The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-30

form better service In preventing car
less or vicious legislation And wnen
Is engaged b. DINERS 10 draft laws 4,
spcclnc purposes. ne should bear IN mn
quite rs mucA rs MS client and his fs
the welfare OF the puOnc- a few yAl
ssO an act drafted by a prominent men
Der CT this sbsr was declared null an
void by our supreme Court. not hccaus
II Was unconstitutional. but because
was drawn 50 carclessiy As TO be uninte
ligibie- The same careIe ssness IL not In
frequently manifested in the prspAratio
3 OF cases Attorneys as well ns the couT
should investigate m thoroughly as tim
viii permit. In order that no false ste
may be taken in the development II cas-
: law. With me incrt asing business of tn
courts. s..ls task must be necessity fal
more and more upon the bar
There In doubtless much that can b,
done through this Association that can
not be accomplished D. vie sndlyidua
lawyer. In numbers and cooperate;
there Is strength. An endorsement Of
bill BY this Association vita q fair de
gree OF unsnimity. would practically in
Association cannot 90 detail work except
through committees. Would IL not be ad-
viEnblc To follow the practice OF the Ma
tionzi and State Bar Associations in the
appointment OF standing committees upon
particular subjects 10 collect the requisite
hearings. receive suggestions. and present
reports from time To time for considera-
ton by tho Association. Topics readily
suggest themselves. The Organic Act
left us without jury law. Here IS .
responsibility. cast upon Us. that should
legislature In perhaps no other country
~ business conducted more generally I'M
der corporate forms. and yet how little
attention has been given To our corpora
ton laws. Uniformity In legislation Is
~ Itself OF vast Importance on certain
subjects Should not this Association
Cooperate with the American Bar Asso-
Should Il not BE- represented IN that Az
soeistionf Titles 10 real property here
are VIGOROUSLY complicated and uucer-
tain. Would the adoption Of the Tor
ren- system remedy the ills? Locsl gov
frnnent must and ought 20 come sooner
or later. We realize It's dangers. The
boss cannot and ought not 20 be abolish
ed. but he can b. and ought TO be male
responsible TO ths people. There must be
honesty OF administration. Would not
direct primaries do much towards ac-
these results? Should they
not be supplemented by proportional or
representation? The topics or
reformed civil and criminal procedure and
especially those OF penalties and tke treat
n1crt OF convicts press upon MS. Other
subjects. equally important. viii doubtless
suggest themselves.
III the law has made and is making
such strides In it's new American en-
vironmcn- on the mainland. are there not
III - opportunities and responsibilities
I'm these respects here IN Hawaii? Our
law judicial and Legislative. IL still In its
nfans< There IL room for growth. We
IRE uniquely situated in the midst OF what
Seward prophesied would be the worlds
nf 70
= population that presents more difficult
problems than that on the mainland. Our
climate. topography and soil, present mo-
nentous questions as TO the future OF free
and the highest type OF So
,ial life In these tropical isles. Where IL
and adaptive legislative
,eniusc Where has the bar so manifest
, duty To it's country and to society?
hall we let slip the opportunity? Shall
AZ shirk the dutyT'
The Chief Justice was roundly cheer
"a when he concluded his payer. and
Smith. when he alluded to
ike quality OF the deliverance. was
heered as well. Attorney General Dole
md F. r. Thompson were to lead
discussion Of the paper. but the late
ness Of the hour prevented more than
-emarks in passing.
AIR Smith paid the compliments CT
he day To United States District At
-orney Breckons and that official re-
iPonded with a toast TO THE Cover
lor.' Mr.. Robertson, FOR the commit
&c. asked 10 be permitted 10 put the
ADDRESS OF the Chief Justice into pam
shlet form. passing high praise upon
Ae paper. and Mr.. Thurston in turn
oired In the praises. saying all the ad-
l-esses were worthy OF preservation.
This VIII be done
AMERICAN INFLUENCES.
Assistant United States District At
orney Dunno spoke TO the toast.
American influence on the Worlds
civilization" being received with much
applause. He said:
- am asked TO say few words To you
onccrning American Influence upon the
forid's civilization. and beg leave TO say
hat while I shall dethin you but a mo-
icnt. am kceniy conscious of the honor
gu have done me. The subject. how
yer. you have already appreciated. is /
iuch too vast for extended discussion ct
his time. I: belongs TO the larger poll |
e.. and for the very obvious reason that |
b. entrance Of the United States as an 1
ctivc participant In international mat |
RS. AZ well as vigorous competitor in |
q" WORLDS tnduptrtal centres. assigns |
D our diplomacy no minor place in the l
'orld's affairs. IL involves n just concep-
on Of the distinctively American ideal.
nd u embraces not merely the Elasticity /
r impreSsionability OF our neighbors in i
~ world but also the intimacy or dis
lnce OF our international relations: for /
! his recent message to Congress. Pres
lent Roosevelt expressed the conviction
lat whether we desire II or not. we
nsnCsfnrfh fhaf VIE. han I
tcrnational duties no less than interna-
oral rights" And one might add 10 this
lat our international responsibilities are
% limited merely 20 the protection OF
lr interests in the Orient. But. not
the broad scope OF the sub
GO allotted TO ne. may. however. sus-
st that To n certain eXtent-an extent
iaiiicd by n very natural and very
roper national pride-cur formal inffu-
L.. ,lL..r s-lr--n.Lnllna. ratLnns viii No.