The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-14
CAREER OF JUDGE HUMPHREYS.
PIncIs ENcmpIiRed in the Life of the
HnNrnifnn OnicinI.

two years old but ne has experienced
some Kaleidoscope changes ia his short
/ life. He was born in Mississippi, rela-
tive of Governor Humphreys. the famous
war Governor of that State. At the age
| of twenty. deciding to- strike out for him
self in the West he went 90 Arizona. hc
had some legal knowledge and a modest
patrImouy. With the fall In the price of
silver which soon came about. not Only
were many mines in Arizona closed down.
! but the towns i'm some instances which
/ had been supported by them went ont of
existence Times were hard. and Hum
phrcys saw that there was 10 business
LEFT for "a lawyer in that part OF lie
country, except occasionally to defend
Mexican who had been accused OF chang
ing the brand ON steer OF stealing "A few
sheep. When most Of his patrimony be
came exhausted, ne decided To move on 10
/ san Francisco, where ne had some So
ciaI connections
Arriving in that city with a capital of
5000 in the summer Of 1896. ne went To a
good hotel and was put uP at a frst-class
club. not revealing to his friends his near
! ly impoverished condition. He looked dill
{ iEeuty for opportunities there in his pro
! f,ssion. but without success. Failing INTO
conversation with an acquaintance at the
/ club one day. ne learned that Honolulu
offered good opportunities for young law
yers- lie accordingly made enquiries of
I the steamboat lines, but found that their
I rates were beyond his means, and SO he
Z looked up "a saiIinE-yesseI which also car
I ried some passengers. The ouiCerS of the
] company warned him that thirty days
might De consumed in reaching Honolulu.
: IN case they struck "a calm, ia order that
, he might be prepared for the worst In
stead of dIScouTaE inE him. however. the
prospect of being boarded for thirty days
/ WAS welcome. and SO he paid his passage
money. squared his oils at the hotel. and
started for Honolulu. His funds were
nov reduced TO 81
/ For some reason the officers Of the com
/ pary had not warned him. as they were
] accustomed 10 warn most Of their pas
scuEcrs- that the immigration laws OF
/ Hawaii then compelled each intending
/ settler to show So in, gold coin, OF its
I equivalent. before he could be admitted
I 20 the islands Just as the ship was get
/ ting into the harbur of Honolulu and the
revenue officers were seen coming out,
! the captain called the passengers to-
gether and explained to them the various
/ questions which they would be asked
, and the rules 10 which they would be
subjected. Among them he told of the
phrsys had heard Of il, and the ships
captain would be obliged TO carry him
! back to San Francisco unless he was able
I 10 show that sum. His first thought was
/ 10 borrow Of somebody, but he hardly
! liked 20 disclose his poverty, and at the
same time recalled that Ia his trunk
I there were some old Confederate bills
I which he had brought from his fathers
/ garnet in Mississippi He accordingly
I made a "wad Of money by placing them
( between his two ten-doIlar bills. using
/ the latter f0r covers. The passengers one
/ after another produced their funds for
/ the inspection officers Humphreys non
/ chalantiy pulled out his ron Of bills.
/ turning hastily the ends To show the in
/ spect"r that there was a great album
] dance, but losing no time IN getting the
/ wad hack in his pocket. The r1Ise was
. successful, and ne was admitted Some
} time afterwards. in defending a mau aC-
Z Cusea Of evadiug the same law, he re
I lated THIS experience. which his UupB-
ueutS took M and have quoted against
I him Humphreys. on landing. went al
/ once To work. first as d law clerk and
I then as a lawyer, and is said TO have
{ melted a comfortable fortune chiefly
3 through the rise BE- the value OF sugar
/ properties OccasiOued 10y annexation. He
/ has become the leader OF the anti-DOle
/ laclph ana Is the owner % "a daily news
paper.
] Judge Humphreys is a believer in the
{ present universal suffrage system iu the
J hawaiian Islands. and against the re-
Z SlflcilNe suffrage proposal which was urE-
I cd upon the Congressional Commission 10y
I the dominant element Of the white inhab-
J iants- When asked why ne believes in
. IT, MS reply is Because I am a Re
I publican And on The same principle al
/ though a Mississippiau. he believes in ssIs-
; tanning universal suffra Pc in the South
saying irat both there AL. in Hawaii the
/ danger from the particip 8Iiou Of the in
Z Tenor race IN politics is E7U.a eEag gerat-
I cd All three candidates f,.r Delegate 70
/ congress from Hawaii laSl fan were ma
/ tive HaW SLAMS. although they an have
] English names. If Prince Dav.d's name
/ may be regarded as his chief one
wilcox the Independent who was
J elected, Is native OF Hawaii az is sam
/ Parker. the regular Republican uasains-
. Prince David. who ran as a Democrat
Z was. IL VIII be recalled, "a Hawaiian dele
/ as member Of the Committee on Plat
. form gave the casting vote for free sill
/ Yer. In the campaign on the island there
1 were really no party lines drawn, and
J Wilcox. although elected as an Independ-
7 eut, now expresses himself as "a strong
B Republican symputhiZer He has told his
/ friends that he has been iu Washington
. long enough 10 see that the Republicans
/ are the ones that run things. and SD are
/ the ones for him 'to stand in with If
possible The natives. according Ia
/ Humphreys, voted for Wilcox instead Of
/ Parker. as "a protest against the attempt
I II the Dole Republicans 10 deprive them
: u the suffrage.