Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-24

been abused or insulted without re.
senting 1t. / have never been put in
Il position where | could be abused as
! have been abused here and had TO
keep quiet under it. and It tells on a
person. My hide is not as thick as
that of rhinoceros. ] have tried
since have been here to do my duty.
know those who are acquainted with
me best, and acquainted with my
work best are friends of mine; I know
they want to see me successful in this
election. OF all the members of the
bar can count on the fingers of one
hand the enemies 4 have got, and |
can count on the fingers of my two
hands those who will vote against
me. Think | can say that that is
the best recommendation that law
yer can have. II is the members of
the bar with whom you associate, 1t
is they who know your work, and
they would not be, as they are, prac-
tlcally unanimous in my favor. II II
were not that they know I do good
work and that do honest work.
'If had wished to be dishonest
there certainly was the opportunity
given me when l was Deputy Attor-
ney General, for, as have said, the
work practically was left to me, dur
ing most of the time there was only
myself and Mr.. Dole in the office
During great part of the time he
was not well, and when he was he
never thought of appearing in the
trial of case, and I had not alone
this circuit, but | had the circuits OF
the other Islands and everything was
left to me, so that If had wanted to
be dishonest I could have been dis.
honest, but I am poor today. Now
gentlemen, why should | live here
for ten years, why should | neglec,
the opportunities which had then
in order to become dishonest, at my
age, and after living here as | have
said, respected and looked up to by
many, many people?" (Applause.)
why does not the critic, instead
of .bespattering me with this mud
and whatever else may be said of Mr.
Smith he certainly has in full meas,
IRE and overlooking the vocabulary
of the stews and of the dunghill-
why, instead of appealing to the pub.
lie after this fashion does he not crit.
icizc some of the work that / have
done? Now IL is true that he has
criticized In two instances, that one
nolle pressed. and the other dc.
'clined to appear in. One was the
Devauchelle case. and | nolle pressed
that in December of last year, stated
my reasons in open court, and thC
case lay there until Mr.. Smit,
brought It out in the columns of his
Advertiser in an attack on mo. Now
the Attorney General took that Gus,
up. had Deyauchelle rc-indicted, an,
the case was tried; Mr.. Charles hch
defended and Mr.. Larnach prosecut
ed. and the jury was out five or ST,
minutes when they returned with ;
verdict of not guilty" applause.
Now, could man ask better jus
tification for my conduct in noll,
pressing It, than the verdict Of tn,
jury there? New that Is one of tn,
criticisms they have made. of tn,
way ! handled cases, and you SCI
what that amounts to.
Now the Lee Let case. lie open
cd on me with all the turret guns II
that case, and he claims that | hat
let the case drag along and had no
prosecuted 1t. Now be overlooke,
the fact that the indictment wa
found in February of 1906, by tn
Attorney Generals office. Mr Peter
then was Attorney General, and Pc
tors then was handling the case, an
Peters then did not try that case nj
during the months of February
March, April, May, and June; al
those months the jury was sitting
all those months the case was ther
for trial, and 1t was new and fires
then, and had no more to do wit
1t than any one of you gentlemen |
the audience, and never had any
thing to do with 1t until the las
week in August of 1906, when til
new Attorney General asked me {
try all Of tie cases and among thei
was included this Lee Let case. Mo-
ii was set down for trial, and 1t wa
postponed because of Mr.. Thompson
who was attorney for the defendan
having to go to the Coast for rca
sons which absolutely prevented m
from refusing his request for a cor
tiDuance; it was reset for some tim
along in December. Now | wante
to clean off the whole criminal caller
dar for that September term, an
would have been successful IL II wer
not for the illness of Judge Lindsa.
which caused that case to go owe
until the January term. Mr.. ThomI
son GANG to me and asked me to Il
the Lee Let case stand over to tn