The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-21
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Practically the entire bar of Honolulu
| assembled in the Supreme Court room
| yesterday morning to pay welcoming
| respect to the reconstructed appellate
! bench. Federal Judge Dole was invit-
! ed to sit upon the das with the SUI
preme Court Justices. Circuit Judges
De Bolt, Gear and Robinson, together
with former Justice Perry, were in at
tendance. Chief Justice Walter F.
/ Frear re-appointed, sat with First AS
| sociate Justice Alfred S. Hartwell on
) his right and Second Associate Justice
! Francis NJ Hatch on his left
| Attorney General Lorrin Andrews,
when the court had been cried open for
business, arose stating that he had been
requested by members of the bar to eX-
press the qualification of that body at
the advent to the Hawaiian supreme
bench of men of such great experience
and high standing. 1t was a great sat
isfaction to the bar that President
Roosevelt had been so well advised in
choosing the members of the Territory's
appellate court. Mr.. Andrews spoke of
Chief Justice Frears conservation to
hard work and the conscientious and
efficient manner in which he had hith-
erto shaped his career. Justice Hart
| well was a man and a lawyer who had
made an enduring imprint on the his
tory of the Hawaiian Islands. Justice
Hatch was welcomed to the bench as
one of its most accomplished members.
The Attorney General, in the course of
his remarks, expressed kindly regret at
j ha ROT Of Inc
! II. McCants Stewart, as a member of
the executive committee of the Bar As
ISOLATION, said he was sure that the
president, A. G. NJ. Robertson, if pres
ent would join heartily in the express
sions of satisfaction with the appoint
ments. The speaker desired personally
to express his own appreciation of the
character and ability of the court and
! to promise that the Bar Association
would do it's part in facilitating the
work of the court and promoting that
harmony between bench and bar which
was so necessary to the administra-
ton of Justice
Chief Justice Frear thanked the bar
for it's expressions of confidence and
esteem, proceeding with remarks in
substance as follows:
Changes are constantly occurring,
and there have been many in the courts,
both in the personnel and in the laws
affecting the courts, during our four
years as a Territory. l feel that l can
hardly let this occasion pass without
expressing a high opinion of Mr.. JUS
tice Perry, who now retires after SER
vice that has been strong, Independent, 1
open minded, faithful and conscien-
tious.
Il rejoice with the members of the
Bar in the selection of two such justices
as Associates Hartwell and Hatch who
are recognized members of the bar than
whom there are none stronger 1t is
gratifying that they have been willing
to take places on the bench. When
such men accept positions on the bench
little fear need be entertained for the
future of the judiciary of the Terri
tory.
Il hope that bench and bar will work
together in harmony for the interests
of justice, and that practitioners will
be sympathetic and charitable in criti-
cisms. 1t may not be the business of
court to announce policy. our main
policy, however, will be to do good work
and plenty of it. The work is increas-
ing but 1t is not too much to hope |
that within two or three years we may |
catch up and keep up with the work,
so that the laws delays will be |
thing of the past in Hawaii"
Justice Hartwell thanked the men, |
bers of the bar for their kindly utter !
ances which he took as coming from +
all of them, and went on to say:
Hal
work of student of law from the judi
cial and impersonal point of view with
great satisfaction. The study of law
has always been to me the most de-
lightful feature in it's practice, and in
fact the only feature in which | have
taken entire satisfaction. l am glad
to take up this study from the nom
partisan view of n judge. The bar has
set n high standard for the bench. |
sincerely hope that this court will meet
your just expectations"
Justice Hatch, echoing the thanks ut
tered by his colleagues, said the court
recognized the responsibility of the task
of maintaining the high record of the
past, Il need not remind the members
of the bar" he concluded, that our
success depends largely on the assist