The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-13
LAWYERS IN KONA
Ho Chung See Tells What
He Sees.
BurroS Sound the Notes of Spring.
Timely CommentS-Sug-
geStiOnS.

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Hawaii, April 7.-Bernardin de ST.
Pierre in his sweet story of Virginia
makes the bloom of the cocanut tree
or the growth ofgthe banana yearly
and loved monitor of the passage Of
life.
In this beautiful land of day dreams
the Kona cottage organ in the shape of
| burros by regiments are to be added
as an incident in the passage of life
| Of the residents of this wierd and
fanciful neighborhood. The budding
and blooming of spring seem to prop
| erly belong to the opening of the
months here, instead of the opening
| of the year, as the foliage and the
| blossoms continually reappear from
month to month during the entire year,
and every month seems to have its
season of quick expansion and warmth
as does the season of spring time in
other lands where the lakes are locked
and the foliage dies once a year. Show
ers, when they drop at all, in this
beautiful little land of memories, drop
easily, as the tears flow; and the bright
baldric of heaven lends enchantment
to the surface of the earth beneath,
that recalls the capriciousness and the
dreams of childhood.
Court opens tomorrow morning for
the prosecution of business, with Judge
Edward G. Hitchcock presiding and 81
| cases on the docket to be disposed of.
The criminal docket is not very heavy,
most of the cases being of the lighter
grade of offences. The two most i'm
postant cases to be tried are The Re
public of Hawaii VS.. lana, who is
charged with murder in the first de-
gree, and was committed by the dis
trict magistrate from South Kona. The
case, however, may be reduced to a
lesser offence before the trial is opened
| The next important case is The Re
public of Hawaii VS.. w. j. Gallagher,
| charged with rape on Japanese wom-
an from the Pahala plantation. Col. G..
| F. Little has been retained to prose-
cute the case. Messrs. Hitchcock e
Wise and Paul Neumann are retained
| for the defence, and lively fight is
anticipated
| The attorneys so far present are
Hon. d. H. Hitchcock and Col. G. +.
Little from Hilo; Senator Holstein
! from Kohala, A. S. Humphreys, w. L..
| Stanley and J. X. Kaulia from Homo
| lulu. The Government is represented
by the Deputy Attorney General.
Deputy Sheriff J. K. Nahale has
everything in first-class trim for the
| RI uyh A
| Andrews put in an appearance today
! to superintend things generally.
| [ might here remark that it would
| be a very good thing if the Govern
ment would purchase the house now
occupied as a court house in Kailua, as
it is one of the most convenient, cool
| est and best appointed court rooms on
the Island OF Hawaii. The business of
| the courts of Hawaii, as elsewhere,
must be conducted promptly and eco
nomically, and the witnesses and liti-
giants ought to have respectable place
for the transacting of the legitimate
business that from time to time comes
before the court for hearing.
And that again reminds us of the ne
| cessity of having a better system of
interpreters. There should be a jap
anese interpreter of character and
ability on each island. To be COM
PEELED to trust to the going and COM
ing of any one interpreter for the
whole Republic is worse than nom
sense. There are many able Japanese
scholars in the Republic whose SER
vices could be secured, and who can
both read and write the language and
the Island of Hawaii and it's business
is of sufficient Importance and suf-
ficiently large to justify the Govern
allowing n
Hawaii The necessity for this is more
apparent every term of court held en-
this Island, and it is to be hoped that
the Legislature will take steps. if no
one else does in the meantime to
change the present system at it's next
session.
Judge Hitchcock makes a very agree
able, painstaking, conscientious jul
dicial officer, and has the respect and
confidence of the bar and Iitigants all
over the Island
1t is rumored that the present Dep
uty Attorney General has resigned 1t
is to be hoped that his successor may
be clear-headed, vigorous, able law
yer with ripe experience, fearless and
active and able to discharge the duties
OF the office without fear. favor or the
hope of reward. There should be a
Deputy Attorney General or a prose
cutting attorney on the Island of Ha-
wafi alone. There is sufficient criminal
business to keep one lawyer, and a
good one, busy all the time. 1t is not
the business nor the province of the
kindergarten to furnish material for a
competent assistant to the national At
tOrney General: and it is also to be
hoped that the family compact" Will
not be considered or figured in when
the next appointment is made
The Kona coffee fields show up we'll
Men engaged in coffee planting here
seem to be well satisfied with their in
VeStmentS.
The Sea Breeze Hotel" improvised
for the accommodation of lawyers and |
litigants during this term of court, and |
graciOuslY managed by DR.. and Mrs