The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-06-05
BRIGHT TALKS
BY LEADING
LAWYERS

Inc hANanan bai HS''N' "f''h ="
banquet at the Young Hotel last night
was one OF the most successful gather
ings OF The legal folk Of the Territory.
The guests sat at a table beautifully
decorated In red carnations and shades
for the electric globes which followed
the same color scheme throughout The
table was arranged In the form of
5ieur- d.s-lis. "a most happy grouping Tor
the banqueters, as It brought all within
sight of one another.
The guests of the association were
Judge S. b. Kingsbury, who made the
formal address OF the evening; Chiet
Justice Frear Judge Dole, Judge DE
Bolt, Judge Robinson, Judge Lindsay,
II. S. Attorney Leavett of Washington
ID. c., Judge Weaver The Others pres
ent. members OF the association, were
Frank Andrade r. w. Breckons, A. Nj.
Brown, A. w. Carter. Geo. A. Davis,
s. II. Derby. c. II. Dickey. J. J. Dunno,
w. A. Greenwell, Geo. ID. Gear, i. M
Harrison, c. r. Hemenway. Henry
Holmes. Il. l.. Marx, +. B. McClanahan,
r.. ID. Mead, II. G. Middleditch. f. A.
Mott-Smith, A. Perry, +. c. Peters. A.
Lewis, Jr., c. F. Peterson, NJ. F.
Prosser. A. c. NJ. Robertson, W. o..
Smith, f.. NJ. Watson, ID. l.. Withing-
ton, Frank Thompson, w. 7. Rawlins,
A. V. Crook
THE BANQUET.
The menu was designed in the form
aof a legal brief as follows:
Bar Association: In the matter OF
the Annual Dinner. Brief. At Alexan-
der Young Hotel, Honolulu. Before w.
l.. Stanley, chief Judge; S. NJ. Ballou'
associate Judge F.. T.. Thompson. &.
X. Hemenway, W. Il. Rawlips, Attor-
neys for Dinner. Filed June 2, 1905.
7.3O D. M Noah w. Gray, clerk OF
court" The body of the brief was as
follows:
BAR ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII
June End, 1906 Session.
In the matter of the Annual Dinner.
Action to quiet.
BRIEF.
MENU.
Motion to Set - Cocktails, Eastern
oysters on half shell.
Consent of Parties-Consomme Belle
vue, ripe olives, sailed almonds, caviar
,canape.
Argument-Lomitos zinfandel, kumu
a la Point Shirley.
Re-argument-Frog legs saute ia
Meuniere, cheese straw.
COMMUNICATIVE of beef praised
a Ia Trianon petit pois.
njunction-Orange sherbet.
Dissolution Champagne. spring
chicken au cresson, PONIES duchess.
Judgment-Harricot verts.
Execution Charlotte russo, petit
tours.
Satisfaction = Frontage Rocquefort,
cafe noir, creme de menthe.
TOASTS.
President of the United States-Mr.
y A. Leavett
The Frontier Lawyer-Mr. Ihomas
Fitch.
Bench-Mr. Justice A. A. wilder
Bar-Mr. f. c. Peters.
Our Relations With and Duties To-
wards the Bench-Mr. Geo. A. DAVIS
ADDRESS.
Audi Alteram Partem - Mr.. S. b.
Kingsbury.
Judge Stanley, as POSTMASTER, IN
opening up the streams of oratory, said
loosely that If elected for a second
term as president of the association ne
would endeavor to keep the association
up to the high standard maintained
during the regime of Mr.. Robertson
He then called upon b. A. Leavett of the
general appraisers court of New YORK
y guest of honor, to respond to the
toast of the president" Mr.. l-eaVett
began by telling some excellent stories
and concluded with one.
COLONEL FITCH.
Col Fitch, in responding to the toast
1.-THE Frontier Lawyer" contributed
one of the gems of the evening. He
was in his happy. reminiscent mood
and he spoke to the subject from his
long ana interesting career on the
frontier He said me was frontier
lawyer; and had been admitted to the
Supreme Courts of nine states, three
territories and the District of Columbia
and had opened offices In Twenty-Five
towns and cities, 80 II could never be
said Of MIN that The died and left no
sign" He had been fairly successful
and was living refutation OF the
statement that a rolling stone gathers
no moss" He had gathered II, but
there was none on his back In his
forty years of practice he had made
probably 100000, and had had about
$500 900 worth Of fun. Anyhow, he was
better off now than II he had invested
In a brick building in San Francisco,
lie was pdmitted Ia the Supreme Court
of Nevada forty-two years ago. lie
passed a magnificent examination, He
answered twenty questions, lie was
then editor OF a paper and the Judge
h.a t,bttgul usuiratioug and furnished