The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-27

he whom Robert Ingersoll described as
the ;''Plumed Knight was assailed in
his private character, his honesty ques
toned, his morality questioned, and
through the long weeks that preceded
the campaign every day brought to
his door some foul slander; but he,
gentlemen, was also elected, although
in New York city and in Long Island
city depraved vote counted him out.
(Applause)
Attack from Unexpected Side.
Now, gentlemen, when | first learn
ed that L was to be attacked, i nat
urally supposed that the attack would
be confined to some criticism of my
official conduct. For ten years l have
lived in this Territory, for nearly four
years | was connected with the At
torney General IS Department and was
Deputy Attorney General for nearly
three. Two years ago you honored me
by electing me County Attorney. Be-
tween the time l left the Attorney
General = office and the time 1 took
the office l now hold, / was engaged
in private practise. Not during all
these years had any whisper of any
dishonesty reached my ears. I sup
posed that if I had been guilty of
any misconduct in my former official
capacity as Deputy Attorney Gen
eral or in my private practise as a
lawyer before the bar, before the
courts of this Territory, that at least
there would have some intimation of
it reached my ears. SO ! could only
anticipate that in some particular in
which I had conducted my office there
was dissatisfaction, such dssatisfac-
tion rs would give rise to criticism;
but in that ] have been mistaken.
Charges Hard to Answer.
The enemy who attacks me has not
yet said anything about my official
conduct. The attack that they make
upon me is based upon matters that
are old, hoary with age-nothing late,
nothing new And the fact that they
are old makes them the more difficult
to answer. Matters that ten, six or
| five years ago We're fully fresh in my
memory have been overlaid with
mass of other business that l have
! attended to since then.
But / think, gentlemen, that notwith-
standing they have sought matters that
have lain dormant so long, yet 1 think
that i have refreshed my memory suf-
fciently to give answers that will sat
isfy any reasonable or sensible or un-
prejudiced person. (Applause.)
Thought He was Good.
Now, on the 3lst day of this month
will have lived in this world forty
eight years. During all that period of
time l thought myself fairly good
person. / knew that my virtues were
not very active, that they were mostly
inactive; but had harmed nobody par
ticularly and l thought that as the
world went, that. at least | would pass
4 pass at least in the crowd. And YOU
can imagine my surprise when | learned
what a monster of iniquity ! am.
(Laughter). / was startled when |
learned that / had robbed poor in
nocent Chinaman; / was astounded
when j learned that I had attempted
to blackmail that good and noble man,
John COlburn (Laughter), and then that
was not enough but ] must appear as
the tempter of Charles Cbllngworth.
Like the subtle snake in Paradise, |
sought to seduce him from the paths
of virtue. daughter and applause)
, 1t is bad enough TO be accused of en-.
deavoring to blackmail Colburn, but the
limit is reached when they say / tried
to corrupt Chillingworth (Laughter)
Has Some Enemies.
Now let me premise by saying that
every man has his enemies, some open