The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-09-11
Will BE vINDIoATED.
Judge Humphreys in Lengthy
Brief Answers Charges.

New YORK, September 3 "A spe-
cial to the Tribhhg from Washing
ton say,: For more than three.
hours today Attorney General Knox
listened to a recital of the most
amazing story of official corruption
sni private immortality in Hawaii
The story was Brought out in the
defense eet up by Judge Abram s.
Hum phreys OF the Territorial Cir
cult Court at Honolulu against the
charges made BY the Bar Associa-
ton of pne H,wa,anhlstapis, for
tn. purpt 81 of inducing the Presi-
d-ut to remove him from the bench.
Judge Humphreys, with tbs as
eistaoce, of Duane Fox of this city,
presented ,condehsed form OF his
defense III tr;ef consisting OF fifty
i've pages Of closely; printed matter.
In this BRET he answered. every
charge against hisn, and then makes
what purport to be astounding re-,
velations concerpiag the protection
thrown around v.ce in Honolulu by
the high officials OF the Dole
Government, men -, appointed to
office by Governor Dole and kept
in place and power by the Governor
in spite of what Judge Humphreys
declares the Governor must know Of
their direct connsction with and
responsibility for the abominable,,
practices that are licensed,.in the
Hawaiian capital.
Accusations on this point made.
against these officials by Judge
Humphreys cannot nbe phrased for.
publication in American newspapers,
though they are set forth in bald
and plain language ia 4 eharge de-
l,vered from the bench to the
Grand Jury by Judge Hum phreys
last February, and were repeated in
milder form .ip, thu Instructions
given to the Grand Jury last April
by Judge Morris M. Estee, United
States udg, for the Territory of
Hawaii. e..
The object OF Judge Humphreys
in setting upj this astonishing de-
Tense apparently is twofold-frst.
to show the 'nnimus back of the
movement to hava him removed
from the bsrc1h, and, seeondly, to
show'that the Dole Government is
not model Of purity and morality,
in spite OF the fact that, for the
most part, its msmbors are descsnd-
ants from th4 original missionaries
who carried Christianity aud civil.
zation to the islaudsvS
At the telose OF the, sensational
hearing today Attorney General
Knox siRnifsd his READINGS. to make
a report and recommendation to
the President Immediately, but at
the earnest solicitation Of f. N.
Hankey, who represents the accus-
ers OF judge Humphreys, the At
torney. General gave the prosecn-
tion five days ia which to prepare
a reply to the Judges remarkable
brief.
His attorney, Duane Fox, avows
that the only mistsk, made by
Humphrey. is his persistent attempi
t. conduct 10 Hawaii a genuine
American court OF justice. Hereto
fore, hs' says, the methods OF the
courts in Til, islands have beer
loose and irregular, AID the people
there, not even OK ,apting the law
yeis, are not yet prepared to sub
mtt to the rigid rules of dignity an 4
decorum that prevail in tho Ameri
can courts. In conclusion Judge
Humphreys as erts that the nova
+ meat to- oast hun from the bench
never would have bsen starred il b,
had not attempted TO break up by
American legal processes the Ha
waiiau Government system of Ii