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Evening Bulletin
DAILY and WEEKLY Published by BULLETIN PUBLISHING CO., LTD
At 120 King Street, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii.
Daily every day except Sunday. Weekly iiiued on Tneiday of each week.
MEMBER OF TH ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Waltnc R. Parrlnston,
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WEDNESDAY
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EDITOR 5M1TITS POSITION.
1-Mltor Smith, In this morning's
Issue ot diu Advertiser, bcltlKcrcntly
' demands (it tlird paper It It charges
tluit lie lias been In sympathy with
the strikers. Disregarding the tone
lit tho demand for by tills time nil
of us arc uwurc that there Is n touch
of sawdust In tho robust form ot our
contemporary wo desire to an
ttwer him frnnMy ns to Just what
wo consider his position to he.
Aro uu In sympathy with tho
ntrlkc-rs? Yes, nnd No.
Your whole course hero shows
that )ou have understood, ns an In
tclllgcnt man, that Hawaii must
liavo a citizen population, nnd that
citizen population must bo non
Ajdatlc. In that sense we acquit
ou upon your record of many years
of nny desire to promote Asiatic
(luminance In this Territory, and we
x.iy that In that sense you hare ab
holutcly no sympathy for the strik
ers. If, how over, wo were uskud, do
ou nevertheless love tho strikers
"for tho enemies they have made,"
wo might woll hesitate In our reply.
)n other words, if It Is asked wheth
er you nrc at nil In sympathy with
tho planters In this strike we would
nnswer that you nro decidedly out
of touch with the planters, so much
i-o and here Is the gist ot on.
complaint so much so that sou
would Just as leave sec the proaecu-!
tlon of the strlko leaders nnd strlk-
crs dumped, not because these men
me not cmTnly nnd clearly guilty.
f but becauso It would be handing It
i out to tho planters, ns you personal
i' - ly think they deserve.
llnvo on advocated any such
proposition In jour paper?
No, not openly.
Have jour sympathies In that (II
lcctlon affected the policy and atti
tude of the Advertiser? Tremend
ously. In what direction? Mainly
In putting mi a perfunctory fight,
energetic In spots and weak In oth
ers, but upon the crucial point,
which Is the conviction of Inw break
ers, you hove' been extremely luke
wnnn. You say In this morning's paper
that it you had rung the changes
on tho strlko nnd called names, nnd
otherwise acted like n braying ass,
you might have satisfied some peo
ple, but In the main a dignified,
calm and Judlclrl position, with no
undue partisanship ns to tho Issues,
Is tho one that finally will commend
Itself to tho better Judgment of tho
pcoplo ot this Territory.
To bo frank, wo question absolute
ly your good faith In penning thoso
Words. You hnvrt hppn linnwn. In
W? tho pursuit ot such a nondescript
K U nnd Irresponsible article as Willie
fc V . Crawford (o make tho welkin ring
: with jour charges; jou liavo kept up
J W from day to day squibs, editorials
W nnd what not In your paper on that
IV, jjL one Individual; nnd It there Is one
ft WjK'S fcuturo of your editorial career
J? idiovo another It Is tho persistent,
unrelenting pursuit of your oppon
ent onco jou nro on tho trail. To
Mich n marked degreo do you carry
this that jou liavo been open (o tho
charge of personal plquo In attack
ing other men, perhaps far beyond
what wns Justified. You never leave
tho trail. You keep tho matter bo
fore tho public In season and out
of season.
What mo j'onr real sentiments In
legard to this strlko?
Thny cannot bo discussed; they
will not bear discussion, for tho
pioposltlnn to dump tho light against
tho strikers, particularly In court,
which Is the cruclfnl point, cannot
ho directly advocated without open
ndvoency ot lawlessness. Hut every
man In some unguarded moment dis
closes his true position, nnd wo be
lieve In your comments ot August
1th, upon the attempt of Moil to ns
snbslnate Sheba, you attributed to
others whut Is jour own position.
