The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-14
HUMPHREYS vs.. HUMPHREYS.

! ClSrn, IL Is well 10 recall the Views %
Editor Humphreys. as expressed in the
: columns OF the defunct Republican
{ To show that there is no mistaking his
responsibility for the contents of the
Republican. we are at liberty at any
time to quote the affidavit of one bust
ness manager of that journal, and the
oral testimony of another. besides
proving that Humphreys controlled the
stock. What Editor Humphreys
thought himself justified in printing
about the Supreme Court of Hawaii
follows:
The Supreme Court adjourned yester-
day but il stultified itself by not cor
recting the abuses regarding naturali-
zation fees before adjournirg. 1t may
have been good policy in the past
| Messrs- Judges. to conduct business
upon the idea OF the public be damn
ed" but we beg TO warn you that that
policy Will have to be abandoned. This
Is American territory now, and there
| is such a thing as an appeal to Caesar
when men reach that point where they
| think themselves above the people,
July IS. 1900.
This is a sample case OF the tedious
| and inexcusabie delays that have char
acterized the proceedings in the local
courts. And yet IL has been said re-
Gently the same cordial relations DO
not exist between the court and bar as
formerly" Perhaps not.-August q.
1900.
Why. certainly. a judge who would
dare TO charge a grand jury to investi-
gate open and notorious charges
against any public officer who belongs
TO the family compact is not calculat-
ed TO increase respect for the bench
that is. from those who feel the halter
draw But just the same the people,
the backbone OF the community. endorse
fully the actions of the judge of the
First Circuit. and thank God that at
last there is one public official who
does not take orders from the men,
bers of the old oligarchy.-August IL.
1900.
II ever there was an outrageous
charge delivered TO jury il was the
charge delivered by First Circuit Judge
Perry, now justice of the Supreme
Court OF the Republic OF Hawaii in the
case OF the Republic OF Hawaii VS.. Lo
Kan. The charge was not confined to
the facts and the law in the case. but |
lugged in an extraneouS matter which |
the jury couldn't do anything but con- |
Wet Lo Kan. September II. |
1900.
The decisions of the Supreme Court |
in the Edwards case and the Marshall |
case are the most magnificent travesty
on justice that was ever witnessed in /
the American nation.-October IL, 1900.
But the chief justice is a resourceful Il
man and apparently none too scrupu- II
lous in his methods when he finds
himself in pilillia.-October ii. 1901. Il
The cesspool which Chief Justice
Frear was permitted to build on Aala
Square, that is. on public ground, is at
tracting considerable attention on the
part of passers-by. 1t is a standing
to the effective pull of the
:hief justice with the Department of
Public Works. October 20.
900.
One Of the. most prominent members
II this body was Antonio Perry. then
circuit judge for this district and
low. unfortunately. a member of the
supreme Court of Hawaii. AS was
pointed out at the time, the courts
OF being judicial bodies where
n the people could appeal for justice. \
,ecame members OF an arbitrary body
hat assumed to govern the community =
nd there was no appeal to the courts 7
rom the action of this unlawful body 4
or the reason that both the then cir !
nit judges. Messrs. Perry and Stanley. A
we're members of it-November 4. 1850.
But not so. Mr.. Perry; as he was de- h
old Of judicial propriety last January
% he is afraid - il now and makes I
he Supreme Court OF the Territory of
hawaii a by-word and n sneer in the
mouths OF the people. Evidently IL Is
ot enough that the Supreme Court of
he Territory should reverse itself in h
wo cases in which the same legal
question is involved. but IL must still
urther drag its crime in the mire by K
aVing one of its members sit in the
Of causes which he was an +
ctive agent to bring about-NOvember
1900.
The Supreme Court OF the Territory L
( Hawaii has only itself to thank for
he fact that all confidence in it's de- &
Isions has been shaken in the minds
T honest. right-t thinking men. 4 court b
hitch would stultify itself as our Su-
RENE Court has done in the Edwards 6
nd Marshall cases needs radical re- =
Z. 1900 =
The result Of this state OF affairs is .
, place non-residents entirely at the
lercy OF our Supreme Court. even
here a million dollars IL at stake the
iercy of local prejudice. local influ-
nee. local improperly and local in -
Witness the so-caiied &
Plague Fire Insurance Cases." where
member OF the Citizens Sanitary
sitting as member of the
uprcme Court. held an insurance COM u
any liable for the fires caused by the II
card Of Health. OF which he was an
gent November II. 1900.
Yes the organic act must be amend Il
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