Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-05-28
PROGRESS OF THE cONSPl-
RACY.

The official and semi-oficial game
better known as the Thurstonian con
spiracy to descredlt the courts Of the
Territory and work out personal spite
against the First Circuit Judge goes on
apace. Every day that passes brings
additional acts on the part OF the
executive II directed towards the de-
feat of justice and defiance OF the court
that cannot be controlled.
First came the executive charge that
bribery was extsnt In tho Legislature.
Then followed the refusal of execu-
tive officers to give testimony before
the Grand Jury relative to bribery ~
members OF the Legislature.
Close on the heels of the officials fol-
lowed Thurston with Information"
he refused to divulge. For this refusal
Mr.. Thurston was cited for contempt
OF court.
Then the Chief Justice steps in and
allows Mr.. Thurston the privilege Of
his chambers and finally accedes TO the
request TO issue a writ of habeas cor
pus.
Mr.. Thurston again occupied the
stage by proxy when the editor OF his
paper was brought in by the Grand
Jury. without seeking a continuance
the attorneys for the editor-who have
been known as opponents Of the First
Circuit Judge and political friends Of
Thurston-offer an insulting and SLAM
derous affidavit for which they were
justly sentenced for contempt of court.
AS part OF the by play the Attorney
General, the prosecuting officer of the
Territory, takes a hand by ordering his
stenographer to prepare a copy OF the
insulting affidavit for publication in
one OF the official organs.
Then comes the Acting Governor o.
the Territory with a pardon for the
attorneys held for contempt of court.
These pardons were delivered at prac-
tically the same time as the mittimus
committing the attorneys to Jail.
And the attacks upon the court
through the recognized and accepted
official organs OF the officials and semi
officials are continued with increased
bitterness and disregard for the truth.
Acting Governor CooDer asserts that
he had good and sufficient reasons for
pardoning the attorneys who took II
upon themselves to offer a direct insult
10 Territorial court. He fails TO state
these reasons and II Is safe TO say never
will state them except within the secret
conclave of the compact ring of which
he has shown himself the ever ready
tool
The only reason the Acting Governor
could have for his action is his per-
sonal antagonism for the court and
the fulillment Of the old official com.
pact policy that the king can do no
wrong" In the administration of this
Territory the executive claims for It.
self all the prerogatives of monarchical
station and casts its protecting robe
over the various satellites that bow
the cringing knee to Its personal beck
and call.
Immediately sentence was passed
aron the offending attorneys, 1t was
common remark among the people that
these attorneys would never suffer the
penalty imposed by the court.
Why
Merely because this ring has so long
warped justice and honesty, when so
required to serve their own ends that
the people were confident that some
officer OF the Territory would debase
his Office to serve the ends and aims
of the ring. This degradation of high
official prerogatives the Acting Cover
nor has been found ready to perform.
It can reflect dlscredit upon none other
than the high Office ne holds. The
readiness OF the response to defeat the
order OF the court simply goes to prove
the personal character of the Terrltor-