Let us quote jour words on that oc
casion to jou again. You say:
."Perhaps It will bo consola
tion to Editor Sheba, whatever
the result ot his wounds may
be, lo know that thu crime ban
brought thu pcoplo Into n moro
serious mood, about the possi
bilities of the Japanese labor
ngltatlon. A LARGE NUMI1ER
Of citizens hud thought the
Bdltor
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
WBBKUV UULLBTIN
PerSliMouliu m .So
Per Ver, inrwhere In U.S I.oo
Pel Year sur-there In CnlJ... t.Hu
PerVear poatpald, foieutn 3.uo
Entered at the Postoffice at Honolulu
u trcond elm mttter
AUGUST 11, 1809
strike leaders were being PER
SIXTTKD! sympathy for them
had grown up In quarters
wiinm: a morh impartial
VIKW MIGHT WKl.li HAVE
11KBN LOOKED TOR. THEUB
WAS DANDER THAT THE
LAW WOULD FAIIE IIADLY
AT THE HANDS OK THOSE
WHO HAVE A 80KT SIDE FOR
THE WEAK WHEN THEY
AUK AT ODDS WITH THE
STRONG, ALL THESE THINGS
WORK KOR A LONGER
STRIKE AND MORE VIO
LENCE AND A DELAY IN, IE
NOT A PERVERSION 01', THE
NATURAL COURSE OF JUS
TICK. Hut every thoughtful
nnd honest man belongs on hut
one side when tho red hand ot
murder Is Invoked, nnd that Is
tho'sldo of law nnd order, the
side which demands, whatever
becomes ot the strike, that tho
Instlgntlon of vlolcnco shall
cease, nnd that tho malefactors
at bay, those who Incite to
crime ns well ns those who com
mit it, shall suffer tho penalties
they have earned."
Mr, Editor, those were dangerous
words to wrlto; a dangerous, confes
sion to mnku to anyone who will
study carefully your courso up to
'10 dale that Sheba foil wounded In
our streets,
Those words mean no
'"ore than this to the nvernge rcad-
er: The editor ot that paper In de
scribing many people who thought
these cases wero a persecution, etc.,
wns describing the side which, up to
that date, had enlisted HIS sympa
this, but In vtow ot red-handed mur
der breaking In upon the sceno ho
threw up his hands and sntd: "This
has got too vicious for me; the gamo
Is up, and we have to stand pat and
support these prosecutions,"
If It Is truo that a large number
of citizens had thought the strike
leaders wero being persecuted, what
have you been doing in the columns
of your paper to call attention to
this dangerous fact, to point out Its
existence and address youisclt to
its correction with half the enrncst
ness with which jou pursued Wil
lie Crawford & Co.?
It Is the first time in the Adver
tiser that the presence ot MANY
CITIZENS with such perverted
views wns conceded, or in nny way,
shape, or manner was refened to.
When did you know that MANY
CITIZENS belloved that tho Jap
anese caught In open riot, who Im
prisoned otneers ot tho law, who
threatened In print the ltfo of thoso
who differed with them, were being
persecuted?
What do you mean by tho words
"sympathy for them?" (to-wlt, tho
strikers and Higher Wngo agita
tors) "had grown up In quartors
whom a moro Impartial view
.MIGHT well liavo been looked for?"
When did you learn that "thcro wnB
danger that tho law would faro badly
nt tho hands of those who have a BOft
sldo for tho weak when they aro nt
odds with tho strong"?
When did you sound tho note of
warning to this community that such
bcntlments were entertained by largo
numbers of citizens? Whnt posslblu
justification was thcro for any man to
bellevo that theso lubor agitators wore
being persecuted, If your editorials bel
ting forth their unquestionable guilt
voiced j'our genuine sentiments?
And now, what do theso words
mean "All theso things," thnt Is, tho
perverted view that tho labor agitators
wero being "persecuted," nnd (hat
(hero was danger that tho law would
faro badly, "worked for a LONGER
STRIKE and MORE VIOLENCE and
n DELAY IN, If not a PERVERSION
OK, tho natural course of Justice"? Is
that tho reason why ninny citizens
cried "persecution," and anticipated
that tho law would faro badly, (o-wlt.
In order to hi lug about n longer strlko
and moro vlolcnco and n delay of Jus
tice? Your flnnl words that "when
red-handed murder takes n hand
thoughtful men can bo hut on ono
tide" wns tho notlco, wns It not, that
tho gamo was up nnd It wnB useless to
("own tho prosecution?
You may satisfactorily explain your
sllenco In not taking hold of any sucli,
perverted sentiment nnd bringing It to
daylight and thrashliib' It out In tho
open. Such n courso may liavo boon!
pursued Innocently or Indifferently on
your part, but tho nvcrngo citizen can
not forget that such Is tho time-honored
method of tho "knocker" who
wishes things accomplished that he
would blush to put In black nnd
white. You knew, on your own con
Icsslou, that such a sentiment was
teething in tho minds of some honest
mid respectablo men, nnd In tho minds
of many bad and Irresponsible ones.
