The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-10

Judge ar referred to the satisfac- |
ton of both sides with the jury, but
said the matter was now in a position
where it could not go on. He had no
idea the jurors were going to speak
about the article, though he could not
blame them for doing it. Therefore
he called on the Attorney General to
take the matter in hand, saying:
THE Court, of its own initiative, has
had to do disagreeable things, because
it has been more maligned than any
court has been in any land, but it does
not at all affect me; 1 consider the
source; but if courts of justice are 60
ing to exist in this community, they
should be made to exist without such
attacks as that, or we cannot have
Justice
Mr.. Montana said he had spoken to
the Attorney General, who said it
didn't amount to anything and was
only newspaper talk. Mr.. Montana,
however, thought it was very imper-
tinent to the Hawaiian and Spanish
nations.
Judge Gear again spoke in justifica-
ton of the attitude of the jurors, con-
Guiding with the remark:
These jurors are here sworn on their
unless the community at large or the
community representing this paper are
prepared now to insist that Hawalians
should be disfranchised and not allow
ed to be jurors, it is time to put
stop to these proceedings
ATTORNEY GENERAL APPEARS.
| Attorney General Lorrin Andrews
appeared at this stage and Judge Gear
forthwith related to him the gist of the
mornings proceedings, connecting the
cause thereof with the Sunday article.
He ended with this monition:
You, as the Territorial officer repre-
senting the Attorney Generals Depart
ment, the burden comes on you to take
such steps as you may deem neces-
sary''
What portion of the article did you
find affects the jury?' the Attorney
General asked.
Il referred to no portion of the ar
ticle,' the judge answered.
ITO the whole thing. from the head
ing down to the bottom of 1.-THE whole
statement Prince David explained.
Judge Gear again upheld the position
the jurors took. He supposed the pa
per had not attacked him because he
idu not uTdWn the jury.
MR. ANDREWS WILLING.
Mr. Andrews said: THE Attorney
General wants to do what he can. Mr..
Long has called my attention to the
headline, which seemed to him to be an
Objectionable one. In the body of the
article I see nothing that was in that
important, but in the matter of the
!, headline. l will see what can be done. u
FROM PERSONAL STANDPOINT.
!, Judge Gear replied to the Attorney
General in the following strain:
!, 'I do not wish you to do anything
except of your own responsibility.
called it to your attention as an officer
of the Government whose duty it is tc
prosecute such cases, and see that
there is no intimidation or insinuatior
, by newspapers. But it seems to me il
) is about time, Mr.. Attorney Genera
(from a personal standpoint if you
: want to take it that way), it is about
time as far as the right of justice is
concerned, unless this paper and the
people behind it are ready and willing
to come out now and insist that the
franchise be taken away from the ma
tives, to refrain from any such state
mentS as these. This is case WE
were on all day yesterday, and now WI
have thrown away all this time; thu
jurors are not satisfied to sit on tn.
, case, and the administration of justice
= has been interfered with, and the Cour
will call your attention as an office
Il in that Department, whose duty it il
: to see that the administration of justice
4 is not interfered with. and to take sucl
| steps as you may deem proper"
; Responding to the opening remarl
U of Mr.. Wise in a considerable address
to the effect that the article hurt hin
y most where it implied that the rest o
the jury, not being white men, shoult
not sit on the case and that white mel
were the only capable people to tr.
:, cases, Judge Gear remarked:
II believe that is the belief of tina
paper"
SPEECH BY WISE.
John H. Wise said: I'VE all know
t that the Advertiser has been running
h the country since 1893, running tn
= courts before your honor came to tn
o bench, and naturally they were LOSING
a little power after you came to tn
q bench and other men of your stamp
n and therefore wish to have the sam
4 old regime come pack. ana THAT Is LII
9 state of affairs that the officials of tn
f country wish to have. why l woui'
$ go to Jail again for ten years; L haV
o been there one year to try to put thes
e men out. 1 think it is reflection no
/ only on the character of the native
|. but on the people at large. l for on
q won't stand it, whether or not 1t come
g from Thurston or any of that clique
1 am an American citizen now, and ar
= going to enjoy the privileges, and TO
$ people of that character TO come u
= and say I am not fit to judge anybody
and but white men should sit in tn
e courts, ana do justice, and If the KIN
V of white men that the Advertise
# wishes to disfranchise the Hawaiian
/ believe we should leave the countr
e here to them and go somewhere else
e and I feel that justice should be don
e to his Honor.
d Attorney General Andrews said:
= the Court please, I don't know whethe
there is any insinuation that the Al
It torney Generals Office has anything
II do with the article in the paper: $
nor