The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-17
President GIVES
CHIEF IUST|CESH|P
TOMR. ROBERTSON
judicial Ability and Personal Inte-
gritty Retain Incumbent In
Highest Tribunal
MATTHEWMAN AND PARSONS
ALSO WILL BE RETURNED
washington Upsets Plot Of Local
s. Bourbon Push To Grab
~ Rich PIumS

the Supreme Court of Hawaii was re-
appointed by the President yesterday
and instructed by Attorney O eneral
Gregory to qualify under the new ap.
4 pointment Immediately.
4 There will be no ceremony in con
nection with my qualifying under the
new appointment the President, on the
Recommendation of the attorney zen.
eral, has honOrCd me WITH" said Chief
Justice Robertson to The Advertiser
yesterday. CAN have to do is to
take the oath of office"
Further than this the chief Justice
declined to speak for publication.
| THE Advertiser may say for Won
that you are pleased with your re.
appointment, may itR''
Well, yes. 1t may do so, - the chief
| Justice said, with a smile.
Matthewman Next
The Advertiser is able to announce.
the source of its information being au.
thoritive, that Judge John A. Mat
thewman of the third circuit court,
West Hawaii, will be reappointed
shortly by the President, and that in
all probabilities Judge Charles +. Par.
sons of the fourth circuit court, East
Hawaii, also will be reappointed. 1t
was freely predicted here yesterday, in
view of the break in the deadlock
which has existed in the department of
justice at Washington over appoint
ments to the judiciary in Hawaii, that
Judge William l.. Whitney, second
judge of the first circuit court, Homo.
lulu, yet stood a chance for reappoint-
ment. The fact that he was once re-
quested by the attorney.general to con.
tinue until the department was ready
TO act seems to indicate to his friends
such a desirable contingency.
Politics and Judiciary Divorced
Letters received by . lifelong Demo
crat OF Honolulu direct from the high
est sources at Washington give assur.
ance that Judge Matthewman will be
reappointed. A aumber of prominent
zeal Democrats who have the best in
terests of Hawaii at heart united in
making a personal plea to President
Wilson. They advanced the argument
that the President could do more for
the party by recognition of sterling
worth, integrity and judicial ability of
those judges who have well served the
public, than by appointing candidates
whose only qualification is that they
are members Of the none too fragrant
local Democratic machine,
News Hailed By City
Among professional men, business
men and citizen generally there was
much qualification shown when the con.
tents of a Washington cablegram TO
The Advertiser was made known, an.
nouneing the reappointment of Chief
Justice Robertson. The Advertiser
cable, posted on its bulletin board, was
brief. 1t read:
Robertson reappointed chief jus.
tiee.
The message from Attorney General
Gregory to the chief justice read:
Your commission as chief Justice
signed this morning. You can qualify
Immediately under new appointment If
DESIRED
1t was stated on the best of author
ity yesterday that the motives behind
the appointment of Chief Justice Rob.
ertsOn by the President, on the rec
ommendation of the attorney general,
were the chief justice y high standing
as a man and judge, and that the
appointment was non-political in the
fullest possible degree.
Some Of the Comments
Many Of the comments yesterday
were interesting. 1t was pointed out
that the appointment came ON Friday.
a -
.2ews of i'll omen to the Pauahi- street
Democrats and JEFF McCarn, and that it
also presaged the loss Of standing in
Washington of number of local politi.
cal Upstairs. $50.
One citizen remarked that at last he
was convinced some good could come
out of Washington. Another said that
the authorities had got wind that ].
Lightfoot was on his way to Washing,
ton and decided to take the bull by
the horns and act before he could ar
rive.
CHIEF Justice Robertson was con-
graduated by many of the judges of
the different courts, by lawyers and
citizens of all stations in life. Promi.
nent Democrats, who believe politics
should be entirely divorced from the
Judiciary, were foremost among those
who either called or telephoned to the
chief Justice and extended their con
gratulstions and best wishes.
Bar Association Wins
The chief Justices reappointment
was hailed as victory for the Bar
Association Of Hawaii, practically every
member of which had gone on record as
favorable to Judge Robertson s re-
appointment.
"Chief Justice Robertson had the
support of practically every member Of
the bar, " said Attorney General Stan
back yesterday. "Beyond any question
Mt all he was the best man for the
place.
1t was learned from another source
that the territorial attorney general