It did not need nny support from you
to keep that going while to mention it,
lo discuss It or to bring It to light
would liavo cured It. The way to glvq
such n mistnken sentiment forco nnd
effect was to let It run Its courso In
tho dark, unchnllcngcd nnd unchecked.
It would not boar discussion nny more
than tho copper-licnd programs ot
Mocking a successful conclusion of the
War of the Rebellion could bo ills
tusscd ur admitted by tho men sup
porting such a program. They nocr
ndmlttcd that tho root and motive of
their actions was sympathy with tho
South; they declared tho wur a fail
ure; they attacked tho good roptito of
those In charge of tho war; they sym
pathized with rlotB; they professed
profound fympathy for tho wrongs o
tho soldier, anything to stir up trouble,
luvndo discipline nnd hamper the
(progress of tho war.
You may not bo guilty of those
chnrges nor of nny such secret thought
or motive. Your denials aro entitled
to soma weight, but tho public nnd
this newspaper have n right to attach
to your conduct tho purposo ordinar
ily present when such conduct Is en
gaged In. Turn over tho flics of your
paper and sco what you liavo been
doing In tho wny ot editorial comment
to roach the depraved or mistaken sen
timent that would foil and dlidionor tho
enforcement of law.
We liavo before us tho files of tho
Advertiser: August 7th:"Your lead
ing editorials nro "Tho President und
tho Turlff", mid "0crland Hallway
Enterprise." August Gilt, jour lend
ing editorials arc "Tho Strlko and
Its lessons"; "Mastery of tho Pacific
Not Posslblo", nnd The Tariff on
Leather," iuuI In your editorial on Tho
Strike nnd Its I.cssons jou point out
that LUNAS WHO ARE TYRAN
NICAL AND AUUSIVE Bhould bo
weeded out, when you know those
abuses long since wero on the wane
and not vital or urgent at tho moment
when .urn confer the fato of tho en
forcement of law was hanging In tho
balance.
On. August uth jour leading article
it entitled "A Closed Question," re
ferring to the nlleged abandonment of
tho strike by the Japanese conclavo.
You close that editorial with tho fol
lowing words: "The Nlppu JIJI, tho
most violent chnniplonof tho Higher
Wngo movement, wnB tho first Japan
eso paper to blazon forth to tho world
thnt tho strlko was a thing of the
past." Tho truth Is that tho Nlppu
JIJI blazoned forth that the agitation
would go en precisely ns It had In tho
past, but that tho Higher Wages Asso
ciation would bo converted Into pcrma
nent labor agitation societies; and j-ou
have simply to turn to tho flies of your
newspaper to noto this, nnd to your
own experience, to rcnllzo that but
ono stnge of tho agitation had paused,
and that tho Nlppu JIJI no moio
thought of abandoning Its methods
than It thought of Hying. In fact nt
tho very tlmo you wroto that article
tho Nlppu JIJI editors In court Wero
Bwcarlng that ccr.y arllclo In tho J JIJI
was entirely harmless and legitimate
and that Its courso had been patriotic
and Just, carrying with It tho Irresist
ible Inference that they Intended to
bull-dose and Intimidate In tho futuro
Just as they had In tho past.
August 4th contnlns n leading oil
Itorlul entitled "Tho Japancso Murder
Spirit," referring to the attempted ns-
Basslnntlon of Sheba, which has been
quoted from already. August 3rd, bo-
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connection with' Romo nflldnvltn, you
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the situation ot the hour: "Somo Tar
iff Changes," nnd "Tho Yachtsman of
Tomorrow." In that sumo paper, In
glaring head-lines, you nolo these
words "Conspiracy Defense Scores,"
wbon you know, If you know anything,
that tIo Conspiracy Defense BCored
by getting In an nrtlclo written by Nc
goro at tho early stages ot tho Inbor
agitation; which tho Star tho next day
quoted nt longth as being tho most
dangerous and significant articles that
had yet come out into tho open against
tho agitators.
