The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-30

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ing tweuss :h1sssns 5eSsBe. is sso hundred niles
swar from zeas1Fla - steamer and Eithozs any
telegraphic cd&nk leation ard pet the people 0f
that Island are 1rned absolutely from this city
and have no sniS< whatever IN their local af4irs.
o1Ey such their representative IN the Legislature
may express once IN two years
Mr. Bishop in his communication 10 the Star has
joined in the charge Of bribery against members OF
the Legislature when he knows IL he knows any
thing. that ali such charges we're mere idle gossip
such as is always floating around during the session
Of every Legislature everywhere Governor Dole
made the charge in q message To the Senate and
when called before the grand jury said he had only
hearsay that bribery existed that he knew nothing
Of his own knowledge So il vas with all the ether
members Of the Territorial administration When
Attorney General Dole was cited before the court
TO show cause why he should not be punished for
contempt for refusing TO answer the questions Of
the grand jury ne made great ado about the court
interfering with the executive officers of the Terri
tory in their efforts 70 ferret the bribery and
bring the guilty to punishment He went further and
said that the executive officers were at that time
trying TO get their evidence in such shape in
sure convictions Yet this same Attorney General
Dole nephew of the Governor. swore before the
grand jury that he had no evidence that all he had
heard mere hearsay- And the High Sheriff
who is under the Attorney Generals department
and is chief OF police of the Territory told the grand
jury that the Attorney General had said anything
to him about trying to get evidence in the alleged
bribery charges until q week after the grand jury
had been investigating the subject. and then
the Attorney General had not given the High Sheriff
clu To vork A ic he r.
torney General who is the nephew of Governor Dole
and member of the family compact, lied when he
said in court that the executive officers then
at work trying to the necessary evidence to
convict members OF the Legislature of bribery
That the work of the grand jury performed
conscientiously and well Mr.. Thurston's
paper was compelled TO admit The whole charge
OF bribery against the members of the legislature
had no foundation in fact and never did have
1t originated in gossip between Thurston. Cooper
Governor Dole. Attorney General Dole and other
members of the family compact and Governor Dole
in his weakened mental condition (being in much
the condition the Hon. John Sherman was
just before his retirement from public life) charged
the members of the legislature with bribery as
to afford him excuse for not extending the ses
sion an act that for the good of the Territory was
imperatively demanded. The legislature had
gotten down to work and doing well. With
extension of thirty days. fifteen days. it
would have completed all important legislation
among other bills it had passed was the one pro-
viding for county government With extension
of session Governor Dole would either have been
compelled to sign this American measure providing
local sefgovernment for the people else stultfy
his administration by yetoing it and so rather
than do either he refused to extend the session
basing his refusal the ground of the existence
-
when as a matter of fact he had no knowledge fur
Their than mere rumor of bribery and was absolute
ly unable to give any clue by which the most rigid
investigation possible could result in finding any
thing upon which to base his charges
One other feature of Mr.. Bishops remarkable
letter deserves passing mention. He tells how
nineteen natives were admitted to practice before
the District Courts by Judge Humphreys but he
neglects to tell the readers of the Star that these
District Courts exactly the Justices of
the Peace in the States and that in State or
Territory of the Union excepting Hawaii is any
citizen required to have license as an attorney to
appear practitioner before Justice of the
Peace He also says that these admitted to
practice in the justice courts have little knowl-
edge of the law but he omits to tell that six of
the nineteen have at various time held the office
of District Magistrate in the Territory and it is to
of the law hold the Office of District Magistrate
he surely must have sufficient knowledge Of the law
TO appear practitioner before District Magis-
trate All these are leaders in their respective
communities, of education, and the only reason
license was required by the Oligarchy to practice
law before the justice courts to protect
the jackIeg lawyers turned out by the willing and
compliant tools OF the family compact who have oc
cupied the bench in past yea-s
We can only regret that great paper ike the
Star has been thus imposed upon and caused to so
misrepresent the condition of affairs in Hawaii
Basing an editorial upon the correspondence fur
nished by the reverend gentleman. who does not
hesitate at misstating facts in order to convey 8
false impression, it places Judge Humphreys and
the hundreds of honest citizens here. who. ike him.
oppose the Dole. family compact regime Amer
lean haters when in fact they are the heaven that
is keeping Americansm alive in this Territory
An evening contemporary devoted considerable