The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1910-12-30
HAWAII OMITTED
FROM THE LIST
Codification of Federal Law
Makes No Provision for
Federal Court.

Is Hawaii entitled to a United States
district court and two federal iudges9
That question, or at least the sub
stance of it. forms part of query
which Federal Judge Sanford B. Dole
has just addressed to the department of
Justice at Washington, owing to a pc
culiar omission in a recent statement
before congress of Hawaii in the list
of federal districts and Judges.
Either Hawaii is entitled to only one
federal Judge or to none at all. and pos
siblv is not entitled to district, there
by eliminating the entire federal court,
if a strict Interpretation of the revised
codifcation of the statues is observed
and if Representative Moon s motion to
carry house resolution 23377 prevails
On December Mr.. Moon of Penn
svlvania addressed the house on this
matter, stating that he was directed by
the committee on the revision of the
laws to cali up for consideration the bill
to codifv. revise and amend the laws
relating to the judiciary. At his re-
quest the clerk of the house read the
resolution. During the discussion it was
stated that it was a bill which proposed
to raise no ones salary. but did reduce
the salaries of some incumhents. No
new offices are created and some are
eliminated. This is what the clerk
read:
''Sec l. IN each of the districts de-
scrihed in chapter five there shall be a
court, called a district court, for which
there shall be appointed one judge. to
be called a district Judge: excent that
in the northern district of California,
the northern district of Illinois. the dis
trict of Maryland. the district of Min
nesOta. the district of Nebraska. the
district of New Jersey, the eastern dis
trict of New York. the northern and
southern districts of Ohio. the district
of Oregon. the eastern and western dis
tricts of Pennsylvania and the western
district of Washington there shall be
additional Judge in each, and in the
southern district of New York three
additional Judges; provided. that when
ever vacancy shall occur in the office
of the district Judge for the district of
Maryland, senior in commission, such
vacancy shall not be filed. and there
after there shall be but one Judge in
said district; provided further, that the
Judge for the eastern district of South
Carolina shall be the judge for the west
ern district thereof, the Judge for the
eastern district of Tennessee shall be
the Judge for the middle district there
| Of. and the Judge for the northern dis
trict of Mississippi shall be the Judge
for the southern district thereof. Each
district judge shall reside in the district
for which he is appointed, and for of
| Tending against this provivsion shall be
deemed guilty of high misdemeanor. +"
| At no time is Hawaii mentioned in
| the debate, and neither does Hawaii
appear in any part of the revised codi-
| fcation of the laws
! The federal officials are not losing
any real gray matter over the matter,
/ feeling that somewhere in the tight
| places of the departments at Washing
| ton viii be found the authority for
making Hawaii federal court district
for not only one judge. but two
The districts as described in chapter
/ five of the revised codifcation sets
| forth all the States, but does not men
| tion Hawaii or Alaska. In the tabll-
lated list Hawaii is not mentioned. and
in the detailed statement of what dis
| tricts shall be constituted in each State.
naming the counties and boundaries. the
details take in Alabama and run
| through the entire list. ending with
! Wyoming. But not word about Ha-
waii.
Therefore Judge Dole's query to
Washington as to the status of the
" district Of Hawaii -