On tho 2nd of August you bring
down the house and contrlhuto your
nilto against tho threatened miscar
riage ot Justice by handing out tho
tallowing editorials: "Tho Kuttiro of
tho Mango," nnd "Another Ilourbon
Threatcnod," referring to Alphonso ot
Spain. In your Sunday Advertiser
you hand out tho following editorial
"Tho Longth of Life," containing n
dissertation on Uuttermllk ns i rcclpo
for n rlpo old ago. This bring us to
tho beginning of August, nnd shows
ono week's effort on your part, you
holding, tho pen of tho ono morning
paper In this city, to prescrvo law nnd
order, to uphold tho ends of Justice
nnd to rcmovo tho clouds of passion,
hato or mistaken sympathy that would
acquit wholesnlo dellborato deflanco ot
tho lnws ot tho land, which deflanco
was then continuing nnd manifesting
Itself unabated at tho very hour when
you wero using up tho precious npaco
of that paper In u dissertation on
MANGOES and I1UTTERMILK.
If Sheba .wero dead and In bis grave
perhaps yoti would still ho consenting
in your heart that law nnd order
should hnvo Kb wny nnd that tho pros
ecution 8110111(1 piovnil against the
openly nnd practically self-confessed
law-breakers and conspirators. She
ba, by tho digression ot the assassin's
knlfo by tho sixteenth ot nn Inch, still
lives and Is with us. Evidently ns a
result of this j-our repentant streak Is
over and you would Just ns leave bcc
tho prosecution fnll down for no other
reason than to hand It out to tho
Planters. Hew guilty or not the
Planters, mny have been In bringing
about this Incubus upon Ilnwall. right
minded men 'can readily understand
that this is not tho tlmo to quarrel
with thorn 'oil cause nnd effect. 11
has over .been tho custom ot nn Anglo
Saxon community to forget Its sores
end personal grievances In tho fnco ot
a common foe, and to depart from our
traditions to .skulk In nny such way
as tho Advertiser has dono In tho face
or tho enemy, deserves moro than
passing comment.
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..AGAIN,
Under the hbovo tltlo tho editor of
the Star yesterday had a good deal to
cay apropos of tho strike prosecutions
and thu proper attitude to ha main
tained by tho'presa In reference there'
to.
He points 'out, nnd very correctly
thnt public trial must lie fairly 'treated
by tho Press. 'We bellevo so too.
though we do not understand by that
(ha applied to tho strlko situation)
thnt tho press 'of tho country has got
to suspend nit comments In referenco
to the stilko In order that ono Indl
ldual case involving ono Incident of
n thousand iucldcnts ot tho strlko
thould proceed so .Is to oxcludo all
losslblllty of any sldo Issuea creep
ing In.
Mr. 1-lKhtfoot'a conduct at tho t ho
oter does not concern his professional
rights at all. It should not. Ho cer
tainly cannot claim professional pilv
lieges In taking a hand In tho mass
meeting to ndvnnce tho Higher Wngo
agitation beforo tho Japancso public.
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So tar ns his conduct In thnt re
spect Is concerned, ho acted entirely
as an Individual, and it would bo nn
astounding proposition that n man
could pursno such tactics and claim
entire Immunity from public criticism
because, forsooth, he also happened
to bo trjlng onufit tho many cases UiIb: You liavo- written ringing nil
that have grown up out of tin strlko. toilnlii on tho general Japanese sltua-
Dut after nil, Is tho editor of tho Star
really In such u funk 'to pieservo nnd
I'.upporl a fair trial of the cu';cs In
qiicstkii?
Ten dins ago the raino gentleman
published a iiolntcd attack: on the en-
gaging of special counsel for public
prosecutions, nt tho tlmo Iho present
conspiracy" ca so was under Way und
being tried. Tho editor of tbn Star."" honrso with lheoictlc.il dcnuncln-
has been n resident ot this Territory
for Borne ten or fifteen years, nnd If
during that tlmo he has over been
carried away by nn appreciation of tho
wrongs nnd dangers of private nsslst
mice to public prosecutions, to thu ex
tent ot registering a slnglo public pro
test against thu bystcm, wo fnll to
liavo notod It Thcro Is absolutely no
question that ho published tho editor
ial In question In referenco to, and
having in mind tho prosecution of tho
conspiracy cases.
There was no call, for any such at
tack at tho tlmo
Tho public aro deeply concerned In
a struggle to keep the-so aliens so;uo
whoro within legal bounds. :
That they wero occupying a position
of racial deflanco of tho laws of the
laud has been emphasized -tlmo and
again by this samo editor of the Star
and for htm to discredit tho prosecu
tion at a critical tlmo In the trial ol
tho conspiracy enso whon according to
his own admission, tho Japancso wore
openly and again and again defying
tho law, Is wholly Inexcusable.
