The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-20

for brfbes and other Eseeiinxs azd
80 kozEtns q their fsl0nies VIII get
nffREe mve3 Enfsoz they desire zhea I,
Ehs uAs bouss- The question Is
xhether hey will dare stay 20 face & i
IN our opinion they are much more
NY 10 bic OF to Buffalo and dance
.hg huIz-hnlz IN the Midway until the
ktorm blows over
This editorial wzs printed in the
Advertiser .of May Ist The evident
purpose Of II vas to make people be-
Eieve that not only did the Governor
have ample evidence to convict GER
tain members OF the Legislature Of
bribery. but that tie Advertiser was
prepared to supplement the Cover
noE's testimony witt evidence Of great |
Importance in the hands Of that ma
licious and lying papeA II sought By
making this claim to place Judge
Humphreys in bad light, as the an
nouucement had been made some time
before that no grand jury would be
summoned for the May term of court.
because of the condition OF the inan-
ees Of the Territory. Believing that q
grand jury would not be summoned.
the Advertiser talked as boldly as the
little boy who Whistles ip the dark
10 keep his courage up According
20 its statements, when a grand jury
was called the guilty members of the
Legislature would run away to escape
the awful punishment that awaited
them.
There was no intimation that the
Governor needed time TO follow up his
clues. On the ether hand 1t was ex-
pressly declared that the guilty mem
bers would be brought to justice even
il "a political Judge prostituted his
ONCE 10 clear them"
On May End the Bulletin announced
that Judge Humphreys would summon
a grand jury to investigate the charges
OF bribery. and Immediately the Ad-
yertiser faced about and declared that
any investigation would be, and could
be, only a whitewash. And why? Had
II all ut once discovered that the in
sion. which he could not ignore, -
was merely some OF Thurston's gos-
sip and did not amount to anything ?
Had ii suddenly discovered that the
great lead which the paper itself had
unearthed, and which it declared. il
followed up. would be one of the best
services which the grand jury could
render the cause of good govern
ment,' would result in exposing the
lying and hypocrocy of Thurston and
his papcr2
Finally a venire for a grand jury
was issued by the court on May 9Th
returnable May 18th. This gave the
Governor full two weeks, after his
message TO the Legislature. in which
to gather further evidence in substan
tiation of his charges of bribery II
gave Thurston and his paper two
weeks in which to substantiate and
prove the claims of bribery and the
receiving of hush money by members
of the Legislature. But was any fur
Their evidence secured? Was any eff
fort made to secure any? No, on the
contrary, every effort was at once
directed to abnse OF the court and
Of the members of the grand jury
It was a repetition OF the old saying
When you have bad case, damn the
court Thurston and the Governor
had a bad case, very bad case, and
they knew it. Instead of members OF
the Legislature running OF to Buffalo
way. Governor Dole ran away to the
Waianae mountains, whether to dance
the hula hula or not We do not know
and Thurston cut a pigeon wing by
taking refuge behind his alleged
rights as an attorney. without prac
tice. TO refuse to answer questions
before the grand jury. And all the
big and little members of the Terri
toriai administration and the famiI,
compact followed their leaders and
yelped and howled at the grand jury
from a distance. like a pack of coy
otes. and when called to face that
body attempted by every possible
subterfuge TO block the work Of inves
tigation. which they had been so loud
" demanding.
For once Thurston's scheme miscar
ried and the people Of this Territory
have been given more ample prooI
than. ever before OF the despicabls
character of this man who delights II
the fact of his partnership with tn,
devil. Judge Humphreys win index
be known heneeforth as the brandes
judge - branded the incorruptiblk
judge-the first man on the bench II
Hawaii In many years who has re
; fused to be the compliant tool an.
lackey Of one L. A Thursson. the dev
IFS partner.