The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-02
Financial i: Commercial .. Promotion

President, It is said. wouldn't nominate
Hatch for anything His dislike to
Hatch dates back to a number of wears
ago when Hatch, representing Hawaii.
undertook active opposition i'm Wash
ington to Tafts Philippine tariff pol
Icy. Taft, moreover, is regarded as
somewhat hostile to the Hawaiian
planting interests, and the fact that
Hatch is the representative of the
planters has not, it is stated. made him
! any better friends with Taft. How
ever, according to one report. Taft ana
Hatch had a friendly meeting recently
and relations are now all right, though
Tafts readiness to appoint Hatch chief
justice of Hawaii is much doubted.
Another matter that probably takes
Hatch out of the race is the poor
health of Mrs. Hatch, and of himself.
Mrs. Hatch is reported as seriously i'll.
and Hatch himself is not in good
health, and it is thought that he would
not for this reason consent to be a
candidate.
! For the circuit iudgeship which will
be vacated if Judge Cooper takes the
supreme bench, there are many candi
dates, Assistant United States District
Attorney w. T. Rawlins would like the
position c. w. Ashford, who was a
candidate last time and, according to
Washington reports nearly got the ap-
pointment, will be in the field again.
and 1t is reported that he will have the
support of Delegate Kuhio, as he had
before.
Wade Warren Thayer is another at
torney who would like to take the
position. Like Ashford, he is a Demo-
crat and it is claimed by some that
one of the judgeships should go to a
Democrat.
Former Justice A. A. Wilder said
this morning that he thought the local
bar would line up in favor of Hatch
for chief justice. s. NJ. Ballou. another
former member of the supreme cour-.
who was seen, said his opinion would
be the same if he thought that Hatch
was available. 81 do not think, how
ever" said Mr.. Ballou, that Mr..
Hatch can be had for the place"
Chief Justice Hartwell this morn
ing dictated the following statement:
CAS- a rule do not think one ought
to resign from the bench unless for
weighty reasons-not from caprice
or merely personal convenience. But
when I came here in 1904 it was with
> the expectation that my stay would
not be longer than the term of -four
, years for which l was appointed. My
present position came to me without
any previous intimation while / was
absent at Bartlett Springs in Califor
mia. | returned Immediately to find
that Frear was appointed governor,
myself chief justice and Ballou as
sociate justice in my place, and
took up the work accordingly. When
Ballou left in May, 1909, l wished tC
z leave also; in fact, ! proposed tC
Ballou that he should take my place
- which he declined to consider. TheI
when Wilder had to leave, at the end
= of that year, ! thought that it was
Y proper for me to do so also, and since
. then it has been simply a question OF
f when. / think that l have earned
e the right to lay down the cares OF
official life and am looking forward
It with pleasure to opening a law office
b. in Honolulu, where, at any rate,
e can read law. / was a student once
L and shall be glad to be so again
e There are lots of things to do.
r shall be glad to resume my studies
II in Latin and Greek and to familiarize
3 myself with French and German
r. There is no end of fine historical
e writing OF late years which I desire
!. to read; then there are philosophy
e economics, and perhaps more than all
J. study of the great question of the
day pointing to the redistribution o.
l. political power, returning it to the
e people from whence it came and es.
tablishing a new system of our gov
l. eminent in place of the representative
,e system on which It was founded. NJ
= one can be idle for lack of oppor
IS tunities of this kind for study and
: am thankful that the desire with me
is is keen to take up these things, anC
T. perhaps sometimes some Of my ole
2 law students will want to come in ant
talk law with me-
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