The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-31

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tHoat rhnffts ore mfit lu 'hl RESOLUTION
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moved 80 BE- tu D., removed only tot
the purposes stated 100 ~, resolution. "
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tuud me RECORD. pc De- Uut receiving 90
uir trial win reference TO the az.
poutmeni .of thrs, sixteen members OF
the Legislator, co. pJN,tve law, " ma1
IVA, h. uid oorrupilA appoint those mcni
but before hv " ,ri,d and condemned for
IL be- should haN" q hearing u has bcrb
suggested that members Of the commu
nifty have been licensed time ana time
again to prnctiC. law without FIRST pass.
inr am examination Henry Smith SCI
cured "a license without nm examination.
Mr. Hapai of iiilo thu same and many
others have received licenses without
FIRST passing an examination, ana ne at
tempt was ever made TO condemn the
party licensing them
with reference to editing newspaper.
that is not a legal disability. He should
not edit II but I submit he Is entitled to-
Doe heard on that question. IL may he
that Judge Humphreys has been wrong
In that proposition. He has control ct
the stock. bul 1t does not necessarily
follow that he controls the policy of the
paper. We all know that he has been
trying to dispose Of II. | submit these
are matters that should go TO "A COM
mittee. 1t may be that a reference Of
these matters would only reinforce them,
and put him in worse position than to-
/ day by having the facts emphasized. II
that be so, let him take the consequences,
but, first, let him have a fair trial. l do
not want to be on tnat committee, and
l would not be, but try him on the
charges, and If they are worthy of con-
! sideration he may then be removed.
With reference to his judicial career
am like every other man here. / am not
I in sympathy with the Judges position.
| If he is corrupt Judge, and uses his
position for political ends, he Is the most
consummate fool that ever sat on the
Bench. With him it has made no differ
ence. He has criticized his friends as
quickly. more quickly, than his enemies.
| In matters of that sort he has no one to
speak for him. He has antagonized ev-
| cry member of the Bar, and If he is cor
rupt he is certainly fool, and ought to
be removed because he has no common
sense | do not believe there is a mem
Der of this Bar who can point to any one
of his decisions that has been influenced
by prejudice, Partially or favor. Not
member has said anything of that kind.
All the members of the Bar have SAID
they believed him to be an able, consci-
eI,tious man in the discharge of his du-
ties. | submit that he Is entitled to an
impartial trial before the committee duly
appointed, and, when that committee re-
ports we can act on their report.
THURSTON SCORES MACON.
MIR. Thurston said that as to the
charge that the Advertiser had been pub
fishing Humphreys black record in Arr
iona, that Mr. Magoon himself had
brought affidavits to the Advertiser show
/ ing up Humphreys Arizona record in de-
tail and requested the Advertiser 10
publish them, but the Advertiser had re-
fused! loud laughter)
Mr. Magoon. That was when / was OPP
posing him for Judge.
MR. ACHI SPEAKS STRONGLY.
| Mr. Achi. only want to say a few
words Mr.. Magoon said We must give
the Judge fair trial. l believe in that
way. We are the accusers. l believe II
is our duty to make the charges against
him. For myself, in order to protect my
property and my liberty and that of my
| family, / must do something in this mat
| ter with regard to this resolution. / was
in the court house the other day when
l saw three attorneys, who, because they
laid before the Court an affidavit signed
by their client, were imprisoned. In that
case, / consider that may some time
be in the same boat. l may have eli
ent who will talk to me about his case.
and to the best OF my ability l will pre-
| sent an affidavit duly signed by my eli
ent, thinking and believing to the best
| of my ability that 1t is a good affidavit,
and then / will be called by the Court
| to appear at o'clock to answer for con-
tempt, and be found guilty of contempt
and sent to jail for thirty days. / claim
the time has come for everybody to pro-
tect his rights and his liberty. Some
thing ought to be done to Judge Hum
phreys. l understand Judge Hartwell
was an associate lawyer in that case.
Mr.. McClanahan was two thousand miles
away, but he was also ordered to come
into court at 2 o'clock in that same aft
ernoon, because he was partner in the
firm of Kinney & Ballou. He was called,
and / don't see why he was not found
guilty OF contempt
In regard to the sixteen licenses to
practice law. The law is very plain. II
anybody wants to practice law in this
country the law says that man must
| be examined. Their characters must
| be certified to the court before they
can be licensed to practice law in any
of the courts of this country. Judge
Humphreys, in order get what he
wanted, he only asked the members OF
the House, You are a member of the
House? ?" Yes" Where do you live?"
so and So" You want license to
practice law?" Yes" We'll, / Ii
cense you so and So" Is that law? He
may claim he does not know the law.
If he does not know the law ne should
not be Judge.
! can say before this association that
/ know many of these people who were
granted licenses to practice law, and
! tell you many of them can't draw
| common complaint before the District
| Court. Some of these licensed men, IL
censed to practice law, don't know the
difference between q civil and a Grim