The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-31


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knrt au. ths main iNiirtinyn' against
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there a. ~ hnpo 10 any change lir docs
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with which hp was born ll. hts
tonc from bad W worse. ho simply cam
no, control himself Dc ~ Unborn so fnt
a. trying 10 do him an injury. W. have
been hoping that be- would withdraw
from the Judgeship and that mus N"
matter would end iu peace.
Gentlemen, when children play over an
issue They give childish reasons Whom
men come together as We have come to-
gethcr here It is Tor business ana moth
ing else and I, FOR one. would not want
I. belittle myself or the Bar after all OF
this commotion. by having a mountain
bring forth mouse In the face Of "a
resolution in which We say he has In
suited us. and then not pass IT, lie has
imperiled the rights OF the poor he has
imp,riled the rights OF individuals who
have come before him uuassisted Ind
yiduals are imperilrd. and these are the
men that we should primarily defend and
let these resolutions stand as witness
of our conviction.
DAVIS SUPPORTS RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Davis Mr. President, during the
Crimean war IL was John Bright who,
In the English House of Commons, said
The Angel OF Death has been abroad
in the land | can almost hear the beat
ing OF his wings" 1t was listened to as
John Bright was always listened to; but
the fact was England was experiencing
deadly war. Acts of war had been com
mitted and the honor and integrity OF
the flag was at stake, and England could
not withdraw and war was forced on.
This is matter that should be APP
preached without passion or prejudice;
it should be approached calmly. If the
Honorable A. s. Humphreys is innocent,
he will have chance to yindicate him
self before the final arbiter to whom
these charges Will be forwarded, for II
is provided in the Organic Act that the
term of office for a Circuit Judge snail
be four years unless sooner removed ny
the President of the United States.
When these charges are formulated and
sent to the committee, which Is the only
course that the Bar Association can take,
II will have done its du.y to society, and
10 one of the nob!est professions which
IL has ever been the lot Of man to FOL
low, and In defense of nome and honor
and principle. When these charges are
prepared and sent to the President Of
the United States, the Honorable A. 5.
Humphreys will nav" ample time in
which to prepare his defense and refute
these charges If they are nos true, and
to contradict the evidence submitted. He
knows these proceedings have been insti-
tuted. When Andrew Johnson sought to
dissolve the American Union by treach-
erous and reasonable conduct, II was
hard to put him on trial but the Senate
of the United States. in the exercise Of
it's high powers, did not hesitate 10 i'm
peach him and put him upon trial. Tie
barely escaped going down into history
ANONYMOUSLY branded but there was one
vote that failed to secure his conviction.
HUMPHREYS JUDICIAL CAREER.
MIR. Humphreys start ID in his judicial
career with all promise, with all bright
ness and with merit and respect both on
the right and the left. The members Of
this Bar within my hearing ana within
the sound of my voice, when charges OF
serious and grave character were filed
against him in Washington, came in al
most unanimously, one after another,
and wrote letters. guaranteeing and In
dorsing the character and the high stand
ing of the man; refuting the charges
made against him ! have in mind a
dozen men present who were appealed
to and who sent forward letters of rec
ommendation, and Judge Humphreys
was elevated to the judicial position
which he now occupies: but few
months had elapsed when some Of the
authors of those very letters were pre-
senting a matter before the Court and
made certain remarks before the Court.
remarks which any man would have
passed by, but for which Judge Hum
phreys sent one of them to ten days i'm
prisonment. He did not stop TO think or
to deliberate or hesitate. His punish
ment was swift, and the very men who
helped to put him In his present position
were shown no mercy. They were among
the first to suffer by his arbitrary eNer
else OF power When jurymen Were
few moments late, he imposed penalty
of One Hundred Dollars each against two
merchants of this City. He introduced
into his court short mallet to pound
and keep silence; If there was the slight
est interruption there was sure to be
trouble. His whole career as Judge |
has been one not in keeping with judi |
cial character. and he has not fulfilled |
the expectations of the members of this |
Bar
CONDUCTS POLITICAL NEWSPAPER. !
But gentlemen, there are other and |
higher grounds to take in this matter,
as members OF this association, than be-
cause he has done these things. What !
right has a Judge of a court into whose
hands is committed life, liberty and prop
erty, who has to decide momentous and !
important cases in a community, to CON
duct partisan newspaper? They say it
is war between newspapers. but the ed
itor OF the Advertiser and the proprietor
OF the Advertiser occupy no judicial po-
sition You cannot defend MIN. The ed .
itor OF the Advertiser has no way to .
come back on Humphreys. Humphreys .
is Judge; he is actively controlling this |
paper, and writes these articles that APP
pear In its columns from time to time !
articles directed against others. | don't |
object to that; II Humphreys wishes TO .
come down into the arena of politics, he 1
will be met by men on the right and the |
left at all times: there will be men 10 |
meet him in the forum. That is one OF |
the highest ambitions that any young |
man can have; but when he has once |
been elevated by his fellows and his fell |
low citizens TO high and responsible po- |
sitlOn In the Judiciary where he decides |