The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-15
ATTY. GENERAL
IS TO STEP
Down
The Republican Central Conn.,
mittee iSConStdering Recon-
mendationS for a SuCeSSer-
His career in the Office,

Attorney General e. p. Dole has re-
signed, according to very well founded
reports The resignation is said to be
already in the hands of the Governor,
or If it is not, it will be within a short
time. When asked about the matter
this morning both Governor Dole and
Attorney General Dole were unwilling
to talk, but the fact of the resignation
is. known to a number of people, and
the Republican Territorial central COM
mittee has been considering the mat
ter of a successor.
e. p. Dole was appointed Attorney
General when the Territorial Govern
ment was inaugurated, on June IA, 1900,
having been deputy before that. OF
late there have been rumors of his in
tended resignation and of differences
with the executive and pressure was
brought to bear by some of the Repuh-
lican leaders to secure his resignation:
When the recent changes in Territorial
offices were made and the Senate was
in special session, Governor Dole was
urged to make a change in the Attor-
ney Generalship also, and it is said that
one of the reasons why nothing was
done at that time was that it was re-
gaTded as unfair to the Attorney Gen
eral to ask for his resignation at
time when other officials were retiring
under a cloud thus associating his
name with theirs.
During the troublesome times when
the Superintendent of Public Works
was turned out of office by the Cover
nor, the Attorney General was report
ed to differ with the executive as to the
powers of the latter, and this is stated
as one reason why the Attorney Cen
eral decided to step out. His decision
to resign is said to have been reached
hAf hh !, ,i- ntnt
Deputy Attorney General John w.
Cathcart has been mentioned for sue
cessor to e. p. Dole and is said to be
the choice of the Governor, who be-
lieves in promotions for merit. There
is some question about the attitude Of
the Senate on his nomination, however.
The same applies to w. o. Smith, who
has been spoken of as well.
The choice of the central committee
is A G.. NJ. Robertson, but he has stat
ed that he would not take the position.
Attorney General Dole had charge of
all the litigation in which the Terri
tory was interested growing out of the
changes wrought by the Territorial act.
One of the most important of these
matters was the series of habeas cor
pus cases brought to test whether per-
sons imprisoned on convictions for
crime during the period between Aug
ust y, 1898, and June IA, 1900, without
an Indictment by a grand jury or with
out the unanimous verdict of petit
jury, were lawfully imprisoned. In these
cases, though Mr.. Dole was opposed by
a hostile court and was the target Of
very bitter criticism in certain organs
of opposition he persistently fought
the cases till they were taken to the
United States Supreme Court where
they are now. In briefs filed by Attor-
ney General Dole, and by the Solicitor
General of the United States based on
the contentious maintained by Dole,
such a strong argument is made as to
call from many lawyers who did not
agree with him. expressions of admira-
tion for the ability disclosed.