The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-11
SATISFACTORY.

Further news of appointments to be
made i'm the Territory is of a satisfac-
tory character. That the Chief Justice
ship of the Territory should be CON
ferred on Walter f. Frear, seems emf
nently suitable. Judge Frear is an able
lawyer, a man of peculiarly judicial
mind, possessing marked individuality
of character and an extremely lucid in
tellect. His position as one of the COM
missioners appointed by the President
to draw up the report upon which the
organic law of the Territory was to be
based, naturally picked him out from
among the bar and the judicial bench
for the browning honor of the legal pro-
fession. The appointment, if confirmed,
will be thoroughly satisfactory to the
majority of people here, and the tradi-
tions of dignity which surround our SUI
preme bench will be worthily carried
on by Chief Justice Frear.
1t is also satisfactory to note the
probability of Antonio Perry being
raised to the supreme bench Judge
Perry is Hawaiian born, and his early
education was obtained in the schools
of the Islands. 1t was completed in
Harvard University. American in edu-
cation and thought, Judge Perry is
representative man among the Portu-
guese who have made their home here.
1t is a compliment to that large and
important section of our population
that one of their race should occupy so
exalted a position in the judiciary, and
should serve as an incentive to the ris-
ing generation of Portuguese, to fit
themselves by education and industry
to fill like positions.
The other proposed appointments are
also satisfactory. If the postoffice re-
mains in charge of Mr.. Oat, and the
custom house under Mr.. Stackable,
matters in those departments will run
quite smoothly. Indeed, from all infor-
nation now to hand, the appointments
seem to have been made on home rule
principles, giving to the people of the
Territory the offices which they can fill
with advantage to the territorial ad-
Vancement
Under the working of the Territorial
act the people of the Islands find that
they have obtained advantages which
were unlocked for We have privileges
in advance of other territories. Our
judicial system, as w. o. Smith points
out, follows more that of a state than
of a territory, the Hawaiian courts
having original and exclusive jurisdic-
ton in all matters not involving federal
questions.
The responsibility of the Legislature
will be greater than it has ever been.
There can no longer be cabinet policy;
there will no longer be time wasted in
blocking such a policy, or in TRADES
against ministers, as we have hadssin
the past In point of fact, the Legisla-
ture is now true Legislature, the eX-
ponent of the will of the people, and If
the peoples representatives in House
or Senate make mistakes, why they
make them in their own responsibility.
The executive is divided from the leg
islative section, and it is no use making
a campaign in opposition to the execu-
tive, because there is little or nothing
to oppose.
This point good many do not see.
The lines of division in the Senate and
in the House will not be upon govern
ment or anti-gevernment. Our govern
ment is in Washington, and If our
Legislature wants to quarrel with that
it has a neat contract on hand. The
lines of division VIII in course OF time
take that of the great parties in the
United States but at the outset must
take cleavage upon local issues, and the
money to be expended on roads bridg-
es, schools and the thousand and one
improvements needed in the various
districts of the Islands. Every man is
now directly interested in the advance
ment of the Territory, and it's progress
as compared with other territories on
the Mainland.