The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-06

ditch. Charles Aehi. W. 7. Rawlins. c.
e. Olson, ". T. Prosser and Frank L.
Hatch.
There was good deal OF fixing Of
minutes after Secretary Greenwell had
presented them for the last meeting,
the members showing a desire 10 clean
up things as they went ahead and leave
no lo0pholes behind them for any tr0u-
BILE A committee report, recommend
/ fnS that the association take no action
regarding charges laid against District
Magistrate W. A. Mckay. Of Maui. by
Attorney J. Vivas was adopted without
debate. yIvas was the Maui lawyer
who was sent TO jail for contempt by
/ the magistrate and whose ease came up
on habeSs corpus proceedings a short
time ago The report Was adopted as
II was shown that no complaints had
been laid with TIE Attorney General,
the proper person TO hear them.
Judge Cooper rose 20 question OF
privilege before the kepo4kai. matter
was reopened. He stated thar he wish
Ell 10 withdraw his former statement
that D. H. Case was candidate for
hepoikSi's position. Mr.. Case having
assured him that be was not. He then
asked that his motion thst Judge Ke-
poikai be endorsed for reappointment
be considered
At this stage OF the game Kepoikai
was not present and after some argu-
menr and after County Attorney Case
had stated that he had formal charges
TO bring. J. 4. Mag0on was sent out
70 invite the Judge TO come IN. II be-
ing understood that he was close ar
hand As soon as the Maui Judge sp-
peared. after the status Of the meet
ing had been explained TO him, Mr..
Case was asked 70 present his charges
Before stating these, Mr.. Case ex-
planned that the task was one OF the
most unpleasant things he had ever
been called upon 10 do. Whatever he
had TO advance was not, he wished IN
derstood, OF a personal nature. Per-
soually, socially and fraternally he had
always enjoyed the most friendly rela-
tiOus with Judge Kepoikai, with the
exception OF one incident. He was sor-
" indeed 70 be present for such 3
cause, but his duty as an attorney and
the duty he owed TO MANY OF the eiti-
Zens Of Maui forced him
He then presented the four charges
which appear above.
In support OF the first charge. that
Of profanity and vulgarIty in public,
he read the affidavit OF ". F. Crockett,
Of WaiIuku. instaneing four eases
where IN public the Judge had used
expressions not tolerated IN polite So
eiety. IN one instance driving a number
OF people, including the reader and his
family, away from a Sunday school
lGau by the language used. An affidavit
Of Lux Chan, a Chinese police officer,
whom the Judge had struck twice with
q horsewhip IN public. was read, and
the charge was also made that he had
quarreled unprovoked with Attorney
Crockett Just before the opening Of his
court and publicly threatened 10 black
snake him out OF Waikiki.
kepOik2i interrupted the reading OF
the afhdavits 10 argue about the claim
Of the policeman that certain moneys
were due him, but did not DENY the
horsewhipping.
The second charge, that Of too great
political activity, was supported by az
fdayits from William Henry. OF Laha-
ina chairman OF the Maui Board OF
Supervisors and By H N Coke, editor
OF the Maui News. The former stated
under oath that Kepoikai acted on the
Republican Central committee under
the proxy OF ]. u McVeigh and was
particularly pronounced and bitter in
his partisauship and active in working
for thessupport OF his favorites- Editor
Coke stated that the judge had been
active for years and had personally
canvassed for certain candidates, re-
naming active until last. month. when
his retirement from politics was an
uounced in an inspired article in the
Maui paper
No aEndavtts were presented in the
charge Or the unSuitabiIity Of the Jury
commissioners One OF these. George
Waite, was d brother-in-law OF the I
judge; the other was Ben Lyons, The I
judges cousin Lyons was a pleasant /
man enough 70 meet. but was a saloon 4
keeper and the proprietor OF the viIest /
GROCERY on the whole island These 1
things. said Mr. Case. the judge would /
not deny.
The judge did not, but wanted 10 4
know If the Jurors drawn had not been 4
accepted without protest In answer. !
Case said that he did the same as 4
many other lawyers had 10 DO, accept 4
Cd the situation with d smile On his 4
face Otherwise, no matter how dis i
satisfied he was, the business OF the 4
court would b tied I'd for days until 4
other Jurors could Be brought in from /
Hama and Lahafua- There were many .
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