Arizona republican., 1901-09-25


 troversy in Hawaii mas an added in- terest for the people of POLITICAL Arizona from the fact
 TROUBLES that one of the principal IN HAWAII figures in the trouble.
 Judge Abram s. Hum phreys, was for considerable time q resident here. His activity in l all matters with which he had any com
 nection attracted general attention to | his personality, and he became known as a man who would obligingly ac-
 commodate other folks with trouble
 if nothing else would please them. It was expected that he would be some thing more than flgure-head on the bench of the islands. and he has not disappointed expectations. His strong Individuality encountered a circum- scribed field, perhaps. which may ac- count in part for the seething, volcanic condition of political affairs in Homo lulu. His recent vindication in the department of justice arouses a cur iosity as to further developments when
 he meets his enemies again. It is evil dent that he cannot be expected to IeSt COHtcntcu Witn IiS FlCtOEy. Hc warfare between him and the faction headed by Governor Sanford E. Dole and Lorin M. Thurston has reached such an acute stage that the positive elimination of one side or the other from the island government must come sooner or later. With the prestige of a complete vinds-ation and approval at Washington. Humphreys Is certainly in a position to expect that it will not be incumbent upon him to take to the woods.
 We have just received a printed copy of the brief which the judge fled with the department of justice in refutation of the charges made against him. A perusal of the text discloses that the climate of Honolulu has not impaired his vigor of expression. Tn concluding his defense he pays his compliments to the so-calied moral element that is opposing him:
 'inasmuch as there has been.' he | says. "a persistent attempt to create | public sentiment in this coun- | in the islands, and l eO upon me is a controversy between the | missionary element and an alleged ! vicious native I,opu atfon under my leadership these letters are very sig , nif1cant as showing that the so-calfed element coes not represent the moral force of the islands or mo nopolise the religious activities there f In. The attempt is made to mislead the virtuous, religious and law-abiding nor,In <~S rA1 rxxft to make ft appear that I am allied with vicious native clements as against the ffor;s of the missionaries sent out by religious bodies in the United States. As a matter of fact. Hawaii Is no onger a missionary field and the re- igious people of the islands are them ,elves sending missionaries to other lands
 ..Tae so-cafi,, .fnfss.onary clement ioes not deri.. its name. as might be supposed, from the inclusion in that faction of the moral forces of the com or of missionaries residing in he islands, but from the fact that the faction is controlled by the descen- h nts Of the original missionaries (and hose who have intermarried with hemp who have, by reason of their ,arly occupation of the islands. ac- , luired great wealth and consequent in- iuence. The present members of the Io-calfed missionary element are none ' If them engaged in evangelical work. 'ut in business and political affairs. , f. in attempting to hold an American !, ourt in the midst of these conditions, , am misfit, 1t lies with you and the , 1T resident to say whether the American ,, dea of judicial procedure eff have , orrectly pursued such idea) shall be made to conform to the conditions pre- : 'ailing in the islands or whether those ,. onditions shall be made to conform to he American idea of the administra- ion of justIce.'' The comments of the Honolulu press re quite peppery. r i The Honolulu Star eays: Tt Is evil l ent that the defense of Judge Hum I hreys consists mainly in what Is nown in hunting parlance as draw C ng herring across the scent and set C Ing up new issues. One can never tel. | n teleeranfs about the Humphreys l! ase what is fact and what is fiction" il The Advertiser says: ''Humpnreys' U rief Is as full of falsehood as decaye1 Y sn- of maggots." As to statemsnt h hat Humphreys has nothing to do with | 2 he management of the Honolulu Re 1. the Advertiser says that o very employee of that paper knows e he contrary to be true. y The Republican, Humphreys organ. n avs: The reports from Washington o how that the Thurston conspiracy h nds in failure" It adds: The day of a hurstonfsm.. in control either of the il ourts or of the territorial government, r re numbered, and the near future win o =e compete change in the terri lriai aSr' illustration of Hawaii. h
 V With entire public approval and wi.h- F ut any excitement, says the Mail and