The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-27
LIKE A WOMAN sCoRNED."

sworn representatives of their clients
that have to be considered 1t is the
liberty of the citizen which has to be
considered. If the contention of the
First Circuit Court of the Territory of
Hawaii is upheld, if it's methods are
supported in it's inquisitorial plans, the
liberty of the subject is gone and every
honest citizen lies under dread of the
foul heel of the lowest politicians that
can be foisted upon a community
through ignorant votes, and more ig-
norant prejudice.
That the personal side should appeal
comes from the circumstances of the
case. People were GREATNESS when they
heard the Judge of the Circuit sentence
three prominent lawyers and good citi-
zens, men Of unblemished reputation,
to thirty days imprisonment. If the
court felt that a contempt had been
committed, a position which The Star
denies, a fine would have accomplished
all results required to vindicate tire
law. The Judge of the First Circuit,
however, by his sentences put himself
on record as vindictive man, and not
an impartial man. 1t was not the dig
nifty of the court that he was vindicat-
ing, it was his own personal self pride
and overweening conceit which had
been wounded, and which strove under
cover of judicial authority to revenge
private pique, .,,,..',
Think of Judge Hartwell, a distin-
ne 81, Uo
leading member of the bar, man who
has had seat on the Supreme bench,
a man who might at one time have
been Chief Justice on the Islands, think
of him being ordered to Jail by this
mushroom. judge, who stands before
the community, self-confessed, as hav-
ing lived a life before he came to this
country, which was to say the least of
it disreputable. if it was nothing worse.
That repentance for past misdeeds, and
rehabilitation of character should fol-
low, all will allow. The Star believing
this has never alluded to the past of
the Judge of the First Circuit Court
Now it is inevitable. The community
must look on this picture and on that
Upon the unbalanced, revolver welding
"roue" from Arizona and elsewhere,
and the grey-haired veteran of sixty
five, whose life has been passed among
his fellow citizens in honor and honesty
and whose every deed can be read like
an open book. ,,,.., ......
On the thirtieth of this month we
assemble together to join our millions
of countrymen in honoring the dead
who fell for the cause of liberty and
the integrity OF our nation. Had the
will of the Judge of the First Circuit
Court been carried out, General Hart
well, who had CALAMITY led his regi
ment against a hail OF bullets, who had
been wounded, who had had his horse
shot under him three times, who had
been mentioned with honor in general
orders by the commander in chief,
would have been locked up in Jail while
his few remaining comrades of that
grand force wnicn saved the Republic,
marched to decorate the graves of their
fellows whom they soon must join.
Think of it, and think moreover that
the old warrior had committed no
crime, but had only incurred the mean
hate of a petty mind.
What has the judge of the First Cir
cult Court done for his country? Has |
he sacrificed himself and his early |
career for her good? No one has ever
heard of it. AS far as one can see his |
career has always been one of utter |
seilishness.' But one can let that rest. |
1t may be charitably said that he had |
no opportunity to better his country. |
He certainly has not bettered it by his |
conduct on the bench. He has not bet
tered it by drawing around him men |
of VIGOROUSLY bad character, who have |
no respect for either law or order, and
who apparently have been chosen to
fill responsible positions so that the !
means to- do ill deeds may make ill |
deeds done. The violence which Dan |
Burns would not countenance in Sacra-
mento may yet be countenanced by an |
employer in Honolulu.