The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-29
Bar Association is Organized With.
ont Friction.
RESOLUTIONS ARE WITHDRAWN
GRACEFUL Acceptance OF D.fea,-
Touch on Political ~ Nsture-Pre-
sid-n, Paul N.umann.

The legal gentlemen Who are so keen
to- negative the provisions of IN. Ter
ritorial Enabling Act by which the su-
prcmc Court Justices OF Hawaii are
continued in ofiiec for life and the Cir
cult Judges for tenure. have gracefully
as possible retired from effort TO use
the new Bar Association In the cam
paign and will depend upon other local
means and such steps at Washington
and elsewhere on the Mainland aS may
Dc decided upon. There was little. II
any surprise at all when Mr. Gear
arose in the Bar meeting yesterday
and stated that he wished To- withdraw
the resolutions offered last Saturday
.condcmninE the portion of the Enabl-
ing Act referring to the Justices and
Judges. u was known very generally
by the middle of the DAY that a can
vass had settled the fate of the rcsolu-
lions IL they were brought before the
meeting Their defeat by n large ma
jority Was certain. Ia fact IL was
thought they might bc substituted 10y
resolutions of exactly reverse tenor
and sentiment
Mr.. Gear said thar he wished To with
draw the resolutions for the reason
that the constitution of the Bar ASso-
citation provided that ID should not take
part directly or tndircctly in any 20
iitical issue. tie himself did not be-
licvc the resolutions to b. within the
tabu scope. but tn avoid possibility Of
disscnsion he would prefer to take
them back. Permission Was granted
10y unanimous vote Mr. Davis. Who
had seconded the resolutions last week
gave his consent to have them taken
from the meeting. Mr.. Kinney re-
marked that he did not wish IL under
stood the resolutions Wcrc obnoxious
by being dcnominatcd by some people
as of n partisan nature. lie thought
them proper for consideration of tn.
association ard IL they were adjudged
political the course taken might pre-
vent other resolutions. perhaps of an
Iopposit. expression ON the same sub
jeCt. from coming within the rules.
The record reads that the resolutions
were Withdrawn by the gentlemen who
Offered them.
The officers of the Bar Association
are:
| President Paul Nsumann.
Vice Presidents. VI. Ballun.
Secrciary-A. 4. Wilder.
Treasures. X. Kane
=. VI. Hatch was nominated for th.
presidency. but declined TO permit con-
isidcTation of his name.
\. g. NJ. Robertson was nominated
for tho vice presidency. but declined
in favor % Mr. Bailou.
Dan II. Case was nominated for the
scCretaryEhip. but did not care 10 -
candidate on account of hts duties 49,
court StcnoErapheT.
The meeting az which IA. orEaniza-
tiou % tho Bar Association uf the IIa-
waiian Islands vas perfected was con
Quoted with iccUgum and in order. The
paTliamcutariaus had an inning and
the Irregularities uf procedure w.r.
very few and IN. waste of time very
little Two or three sections of the
lconstitution. reported by Chairman
McCiaaahsn. we're discussed az some
length.
= mild sensation was created by the
refusal % Judge Davidson to continue
as temporary president 90 the organ
izatiou- Tie Epok. briefly and s1rneEt-
ly on the subject. ~. said he declined
% be active In the affair for the reason
that he had never been . partisan and
that hc understood az the beginning
that the society Vas 20 bc a Bar AEEo-
citation pure and simple. without any
political feature. Ie found tho trend
uf actions Objectionable to himself and
was indispused 60 alliance with a par
tisan affair. There vas no reply Co
Judge Davidson. Paul Neumann vas