The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-31

UlN.E 90 certain UtH HNHlHf which uN.
douhie,iiy b. doc. own Judge iium
phrsys b. rhafeed vith owning he mp.
l.rIIt of ihF stock 0f I'd newspaper Whiri
J.. r. htiyf partisan newspaper AMI thai
|IH unfortunately true De- o. charged
/ with having taken 600 active part No ihf
| management ~ thHt paper DO not
know whether that Us true or not. ii
| may possibly hr ASSUMED that h,oaufl
/ hp holds 20 majority pf tho stock anu
| has tho control of the n'W spaprr. THAI
Do" has taken and iE taking an aRgreHsi,t
I AND active part 600 tho management oi
| that paper and its politics say there
! ls "a right and 70 wrong way Of doing ey.
rtb thing BEFORE adopting this rcsoIu.
iiou and rondcmninR him, let Va see how
| o. viii he acted on, lf hc is wrong ana
should be- put out ~ office. ] say put
| him out bur DO 1t IN the right way
ASK FOR INVESTIGATION
II this Bar Association 10y a unanimous
vote asks the Attorney General at
Washington to send a representative OF
representatives here to look into this
case It will be done, and right here on
the ground in this community. among
Is. that representative will gather the
! facts and he will 40 back to Washing.
ton and report those facts. Everybody
! Immediately thinks now ! suppose OF
! Cleveland sending Bount down here.
| but gentlemen, that is the only way
| this thing can be done IL II Is finally ana
properly done. why not word a respect
! ful but earnest request that such an OFF,
Ger be sent out here? | submit, gentle
men, what is the Attorney General OF
the United States going to pass upon?
| 1t will be referred to him. He will pass
on the record. He will not pass upon the
words or statements Of your committee
men to him. He win not pass upon any
thing but legal evidence. You may get
afiidavits eH parte and he VIII not con-
slider them to any great extent
what Is the great maxim of our law?
! submit 1t is first to hear the facts. We
should hear the parties representing the
Judge We should hear the parties op-
posed to him and those representing HIM
and having heard both sides. decide it.,
We don't want any snap judgment IL
Judge Humphreys is wrong put him out
but don't do 1t in hurry. Mr.. Hatcn
here has been belittled; to use Mr.. Kin
ney's expression, he says Mr.. Hatch be-
! Titles himself. No man who gets up
| here and expresses himself fearlessy
and in a fair way belittles himself. No
man belittled himself in presenting such
| a resolution as Mr.. Hatch did. All i ask
| in this matter is fair play. What would
| one of you people, If in this situation
want done? What would you wish If 1t
was a matter in which you were con-
cerned? Judge Humphreys has been
cartooned in manner that we never
saw any one occupying such position
cartooned. He has been accused of do
ing things that / know personally that
he never did do. / assume that Lewis
is a bad man and that it was grave error
to appoint him baliff, but | know moth
ing of the facts. l assume that nose
who condemn do. l know nothing of his
previous career.
Is NOT HUMPHREYS MAN FRIDAY.
Judge Humphreys was lately accused
of preparing a petition to change the jul
| dietary, and / was accused of being mis-
Man Friday. l want to say that he had
absolutely nothing whatever to do with
| 1t. 1t was to be presented only in case
| that 1t met with the unanimous approy-
| al Of all parties.
AS soon as ii was seen by some that
| 1t might elevate Judge Humphreys to
the Supreme Bench. feeling began, and
the matter was then Immediately drop
ped. Yet Judge Humphreys was accused
with having prepared that document. AS
| a matter of fact, that was done without
| any knowledge on his part of the facts.
The criticism against him was without
any knowledge of the true facts. 1t was
put in the editorial columns without ask
ing me or anyone else with regard to
the facts 1t was unfair to Judge Hum
phreys. II was unfair to me to do
thing like that Don't condemn a man
before you know the facts. If you do,
the Department will not act.
DOES NOT APPROVE OF HUM
PHREYS.
Judge Humphreys has done very many
things that l do not approve of at all.
He has made grave errors. l see It, but
don't condemn him until he has had
chance to be heard; and IA place to have
1t heard. A majority are opposed to
him. majority of US are opposed to
his attitude, and are unanimous as to
certain portions of his record, but ne
should be given a hearing. l think the
thing to do is to pass a resolution. such
a resolution as we could all feel was
dignifed in its tone. such as We all feel
is not personal and such as expresses
no malice, and call on the Attorney Gen
eral to send man here to Investigate
this matter l think l know something
about how things are done at Washing
ton. II proper note or resolution was
adopted II would be acted upon. 1 do
not think this resolution. which con-
Ntiilln htI'lt ~ l''AiSI - Il iISbtA iSso~
luton.
What is this first resolution 1t is not
asked that he be removed for petulance
of manners or quickness of speech. Is
IL asked that he be removed because he
has done something criminal or vicious?
do not think that, on the bare state
ment that he owns a majority of the
stock of newspaper, and on the state
ment that he has appointed this man
Lewis, whose resignation he has accept
ed, and on the statement that he has
granted sixteen licenses to members OF
the Legislature TO practice in the courts,
the lower courts OF the land, 1 do not
believe the doing of these things In suffi-
cient to cause his removal. They are
all things which the Judge. in the right
full exercise OF his duties, probably
should not do. Go at It right, gentlemen.
Don't say In so many words that II Is
necessary In the administration OF JUS
tice that he be removed. lou cannot
point TO "A single decision OF his that has
been reversed, by reason OF arbitrary
and wilful conduct on his part. unless II
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