The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-19
Especial to the Advertiser.J

wv Whatever hope there might
have been for an early settle
ment of the charges against Judge A.
S. Humphreys, who is still at the Shore
ham Hotel in this city, that hope has
been dispelled by the tragedy at Buf
falo. The Cabinet officers have all hur-
ried away to the Exposition city and it
may be week or longer before Attor-
ney General Knox is able to give the
case further attention. If he should
decide that the case ought to be laid
before the President it Is certain no
conclusion will be reached for many
| weeks.
| Attorney Hankey is still at the Eb-
bitt House, although he had planned by
the end of this week to start back
across the continent for Honolulu. His
brief summarizing the salient points
in the mass of evidence and presenting
posted at the Department of Justice.
/ bOl1 he anu JuuSe HAVE
been tarrying in the expectation that
the Attorney General would announce
some decision or present some recon-
mendation to the President
1t is plain enough that the Attorney
I General does not sympathize much with
Judge Humphreys. 'IF 1 HAD A
CASE IN COURT I AM SURE
WOULDN'T LIKE TO TRY 1T BE-
FORE YOU" was the frank statement
the Attorney General made to Judge
Humphreys one day when the latter
clustered into his office.
But Judge Humphreys has been hum
bled in more ways than that since he
came to Washington. His interview
that he had not come to Washington
on account of the charges, which inter
view was refuted the very next day
when he called on the Attorney General
was used against him to the fullest ex-
tent. His attorney, Mr.. Duane E. Fox
and others, warned him against an
tagonizing everybody with whom he
came in contact and since the hearing
ON Sept. 8, the judges way here has
been one of great caution and likewise
lof great penitence.
| OH lHt udy Ol LIE IcdElHS Tic odSe
entered the the ante-room to the At
torney Generals office. Good morn
ing Judge" said Mr.. Hankey, who had
arrived there before him.
The Judge looked around haughtily
and bowed in the stiffest kind OF
fashion. Later during the hearing he
began to berate Mr.. Hankey as unjust
in presenting the case.
81 THINK WE SHALL AGREE - in
terposed the Attorney General, THAT
MR.. HANKEYS CONDUCT OF THIS
! CASE HAS BEEN ENTIRELY FAIR
AND HONORABLE"
At the hearing Mr.. Hankey did not
have anything to say about Judge
| Humphreys record in Arizona and
elsewhere, previous to his appointment
as judge in Hawaii. 81 did not think
that would be wise, although some OF
those preferring the charges thought
differently" said Mr.. Hankey today to
the Pacific Advertisers representative.
I'm the first place it must be renlem-
bered that this is a presidential ap-
pointment and any attack upon the
character of the man, previous to his
appointment, would reflect upon the
lcnaracter OF the fTeSiOeut oSiSStioAi.
Such a course would put the adminfs-
tration on the defensive at the start.
The affidavits of Humphreys career in
the South and Southwest are startling.
The fact that Judge Humphreys Is a
presidential appointee also makes 1T all
the harder to secure his removal, for
removal is almost concession that the
appointment was mistake. Accord
lingly, from the turn that the hearing
took and from hints dropped on the
inside, it was ascertained that the re-
moval of Judge Humphreys was not
Ito be expected. The Attorney General
who said during the hearing that the
iaffair was most unfortunate, made II
lplain that Humphreys had transgressed
the proper bounds and would be rep
lrimanded.
During the last week Judge Hum
lphreys, aided by men here in Washing
ton, including his attorney has
industriously been trying to create
public sentiment in his favor through
the newspapers. Above all he has tried
to make it appear that he is the special