Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-14
made the attack based on vague sus.
picion and unfair iunuendo."

! The result OF the campaign against
Humphreys was to put the Dole ad.
ministration on the defensive. The
| Advertiser. the official organ publishes
that defense which is typical Of the
charges made against Judge Humph.
| reys. being subversion of fact. lack
| ing the least indication Of a desire
| for fair statement. The untruths are
so apparent as to give evidence of the
| sad straits to which the Dole following
| Is forced to maintain itself
First, the article published in de.
fcnse of Dole says the Republican par
| prises the men who overturned the
monarchy and made long fight for
annexation and of which Governor
Dole Is the natural leader: and ono
led by political manipulators. some Of
whom came here as carpetbaggers and
such former Royalists as believe that
II they control the machinery of the
Republican party they can satisfy their
. grudges against Dole annexationists
and incidentally hold the Offices"
The fact Is that the first and strong
est opposition to Governor Dole came
from and still exists in the rank ana
file Of the annexation party. This on
position was not at the outset bitter,
but II has come to he such on account
% the attacks made by Mr.. Dole's ihti-
mates. His opponents have been charg.
/ cd with being manipulators and cor
/ ruptionists Immediately their opinions
/ became at variance with the clique Of
which Mr. Dole is the accepted leader
The first defeat suffered by the Dole
contingent was in the party primaries
Again the American element OF tho
| party was charged with being corrup.
/ tionists and manipulators of the Royal
Isl element. II Is matter of record
that one Of the workers in the party
| primaries for the Dole faction after
ward became a worker and spoke for
the Home Rule or Wilcox party. No
such instance can be cited against the
American party-Mr. Dole's opponents.
4 The Advertiser charges that news
papers have been subsidized to carry
on the campaign against Dole. This IA
an absolute untruth. Not single fact
can he brought forward to support II.
/ AS regards the existence Of a stock
ade Of prostitutes at Iwilei. the Adyer.
tiser says that the Governor put an
end to government control of this place
"as soon as II appeared that the Ed.
munds law made II impossible for tho
Territory to exercise any control OF
vice"
The Governor of the Territory did
not act when two Territorial and ono
Federal Grand Juries were called on to
Investigate the place. These investiga.
lions proved the existence of slavery
In the place. also government super
vision. The Federal Judge called at.
tention to the Fdmunds law. Even
then II did not appear" 20 the Cover
nor that the Edmunds law made IL
impossible for the Territory to eXer.
else any control OF vice" Not until
Washington authorities made a move
did the Executive department do any
thing put stop to this pest hole OF So
cinl horror. The place was finally clos
ed by an injunction issued from the
. First Circuit Court by Judge George
D. Gear. who by the way Is not reckon
cd by the Dole following ms one of the
elect Since then government super.
vision OF vice has ceased. but the
record OF the past speaks for itself
The Dole government did not move
10 put stop to this violation of Am.
erican law. and violation of every Law
OF social virtue till II was forced to dc
1t
The chief mover against the Dole
government is not Abram S. Humph-
reys. Mr.. Humphreys before elevation
20 the bench was consistent worker
with those who seek to make the Ter
ritory Of Hawaii an American Terri
toIy-uot merely name, a sUbter-
fuge TO protect the schemes and prin,
ciples of an oligarchy. When elevated
10 the bench Humphreys took up hi,
duties as "A loyal American. Judge
humphreys refused to allow infrac-
tions of American law to pass un.
noticed; he refused to follow out u ?
old Dole idea of judicial legislation:
he interpreted American law according
to its obvious intent. Thereby he in
Cured the enmity of the bole follow
Ing and was subjected to constant ana
paliciously bitter attack.
AS the Advertiser drew on vague
suspicion and unfair innuendo" to sup
port its charges against Humphreys
50 II publishes fiction in defense Of the
Dole administration.
All the people of this Territory want
Ia an American government; recogni-
ton of the demands of the people and
steady development along American
lines. Governor Dole has proved him
self absolutely incompetent to provide
such an administration. He has been
given a fair trial and the condition Is
worse today than ever. 1t speaks for
/ I,f. \