The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-13
kEPOIKAI Gets
ENDORSEMENT
BAR ASSOCIATION BY MAJORITY
VOTE DECLARES FOR HIS RE
APPOINTMENT.


kai of Maui for reappointment by n |
vote of twenty-five to eight after hear
ing his defense against the charges pre- |
ferred by ID. IL. Case and others. Re
garding the use OF vulgar and profane |
language on the various occasions
quoted by Case, Kepoikai denied them
utterly and supported mis- denials by
aflidavits from neighbors and others
in Waikiki. Among those who testl-
fed to the good conduct Of the Judge
were Mrs. Weddick wife of DR.. John
Weddick; Noah Aluli, George Weight,
G. ID. Lufkin and others. Noah Aluli
who is a nephew of Kepoikai, stated
that the Judge was usually loud and
gruff, having earned for himself the
family nickname of "leo nui" LOUD
voice.
The defense was presented by w. o.
Smith, and as to the charge that the
judge was unfit because laboring under
obligations likely to disqualify MIN, an
affidavit by Kepoikai said:
Mr. Case has charged, specifically,
that ! have heretofore been a tenant
of the Hawaiian Commercial q Sugar
Company of the Fishery referred to
in his affidavit, under a lease for a
rental of $500 per annum, and latterly
tenant of the same property from
the Kahului Railroad Company, at the
will of the lessor, at rental of $500
per annum, while the property SO
leased to me is in fact producing an
income for me of from $250O to $4,000
year.
In general terms, l deny absolutely
all charges, imputatiOns and insinua-
lions of every kind to the effect that
in the administration of my Office as
Circuit Judge of the Second Judicial
Circuit, l have ever permitted myself
to become subject to any influence,
person or persons or interests what
ever, touching my office or duties as
Judge, either directly or indirectly;
and | deny absolutely that any person
or persons WhomsoeVer or any corpor-
alton or other interest has ever at
tempted to obtain or exercise any such
me, in any manner whatsoever. par
tlcularly deny as absolutely false and
unfounded and unjust the specific
charge preferred against me by Mr..
Case as before stated.
Il have long been informed with re-
spect to the fishing right appurtenant
to the beach at Kahului, known as
the 'Kalua fishery of Kahului, My
Kekuanaoa, before E. H. Bailey had
this fishery. On the death of my
father Mr.. Bailey bought from the es-
tate the remainder of the term. Upon
its expiration he leased it from S. K.
Kaai, representing Princess Ruth Ke-
likolani. Sam Parker and his wife
acquired the Iii of Kalua in the Ahu-
puaa of Waikiki, and afterwards sold
the Ills of Kalua and Owa to the Ha-
waiian Commercial & Sugar Company,
at which time l understand that E. Il.
Bailey held a lease of this Kalua fish
ing right, now commonly called the
Fishery at Kahului, which lease was
for fifteen years to end on July 16,
1907. think the rental was $500 per
annum. Before The Parkers sold out
to the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar
Company, Mr. Bailey had sold out his
interest to A. F. Hopke, and Hopke
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first personal connection with the mat
ter of the Fishery was when l acted
as attorney for the Hawaiian Com
mercial & Sugar Company, in the lat
ter part of the year 1899, when 1 was
instructed by Mr.. w. j. Lowrie to see
about collecting some back rent. |
saw Mr.. Bailey, but he had given it
up, and l found that the several per-
sons who had been interested after
Hopke sold out preferrel to give up
the lease and turn over the buildings
canoes, nets, etc, in settlement of the
unpaid rent. This was accepted by
the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar
Company, and bill OF safe was made
transferring the property. The Ha-
waiian Commercial & Sugar Company
then understood to run the Fishery il
, its own interest, and was given the
} management Of it for them. / con
r tinued to act as such until some time
in October, 1903, when l offered the
company a rental of $500 per year fol
4 a lease of the Fishery to me. The!
{ agreed to this and 1 took it over fol
= the balance of the old Bailey lease
which was to expire on Jul VIC, 1907
y l operated the Fishery under an agree
! ment with the natives who did tn,
fishing by which they were to hav,
S han of the fish taken or half of tn,
t proceeds of sales of the fish. The!
were not to share in the expenses.
"At that time. October 1903, wal
Treasurer of the Territory OF Hawai-
and had been living in Honolulu al