The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-09
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LEADING QUESTION
Objects and Then Answers Query
In Wilder Injunction Suit
Against Him

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Governor Pinkham and other high
territorial officials were in the witness
stand yesterday in Judge stuart's
court testifying in tho injunction suit
instituted by Judge Arthur A. Wilder
against the Governor and other off,
cials, to restrain them from paying the
item of ninety-eight dollars and fifty;
Eve cepts in the expense account of
Charles R. Forbes during his recent
visit to Washington, d. G.
When the court adjourned yesterday
the evidence was almost all in in this
case. The trial will be resumed Mt
ten O'Clock this morning. Beside this,
there are still three other injunction
suits, also fathered by Wilder, to be
heard. Among those in the witness
stand were the Governor, L. NJ. Stain.
back, attorney general; Arthur @.
Smith, deputy attorney general; J, II.
Fisher, territorial auditor; Charles r.
Forbes and Judge Ashford, the latter
representing Judge Wilder, who is alb.
sent in the mainland. =" N|"
At one point Governor Pinkham,
then witness in the stand, objected
to question put to him because il was
leading. w.. 49,. .....r
He was asked If the hundred dollar
item mentioned in q telegram would be
paid out of the funds of the Territory
on his authority.
Objected To Leading Question
"a 81 object TO that question because
Il is leading" answered the Governor.
After slight halt, he said: ~ au.
thOrized the expenditure and expected
Il would be paid out of the funds Of
the Territory for the benefit of
Oahu and no one else
"Did you ever investigate into the
legality of the billy" he was asked.
81 did not, ;" replied the Governor,
az had no data on which to make il.
propose TO pay II out of my own
Docket. l do not propose to see Mr..
Forbes pay it out of his own pocket"
Further along the Governor grew
'cstless
,"It has been intimated in a question
Hsked me that there has been a misuse
Of public funds" he went on to saw.
.'I do not know anything about any
misuse of funds, but l do know that
I propose to back up the expenditure
~ ninety-eight dollars and ifty.five
tents. do rot know of any one in my
Hnd of the business who has not spent
pretty good per cent of his salary
o keep the government going. By this
( mean that l will back up this item
# Mr. Forbes account out of my own
pocket"
!, Governor Authorized Expenditure
The item represents part of Mr..
Forbes expenditure in the dinner he
gave in Washington to a number of
senators. A cablegram from the Gov
"rnOr to Mr.. Forbes showed that the
former authorized the latter to ex.
mend up to 500 for the dinner. Mr..
Forbes saved one dollar and forty.fve
"cnts, the actual expenditure having
been ninety-eight dollars and ffty-fve
cents.
Mr.. Forbes, while in the witness
stand, said that the attorney general
had told him that the dinner(bill could
not be legally paid by the Territory.
~ said that would be all right and
added that, if such was the case,
would paw the bill out Of nv own
pocket Mr.. Forbes testified. ~ O.,
still of the opinion that the bill viii
have to be paid out of my own poe
ket.n ,
Judge Stuart wanted all the cases
tried together, to which Attorney Gen
eral Stainbaek demurred most stren".
ously. claiming that this would be i'm.
possible, as different questions were in.
volved in the different eases. The pre.
siding iurist then decided to 90 on
With separate trials.