Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume VIII, Number 27, 1 January 1887 — Supreme Judges. [ARTICLE]

Supreme Judges.

We fully endorsc the following artlcle from this jnorning's " Advertiser " regarding the appointment of s the Hon. R, S, Bickerton and Hon. A. Pornander to seals on the Supronie Bench. These appointment speak for themselves, and ure a credit to the'Oovernment. A$ they go to show its Hberalism beyond a degr;ee, oppositionists do not give it credit. The Advertiser says: "Puhlie apprehension has been at last allayed by the offic,ial announcement we make in another eolumn, to the eflect that the King has been p]easēd to ap|X)int Mr. Bickertonand Mr. A. Fornander to the vacancies created on the Supreme Bcnch by theStatute of i836. In both instances the appointments are unexceptionable. Mr. Justice Bickerton has well and faithfully earned his promotion by a long and honorable career at the Hawaiian bar, and on the bench as Poliee J ustice of Honolulu, only second in importance to the Supremeßench itself. He is a man of liberal ideas and sound legal knowledge, and his social [>ositīon is beyond question. The appointment of Mr. Bickerton to the Supreme Bench is a good one, and we congratu!ate His Majesty upon the selection. The appointment of Mr. Abraham Fornander to be fo»rth As>o< iate Justice of the Supreme Court will likewise commend itself to every one whn has ?ny knowledge of the legal and cc>nstitutional history o f the country. .ludge Fornaiukr is a tnan who has made this country known in Uterary and scientific drcies througlwut tlic world. He has done niow to prcser\c thc histor>' aiul tradilioi»!i of the llawaiian laee ihun any other i\uv> Thi& was hi>

i io w.oik.,- aiul it will Ihe aftor his!>ody l.as mouldcred iiuo clay. aiul-pcVhaps cven aucrTl!ie institutions vve now eonserve have been s\vept a\vay hy the besofn of utilitarian progress. J3e tlūs as it may, Mr. Fornander has well and honorably,earned his {u.omolion to the Supreme "Bench hy his untarnished record as Jlidge c*f the I)istriet Coun of Maui, and by his knowled{?e of Hawaiian rlaw nnd j)racticc. It is to he regretted j that he is in delicate healih, whieh is a | senous considcratioii for a u»vn al his ad- ! s anced years; but his great natural vigor i mav yet secure for him n'my years ofhonor and respect: That it may so turn out to be the cise is-our earnest hope, as will be that of- all who kno w, and therefore appreciale Judgo Fomander's high character aud distinguished ability." E aha'ia ana ne hoi oe e kela ulua molemole o nuha ana inehinei ? Kahehene ! do ke kahiohio hoi paha o kahi ano Isosi. Ua hiki kau hohu ana, o hoolapa hou nkn auanoi. i JCema»ao-wale ia aku-aei e-htki it> mai ! nna ke!a moho kaalana oke ao noi i ka ikaia kona ihoa J. L. Sul!ivftn. Ua aa ne ko ;kakou Pluikulei e mokomoko pu me ia, en, iknika no ke kakai a keia ui la ea ? . Ua hoomalamnlama h*pa mai ka uwila 0 ka lewa lani i ka po nei, a o ko kakou uwila hoi i ka halealii ponei no. O ka mahina Ika hapalua oka le wa. N;iui kela ! Aohe Āha Mele ma Kaumakapili ika po Poaono āenei, ua hoopaneeia a ka po 0 fca ia 12 o Feberuavi.