The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-20
HOWISON IS
CHALLENGED
SchIey Says He is Too Biased
to Sit on the
Court

WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.-The mem
bers of the Schley court of inquiry, Ad-
mirals Dewey, Benham and Howison, ar
rived at the navy yard at 1890 o'clock.
They wore civilian clothes and no salute
was fired when they entered the gate.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Pit had been
expected that there would be an early
rush on the part of the Washington pub
lie to secure seats for the Schley court
of inquiry. which began at the navy yard
today, but the contrary was true, and
not until after IL o'clock were all the 400
seats reserved for the public taken pos
session of.
The early arrivals found the tool shop
in which the court is to sit in some con-
fusion. The building is new and while
the laborers had completed their prepar-
ations for the court, the cleaners were
engaged in their work up to almost the
hour for the arrival of the court. The
man with Mushroom and cleaning cloth
had scarcely disappeared when Adm raj
Dewey and his fellow-members of the
court arrived The building itself Is
large oblong structure, and looks more
like the workshop which 1t is intended to
be than court house. Indeed while it
is commodious and clean AND new, it
created the impression of an impromptu
y
Win the exception of two large flags
and huge golden eagle on the colored
wall back of the court, the walls of the
court hall were entirely free from decor
atoms. The seats, except those inside
the railing, were camp chairs.
SCHLEY CHALLENGES HOWISON.
| W ASHINGTON, Sept R.-At 100 p.
M, shortly after the court convened, Ad-
miraI Schley arose and said that with
extreme regret he was obliged to chal-
| lenge Admiral Howison as member of
the court. The court took an informal
adjournment at 2:25 p. m. to permit Ad-
miral Howison to prepare his statement
to Admiral Schley's charges.
| WASHINGTON; Sept. 12-The follow
| ing is the full text of Admiral Schley' S
challenge of Admiral Howison as mem
| Der of the Court
ercise of his legal right of challenge OBJ
jeets to Rear-Admiral Henry 1. Howison
upon the grounds:
THAT Rear Admiral Henry I. Howl
son has already formed and expressed
opinion on the merits of the case about
to be investigated, and that he is there
] fore ineligible for service as a member
of this court.
"2.-That Rear Admiral Henry 1. Howl
son mas ALREADY formed and expressed
ian opinion on the merits of the
case about to be investigated, ad-
versely to said Rear Admiral w. s.
Schley, thereby indicating a bias and
prejudice which renders him, said Rear
Admiral H. 1. Howison, ineligible for
service as a member of this court.
"3.-That Rear Admiral Henry I. Howl
son has In connection with the subject
matter about to be investigated, express
/ ed an unfayorable opinion on the per-
isonal and professional characteristics of
said Rear Admiral Schley, thereby in
dicating bias and prejudice which rem
ders him, said Rear Admiral Howison.
| ineligible for service member of this
court.
'4.-That Rear Admiral Henry l. Howl
son. in connection with the opinion form
ed and expressed by him upon the merits
of the case about to be inves .igated, has
instituted and announced a comparison
between the acts and personal and pro-
fessional characteristics of the principal
parties to the present issue-viz: Rear
Admirals Sampson and Schley, to the
disadvantage and disparagement of the
latter, thereby indicating a bias and a
prejudice which renders him Rear Ad-
miral Henry I. Howison, ineligible for
| service as member CT ia.s c6urt'.