The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-16
LOCAL Attorneys
: TOF|tE VACANCIES
Names Sent To Senate and
Confirmation Expected
Soon
Kemp and Heen Win Qualify For
Iudgeships As Soon As
Possible
TNHE long hoped for appointment to
the circuit court materialized yes
terday when President Wiiso

| lue olTCult court mhteflAlZeu yes
terday when President Wilson
! forwarded 10 the senate, the names OF
William H, Hecn and Samuel B. Kemp
for third and second Judge respectively
in this circuit.
News Of the appointment was re-.
cciyed yesterday morning from T.. @,
| Walker, The Adyertiser's correspond.
ent ID Washington.
The. appointment did not come alto
gethef as surprise 20 the legal pro.
fession which has been keeply await.
ing them, in the hope that the con
Eestion in the court might be lessened.
IN The Advertiser yesterday morn
ing Il was stated In connection with
an interview with Malcolm Franklin,
collector Of customs, who returned In
the Wilhelmina Tuesday, that Judge
Kemp would no doubt receive one Of
the appointments, and there have been
current and apparently authoritative
reports here for more than week that
Heen would take Judge Whitney IS
place. In ,-"s.
whitney Leaving Bench ,tt&#a
The message sent by Governor Pink
ham Saturday to Secretary Lane Of
the Interior possibly fastened the ap.
pointments, for in this message the
Governor pointed out that Judge Whit.
ney was, on the eve of leaving the
bench and that one division of the
circuit court had been vacant since
the elevation Of Judge Coke to the
higher tribunal. T,H.[
Judge Kemp has been in Honolulu
just one year and six days, year 8
residence being one of the qualifca.
tons of a circuit judge. He came here
from Coke County, Texas, to take the
position Of assistant United States dis
'trict attorney here. At that time Hor.
ace w. Vaughan, now federal judg e,
was the district attorney, and il is un.
derstood that Kemp had an understand.
ing with the department at Washing
ton that on making good here he should
be given a better position.
Kemp Makes Good - D..
On the authority Of those who have
been associated with him in the bust,
ness Of the FEDERAL court, Kemp has
made good and has found favor with
the attorney general. He has handled
considerable Of the criminal work for
the prosecution here and the attorneys
who know him speak well of his work,
and seem to like him personally. q
Judge Kemp was one of the few
Democratic attorneys who escaped en-
'dorsement of the Hawaii Bar Associa-
ton. This is also true of Heen, though
II is said that Heen 3 name was pro-
posed to the association for endorse
ment, but that he insisted on its being
withdrawn. Ntta .1,Na,& ' '#","t
Heen is hardly thirty.f four years old,
being born March IL, 1883. He win be
the Youngest judge in the Territory
when he takes office. Heen was born
on Maui and educated in the old Iolani
College on Beretania Street, where the
noted Bishop Willis presided.
Ppnahou Graduate
Afterwards he went to PunahOu and
on graduation took a course of law az
the University of California, returning
to Honolulu in, 1904. He associated
himself with Lorrin AndreGs, who was
then the attorney general of the Terri.
tory, and later accompanied Andrews to
Shanghai, where he remained for two
years. ",
When Heen came back to Hawaii
he soon became deputy county attorney
for the county of Hawaii, and remain
ed in this position for six years. II
was during part of this time that the
Hilo graft prosecution was heard, and
In 1t Heen figured prominently as one
of the attorneys handling the investiga-
ton. 1t was his work in this inyesti-
CATION that brought him into frat
prominence here, and so we'll did he
handle the cases that the Territorial
Democratic administration soon found
a place for him in the attorney gen
eral 3 department as deputy. He has
been in that position for about year.
In that time he has represented the
government in several important mat
tiers, notably the fslop beer y cases and
a group of land suits. I.a... = Gr.
Aided By Breckons
In the Hilo graft Investigation and
prosecution Heen was associated with
Robert w. Breckops, and in appreeia-
ton Of his good work II js understood
that Breckons, who is now in Washing,
ton, did everything possible to secure
his appointment, notwithstanding that
Heen is a Democrat and Breckons is
Republican, Heen is married and
has four children, 5i... T..
. Judge Kemp was born in Austin,
Texas, and attended the University of
Texas where he received the degree of
LID in 1900. He entered upon the
private practise of law in Austin and
Continued there for eight years, when
he moved to Robert Lee, Texas, where