Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 158, 26 March 1891 — An Explamation. [ARTICLE]

An Explamation.

i In the case of Jones ver.su s j Gerke to whieh we maele reference in our article of yesterday, we took the facts froiii the meagre outline whieh appearecl in tl\e daily pre»s report. It apDears that Mr. Gerke had about 30 Jap laborers, one of whom met with p.n accident, and the Jap servant of Dr. Jones called the Doctor to the man without Mr. Gerkes t knowledge, and as Mr. Gerke w»s well known to eail in Dr. Mit"amurra in such cases # he dcmurred to pay for services that he did not request.. As usual all is fair in a lawsuit, and Mr. Gerke ? s eouneel successful]y resisted, on technical points, one of whieh was that the only contract signed with the Jap was by the Hawaiian | Government, and also that the | Doctor's lieenee to pra«tice was | not sealed by the then Minister of i Interior, Mr. Tburston. | j The case proves the truth of | Judge Dole's aimile, tliMt the transfer of laborers by the government is no better than the transfer of| a "hack-horse and harr>ess." We see no cause to suppose that Mr. Gerke acted dish©norably.