The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-08
BAR VOTES
Continued from page nine)

lne UellcI lueU lney got on the Ueiltu
the better off they would be, and the
safer they would be in advising clients.
If, unfortunately in spite Of their adj
vice, clients went to litigation by rea-
son of the iniquitous advice from the
other side, he believed that their
clients would get better results i'm the
final outcome if they had good lawyers
on the bench. He named A. G. NJ.
Robertson. He believed that he could
say without contradiction that A. c.
NJ. Robertson was a man, from legal
standpoint, who had no superior in
this Territory. He was as well
equipped legally, he thought, as any
practising lawyer in these islands. He
also believed that the Office of chief
Justice of the supreme court, was the
highest in this Territory, governor
ship, delegateship, or United States
commissionership to the contrary not
withstanding When such an Office
was up, in his humble opinion, the
office should seek the man, and not
the man seek the office. This he
said without disparagement to anyone
else who may be seeking the office,
or whose friends may be seeking the
Office for him, and he would say it
more particularly with regard to
Judge Cooper. He had been very
friendly with Judge Cooper, but this
was not a matter of personal friend
ship anT he would say, let them d.
eide the matter not from the stand
point of personal equation; although
even from the standpoint of personal
equation he would be quite willing
to stand by the man that he had
nominated He had therefore, placed
his nomination for A. G. M. Robert
son for this high office.
]. Lightfoot said that at recent
meeting of the Bar Association for
judicial office the name of one can
didate was submitted to the Associa
ton, and an amendment was passed
tC this sole nomination to the effect
that a committee be appointed to
secure such gentlemen as were eligi-
BILE for the office in question. The
amendment was carried. The COM
mittee was duly appointed to place
before the Association the names of
such gentlemen as are eligible for the
office of Chief Justice, so that we may
pass on them"
The Chairman-"The order Of
business is the nomination.
Judge Wilder-"May rise to a
point of privilege?"
Davis was on his feet at the same
time, and the chairman said "Sit down
both Of you, while l decide this point
of Mr.. Lightfoot's."
Davis:-'No; | won't; + have as
much right as anyone"
The Chairman-"Both sit down"
Davis started to talk about the
junior member of the chairman's firm,
when the chairman told him to get
down to the meat, because under the
rule he had only five minutes in
which to speak. IL
Davis retorted that he did not pro-
! pose to be left out. He thought that
they ought to endorse two candidates.
| 1t may be that the first choice would
not be appointed by the President
| He would agree with what Mr.. Wilder
had to say. Judge Robertson was a
! strong lawyer, and he would make
a good judge, but it was just as well
to have another card up their sleeves.
He would appeal ~ the members OF
the association; It was not fair to
| send one name to Washington in the
circumstances. He did not know how
far the log rolling had gone. Laugh-
| teri Or how far it had been fixed,
but he would say let all have fair
play AS long as he was there he
was going to make a fight for it.
Judge Wilder-"T would call your
attention to the year 1850 when the
yacht America went to England and
won the Cup. When Her Majesty
! Queen Victoria, asked who was first
the answer was the America Then
| SAN HoNCu WIZ was S6COnu, the r9nlV
was: There is no second. your
Majesty. That is my answer"
| Uaughter).
Davis-"Well, We had before"
AT this stage Lightfoots amend
nent was ruled out of order, and he
appealed to the meeting on the mat
ter. The meeting sustained the
chairman, Lightfoot then moved :
That committee of three be appoint.
ed by the chairman to consider what
gentlemen are eligible for the position
of chief Justice and submit such
names to a future meeting of the as.
| ISOLATION
The motion lapsed for want of a
| seconder.
Deputy District Attorney Rawlins
submitted the name of Judge Cooper
Dayis-'We'ye got a Car in the
| chair; he's all right"