The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-07
HUMPHREYS NOW ATTACKS
THRUM'S HAWAIIAN ANNUAL

The fact of the matter Is that the
bill had never been referred to him for
approval and IL Is not a court expense
which comes under his jurisdiction,
being referred to the Chief Justice,
and coming out of the fund for Incl
dentals, the purchase OF law books,
etc.
This custom has been followed for
years" said Henry Smith yesterday in
reference to this matter. The Hawaii
an reports are published once in two
years, while the majority Of the States
give us quarterly publications of law
reports in exchange. Therefore it has
always been the practice to supplement
our reports, with other publications of
Hawaii, which might fill out the dis
crepancy. Thrum's Annual was sent to
these Secretaries of States, as any 9TH
err book containing valuable Informal
ton and statistics. We get the most
OF our additions to the supreme Court
library, free of cost to us, the only
purchases being of text books. In this
way we get law books worth about
$1,000 with an expenditure Of less than
500 IL this is extravaganza and not
in Keeping with the appropriation made
FOR the purpose, l am willing to stop ii,
and will bear the expense out of my
own pocket, if there is any question of
It,"
The particular part to which Humph-
reys, the Republican" Judge, makes
objection, and in which no doubt lies
the real anlmus for the attack upon the
judiciary clerk is the paragraph re-
fiecting upon the Home Rule Legisla-
ture, that passed his pet balliff bill.
The following extracts. from Thrum's
Annual are the ones referred to in the
letter which Humphreys made public
yesterday:
The strong majority of Home Rulers
elected to both houses of the legislature
gave that party the opportunity to do
great things for Hawaii and the people
whose interests they professed to hold
dear. but it early became manifest that
incompetency predominated the ranks,
egot.sm possessed the would-be leaders
and senseless opposition was shown on
various occasions against government
measures in general and the Governor In
particular.
The republican minority of both houses
did well in saving the country from a
number of disgraceful measures. Parsis-
tent EFFORT was made to saddle the city
with Il iiftyyenr franchise in favor of
made to legalize gambling, and to revive
Eahunaism; compulsory vaccination was
repealed and a reduction of dog tax
made pet measure, An act to create
Counties and Municipalities, i'll drawn
and badly considered in the lower house
was passed by them for the senate to
amend, bat that body passed It deflantly,
with all it's crudites, because the minor
ity did not like IT as It stood. Much dis
appointment was felt by them at the bin
meeting with a pocket veto" for the
Home Rulers and certain foreign ele-
ment hoped thereby to "curtail the Gov
ernor's power by placing appointments
and expenditures in the hands OF native
voters organized to put down the power
of the whites"
Practically the whole session was taken
up with childish wrangllng. Desirable
measures for the promotion of govern
ment and public welfare We're neglected
or studiously blocked In committee, as
in the case of the loan measure and ap-
preparation bills, expecting thereby to
force an extension Of the session which
had been refused them on the ground
that the methods of the present session
money with little to show for a large
expenditure of public funds"
At the close of the regular term they
We're Immediately called In special session
to consider the appropriations, and the
same inability TO conflne themselves to |
the duty they were called for was mani |
fest. The time limit expired before the |
act was through its third reading and the |
session had to be extended several days
for this purpose, finally adjourning July |
Goth. at an expense to the country of A5.- |
900 for Its term of sixty days and 81, 900
for its thirty days extra session; far ex- |
ceeding the most expensive previous leg |
islature known in these Islands, which |
was in 1856 when Hs,ss4os was required |
to defray the expenses Of its long session
of i2s days.