The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-07
The BAR STANDS PAT
HUMPHREYS CASE DISCUSSED
AGNIN.
Report Adopted in which the Lawyers
Stick To- Their original Position in the
Matter.

HlI.h I'D ! U'lI 'IIAludl i.'rlI'H lH INt .
Matter
At a special meeting held last night
the Bar Association. boy a vote of 20 tO
Z adopted report of its special COM
mittee i'm the Humphreys matter which
places the association ON record as
sticking firmly to IFS original position.
In spite of the decision of Attorney Gem
eral Knox. The committee presented a
lengthy report discussing at length the
various charges that were presented at
Washington. which was read by Cecil
Brown In effect the report reatlirmed
the original statement of the Committo,
as made at Washington, with regard To
each of the FIVE charges against the
Judge.
Robertson moved the Adoption of the
report He stated that while In making
the charges the members of The bar had
realized that thay We're doubtful of
success, yet they We're bound to assert
themselves. lie thought the report was
very fair one.
Biting presented the first kick
against the report He referred to his
10 days In Jail for contempt ana to the
roast given him i'm Humphreys blet
but said that he did not consider the
report a fair one Biting remarked
that the judge was an astute lawyer
but admitted that he had objections to
some of Humphreys methods of pro-
CcduTe.
Thmston stated that Biting had
signed statement very much like the
one he was opposing, and Stanley spoke
for the report He admitted that Hum
phreys was quick, fair and astute
lawyer and said that the report con-
tanned no animadversions upon him as a
lawyer or on the justice of his decisions
but was an account of the committees
work
Vvas made a vigorous kick against
the report. He regarded 1t as politics.
He was sorry to see the row stirred up
again and thought the association
should bow to the decision given in the
| case. He said that the members of the
bar association were being made the
tools of politicians and that he for
one was not going to be counted in
Humphreys was severe but outside of
that Vivas saw nothing wrong. The
members Of this association are nearly
all politicians" said Nivas raising a
| general laugh, but they ought to keep
| their politics out Of this association
| Cecil Brown replied in behalf of the
! committee that there was no politics
| i'm its report.
Mathewman spoke for the report He
| said he was sorry that the 81 had not
been IS, as it would have been if he had
been in Honolulu when the matter came
up. Lorrin Andrews and j. II. de Bolt
spoke for the report claiming that il
was simply a report of the committee
work, and ought to be adopted and De
Bolt remarking that the committee had
! finished and reported and the members
COULD do what they wanted. NiVas in
terjected the remark that there was toe
much comment in the report.
Magoon spoke against the report. He
took the position that the members OF
the committee in their report had oc-
cupied the attitude Of judges, and as
sumed to decide the case. Attorney
General Knox had decided against tn,
charges said Magoon. Never before in
the annals of America had such a body
of men as the 81 been so completely re-
versed as by the attorney general il
this matter.
Before the vote was taken ID. II. Cas-,
stated that he did not desire to vote
as a vote against the judge might b,
regarded, and justly 50, as influenced
by the events of the past week, durinl
which Humphreys had turned him on
of office.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes: +. b. Mechanism, l.. A
Thurston, l.. J. Warren, l.. a. Andrews
w. r. Castle. A. G. NJ. Robertson, j. r
De Bolt Frank Andrade, II. A. Bigelow
w. L. Stanley, A. W. Carter, r. D. MeaC
w. c. Achi c. f. Peterson, A. NJ
Brown, Cecil Brown. e. p. Dole, Henri!
Holmes, A. l.. G. Atkinson, j. l.. Ka
ulukou, J. A. Matthewman, L. A
Dickey +. NJ. Brooks, A. f. Judd, e. A
Mott-Smith, Charles r. Hemenway,
l.. Weaver, A. A. Wilder
Noes: F. W. Milverton, j. A. Magoon
j. M. Vivas, c. G. Biting.
Not voting: Charles S. Dole, DAME
II. Case.
= The report submitted was a very
lengthy one, discussing with consider
able detail each of the five charges, ant
the judges answer as made at Wash
ington. The committee stated its eVi
dence and criticized the reply in eacl
I case affirming or intimating it's convic
ton of the truth and propriety of tn
accusations. In discussing Humphreys
reply to the fourth charge in which H.
stated that some of the difficulty wa
caused by his refusal to discuss case
, out OF court, the committee remarked
that, in making the statement tina
members Of the bar were in the habi
of discussing or attempting to discus
cases with the judges out of court
Humphreys mot only misrepresenteC
the facts but insulted the Hawaiian
bar"
Oscar Lewis came in for some uncom
plimentary remarks in the report an,
. the denial of the judge as TO the knowl
edge of the political complexion of tn
famous Oscar Lewis Grand jury, wa
stated to be "puerile and insncere." A
to Iwilei the report placed the Bar As
sociation on record as saying. 1T repu
/ dates utterly as wilfully and designed,
untruthful and insulting, the charg
made by respondent that II had con
cealed motives in making charge
against him, because of this or an,
other subject"
The following are extracts from tn
general conclusion:
zone fact must not be lost sight OF
TO wit that the Attorney General evi
IDENTIFY considers the charges preferTe