The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-19
Judge Stuart Restraints Terrific.
rial Officials From Making
: His Outlay Good
jURiST SAYS THAT He
IS cRiTlclZlNG NO ONE
But Throughout It's Lengthy Re-
view Of Cases Bench Raps
:, All Persons Involved

Judge Arthur A. wilder wins out
in his injunction suits TO restrain the
Governor and other officials in one case
and J. N. s. Williams and other mem
bers Of the public utilities commission
in another action, from paying certain
items Of expense incurred by Charles
r. Forbes during his recent trip ia
Washington, ID. O. Two other injunc.
ton suits, against the harbor board and
Treasurer Mccarthy, Respectively are
still pending and were recently con-
tinued for trial some time next August
| Judge Stuart yesterday handed down
a decision covering the two cases tried.
He grants the injunction sought and
restraints the defendants and respond.
ents from doing the things complained
of by Judge Wilder, who instituted the
actions. .'fe Z - a.sr
All Labor Under Mistake T.
~ do not criticize any Of the defend
ants, - says the trial jurist in conclud-
ing an eightipage decision. ~ take
II that they were all laboring under a
mistake as to their respective duties
in the premises. =, 4.
- A final decree win be entered in
each case in favor of the plaintiff as
prayed for by him y ~"
4 The decision opens with the state.
ment that the two cases, involving
the same controlling facts, would be
decided together. Judge Stuart then
goes on to show that Mr.. Forbes in
| mis- evidence claimed that he is and
wGs during the transactions set forth
Q( superintendent Of public works, (2)
chairman of the public utilities com
| mission, 13) ex-oficio chairman of tho
board of barber commissioners, al
I chairman of the Oahu loan fund com
mission, 6, 9 and y member of the
Maui, HaW and Kauai loan fund
! commissions, 80 secretary of the Ho-
nolulu water investigation, and co.
member of the conser walton board. No
mention is made in the decision of the
| fact that Mr.. Forbes Is captain of the
First Separate Engineer Company, Ma
tional Guard of Hawaii. This would
make it (l0). ,.. ..'.s
The remainder of the decision fol
lows:
Forbes and Gignoux Agreed
"On November 1, l9l5, Mr.. Forbes,
as chairman of the board of public utii.
| tiles commission, wrote to Mr.. Williams,
of that board, that the Governor and
himself were going to visit Washington
to take up Legislative matters of inter:
est to the Territory, and as that com.
mission would be interested in the work,
he said that he and Mr.. Gignopx were
agreed that the public utilities com.
mission should pay one-half of his ex-
pcnses and asked for an early reply.
On November 4, Mr.. Williams, answer
ing from Hilo, said that he agreed
that the public utilities commission
should pay ne.half of the expenses.
,"On November s, 1915, Mr. Forbes
and Mr.. Gignou1, being present, the
Following resolution was introduced BY
Mr.. Gignoux:
81 move that Charles r, Forbes, as
chairman Of the commission, be author
lied to 80 to Washington, in the inter
est of the commission, and that one
half Of the expenses be paid by the
| commission.
! Motion put and carried unaEimous,
~, Chairman (FOrbes) voting in the
Affirmative
Jurtst Reminded of Pickwick
"This motion reminds me very much
of the resolution of the Piekwick Club,
granting Mr.. Plcwiek the right to trav,
Ell any place he pleased, to. do as he
pleased, and make such Investigations
as he pleased; but the Piekwick Tesolu,
ton had the redeeming quality of say.
ing that he should be allowed all of
these liberties at his own expense.
Mr.. Forbes left November II, 1915,
and returned February 4, 1916. What
he did while absent is not shown ex,
eePt in general way, TO the effect that
he tried to influence legislation, hut
what Legislation, and how IL affected
the Territory, or whether the Territory
was Interested in il, the court is not
advised. CT will never be aIniss for
persons who seek congressional action
affecting Hawaiian interests, TO first
make timely publication in the press
here, of copies Of such measuTes.) =
That Dinner To Senators .,s,--,. .
'Mr. Forbes thought 1t necessary to
give diner to the senators, and on
January II, 1915, sent the following
cablegram to Governor Pinkham, to
wit: 81
80 Pinkham, Governor, Honolulu.
Request authority expenditure 300 en-.
tertainment.- FORBES
To this the Governor sent back the
following answer ON the same day; 4.
" Forbes, Stoneleigh Court, Wash.
ington. l authorize expenditure re-
| quested. PINKHAM, Governor.
tnder this authority Mr., Forbes.
about January 10, 1915, gave dinner
TO senators. as his bill states, at the
Hotel Powbatnn, and rendered bill
! therefor to the Governor on February
~, 1916. The items in said bill are
vs. follows: Restaurant la carte,
sos; howerSc $751; tips. 40; taxi, $3f MUS.
U rnd erly, $40; total, $02 .05. BY an
additional statement there IL added the
following items; Place cards, IS; no.
tees, $l5Oj tRtpL ,$9S.55.
Mystery Of Conveyance .,...
''ThiS claim with the others) reach.
! ed the Governor 5 office, but what sort