The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-24
Department of the Judiciary,
Honolulu. TIL. January 8. 1909.

Department of the Judiciary,
Honolulu, T H, January s, 1909.
BY direction of the Chief Justice, I
am hereby reminding you of the re-
QUESTION in the circular letter mailed
to you on the 21st day of October, 1908,
which reads as follows:
"In conformity with Senate Resolu-
|. tien No. 46 of May l, 1907, the Chief
Justice directs the clerks of the several
circuit courts to report to him in the
first week of January next the number
and nature of all causes at law, in
equity or in probate and all other mat
tiers and proceedings pending December
81, 1908, in the circuit court or at
chambers of the respective judicial cir
cults, with special reference to estates
of persons deceased, stating the dates
of entry of each cause, matter or pro-
ceeding and appending statement of
the cause of failure to determine or
close such proceedings when for any
reason neglect is apparent
"(Signed) HENRY SMITH
I trust that you are now at work on
such report, and that you will at
once mail the same to the Chief Justice
WITHOUT
Very respectfully yours.
(Sig.) HENRY SMITH,
Clerk Judiciary Department.
Secretary Savidge Jared well at the
hands of the Senate when the matter
of salaries came up for consideration.
The $12 per diem he is to receive is an
advance of $500 over the salary he
received during the 1907 session. Up
on the suggestion of President Smith
each item in the salary resolution was
taken up and voted on separately. Ma
| kekau moved an amendment to the
| resolution giving the assistant clerk,
George Lowe, So per day instead of So
as the resolution called for. The
amendment carried. Senator Quinn IS
vote being the only dissenting one.
Senator Palmer Woods did not see why
the chaplain would have any more work
| to do this session than last and he moved
that his remuneration he fixed at $3.50
! for the session, the same as he received
in 1907
After the matter of salaries had been
adiudicated Coelho introduced his reso
luton calling for the resignation of At
torney General Hemenway, and men
tioning the danger to his life that has
been incurred through the interpreta
ton of his fishing bill As measure
directed against the Orientals. After
the usual Introductory and "where
ases'' the resolution recites:
"Instead, however, of giving th'
opinion in the manner most proper ant
becoming the dignity of the Office ant
without regard to the official position
of a legislator and in utter disregard
of the feelings of a member of thi
Senate, more particularly the writer O.
! the communication above mentioned
said Attorney General gave out to TIL
press his opinion on the matter unde
, advisement in such a way as to impress
the reporters that there was an anti
Japanese sentiment, strongly urging un
scrupulous and discriminating legisla
ton against a class of thrifty and in
dustrious aliens, thereby causing libel
Gus articles to appear in newspaper
constantly from January 13, 1909, t.
this day in which publications, tn
member of this Senate who is mention
ed in said communication has bee
. ridiculed and called very atrociou
! names.'
Aso oOAy Sud10 CT.
The resolutions is really ''iewel o
the purest ray serene.' 1t continue
to relate that this all contributed t
setting the assassins after him. Goethe
and closes sonorously, thus:
Therefore, Be it Resolved, THAI til
Governor of this Territory be, and
!, hereby, requested to demand the resie
|, nation of c. R. Hemenway, Esq, A
, torney General of the Territory of HI
waii.''
- Coelho dashed about with the resol1
>" ton in his hand and demanded Il
protection of the Senate. az am pr
Z teeted at the present time he d
IL clared, addressing President Smit
"but I also ask for the protection of tn
ID Senate The matter of appointing
at bodyguard for the Maui statesman w
ry not taken and il is hardly likely tn
ty it will come out of the Compression
Id appropriation.
cy Coelho declared that he did not a.
er for the adoption of the resolution
NJ the present time. declaring that Her
tn enwav 'should have an opportunity
to appear before the Senate On L
m motion of Kalama the resolution w
as referred to the Judiciary Committt
p resolution was introduced by Sc