The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-07-09

with those whose political convictions were
opposed to his, and among that large class,
l learned TO regard him as n dangerous
imam, one whose aim was wholly selfish. Il
believed that with him the end fully iusti-s
fed the means, that he was absolutely UNI
~scrupulous, that he would ruin the country
if thereby he could attain his purposes. Hell
was looked upon as q man of unfeeling ard
even brutal impulses. say these things
to-day because have the greater pleasure
in admitting that 1 was wrong.
at was with mingled feelings that 1 re-
turned from the United States q few years
ago to practice before Judge Harris. IT
1t was only then that I began TO know him,
and then my former impressions faded
away, to be replaced by feelings of respect
and friendship.
Judge Harris was a man of strongly {
sympathetic nature. He always had al
word of kindness for those who came to
him. He freely advised all who sought his
q counsel, drawing from his own rich eXpe-
4 rience therefor. He was a social man andS
4 enjoyed seeing and conversing with his
& friends. l well remember 4 recent occasion.
1t was the last day that L saw him at the
4 court House. Waiting for a case, | went
to his room for 4 social call and halted ut
1.-THE door, observing that he was engaged.
sSeeing me, he held out his hand with "A
zkindly smile and asked, Could 1 do any
thing for you ," No thank YOU" / rel
! piled, 81 only came for a friendly CALL Z
q" All a.! come again." he said, 81 always;
Idelight to nave my friends come in" HisE
was a gentle nature.
2 There are many lessons To be learnedi
s from his life; one, which always impressed
me was his unfailing attention to detail. /
In the most petty case, in probate or else
where, he bestowed the same thought and
scare on all matters of minutiae that he
8showed in the most important trials. Hell
took up business and left it finished, theres
s were no loose ends left united.
3 "But now he is gone. No more shall wei
ssee his kindly face, never again listen toI
Z his words of wisdom. In the near futureI
and in years to come his wise cdunsels canI
no more be had. His loss is great. Ha-
Z.waii needs him, and it will be hard to re-
z place our dead Chief Justice"
q Mr.. Austin said:-If the Court please,
3what l intended to say has been so we'll
said and so fully said by others, that II
zought, perhaps, to remain silent but II
2 feel that l cannot let his occasion pass
J without laying my slight tribute upon the
. coffin of the great Chief Justice. In the
z death of Chief Justice Harris the Hawaiianl
s Kingdom has sustained an irreparable loss.
= Occupying the most exalted position of
: any subject, he was, by common consent,
= worthy to fill that position. No man
: could meet him without feeling tina he|
was in the presence of a leader. The origin
. atty, the vigor, the simplicity, the depth
Sand sagacity of his mind were shown in
. all he did.
q He had u comprehensiveness which
made him at home, and highly successful,
3 as well in practical affairs, as in the solu-|
81 ton of legal problems as well i'm the
. walks of literature, as in dealing with the
S most difficult questions of diplomacy and
governmental action.
q 1t may be truly said that no important
G measure of this government, for years, has
been taken without consultation with him.
< The government leaned upon him as upon
4 a sure stay and support. There is indeed
nobody to fill his place. With a love for
this country where he had spent the
s greater part of his life, equal to that which
s he bore to America, the land of his birth,
q he had for its prosperity a brooding anxiety, |
81 which rendered every public act and itsI
d results a matter of intense personal inter
est to him. | do not doubt that his early
Adeath may, in great part, be ascribed to|
q his unceasing and t~ireless assiduity for the
public welfare. No nation ever had al
9 truer or more capable public servant than
She. His name will be remembered with
g gratitude as long as the national eXistenceI
shall be maintained.
q In private life he was a noble, unpre-|
g tending gentleman, with n quaint andI
genial humor, and a kind and friendly
gmanner, which won the hearts of all who
fortunate enough to he admitted to!
9social intercourse with him. In his DEATH
8 1 feel that l have lost n personal friend,
Swhose society and advice were very valua-
& BILE to me.
In common with the whole community
81 mourn his untimeIy end. AS we stand
sby his newly made grave, and look into itsi
~.eurns, 1t isdffficult to be reconciled to the
SthOught that we shall see his majestic face
s and form no more. With unwOnted force
& the admonition of the poet comes to US
81 80 let the soul her slumbers break,
81 Let thought be quiekened and awake;
q Awake to see
a How soon this life is past and gone
81 And death comes softly stealing on.
a How silently -
81 Mr. Dole then rose and said:-May it
81 please the Court, there is one thing l wish
TO saw in regard to the late Chief Justice.
T wish 10 bear witness to his great industry,
81 his faithfulness to his official duties. Even
81 1- L. ,-oc in rood health this was