How does tho Star Bquaro that cd
Itorlal with Its plea for a fair show?
Is It only necessary or vital that the
defense shall bu glcn a fair show?
Has tho prosecution no rights?
If tho gentleman felt that prlvato ns
tlstnnco of public prosccutlotiB was
unwlso und led lo ovlls, having been
complacent to that system for ton or
fifteen ycarH, ho surely could have
held himself in n few weekH longer
until theso cases wero out of tho way,
or ho could have mado bis Biiggimtlons
in n private way to tho Attorney Gen-c-ral's
Department and had tho matter
eottled privately. Tho fact that ho re
referred to Incidents on tho mainland
In connection with his editorial docs
not cover up In tho slightest tho ob
jective point ot IiIh nttnek, nor aid tho
fnlrncbs of IiIh attack or tho motive
of It.
Whnt Is moro, docs'tho Star consider
It fair play not only to Impugn prlvato
pioscciitlons ns unwise but to suggest
practically thnt they nro very general
ly conducted In nn extremely paitlsan,
It not positively fraudulent und co
ercive manner?
The men conducting tho piosecutlon
In theso strlko cases probably caro
very llttlo for tho Individual opinion
of the Stnr. Rut thoy cortalnly'nro not
men of sense nnd Judgment l( they do
not realize that ovory attack upon tho
Those Arnold Goods
JfcwjSwiq ,
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W-CVU ffAU
EH LERS
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Integrity or tho so(id faith of tho men
cohiluctltr-; Iho prosecution Is nn nt
tack upon the piosccutlun itself and
u blow nlincd against conviction,
Mr. Editor of tho Star, what did you
wrlto tliut editorial for Just now?
Docs not jrtur position amount to
Hon, have denounced juries who have
tendered, or attempted to render, fool
hardy voiilicls, hut you have failed
nnd dollberately failed, to maintain a
1'iopor position at tho very tlmo that
counts, that Is when tho trials nro mil
Ti10 practical thing to do Is not lo
Interfere with n comlcllop. If tho ov
i'lenco warrants It, nnd hollering your
tlons of tho Japanese and then putting
n knife into the prosecution that It
progressing here, whero abundant ev
idence Is being elicited for conviction
is to leave tho ono necessary and vital
point open and unprotected and tc
busy yourself In building up wnlls ol
protection nnd dcfoiiDo whcio nothing
ut present calls for It.
Glvo us n s'lniplo, therefore1, of jour
rquaro deal. Quit such knifing and
detracting cdltoilnls as thu ouo in
question nnd let thero bu .1 fair trial
on both rldei.
You cu'oglred delaying tho Soga
trial In the latere::! r tho defense.
You desire Mr. Llghtfoot to be held
Inimmio whatever ho does, In the In
terests ot tho defense.
How about tho prosecution?
With tho personnel ot tho prosecu
Hon thl3 piper has llttlo concern, but
It recognizes that mi attack upon that
personnel just now, with Insinuation
against their good faith and their
methods of conducting tho trial. I
merely another wny of inviting anoth
er disagreement or positive acquittal
no useful, Mr. Editor or tho Star. If It
bo within tho capacity of your medium
lit tho RIGHT POINT and nt tho
RIOHT TI.ME. or nt least refrain from
vicious and uncalled-for uttacks oven
If covertly made, upon tho public con
duct of n trial wheto thcro Is abso
lutely no doubt but that the defense Is
getting n fcqimin deal.
Tho 'copperhead editorial from the
Stnr of July 30 entitled "Juries nnd
Special Counsel," follows,:
Ono of llio great bOiirccH of weak
ness of the Jury system In criminal
cases Is tho custom of employing pri
vate counsel to prosecute. Tho weak
ness In question Is found In tho atti
tude of Jurors toward tho prosecution.
a direct result of the methods used,
Irom tho tlmo of an arrest of u defend
cut until ho Is convicted or; acquitted.
