The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-11
BENCH AND BAR GATHER
AROUND BANQUET BOARD
Bar Association of Hawaii at Its Annual Dinner
Rounds Out Harmonious Evening With
Feasting Oratory and Toast Responses.

Alexander Young Hotel last evening OF
the occasion of the regular annual din
ner of the Hawaiian Bar Association
Judicial calm overspread the deIibera-
tions of that august body; there were
no demurrers and no injunctions, and
nobody caught it for contempt. Hunor
interspersed much of the speechmaking,
and there was every Indication that the
high standard of the law guided all the
speakers in the presentation of their
subjects. The history of the profession
was ably dealt with. the old-fashioned
lawyer being pictured both in his hui
morous as well as his dignified types,
while the modern lawyer was equallX
well presented as the businessman
practitioner. Recoliections of old-time
lawyers in Hawaii formed an interest
ing subject dealt with by a number of
veterans.
The table was attractively decorated
over with yellow coreopsis blossoms
and maidenhair ferns, the candelabra
lights being covered with yellow shades.
In the absence of the president of the
Bar Association, A. G. M. Robertson,
the vice-president, Judge w. L. Stan
ley, occupied the head of the board as
POSTMASTER, introducing the speakers
in a graceful way. Opposite him sat the
treasurer, Mr.. w. L. Whitney. About
the board were the members of the Bar
and their guests, as follows: Acting
Governor A. L. C. Atkinson, Judge ).
b. Dole, Chief Justice Frear, Justice
Antonio Perry, Attorney-General An
drews, Judge Gear, Judge Robinson, w.
o. Smith, w. r. Castle, General Hart
well, Judge Highton, Frank Andrade,
M. F. Prosser, E. A. Douthitt, D. L.
Wilmington, r. B. Anderson, c. Z.
Clemens, w. C. Parke, A. F. Judd, H.
Holmes, Judge P. L. Weaver, T. Nc
Cants Stewart, ]. A. Matthewman, w.
w. Thayer, A. Lewis, Jr., Avon Crook,
Mr. Derby, B. L. Marx, Judge Lindsay
A. c. Correa, Geo. A. Davis, VIM. Raw
Inns.
The first toast, THE President of the
United States" was responded to by
Acting Governor A. L. c. Atkinson, as
follows:
ACTING GOVERNOR ATKINSON
THE PRESIDENT.
Gentlemen of the Bar Association:
This is the first occasion upon which
1 have had the honor to respond to the
toast of the President. Being with
one exception the most recent of MI.
RooseveIt's appointees in this Terri
tory, you will pardon my natural mod
esty upon this occasion, especially, 1
hope, as / am pleading before the
most able debaters of the Hawaiian
Bar 1t may be truly said that our
President has gained his existing pro-
minence and popularity by his force
of habit and if he will only allow me
to remain in Office a little while longer
then, perhaps, by that same force or
habit I may be able to appear in pub
lie with less difffdence and some great
er degree of success as speechmaker.
The President of the United States
first became really great when he was
a policeman. 1t was then that he be-
came directly associated with nitric
acies of the law. And through that
the newspapers took hold of him in
admiration of his personal efforts to
ascertain what was wrong with the
New York Police Department and in
giving the members of the force a
square deal" As head of the Police
Commission he was on duty at all
hours of the day and night. and can
assure you gentlemen, that this has
been my trouble ever since Governor
Carter left here, as you may realize
when you calmly consider that we
have had a dozen Men-of-war in our
harbor, and the additional honor of
Prince or two. But graver and more
serious affairs have perplexed me and
these are the unfortunate compiica-
lions existing in our Land Department
Office. These, following so closely up
on other frauds in the Administration
of the Government of these Islands.
show that deplorable state of affairs
has existed here for nearly a decade.
Here, gentlemen, the aid of the law
will be invoked to expose the shame
against the people. It is to be hoped
that such exposure of official corrup-
ton will have its effect. The United
States never had a President who was
more fearless in the prosecution of
crime on the part of Government Off
Gals. We have only to recall the re-
cent successful action which he COM
PEELED, in the face of the strongest OPP
position, to expose the guilty who were
directly associated with the land frauds
and the Postoffice frauds in the Fed
eral Service. Our newly made citizens
sn Hawaii must become impressed with
The fact that honesty is the best policy
and is, moreover. the only one that
can succeed. There must be no "scut-
tie policy in the exposure and punish
ment of crime.
Right here comes the interest ard
concern of our new voters. This year
We shall have a large number of young
Hawaiians exercising the right of
franchise for the first time. They will
have to ask themselves which politfca,