The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-08-17

WOulu nave maze q craven iuiobo
grin from ear to ear. The density
of this mans ignorance and his bad
reputation were known OF all men
1t seemed to be the intention OF Mr..
Dole and his advisers to elevate
every scallawag Hawaiian to office
who could he induced to shout the
Republics shibboleth. Possibly it
is the intention of Mr. Dole and his
Cabinet to show by the failures OF
Messrs. Kalua and Motley that Ha-
waiians are not capable of holding
off ,e. Mr.. Motley has been allowed
to slip back in obscurity unwhipped,
because OF the position held by his
venerable father, Senator Motley,
whose resignation of the toga was
announced the other day.
The doings in our lower courts
are sometimes of nature which will
bear considerable comments. We
will shortly give our readers a des-
cription of the way in which bust
ness generally is transacted in the
District Court of Honolulu which
will be of interest. AS an example
we will mention the following Incl
dent. A woman claimed to have
been threatened with bodily harm
by young man, for some reason or
other. She believed her life in
danger and applied to the court
for protection asking that the man
be placed under bonds to keep the
peace. The man seems to have
some pull and the authorities re-
fused to move in the matter. Judge
Perry however knew his duty and
issued penal summons against the
alleged offender This morning
',olle prosequi was entered by the
prosecuting attorney without the
case being heard or an iota Of evil
dence produced. The prosecuting
officer offered no reason or excuse
for his action except a muttered
statement that he acted according
to orders from headquarters. We
do not care a rap for the merits
of the case but we should like to
know how the prosecuting officer
of the republic or his--hesdquarters
(this doesn't refer to his own head)
can know anything about the
reasons why the woman in ques-
tion feels in danger and asks for
protection. The use of penal
summons instead OF warrant was
agreed upon so as not TO cause
the defendant any unnecessary in
convenience. The refusal of the
authority to try the case is an
outrage and a contemplate piece
of nepotism, and the public will
look at it in that manner even
if the protecting wings which
covered the defendant sprouted
on the shoulders of Supreme
Court official.
One of the most remarkable
features of our usually mild and
live.and let-live community is the
facility with which they swallow
camels and strain at gnats. When
cruelty to animals is brought up as
subject of discussion we meet
We form a society. We appoint a
special officer to attend to it, And
we dig up to pay for his salary.
Then we get tired-wearied-ennui
of the most pronounced description
sets in. Every kind OF cruelty goes
noticed. But when people are
going up hill 3 miles out OF town
to get home on Saturday night at
midnight jealous policeman stops
the whole business and causes peo.
pie to be arrested. The whole bust
ness is ridiculous. Even in the is
land of Laputa Gulliver couldn't
find such an instance of upside
down ways OF going to work. These
extraordinary instances are the ones
which the sensible man in Office
overlooks. He doesn't take the
technical point of what is wrong in
this single instance. He leaves that
go-and watchs for instances of
habitual violation OF the law. Then
he prosecutes. Supposing for ms
tance the Chief Justice and family
are out on an excursion some miles
from town in their family carriage.
Supposing by accident one horse
casts shoe and goes lame. They
are say Is miles from home. The
horse is evidently unfit to drag the
load. But they must get home.
Would any reasonable man prose-
cute him for cruelty to animals
because he didn't let that horse go
and get another one but insisted on
it's dragging himself and family to
his home7 And this case is on
parallel. Those people at mid
night on SATURDAY. were trvinfy to