Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-01

Inc quarterly meeting Ot the ma
waiian Bar Association was held at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon in the
court room Of Judge J. T. De Bolt In
the Judiciary building, the following
being present: Attorneys Holmes
Thayer. Chillingworth, Andrada, With.
ington, Davis. Warren, Clemens, Dick.
ey. Derby, Breckons. Whitney, Castle
Wilder, Andrews, Crook and Chief Jus.
tice Frear and Judge Robinson.
George A. Davis nominated Henry
Holmes chairman and Holmes was
elected, Secretary c. f. Clemens hay.
ing called the meeting to order. The
president and vice president were alb.
sent.
W. l.. whitney reported on the Asso'
cations annual dinner, referring to
the success with which w. T. Rawlihs
had looked after the details of the
board. Members were each taxed three
dollars to pay the expense. A financia!
statement is forthcoming In this TO-
gard.
The Association unanimously admit.
ted to membership Frank L. Thompson,
on motion of A. A. Wilder. seconded
by Geo. A. Davis.
w. Il. Castle was elected delegate to
the American Bar Association. He will
be furnished with the necessary ere.
dentials.
Attorney General Lorrin Andrews
drew the attention Of the meeting, in
urgent language, to the matter of al.
| legged lawyers practicing in the Dis.
triCt Courts of the Territory, whose
licenses were limited to the District
Courts. Having never seriously stud.
led law. said Andrews, they practiced
sort of bastard law, cast shadow
over the dignity of the profession gen
orally, disappointed clients who put
their faith in their because of their
inability to understand the business
and, some Of them. merely chung to
their positions as practitioners in the
lower courts for the sake Of the pres
tige they imagined they could secure
by hanging out their shingles announc
Ing the fact that they were licensed to
y
was Andrews suggestion, and he put II
in the form Of q motion, that a com
mittee be appointed to seriously con.
slider the abuse and handle the matter
Of bringing to the attention Of the next
Legislature, with a view to getting the
law changed so as to throw safeguard
around the avenues Of admission to the
profession, the necessity of legislating
reforms. W. II. Castle seconded the
motion.
George Davis believed the whole sub.
ject Of admission to the bar should be
carefully considered. There was ample
room for reform In more ways than
one. The profession should be protect
ed; as matters stood at present the
rights OF an individual as a lawyer
were too apt to be subject to the pre-
JUDGES, whims and intrigues Of poll
ticians.. y. l.. Wilmington said he had
found in his experience that the matter
Of admission of lawyers was problem
that could not be successfully handled
either by committees appointed by thu
judges, for examination, or even thu
justices of the Supreme Court acting
as examiners. Frank Andrade though
that, unless the personel OF the Legis
lature was materially changed Their,
would be little or no use In bringing
the matter OF reform along this line be
fore the lawmakers. Attorney Gen
eral Andrews smllingly remarked tina
he knew of at least one member of tn
Legislature at the last term who woul,
! not sit next year. He was Distric
Court lawyer. Andrade said that bill
Of the kind was brought before tn
Legislature last year but that the men
} bers simply laughed the Bar Associi
ton to scorn.
Some of the members Of the Legisli
, ture had advocated the proposition tina
after a man had practiced in the Di
trict Courts for a certain period b