The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-27
LAWYERS IN COUNCIL.

The resolutions which have been
presented to a temporary organiZa-
ton of the Bar of the Hawaiian Isl.
ands for adoption, protesting against
Legislation by Congress which viii
contue the present Supreme and CIR
cult Judges in office, does not appear
to be founded on any definite and OK
pressed reasons. No Incompetence,
nor judicial unfitness is specifically
alleged. But, even if there is judicial
incompetence, the community is es-
topped from alleging it. We have
been telling Congress and the Amer
ican people, for some years. that we
have an admirable judiciary, and the
Judges have personally the very best
reputation in Washington. Every adj
yocate of annexation especially de-
claimed about the high character Of
the Bench, and no one has gain
sayed it. Senators Morgan and Gull
Iom, and Representative Hit, so far
as it is known, were informed by men
of all classes that the judiciary was
singularly able and honest. Mr.. John
w. Foster, who is close to President
Mckinley, became convinced of the
high character of the Judges, by gen.
eral intercourse with our citizens, and
the opinion prevails in Washington
that we do not need any change, at
present.
If the resolution offered last Satur-
day means a new deal, and a desire
for fresh blood" why not so declare?
And in order to shorten proceedings
and develop the point, why not state
the names of the new candidates for
the judicial offices? If fresh American
blood is needed in the judicial offices,
in order to maintain the glory of the
Flag, and stamp out any heathenish
practices of our higher courts, let this
be distinctly stated and made the is
sue. IA a,
Some of the lawyers have recently
displayed a burning thirst for the
milk of the constitutional cow They
are generally late arrivals who have
rashly abandoned the Mainland, where
the COW of the constitutional breed is
the general favorite, and Mother JON
athan gives her children a cup of pure
rich constitutional milk every morn
ing.
A sudden change of diet from this
invigOrating fluid to the rather blue
and watery milk of the common COW
of the Joint Resolution breed, which
is pasturip- ~ our tropical grass,
seems to orct, zee intestinal disturb
ances ard alieetaling emaciatiOn of the
body.
The oratol Z 1f the Bar Association
meeting on saturday, displayed also
a good .1&Al ii inconsistencies, a long
ing for ~, : shakes" from the con-
stitutioaiS ,sIty of the Mainland, a
feeling 80 often displayed by New
Englanders, y no, when stranded in
distant paris, cry fer their mother
pies, ana ine baked beans which are
the glory Of ne granite hills.
The o.dev lawyers, who have been
weancd off from the constitutional
COW b. iJng residence here, are not
SO thi.sss and liable to depression,
and .e,eu the cow of the Joint Reso-
luton breed was landed here. found
her milk invigorating and grateful,
and were thankful when told thai
Congress would in due time send over
the COW of the best breed, and they
could improve their diet.
1t is unfortunate that SO many have
abandoned the Mainland with its
many privileges, and settled in these
heather parts, where the Flag flies. OF
course, but the political milk is thin
and watery. The exiles must cheer
themselves with hopes that this dis
astrous situation will not last much
longer.
In the meantime, they can follow
the example of the New Jersey skip
per. who carried in his pocket piece
of dried apple taken from the old
homestead. When he was off stormy
Cape Horn, or in other forbidden
seas. he took the dried apple out OF
his pocket, smelt of it, and exclaimed
.this reminds me of home" Until the
Constitution is established here, the
exiles on these heather shores car
carry pocket editions of the Constltu
ton, and when life becomes nothing
but a weary waste take out the pock
ct edition. kiss it and exclaim, This
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