The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-08-14
TIE SPEECH THAT TOLD.


Mr.. President: In responding to this
to,st, "The bench OF hawaii" feel
son ewhat the same d fiidence felt by my
estccmed friend. the District Attorney, IN
responding to his toast. This dnidenoe Is
especially felt by me because ! recognize
that my knowledge OF the present bench
OF Hawaii .s entirely dlsprUportionato TO
my desire. When, this evening. ! was
first approached to respond to toast.
my preference to respond to THE Bar"
wan made known. but for some reason
II was denied me. and now at this time
on tfis subject ! proceed with lone hesi-
trncy: indeed my feeling perhaps Is the
feeling OF other members OF the bar here.
wkum might mention. I have the same
feeling that. In certain periodical, All
lriShman Is depleted to have had. who.
while walking down II railroad track with
his little pack hung over his shoulder,
singing and rejoicing in his happiness,
entirely oblivious OF the approaching
trBin, was struck by the train. The next
picture shows our friend, the 1rishman.
IL a dcplorable state: an arm here, a
le,: there. while from his head lying in
the middle of the track, came these words,
addressed to the fast-departing train
I'm faith, phwat was thatT' But perhaps
the new sensation-the new experience
which we are all passing through at this
Gmc--is for the best; we VIII hope so.
But In all seriousness, as my friend. Mr..
De Bolt has spoken of the bench as one
of the three parts OF our civil government
let me approach the subject more nearly
and speak of the bench from a closer-a
mere personal standpoint. At Jhs stage,
upon a whispered word from Judge Hum
phreys to Judge Galbraith and Judge Sill
liman, sitting on either side of him, the
three rose simultaneously and left the
hall) Mr.. McClanahan, continuing with
out noticing the interruption. said: The
bar OF the Hawaiian Islands give all hon
or to the bench as IT has existed and as
1t now exists. We do this not only be-
cause of our knowledge of the bench as
We read of IL In other lands, but also be-
cause the men OF the past who have
cupied the bench in these Islands have
been men OF learning. OF high integrity,
OF unquestioned honesty and truth. We
hobor the bench here and now, ] say. be-
cause of what we know of its past. We
hope and expect that our bench will
maintain that honorable record. Let us
tlen drink to the health of the honored
ard respected bench of the Hawaiian ISL
ands.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DOLE.
After Attorney General L. p. Dole re-
spcnded to the toast, 1.-The Ladies'" and
made some humorous references to At"
torney George d. Gears being In love. Mr..
Neumann called upon Mr.. Gear to de-
fent himself Mr. Gear after pleading
guilty to the indictment. commented In a
joe ose manner on the subject Then he
referred to the withdrawal of the Judges
frcm the banquet hall and made the fol-
lowing comments: ''1t is natural for the
bar to be at loggerneads more or less
with the judiciary, particularly when ad-
NtcFn eyttr
/: is customary of the attorneys to 'cuss
the Court. While making allowances for
this privilege, i believe this evening that
remarks were made directed to the First
Judge of the Circuit Court which were
unoalled for and had no part in a BAN
quet of this kind. where we meet to pro-
mote go ood-fellowship. / wish to rise here
and to express right here my sentiments
on the subject. These remarks were in
tended to give cffensc, and IL / had been
in the place of the First Judge of the
Circuit Court I would have taken offense
myself. We all know that the old way
of things has passed away. The judiciary
is now independent and is not subject to
the things which it has been subject to
in the past"
Continuing Mr.. Gear referred to Il
visit to a San Francisco attorney whom
he found pacing his room exercising the
lawyers prerogative of 'cussing the
court" Mr.. Gear said that he believed
that prerogative had been exercised dur.
ing the evening.
AT this point he was interrupted by an
Indignant exclamation from Hon. +. NJ.
Hatch. who said: 81 deny that!' This
was followed by Mr. l.. A. Thurston. who
asked Mr.. Gear what he meant by that
reE ark. Mr.. Gear then continued and
said that no reference derogatory to the
Bench should be allowed.
Mr.. w. A. Kinney then interrupted and
said, This exemption from criticism in
cludes the Judiciary of the past. does 1t
not?"
Mr.. Gear In reply, said: Certainly. I
have said nothing derogatory TO the Ju-
dietary in the past" There was a muir
mur of dissent to the effect that MIR.
Gear had made remarks to thas effect