The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-10

United States Government erecting a |
for the uses and purposes of t
he United States federal officers, and !
is to be hoped that a favorable reply {
will be received. Is
In conclusion I beg to assure you {
hat there has never been any attempt {
IN the part of this Government to en-
oarrass any department of the United
States of America. but to the contrary {
it has always been willing to render ,
them all assistance in its power.
Yours very respectfully,
]. A. M'CANDLESS,
Superintendent of Public Works.
Thereupon Judge Estee proceeded to
dictate the order appended whereby he
takes formal possession of the court
room:
1t is ordered that the United States
Marshal be and he is hereby directed |
to take possession of this courtroom,
keep the keys and hold possession or 1t |
for the purpose of public business OF |
the United States District Court In and
for the District of Hawaii until fur
Their order of this Court.
1t is further ordered, that the Mar
shall proceed Immediately, under the
laws of the United States of America
and procure such bids as may be nee
essary in obtaining six CO. chairs, not
expensive; two co tables. not expen-
sive tables, for the chambers of the
Judge of this Court, which chambers
are now situated in the Waikiki end of
this building.
And, said Marshal shall proceed to
put up such shelving (plain shelving)
as may be necessary for the accommo-
dation of the books belonging to the
Judge of this Court, and that the shelv-
ing to be placed in the chambers of the
] I,I6e of lie, arrrf q hnu 6a6.
/ the books being for the use and exam
ination of both the Judge Of this Court
and the members of the bar practicing
before this Court.
The judges of the Circuit Court had
consented to the making of this order
he said, so there was no friction what
/ ever between himself and the members
of the Judiciary Department.
/ Superintendent McCandless said yes
terday afternoon that he understood
from the provisions of the Territorial
act thai the buildings of the Territory
were returned to the Territory by the
United States Government.
Il understand that in other Territor-
les and States of the Union the United
Safes Government hires offices for the
use of the Federal officials. We are
now expanding several thousand dol
lars for the addition to the postoffice
building. We have furnished the Unit
led States Government with the custom
house and with warehouses that would
have cost it many thousands of dol
lars.
II am in correspondence now with
Washington in regard to the need of a
Federal building. In every State in
the Union the Federal offices, courts
and all else occupy buildings erected
for them. The State courts occupy the
State capitol building or county court
houses, the Federal courts their own
building erected for them, and other
Federal officers by the United States
Government.
THAT Is why, in my correspondence
with Judge Estee, 1 spoke of his occu-
pancy of the old Legislative hall as
temporary in nature. The United
States Government will eventually
erect a building here for the Fedora
officers without debut, and until then
they will occupy quarters in the Cap
itol or the Judiciary building.
Some of the Federal officers seem to
have peculiar idea concerning the
status of affairs here since annexation
, One of them came into my office not
long ago and looked over the table
, am using. That's a nice table, he
said i think I'll have that sent ovel
TO my office OF course. he was jok-
ing, but he was half in earnest, for he
: seemed to think he had a right to dc
so, if he wished. And that is sufficient
to show the spirit of some of them anC
their attitude toward the Territorial
Government.
Governor Dole set apart the Wal
t kik end of the lower floor of the Ju
dietary building for the use of the Fed
, eral court, and already several hundred
j dollars has been expended in putting
: it in order But the Territorial Govern
3 ment did not give the Federal Govern
ment absolute and permanent contro
! of the rooms, and that was the reason
2 of my letters to Judge Estee. Nor wa.
: it intended to charge rent. AS / stated
I in my letter that matter was reserved
for decision later"
r In response to request for state
. ment of his position, Judge Estee said
! MY theory in regard to this matte
is that these buildings, the Judiciar,
building and that one over across thu
. street, are the property of the United
States. If they don't belong to thu
: United States, whose are they?
'As soon as 1 learned that my occu
pancy of that courtroom was only tenn
!, porary, and that it was expected tina
. rental should be paid for it, mad
. up my mind at once that that woult
not do.
THE United States is willing to fur
= nish the furniture of the courtroom
. but not the fixtures. They are to b
! furnished by the Territorial Govern
: ment.
: Il am here to hold court, and hol,
I, court / will somewhere. / don't car
!. where / don't propose to hold it in tn
9 street. Here are these buildings, som
= with lots of empty room, some occu
: pied. Was it to be supposed that
should hold my court out in the opel
. air?
!. 'Of course, / don't intend to exclud
, that judge, what's his name?-Judg
: Silliman-from the use of the court
= room entirely. 1 have taken possession
, of it, but he may use it. However.
is my courtroom until other quarter
: are provided for me-"
: The statement that he had bee
"evicted' by Judge Estee was vigor
ously denied by Judge Silliman las
y evening. Judge Estee had a confer
n ence with Judge Humphreys and my
6 self last evening"" he said, land h
asked us for the use of one OF GU
courtroomS. We Immediately tendere
+ the use of either one, and he decided t
occupy my courtroom. What l shal