The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-27
Chief Justice Judd.

Chief Justice A. f. Judd followed
with the following:
FELLOW CITIZENS: 1 am glad to
be with you this evening (cries of
"hear, hear"). During the last twenty
years | have attended but one poll
teal meeting before this tonight, and
that was in the old Bethel in 'S1. /
took back seat at that time when a
few citizens assembled together there
to protest against the appointment of
Celso Caesar Moreno as minister of
foreign affairs of this then kingdom
(applause). / come before you and
wish to say something because [ am
an Hawaiian. My father came to this
country in 1928. / was born here and
received the larger part of my educa-
ton here. | am an Hawaiian by birth,
but an American in blood (cries of
"hear, hear,n and applause). My an
cestOrS date back to 1854 when the
first Judd came from England and
settled in America. L am proud of
that ancestry, and / am proud of
the fact that ] was born in this coun-
try. l love this country. II is MY
country, and it is the garden of the
gods (applause). My father devoted
his life to this country, and L have
interests of the Hawaiian people
(cries of "hear, hear'i, and / chal-
lenge any one to say that any act of
mine has been knowingly done
against the best interests of this coun-
try applause. And if the queen, the
classmate and friend of my early
years had listened to the advice of the
justices of the supreme court she
would not be where she is over there,
but she would still be in the building
over yonder (the palace. [ was loyal
to the monarchy and supported the
autonomy of this country, and / be-
lieved up to the 14th of January that
it was possible to maintain our indie
pendence as a kingdom. But, gentle
men, / spent from II o'clock noon
until t o'clock in the afternoon in that
palace and the events which took
place there converted me and made
me feel that it was impossible that
that state of things could con-
tinue any longer (applause). What
was attempted on that day? Was it
not to promulgate by force a cOnstitu-
ton that would have destroyed the
independence OF the supreme court ?
What has been the buIwark of this
country / speak humbly, not for
myself, but for my associates and pre-
decessors. Has it not been court that
has sustained the law and the consti-
tuition and the rights Of the people,
an Independent Judiciary, appointed
for life subject only to impeachment?
And the constitution that was pro-
posed on the 18th of January was to
make the term of Office six years, and
the salaries dependent upon such leg
islature as this last one Could any
white man take the commission under
such conditions? Not if his name was
Judd applause. This is not poll
tical meeting. If it were a partisan,
political meeting / should have more
respect for the office that I have
held for nearly twenty years,
ana stayed away. / was the last
person that Colonel BlOunt sought an
Interview with, and wish to say pub
licly that not one question did he
address to me as to my views with re-
gard to whether the revolution of the
18th of January was accomplished by
the aid OF Minister Stevens and the
troops of the Boston. That subject
he did not touch upon (cries of ale
didn't want to touch on it"). / be-
lieve, gentlemen, that it was that
mass meeting held in the old armory
that settled the question, was it not,
(applause) and this mass meeting,
gentlemen, settles the question that
we shall be true and resolute and
support the present government,