The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-30


liceese to practice law was a niob -,
r. gat-Ne Qua that members of ,ha D.,
had TO respect the Court: and now I co...
TO you, gentlemen, and l appeal m a
cry man within the sound of nv svo,ca
has he respected the profession Of wh;oh
he is member? Has he shown ra,,,a-4
to the individual members of the nrnfo,
sion by mis- conduct? l appeal 10 thoa.
who have raised their voices feehlv =,
his benalf, have you been treated viii
proper respect? ATE there NOT instarcc
that every one of you. with the excention
OF Mr. Hatch. can recall when Judra
humphreys mas wounded your feelings
ana degraded your manhood? With the
introduction OF the resolution of Mr.
Hatch. you would think We had not the
courage to pass on this man | submit
there is enough shown in me condpct 90
Humphreys, his arbitrary conduct ana
his unjust treatment of the profession
to formulate and prefer charges apains,
him. and put him on trial before the on
~ power to whom this association ca,
appeal with any hope of success,
BLINDED BY PASSION.
There is no use passing remonstrances
1t was only the other day we had an ex-
hibition of how, blinded by passion ba
passed sentence on men, which sentence
no man can defend, What right had no
TO assume Jurisdiction of an offense with
which man was CHARGE when his
feelings We're silch that he was blinded
by passion? The exhibition he has made
of himself and his arbitrary conduct
alone warrant US in filing these charges
against him, and of calling on Judge
Humphreys to answer them. 1t is the
a l11n &c ma t,,;.
denim his course and We appoint q COM
mittee to uraw these charges and we
back them up in an earnest effort to
sustain the dignity of our profession and
to guard our homes and our lives from
the encroachments of this man who has
proved himself unworthy and unfit to be
Judge of one of our courts of record
That is all that is asked. That these
charges go forward and that evidence
be taken. That Judge Humphreys pre-
pare his defense and let us see whether
his course has been justified. There was
a philosopher who once said BE sure
you are right and if right go ahead re-
CARELESS of consequences" That is the
school of philosophy / wish to follow.
Mr.. Stewart says that We VIII be met
by the President of the United States
and such and such will be the conse-
quences. We are not looking for conse-
Quences. We are investigating the truth
and the right, and invoking the powers
of this association and investigating the
conduct of this man; We are taking a
stand on the side of right: let US not
be deferred by any such words. The ex-
hibition and the conduct of this man
calls for immediate action on our part,
such action as We hope will result in his
,,,,, H. H.
graces.
STANLEY SUPPORTS THE RESOLU-
TON
w L. Stanley. Mr. President, it seems
TO me there comes a time when a man
should state frankly and publicly what
his position is on any question before a
body. / certainly have no personal ami
mus against the Honorable A. S. Hum
phreys. l left the Bench some ten
months ago. and / have left it for good
and all. l have no axe to grind AS
far as personal animus is concerned, ]
have none. 1 am not averse to saying
that on the few occasions when | have
had business before Judge Humphreys
he has treated me courteously, and per
sonally | have nothing of which to com
plain, and if complaint against him was
due solely to his action toward the Bar
the resolution presented by Mr.. Robert
son should not be carried by this asso-
citation
The resolution proposed by Mr.. Hatch
and the attitude taken by McCants
Stewart absolutely ignores what in my
opinion, is the strong charge against
Judge Humphreys. We may have our
own opinions as to the attitude of the
Court toward counsel. That would be a
trifling matter.
THE GRAVEST CHARGE.
In my opinion, the charge that Judge
Humphreys is conducting political cam
paign and using his high judicial office
for political purposes, is far more Sc
rious. viii not transgress the ten
minute rule of this association, but
wish to place myself on record as disap-
proving in the strongest manner possible,
of any active participation by a Judge
of one of our courts in the political
arena.
No committee appointed by US will find
out more than is now known, that Judge
Humphreys has used and is using his
judicial office for political purposes.
/ cannot see any fair explanation that
would do honor to Judge Humphreys in
his granting sixteen licenses to members
of the Legislature while the Legislature
was in session.
Again. 1 cannot see any possible excuse
for his appointing as bailiff man like
Lewis, man who has been branded in
the public press time and time again. L
cannot see any possible excuse, how
Judge Humphreys, having this mans
could make him bailiff under the
Act just passed AS the editor of the
Star put it forcibly, "A man don't use
dirty tools unless there is dirty work TO
be done"
1 am not taking any position against
lawyers being in politics. They always
are in politics. In our Bar Associations
we have politicians of various kinds. We
have Republicans and Democrats and In
dependents and Mugwumps, but We GER
tainly challenge the right of judicial
officer to take active participation on
either side and appoint his political
friends officers of the court.
HATCH SUBSTITUTE USELESS.
Mr. President, what object will the
resolution proposed by MIR. Hatch OBJ
tain? What is its purpose? Is its pur-
pose to crystalline public opinion? Is its
purpose to let public opinion gain sway
and then let a petition go to Washington
On the ground that the administration
IS un-Republican? If SO, in my opinion
t is not the correct course. As mem
oers of the Bar Association, let US take
The Initiative; let us do more than rec