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

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a mHH Dob whom Wr have HfufHrurt. nHI
who viii not give uH Justice. 10 te D.
such "a man aus We ucUots f wt mound
take .ug stand That be- b. removed Prom
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i.Hl HHf lI.tiD. ImnIftIHI3 0 believe.
1f BIAS already been said that hIs tenn
permanent is not ~ that kind that goes
to mako o proper Judge 80 o. nn able
mnui be- ia scholarly man ana one
much better able 10 nli the position OF
40 attorney ana advocate. and is not
one able Geo hll tho position OF Judge
boli"V. this resolution a. presented by
Mr. Robertson should pass believe
the facts stated In a.. and shall vote
for H. do not believe the other meth.
cd proposed VIII be OF any benefit TO US
II says lu substance We disapprove OF
what h. has lone, but let him remain
where he IL. That course would be- child
Ish. If We believe he II impartial we
should say so. II We believe he ~ par
tal. We should likewise say so. and take
steps TO have a Judge placed on the
Bench who is impartial.
SENATOR BROWNS REMARKS.
MIR cecil Brown believe It was Sir
Robert Peel who. In the House of Com
mons, once said that every man has his
price. | believe. from the circumstances
that have happened that the Circuit
Judge of the First Circuit Court knew
, that, and had that in mind when he made
appointments to practice law. without an
/ examination of ose, of sixteen members
Of the Legislature of the Territory of
Hawaii. l believe that, from his actions
in this case, his giving away licenses to
% th. Ia, L..
roundabout way-and he well knew what
it would do-a purchasing of their votes
for the Bailiff bill, which he himself had
drawn, and had given to one of the Sem
ators to introduce in the Senate, and i
was told by the Senator himself who in
troduced it.
l. say, Mr.. President, that when
Judge on the Bench uses his power for
his own personal ends, and his political
preference, he is no longer fit to hold the
position he occupies.
Mr.. President, l will tell you here that
| supported Mr.. Humphreys, and 1 be-
lieve I was the first one to submit his
name to the President of the United
States for the position that he now
holds, and, until the present session of
the Legislature, / had every confidence
and respect for Judge Humphreys; but
since then 1t has gone, and from his ac-
tons within the past four or five months
he has convinced me that he is unfit to
hold the position he now occupies. l
submit that the resolution as introduced
by Mr.. Robertson should ,e supported.
Mr.. McCants Stewart Before voting,
Mr.. President, l wish to make one re-
mark. We have this substitute before
us. l still say that, as members of the
Bar in our action TO-DAY, we should be
judicial. We should not be carried away
by passion or prejudice, but should be
judicial, and should know just what we
are doing.
We are inaugurating a movement for
the removal of a Judge. Upon what
ground or grounds now do We expect to
place an application for his removal. We
have been told that it is upon the main
ground that he owns and operates a
newspaper. Let ME say mat in many
parts of the States of the American
Union you will find Judges owning and