The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-28

the First Circuit for the January term
was issued this morning and on it's
preliminary showing it is evident that
there are busy days ahead of the
courts and the lawyers. The term list
includes 50 criminal cases. 179 civil
| cases and AZ that are jury waived. For
purposes of comparison it may be not
ed that the calendar for the term just
concluded contained AZ criminal cases,
20S civil and 80 jury waived.
There are no less than six murder
trials to be held during the coming
! term. The accused are Edward NJ
Jones, for the murder of his mother-in-
| law; Kamsioro, for killing the suppos-
! ed paramour of his wife; e. Geneau,
for the shooting of the negro U. S. Har-
ris; 7. II. Naone, for the murder of his
wife; Eugenio Arroyo, for shooting an
other Porto Rican named Riviera and
the aged native Kahiliailau who stab
bed to death another antive during a
drunken row.
Embezzlement heads the list of the
different crimes charged in the point
of numbers there being no less than
thirty cases, many of these of course
being legacies from former terms. Then
come infrngements of the liquor Ii
cense law to the number of II, burglar
les 8, and acceptance of brides by ex-
ecutive officers, s. The remaining cases
are: Gross cheat /, larceny Z, libel /,
lottery scheme 8, assault and battery
B., che ia tickets in possession 3, unlaw-
full use of explosives /, present at gam
billing game l. manslaughter /, extortion
2, election fraud ?, fishing in private
water (appeaD 1.
The following order has been issued
by Judges De Bolt and Robinson for
the guidance of lawyers and litigants:
l. 1t is hereby ordered that, during
the January term, 1905, of this Court,
upon the calling of the Civil Calendar
all Jury or Jury-Waived Cases in
which neither party answers ready will
be peremptorily continued for the term
D9~+tt+: $50 $50
was severely censured for his independ-
ence This was the subject of much
complaint at the time and I frankly
admit that I participated i'm it my
self. AS a candidate before that con-
vention whose name did not appear on
l managed to get elected. l learned
what it means to go up against" the
} influence of office and the votes of Of
} fceholders. .l-
When Mr.. r. r. Adams was defea ted
in the fifth district caucus for a SEN
atorial nomination his friends were
loud and open i'm their denunciation of
olfceholding influence to which they
attributed their defeat. and Mr.. Cecil
Brown assigned as the reason for hts
recent bolt that he was beaten i'm con-
Nen;ion by the pernicious activity of
officeholders. l do not know of my own
knowledge how much. if any, founda-
tiOn i'm fact there was for those com
plants though they appear to have
been made in full belief of their trut''
Our political opponents endeavored TO
make capital out of them during the
last campaign
But Notwithstanding these several
complaints, and although there is moth
ing i'm any proposed rule that has come
to my attention to prevent government
officials from doing all the political
work they desire on the stump, on aux
Hilary committees or otherwise than in
the regular standing party machinery,
l do not favor the plan proposed by
the Subcommittee on the revision of
2 the rules to bar all salared officials
from membership in our conventions
and all standing committees
The voters, the conservative rank
and file are able to control the mem
bership of the conventions and district
committees through the primaries. !
have faith i'm their judgment. If the
majority of the voters i'm any particu-
, lar precinct are opuosed to the cleo
ton of office-holders they should see
to it that none are elected. ON the
other hand. if the people Of another
precinct desire to be represented by a
government official should they not be
free to vote for and elect him? If the
mass of the people become so indiffer-
ent to the public welfare that they
{ will take no part I'm the primary cleo
tiOns the community will be in a bad
way politically, but the mere enact
, ment of "a party rule will not create OF
2 maintain "A healthy political condition
l am opposed to a hard ana fast rule
designed to abridge the will of the
voters.
]
+ made which | believe is deserving OF
the most careful consideration: that
] is, that a rule be adopted disqualifying
, appointive ohicehouders from member,
81 ship on the executive committees OF
2 the Territorial and District committees
f The reason advanced i'm favor of this
! is that as these executive committees
! pass upon applications for appointment
/ to office, il may often happen, wher
ohiceholders serve ON these committees
p that an officer about TO make am ap.
. pointment in his department may hav,
y to pass ON am application as member
I of am executive committee knowml
{ that II may be subsequently submitte,
D 10 him In his capacity as appontinl
b officer in conjunction with other appli
3 cations for the same position, An APP
- plicant FOR office residing ian a Dlstric
b other than the one that such appoint
i ing officer belongs Co rs very apt q,
l. Al.