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Newspaper
Hawaiian Gazette
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
4
The piece criticizes voters and nominating bodies for valuing a candidate’s electability over real fitness for office. It argues governing requires trained, honest, broad-minded minds and notes the US often crowds capable individuals into ill-suited roles, unlike enlightened monarchies that select the strongest for high posts.
In a critical notice the article rails at circuit judges for maintaining three clerks, three stenographers, three bailiffs and two interpreters while sitting one at a time. It argues the public bears the cost as gossip calls the paraphernalia wasteful and warns of potential grand jury investigations into extravagance amid treasury strain and tax pressure.
The Hawaii Shinpo Sha condemns the movement of Japanese laborers from Hawaii to the mainland as an invasion of forbidden ground and questions their prospects in California. It warns the drift undermines immigration agreements with Japan, urges laborers to stay in Hawaii, and notes dangers of wage pressures and plant owner reliance on sugar prosperity. The piece also recalls San Francisco Examiner writer Dressler and his significance to local public life.
The Supreme Court upholds the Circuit Court verdict finding Walter G. Smith editor of The Advertiser guilty of contempt for publishing a cartoon about Judge Gear. Justices Frear Galbraith dissent, Perry dissenting, with debates on direct versus constructive contempt and the reach of habeas corpus in Hawaii.
The Supreme Court upheld a contempt ruling against Walter G. Smith for publishing and circulating a statement and cartoon about the presiding judge in the Territory of Hawaii v. William McCarthy. The case distinguished direct contempt in court from indirect contempt, noting direct contempt disrupts proceedings in the presence of the court.
May saw eight deaths while H W Robinson gained admission to Federal practice. Notices cover a murder alert, a Japanese suspect, a postponed Hawaiian Evangelical Association meeting, a fishery suit, and a Territorial band tour. Court actions include stenographer changes, partnership accounting, and a magistrate appointment petition.
An old- era testimonial claims aching joints in fingers toes and limbs swell from rheumatism worsened by wet weather. A Sidney Iowa woman Miss Apa Dory says Hood's Sarsaparilla keeps her father mobile and functioning in daily life and work.
B A Schaefer and Co as general agents announce a federal agency in Berlin for German Lloyd Marine Insurance. They offer coverage against eastern dangers with reasonable rates and favorable terms, acting as authorized agents for Fortuna General Insurance Company.
General Insurance Co and River a Land Transport of Dresden establish a Ho agency. The undersigned general agents are authorized to take risks against dangers and offer favorable terms for Hawaiian Islands clients.
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