The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-21
HUMPHREYS UNTRUTHFULNEss.

!. pose of establishing a Republican daily
newspaper.
The Advertiser was and is Republi.
can morning daily, while the paper
established by Judge Humphreys has
with but few intermissions supported
the anti-Republican and anti-Ameri-
can native party, derided and opposed
the Republican Territorial officials, at
) tackled Republican candidates for the
Legislature Humphreys voting against
some of them and boasting of it in
print afterwards) supporting the Home
Rule Legislature and abusing the Re-
publican members Of that body-getting
in return large part of the patronage
Of the Legislature without competition
and at it's own price.
Attorney General Knox will find by
again consulting the brief of the Bar
Association, ample evidence in the form
of extracts from the editorial columns
of Judge Humphreys paper, that the
latter Is in no sense a party journal.
The following extract from the paper
of March Z, 1901, will serve as sam
pies of the whole: Those obstruction
lists of the Senate. Achi, Brown and
Carter, Republicans and what a triad
of graces they are, are determined, If
possible, to prevent any legislation
whatever in the present Legislature.
| 1t behooves DR.. Russell (Home RuIerl
| to strictly enforce the ten minute rule
and it further behooves the Independ-
ents to settle at once upon what legis-
lation they propose to consider first,
and drive it through even If they have
to adopt two-minute rule to do it.
Fine morning Republican pabulum
that!
NoI1.-It is true that 1 own and con-
troll a majority Of the stock of this
newspaper 0he Republican,.
In his interview in the Examiner of
June q, 1901,-the interview which, as
he wrote to his paper, was entirely
authentic-Judge Humphreys said: Il
do not own controlling interest in the
stock of the Republican nor did l at
any time prior to my appointment to
the bench" On February 25, 1901, |
Judge Humphreys wrote J. d. Whelp- |
ley OF Washington as follows: Il am |
negotiating for the sale of my interest |
which is controlling-in the Republi-
can
No. III.-The affidavit of Johnson g, "a I
MY constant supervision and dictation
of the policy Of the paper is untrue.
The alleged quotation from Johnson's |
is false. The proper quotation
is this: "Affiant further states that |
said Judge was very frequently at the
offices of the company in the city and /
kept constantly in touch with Mr. Gill,
the editorin-chief of the paper" II
General Knox wants further
light on the truth of Mr. Johnson's
statement he can get it from directors
IF the company publishing the Repub-
lean at the time.
No. W. did not know that he &c. S.
L.ttle) was the Washington correspond
snt of said paper (the Republican, until
he present month. He (Mr. Little) |
lid not know until recently that 1 had
my connection Herewith.
And yet, while Judge Humphreys was
n this city, a constant reader of a pa
per in which, he says, he had in (
1ested the major part of his estate, that ]
PAPER printed the announcement that
.. S. Little was it's Washington CORE
pondent, gave the names of other pa
Iers he represented including one in 8
london, and boasted of his journalistic
.bility. Did Judge Humphreys shut his
yes to this announcement? Had he no
about the identity of the man :,
lgnfng himself "E. S. L." who figured
N his payroll? Was he the kind of a
nan to let his property be represented :
It the capital by some one of whose +.
lame and professional antecedents he
vas unaware?
There are points about the Hum
'hreys brief, not yet reached in the
erial publication we are giving, which,
re due the readers of the Advertise.
t once. We quote:
No. Where are only five churches
TENDED by white people in Honolulu
he largest is the Congregational church.
nown as the Central Union Church, of
hitch Rev. VIM. L. Kincaid is pastor. e.
his church has membership of about
We thousand, including not only Con-
regauonalists, but large numbers of y
aptists, Methodists and other denomi-
atoms, and including w. o. Smith and
/. A. Thurston, who are prominent in
he attacks upon me. Mr.. Kincaid not
lly commended my course in personal Il
tier, but voluntarily offered to come to st
oSiiiiS ton dt Ills own expense In I'M 4,
efense against the charges preferred =
sainst me- Mr. Kincaid also stated to
e that he would uphold me in my eff
rts If 1t cost him his posities. as pastor
Central Union Church. His salary as
lstor Is larger than that paid by anv
lurch in the United States except in
lie very large cities, being $1,000 per an
I'm, as 1 am informed, and the use of
e parsonage, for which the church re-
ntly paid s25 NM :
Rev. Mr.. Kincaid has not returned :
ON the Coast and cannot be question r
! as to the truth of Humphreys state Q
rents concerning him personally. Up
n the other counts. however, the sub T
diary ones, the Advertiser Is free TO
ay that Judge Humphreys has per-
erted and misrepresented the facts.
ar from having five thousand mem =
ers, Central Union Church, at the
ime It's last Year Book came from the .
ress, had 7SS, Mr.. Charles Atherton.
'ho was interviewed ON the subject last
light, said the membership by this