The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-04-01
kALUA WILL
PASS OUT
Department Of Justice
Does Not Wish Him
Dismissed.

"As to George A. Davis" Judge John
w. kahla OF the Second Circuit, Maui,
says in his defense TO the charges OF the
Senatorial Commission, "one OF the per-
sons who appeared before your COM
mittee against me, | have to say that
he is a practicing attorney OF the Eia-
waiian bar who is utterly diSgraced. He
has served a term i'll jail for contempt
of court. He has in person brought
two or three groundless suits OF divorce
against his wife in which the charges
were utterly frivolous, with no inten-
ton OF having cases to trial and then
discontinued them. He has frequent
ly been so intoxicated that he has been
found in the streets half crazed and on
the verge OF delirium tremens with
hardly any clothes on. He was APP
pointed attorney general in my court
in the June term, 1901, and became so
ncapacitated that the work OF the
court came to a standstill and | had to
write to Honolulu to the attorney gen
cral to send another prosecuting attor-
ney and he sent the now Honorable
Judge ]. T. De Bolt
Prior to the arrival of Mr. De Bolt,
Davis appeared in my dining room,
where my wife and friends were seated
at the table, in an almost nude condi-
ton When Davis first arrived in
Wailuku he always protested great
friendship for me, but when, in carry
ing out the duties of my Office, | was
obliged to ask for the cancellation of
his commission he became my bitter
enemy. As to the statement that he
wrote my charge to the grand jury, 1t
is false He asked me il | would per-
init him to look over my proposed
charge and this | allowed him to do,
He made some suggestions which were
adopted by me and that is all he had TO
| do with ii.
Judge nalua denies that he had been
intoxicated in holding court. He also
| denies that he did not write his own
decisions and says a good deal about
both dead and living who have opposed
| his remaining on the bench. His life
sentencing OF Fred. Wood, the negro
burglar, he essays to justify on the
ground that the culprit was an invcter-
ate Desperate
! Governor Carter yesterday received
the findings of the Department OF Jus
tice upon the Commissions charges
against kalua, the judgment going no
further than deciding against his re-
appointment The Attorney Generals let
ter to President Roosevelt here follows {:
Department OF Justice.
"The President, Sir In answer to the
note of your secretary dated the 18th
instant, concerning the charges against
Judge John w. Kalua OF the second
judicial district of Hawaii, | have to
say that the charges have been consid-
cred by the department very carefully
with the accompanying evidence IL
support OF them, an explanation OF
which was obtained from Judge kalua
and my conclusion is that Judge kalua
should not be removed, but on the other
hand should not be reappointed, His
term expires on the sth OF June next,
enclose a memorandum concerning the
charges,
up, c. KNOX, Attorney General"
Among the findings submitted by AS
SiStaut Attorney General Charles W
Russell the following appears;
"lhe charges and answer and evil
dcnce do not leave the department sat,
, ishcd that Judge kalm should be re-
, moved lie admits that he takes some
tmng 10 drink and he may have under
/ the influence of liquor become excite,
I and talked politics ON lhe wrong side
ou election day and acted ioolshly IL
thc election booth lul thr other char
gr arr mrl hy a denial and eNplana
uuu which reads as though b was true
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M lhp Government lo permit natives %
, uur u possessions 40 hold office /
lhg Hr Tplsuuauy IN and moe to h,
z tw H.ah 70 standard hy which tn trs
ihm ur permit local PARIS pollca
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