The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-07-30
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phrcys to tell the truth has Ia
conspicuous illustrations in this cit
notably when, sitting on the bench
told number of malicious and east
proved fllsehoods about his previul
relations with man who was befO
him seeking justice. Now comes Il
San Francisco Chronicle fatty aCcu
ing Judge Humphreys Of falschOod
denying the authenticity Of an intel
view appearing in that journal-an II
terview which Judge Humphreys ha
solicited and revised but which he sa
fit to deny when he realized--or hear
what effect it was having upon tn
native Hawaiians, whose disintereste
adviser he had professed to be- HeI
is the Chronicles exposure in fun
y In the Honolulu Republican of
:. July 7th appears an article under
:. the heading, Chronicle pub
:. fishes a fake interview with
;. Judge Humphreys" In the ar
?, ticle is reproduced a letter pur-
| :. porting to be from Judge Hum
2. phreys in which he says: The
:. Chronicle of the oath has an ar
3. ticle which l think must have
:. been sent from Honolulu. 1t
:. was a fake pure and simple. l
:. would particularly call your at
3. tention to my interview in the
% Examiner of the same date,
3. which covers all l said on the
s. subject to anyone"
:. The interview in question is
:. one published in the Chronicle
3. of June 24th, in which Judge
?. Humphreys advocated the an
:. nexation of Hawaii to Califor-
3. mia. The article was written for
:. the Chronicle at the suggestion
= of Judge Humphreys, by c. II.
:. Edwords, a member of the
:. Chronicle staff, who went to Ho-
=. nolulu in response to correspond
:. enCe with Judge Humphreys re-
:. garding a position on Judge
:. Humphreys paper, the Republi-
:. can. He returned from Homo
:. lulu with Judge Humphreys on
:. the steamer China and wrote the :
:. article en- route. Judge Hum
2. phreys gave the interview with
Z out solicitation and revised it
:. after it was written.
- on June 23d, the day of Judge
q Humphreys arrival here, the
3. Chronicle published an article
g saying that he was on his way
g to the United States and that he
s would go to Washington to try to
q set a back-fire to the move
q ment in Honolulu for his remov-
:. al from the bench. On June Gath
q a local morning paper printed an
e interview with Judge Humphreys
3. in which he stated positively that
:. he had no business In Wash
= ingtOn and was not going there.
. He Is there now or was a few
:. days ago. Not only did he in
:. tend to go to Washington when
:. he left Honolulu, and for exact
:. ly the purpose specified by the :
:. Chronicle, but he had so notified
. Attorney General Knox, who in
= turn advised the Hawaiian Del
:. egate to withhold his charges :
= against Judge Humphreys until
q his arrival. as "the Judge had
q written him that he was COM
y ing"
Thus two conspicuous falsehoods ar
nailed. Judge Humphreys knew whel
he sent his note to the editor OF tn
Republican that ne was writing false
ly, but he perhaps imagined that th
Chronicle-especially if the copies OF th
paper containing his denial were with
held from the exchange file sent t,
that paper-would not take the matte,
up. But II there Is one thing the Chron
icle Is sensitive about 1t is Its reputa