A most striking enso has Just dot el
oped In Sun Krnnclsco In connection
with rlio minder of Miss llrnsch. Tim
murderer, now fully Identified, came
forward and confessed, nnd lip glcs
iih ono of his reasons for so doing, that
another man was quickly being shown
guilty of tho crime. It Is n fact that
tho pollco had an Innocent man in
prison, they wore hustling dny and
night to land evldenco against him and
giving hlln tho "Third Degree" 11(1111
ho might cnncelvnbly havo confessed
nnjhow, either to end ho torliiro or
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because convinced himself. This sort
of thing creates an Impression that po-
llco and prosecutors nro constantly In
the attitude of trying to make a rec
ord In "landing" accused persons.
A public prosecutor Is supposed to
bo In n Bcnso a Judicial ortlccr. He Is
not supposed to pruscculo imlfss qulln
convinced himself ot tho guilt of tho
man ho prosecutes, and la In theory
supposed to ho just ns anxious us tho
Judge for Impartial Justice. Specially
retained private counsel for the pros
ecution can not often be looked upon
by Jurors as having this character, In
fact prosecuting officers seldom arc.
In other words, ninny Jurors onlc,r llio
Jury box with n sense ot suspicion of
tho piosociitlon mid tho police and it
subtle notion Hint the Jury Is thcro to
see thnt the defendant, jvlmi moro
than nine times out ot ten Is guilty, Ik
not railroaded to Jail without- renbon.
It Is usually a mistake for those seek
ing convlotlons to add to this impres
sion by employing private, counsel.
THE LONG AND THESHORT OF IT.
"lIxtTciues meet." Llttlo Ilcnsliall
nnd big Smith, tho llttlo t-dltor of the
Star nnd tho big editor of llio Adtcr
User well llluslrnlo that nuclei. t tu
lug., In publicly clasping hands In their
editorial Issues of jestcrday nnd dr
clarlng to each other "Yon nnd I up
prove of I.lghtfool; that ends H "
Tho editor of tho Advertiser knew
Ihat ho had to get somo backing In
ills support of Mr. Llghtfoot, Tin
opinion of this community sadly need
ed n tonic on that question, ami ,
ll.nr Smith, though ftufucleiit unlj liuu
self on somo occasions, felt unilonbie i
ly that ho had to get n botllo-hnldei i
Fomo kind to help him on the Job, And
lie got one.
Tills morning tho AdveillsVr con
tains nn outburst of eulogy fir dm
fnlr-nilndedncss, the sober JiKbnieiit
nnd thu conclusive say-so of the IMIlor
of tho Stnr, acting as second for !iM
friend (ho editor of tho Advertiser in
unimportant cases wo bellevo th" im
cd action of tho Stnr nnd tho Advi
tlscr might scttlo things, but mu-i
matters too deeply ttlr thu cmt.miui
Ity to bo covered up by nny v.h'l -wash
brush, oven If backed up by nil
Kdltors' trust. No while-wash brut li
can efface Mr. I.lghtfont'a speech nt
the theater. No white-wash brush c.a
mnko his digression nt that theater
conio within tho protection nccrdel
liliu'ns tin nttorney In trying n caso hi
court, nny ninro'tliaii If Mr Llzhtfixt
wns to make n speech tonight In lh. '
theater ho could claim the sippics
slon of nil comment In regaid to it. b'
cause ho happened to ho trjlng a ca '
In court. Tho two things will not fit
and will not wash.
Mr. Llghtfoot, In tho discharge of
his duties in court nnd his clients In
making their defense In court, are en
titled to protection:, but what llio.1' aro
doing today outsldo of court, or have
done outside of court, 111 oilier mat
tcrs. Is public. property, nnd it is sim
ply nudncious Impudence to try n'i
throw dust In the ej-es of tho ptibll"
and claim that these matters nrc Willi
in Mr. Llglitfoot's pi h liege nnd tile
privileges ot tho defense'.
If thcro had been but that one ad
ot Mr. Llghtfoot. tho II ill lot In
might have taken n different course
but Mr. Llghlfoot, later. In tho Coin'
House, rendered physical usslstnnc
to tho Japanese In avoiding tho re
lug of a warrant of arrest for felon
and has throughout conducted blms' I'
in perfect accoid with the speech In
dollieied ut tho theater. Wo do nm
propose that he Blrill keep that nn
without p'lhllc ciltlclsm, nnd if then
is nny moro of It wo propom lo cru
Iclso It Just ns ficely ns wo huvo in
conduct In tho past If wo consider tl
gamo worth tho candle.
It Is apparent that Iho Higher jj
Wage Association has also made fi
nancial provision for copper-head
Americans ns well ns tho thugs.
The Conklin
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Drinks Ink like'a camel.
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