The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
new ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY TAKES
OATH OF OFFICE
Horace w. Vaughan Sworn To
Succeed ]. Wesley Thomp-
son, Who Has Retired
NEW MAN IS WARMLY ..
RECEIVED BY OFFICIALS
Records Show Him a Well VerSed
Man Of Public Affairs u
Pleased with Hawaii

Horace W. Vaughan was sworn in
ut ten o'clock yesterday morning in
the federal court as assistant United
States district attorney Of Hawaii, the
oath of Office being taken before
Deputy Clerk +. Lester Davis in the
nresence of Federal Judges Dole and
Clemons. Circuit Judge Ashford was a
guest Of honor at the ceremony and
sat with the two Judges Of the federal
court Mr.. Vaughan succeeds ]. Yves.
ley Thompson, who resigned recently
to enter private practise. ...''
In connection with tho inducting into
Office of Assistant District Attorney
vaughan the following cable from At.
torney -General Gregory to the district
attorney here, dated Washington, Sep.
TENDER 81, was read in court and made
part Of the minutes of the session:
"Fhompson 5 resignation accepted,
effective close of September 30.
Vaughan appointed assistant. MAY
qualify October l. - n OBJ. 81. =.
Quinn's 'Tinge Of Sadness 49,. 49,. .a
After Mr.. Vaughan had been sworn
IN Glenn X. Quinn. n local lawyer, took
the foor. He referred to the HtiaVe
Of sadness which always marks the
passing of one and the coming into
| office of another official. Valuable ser.
vice had been rendered by Mr.. Thomp.
son; Quinn said. He also had a good
word for the new assistant district at
torney, mainly because Mr.. Vaughan
was a Democrat. The latter smiled
good naturally. Mr.. Quinn spoke in
behalf of the lawyers who practise in
the federal court and not. as announced
Yesterday, in behalf Of. the bar associa.
ton. Mr.. Quinn is not a member of
the bar association.
Reception That Grew warmer
The district attorney took occasion
to remind the court and others present
of the wonderfully warm reception that
had been accorded him when he first
landed in Honolulu from Nashville,
Tennessee. "This warm reception has
been growing warmer all the time, he
added. - o.. -. ~ ,.at'"e
The retiring assistant welcomed his
successor and spoke of the kind treat
ment that had been accorded himself
| since he arrived in Honolulu. Mr..
Thompson asserted that he and Mrs.
Thompson had become so enamored with
this city that they had decided to make
1t their home! Mr.. Thompson has
opened his own office and will engage
in private practise in Honolulu.
Short addresses Of welcome were
made by Judges Dole and Clemens.
In response to all these good wishes,
Mr.. Vaughan said that Honolulans
were the most pleasant persons he had
ever met and that he already felt quite
at home. - IT,.
Mr.. Vaughan Pleased .slI
81 intend to make Hawaii my home.
probably always" the new assistant
continued. T will do my best TO
assist in promoting the national, moral
and economic progress of this Terri.
tory.''
Among those present at the formal
ceremony in the federal court were
Judge Dole, Judge Clemens, Circuit
Judge Ashford, Horace W. Vaughan.
j. Wesley Thompson, George s. Curry,
Paul Bartlett, the district attorney, G.
X. Quinn, +, l.. Davis, W. L. Rosa, q.
P. Soares, Sidney Smith and Huron X.
Ashford.
Mr. Vaughan arrived from San Fran.
cisco in the Lurline on Tuesday of last
week. Immediately on his arrival the
story became current that Mr.. Vaughan
would hold the Office Of United States
district attorney for only three
months and that at the beginning of
the coming year he would become dis
trict attorney, the incumbent leaving
for his home in the mainland. On this
point Mr.. Vaughan has kept his own
counsel and has neither denied nor
affirmed the story. .t~ -.
oficial Is q Texan
The new federal ofticim is Texau,
Ia Democrat, and has with him the
piquant drawl and rgentlemanIy polite.
uess of the average educated South.
erner. He is possessed of q pleasing
personality and appears to be one OF
those favored men who make friends
to retain them as such throup bout life.
Horace W., Vaughan was born in
Marion County Texas, on December 2,
1867, and was educated in the common
choOis of Linden, Cass County, Texas.
He married Miss Pearl Loeket in 1883.
Mrs. Vaughan will arrive in Honolulu
Hariy next month. In 1890 he was an.
pOinted by the mayor as city attorney
IT Texarkana, Texas, serving three full
terms after this by election. He was
elected attorney of Bowie County, in
he same State, in 1893 and re-elect ted
in 1900, 1909 and 1904. Vaughan was
'lected district attorney Of the fifth
Judicial district of Texas in 1906 and
collected two years later to the same
office. In 1910 Mr.. Vaughan was elect.
ID to the Texas state senate. He was
"A member of congress from the first
congressional district of Texas from
1911 to the close of the recent congress,
CRYING four years,