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TOLD THE
PLAIN TRUTH
Full Text Rev. DR..
Bishops Press
Letter.
HUMPHREYS is
WELL SHOWN UP
The Washington Star One of the
Few Papers Supplied With
the Facts.


The following excellent letter appears
over the nom de plume of Kamehame-
ha (Rev. DR.. s. f. Bishop in the
Washington Star:
HONOLULU, June 4-The leading
incidents of the past month in this
Territory center around one Abraham
IS. Humphreys, who for a year past has
held the office of Judge of the First
Circuit Court of Hawaii by the appoint
ment of the President His actions as
judge have gone to such extremes of
violence ana tyranny that on the 10th
of May the Bar Association of Homo
lulu, by a majority of 81 to I, passed
a resolution condemnatory Of Hum
phreys, deeming it in the interests of
the administration of justice in this
Territory that he be removed from the
office of judge A committee was APP
pointed to formulate charges against
him and transmit the same to Wash
ington. Most of the small minority also
agreed in denouncing his conduct.
The extreme iu-conduct of Hum
phreys, who is man or much ability,
appears to grow out of an unusual ar
rogance and acerbity of disposition. act
Ing upon greedy political ambition and
an INSCRIPTIONS system of intrigue. He
came here some three or four years ago,
and, while maintaining for time
friendly relations with the supporters of
President Dole, finally allied himself
with the faction headed by Harold
SewaIi, VINO sought the Governorship
for himself. After DoIe's appointment
as Governor of the Territory and Sew
alrs withdrawal from the islands, Mr..
Humphreys is known to have INDUCED
an ambition to get Dole removed and
himself put in his place and even ulti
mately to become Senator from Hawaii.
Working for this end, although holding
office as a Republican, he has not scru-
pied to ally himself to the native Home
Rule party of anti-American ROyalists,
who last November so signally defeated
the Republicans in the election for the
Legislature and for Delegate to Con-
gress.
FOUNDED AN ORGAN.
Before and after the assembling Of
the Legislature in February Judge
Humphreys became leading adviser Of
the native Royalist enemies of the Re
publican party, of Governor Dole and of
Arnericanism generally Nearly two
years ago. to further his ambitious
ends. he established a morning paper,
named The Honolulu Republican, which
has been edited with considerable abilt-
~. This paper, while pretending to be
of the Republican party, has from the
beginning worked against the strong
Dole majority of that party. causing the
defeat at the polls of many Of their
leading candidates. Since the election
It has not only been virulently bitter
against the executive body, but has dill
gently advocated the cause and policy
Of the Home Rule Royalists and de-
nounced every act Of the Governor OPP
posed to them. Humphreys controls d
majority of the shares of the Honolulu
Republican Company and avewedly d.
rects the policy of the paper.
During the legislative session of sixty
DAYS of which I wrote you one month
ago the leaders Of the native Royallsts
were in constant conference with Hum
phrevs After the close of the session
which Governor Dole refused to extend
for a possible thirty days longer the
Home Rulers sent a committee consist
ing of Representative BeCkley and Del
egate Wilcox to intercept President NC
Kinley at San Francisco and deliver 10
him their petition for the removal OF
Governor Dole on account of his intqul-
tous refusal to extend the session. Beck
| lev and wilcox interviewed the Presl-
dent, after which Beckley informed the
public through the reporters that Judge
Humphreys was the candidate of his
marty for Governor in place Of Dole.
Thus was made an open public avowal
! of Humphreys actual leadership of the
Home Rule party while he was contlnu-
| ing to pose as a Republican, as he does
still.
| As stated in my letter of May 4, Gov
| ernor Dole's chief reason assigned Tor
! refusing to extend the session was the
wasteful methods of the Legislature
and failure to accomplish work. He
| however. ordered a special session 10
assemble on May 8 and pass an Appro-
lpriation bill. Two-thirds of their time
| has now passed with little result Gov
ernor Dole also stated orally to the
Icomr:ttees asking the extension OF the
session that he had evidence that mem
| bers were taking brides. He afterward
stated the same to the Senate ana
House in writing. in reply to their de-
mands on the subject. In this state
ment Of the Governor Judge Humphreys
appears to have seen an opportunity Tor
making political capital, upon which en-
sued a remarkable series of extreme
and violent proceedings.
A JUDICIAL FLANK MOVEMENT.
| Humphreys first step was to attempt