldiers in and near IIo- |
'olulu, and the business Of promoting
boxing matches was a profitable one.
The" federal statute is very, plain, and
there was no prize fight or boxing
match in the Territory from the time |
arrived until the newspapers published
Tho fact that had raatnnal