The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-29

EE The decision of Attorney Gen
eral Knox presented to Presi-
dent Roosevelt regarding the validity of
the Territorial act authorizing an addi-
tional judge for Hawaii will not be
made public as to it's text till tomorrow,
October II, but the purport of the deci-
sion is already known. After studying
the law Of the case Mr.. Knox decides
that the Territorial legislature was
given authority by Congress to author
ize an additional judge. This means,
of course, that an additional judge will
be appointed. It is stated at the depart
ment that the nomination may be ex-
Peeted before long time.
The appointment of Eugene r. Hen
dry, of Hawaii, to be marshal of the
United States in the Territory, was an
nounced October 10. The appointment
was made chiefly on endorsements from
Hawaii. Col. Parker, who has recover
ed sufficiently from his Illness TO be
out, has been looking after some mat
ters but just at present he is in New
York City. It is expected that he will
return within day or two. He is like
ly to have something to say about the
appointment of new Territorial judge.
The Department Of Justice has receiv-
ed some peculiar letters regarding the
reappointment of Judge Humphreys,
when his term shall have expired.
These letters were directed to the De-
partment of the Interior and thence
referred to the Department of Justice.
They come from different localities,
chiefly In the South, including Texas
and Arkansas and urge the department
to reappoint Judge Humphreys for the
sake of pure morals. The tenor of these
letters leads the department officials
to think that Judge Humphreys or some
of his workers have started a move
ment, such as has become popular in
appealing to Congress in these latter
days. There is a man in this city. nam
ed Wilbur F. Crafts, who makes his
living from reform movements and from
working up petitions among churches
and religious bodies. 1t is not known
whether Mr.. Crafts is concerned in
these letters, but the manner in which
shey are forwarded very much resem-
bles Mr.. Crafts methods.
In that connection it is well, perhaps,
TO reiterate that those who claim that
Judge Humphreys secured a complete
vindicatfon from the administration,
when the charges against him were
dismissed, are sadly mistaken. Your
correspondent knows from the highest
possible authority, publications in 9TH
er newspapers to the contrary notwith-
standing, that Judge Humphreys and
his following In Hawaii are not on top
IN the regard of the administration and
have never been. Judge Humphreys
was distinctly reprimanded, although
Informally and in a private conversa-
tion for his conduct towards his fellow
citizens in Hawaii His naughty con-
duct was reproved. However, there
was nothing for the department to do
but dismiss the charges against him.
AS has been told in these letters hither-
I" he was the appointee of me Nc
kinley administration and that was
- i''Af' -t'N4C III HIS IdNOT. Neither the
Attorney General nor the President
wanted to acknowledge that a mistake
had beer made. At the same time the
department felt that Judge Humphreys
had been ill-treated in some particulars.
Without discrediting Mr.. f. w. Hankey
1t is known that the sending of him
here to represent the Bar Association
was unfortunate. All the story of Mr..
TIankey's former association with Judge
Humpt; eys and the latter's hospitality
and kindnesses towards him was told
to the Attorney General in light that
impressed him very strongly. The de-
cison might have been the same, had
some other lawyer been sent but a far
different impression on the minds of
high authorities would have been made
as to the case OF the Hawaiian Bar
Association.
F. NJ. Grew and Edwin Farmer have
been appointed day inspectors in the
customs service al Honolulu.
The Department of the Interior has
lust received back from Hawaii, whith-
ar it had been sent for reference to the
Territorial authorities, long protest