The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-13
HIeHslNDER METHODS.

ne AHfEIAse@I Has IG4 @EE6%
deal to say recently about the lying
Judge Humphreys. II Judge Humph-
reys IS deserving OF the title he has
certainly had a good tutor in the
Advertiser In its edition Of yester-
day morning that paper says:
AS soon as 1t appeared that the
Edmunds Law made II impossible for
the Territory 10 exercise any control
Of vice. the stockade was closed. the
Governor OF tia Territory directing
that this course be taken and the Ter
ritorial Sheriff acting in the prem
fses."
That this statement is false the
Advertiser well knows and il knew 1t
to be false when II was penned. The
Republican called attention to the vio-
lation Of the Edmunds law through
the maintenance OF the stockade den
Of vice at IweIei fully one year ago
and demanded OF the Territorial au-
thorities that the law be enforced.
Again in February OF this year The
Republican called attention TO the
Edmunds law and appealed to the
United States Marshal to enforce It.
Nothing. however. was done
Again. in April 9Th of this year.
Judge Estee of the United States
Court. especially charged the United
States Grand Jury to investigate
the evils of Iwilei and particularly
called the grand iury's attention to
the Edmunds law. which was being
daily violated under the supervision
and care of the police and board Of
health. Every Territorial official
knew then that the Edmunds law
was in force in this Territory, yet
neither the Governor nor the High
Sheriff nor any one else in authority
in the Territory made any attempt TO
close up the stockade at Iwilei. Fin
ally, when an injunction against the
place was issued by Judge Gear and
il was closed under and by force Of
that injunction, the Governor made a
pretense under direct instructions
from Washington. of ordering the
stockade closed. This fact is patent
to every resident of this Territory,
and no one knows it better than the
Advertiser.
Not satisfied with this form of ly-
ing. the Advertiser speaks of Judge
Humphreys as the "son of profess
sional carpet-bagger.' Since Judge
Humphreys is the son of the Con-
federate war Governor of Missis-
sippi. the calling of his father a pro-
fessional Southern carpetbagger is
good. The family is one of the oldest
in Mississippi. One uncle was Brig
adler General in the Confederate
army and another was Justice of the
Supreme Court before the war Call
ing his father a professional Southern
carpetbagger would be like calling the
Doles and Carriers and Damons OF
Hawaii professional Hawaiian carpet
baggers.
But not content with false state
ments of this kind the Advertiser now
attacks F, W. Hankey, the attorney
who went TO Washington for the thir-
ty seven of the Bar Association, and
whose expenses Thurston and Kinney
paid. 1t declares that Hankey made
no brief Of the evidence entrusted to
him and let the case go practically
by default The Associated Press and
the special dispatches from Washing
ton relating to the Humphreys case
show that Mr. Hankey was most &C
tive and energetic in presenting his
poor case. Every one here knows F.
W. Hankey, and the care with which
he looks after his clients interests.
will recognize this attack of the Ad-
vertiser as being in line with that
of the mad dog which in its final throes
turns and rends itself
The fact is that the Devils partner
and his perjury editor feel so
chagrined over the failure of their at
tempt at assassination Of character
that they are now. like a pack Of
wolves. ready to turn aud rend their
former friends.
This is also shown by the methods
lately persued by that paper in its
efforts at securing news and in secur-
ing subscribers A short time ago it
published statement saying that
two papers OF this city were leaving
papers at houses where they were
never ordered and then sending
around a collector with subscription
bills The Republican took occasion
to investigate this charge and found
that the only paper guilty OF this con-
duct was the Advertiser itself
Recognizing that its influence Is fast
waning it is now resorting TO intim-
idation and threats to Try to compel
people to give it their patronage.
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