Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-06
Bar Association
For Supreme Bench
Will Endorse None

The Bar Association met yesterday
afternoon pursuant to call to take
action looking to the persuasion of the
President of the United States to ap-
point certain members Of the Bar OF
Hawaii to places on the Supreme Bench
of the Territory. II adjourned without
taking action and went on record as
being opposed to entering into judi
Cial politics as body at this time. s.
There we're thirty-three members
present when Secretary Matthewman,
in the absence Of the President and
Vice President Of the Association.
called the meeting to order. Sidney NJ.
Ballou was unanimously elected chair.
man pro TEN. The call was read, the
reading Of the minutes of previous
meetings were dispensed with and the
business In hand was called up at
once by q motion that II be the sense
OF the meeting that no action be taken
on the subject matter Of the call.
The debate on this question threw
scintillating shafts Of light across the
arena wherein the legal gladiators OF
Hawaii are struggling for one of the
three high judicial seats on the SUI
pieme Bench. But the vote of the AS
ISOLATION not to act threw the whole
strife back into the twilight of political
uncertainty.
W. A. Kinney, speaking on the mo-
ton, said he had been one to sign the
call for the meeting. At the time he
signed, he thought 1t proper for the
Association to act as body in such
matters and still was Of the same opin-
ion. However, certain circumstances
had arisen, which In his mind made 1t
inadvisable for the Association to act.
Mr.. McClanahan spoke at length In
favor of action. He said fatty that the
movement on foot to place Hatch, Hart
well and Frear on the Supreme Bench
was formidable one and that as 1t
meant the sidetracking OF Perry. 1t
Eehooved the friends OF Perry to insist
on the Association acting as body to
retain him on the bench. He stated
that 1t would be an act Of improperly
and injustice to turn down Perry. And
he believed that the inspiration not to
take action came from Washington. He
believed there was a movement on to
displace Justice Perry and that with
out strong affirmative action 1t might
be successful. THE ticket which was
being pushed was receiving strong
backing and should be counteracted
by this body" said Mr. McClanahan
He had no fault to find with the ticket
named, but obieeted TO it because II
would unseat Perry, He had always
liked Perry because of his ability ant
honesty and because his judicial con
duet had kept him free from charge!
OF impartiality. "To single him on
land supplant him by IA new man, CALI
for a protest from the this Associa
ton" Mr.. McClanahan continued, say
ing that there we're three influences a
work: The Davis influence, the inhu
cnce favorable to Perry and the inhu
ence agains, Perry, He said the latte
!, class must not stand still. for II the
did the fight to keep Perry In woul
be hard ana unsuccessful in the end.
Mr.. A. Wilder said he had signed tn
petition favoring the retention Of Frea
and Perry; that 1t was quite general
signed by members OF the Associatio
and that he did not believe the bod
should take action.
Mr.. Crook believed the Associatio
1 should act, no matter whether II faN
ored new or old judges. He believe