The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-28
HARTWELL FOR
CHIEF JUSTICE
SEEMS CERTAIN
CFrom Thursdays Advertiser)


changes in heads OF departments. and
also no regret at the prospect. At the
same time. nobody can assign a reason
why changes are expected.
The Presidential appointments possi-
BILE under the new state OF affairs are:
a Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court:
An Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court should one OF the present AS
sociate Justices be appointed Chief Jus
| tice:
| A Circuit Judge, should one of the
present Circuit Judges be appointed to
| the Supreme Court;
! Secretary of the Territory in De-
cember next, or sooner should Secre-
| tary Atkinson resign or be appointed
to some other position.
The appointment of Secretary Atkin-
son to some other position is said not
to be improbable. The position of Sec
retary, while 1t involves many obliga-
tions of social and public character
| is not a well-paid office. Heads of de-
partments are much better paid. Be-
sides, there are appointments in the
| Federal public service, outside the
classified service, to which, under the
accepted political rules of appointment,
Hawaii is entitled to her quota as
Territory, but in which she has not so
far figured.
on the matter of the Secretaryship,
Chief Justice Frear said yesterday that
he had not given the matter consider
alton, adding that it was a Presiden-
tial appointment and that there was
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suggestion of the Governor, whoever
he is, at the time the vacancy occurs,
will have much weight in the selec-
ton. Atkinson is attending strictly to
his present double role of Acting Gov
ernor and Secretary of the Territory,
and saying nothing, except that he has
not made up his mind. In an evening
paper he denies the report that Gov
ernor Carter has been knocking him,
or that he ever did. Mr.. Carter AMI
understand each other perfectly" he
is reported as saying.
A good deal of the talk in regard to
the Secretaryship seems to be predf-
Gated on the belief that the Secretary
is in line for the Governorship, be-
lief that does not seem to have been
dispeled by the fact that it never has
proved so in this Territory, and rare
ly, If ever, in any other. Among names
suggested for it on this theory is that
of J. p. Cooke, and it seems very
probable that Mr.. Cooke can have it if
he wants it.
f.. r. Adams, who was a member of
the Board of Supervisors last year, is
another man mentioned for the Secre-
taryship. There seems no probability,
however, that he would consider 1t.
Another name banded is that of J. Q.
Wood, and probably with as little basis
of either desire or knowledge of the
suggestion on his part.
The Associated Press afternoon cable
dispatch seems to indicate that Chief
Justice Frear has actually been COM
missioned as Governor, in which case
it is to be supposed that the President
desires him to take office soon after
July /, instead of about the middle of
August, as the Chief Justice suggested
in his cable of acceptance. 1t may be,
however, that the cable has stated the
matter in a generic instead of a spe-
cifc way, and that the announcement
is of the appointment to take effect,
without any statement as to when 1t is
" tame elletb
THE fac; that the President has an
nounced my appointment, said the
Chief Justice yesterday afternoon,
would indicate that he had received
my cable of acceptance. Whether he
wants me to take the Office earlier
than 1 indicated, do not know, but II
he does, think very likely he will let
me know by cable. 1 have not yet
heard from him on that point. 1t may
be that his announcement of my ap-
pointment may be merely statements
of intention and that the appointment
will come in due time, to take effect at
the time I indicated. AS to when /
shall cease to be Chief Justice. 1 sup
pose it will be simultaneously with my
taking the oath of office as Governor.
I hope that this will not be at once, as
l should like vaaction, as ! havs
planned for one"
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