The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-27
Meeting of the Judges and Members of
the Bar.

II "A II L1OAOA0A6e noo A
Court for the purpose of passing certain resolu-
tons in reference to the death OF the late Chief
Justice Allen. His Honor, Chief Justice Judd,
and Associate Justices McCully and Austin oc-
cupied the Bench. The members of the Bar
present were HiSEx E. Preston the Attorney
General, A. S. HartweIl, John Russell, f. 81.
Hatch, Cecil Brown, R. F. Bickerton, 5. B.
Dole, W. R. Castle" J. NJ. Davidson, J. NJ. Mon
sarrat, L. A. Thurston, J. W. Kalua, ]. L. Kau-
lukou, John KaIama, and W. L. Holokahiki.
There were also present His Exeellency ". NJ.
Gibson, Minister of Foreign Affairs His Ex-
celIency ]. E. Bush, Minister Of the Interior
Hon. ]. NJ. Kapena, Hon. W. L. Green, Hon.
]. S. Walker, Auditor-General II. w. Severance,
Esq, Hawaiian Consul at San Francisco and
Mons. Feer, French Commissioner and Consul
General.
The ATToRNEY-GESERAL rose and presented the
following resolutions:
1. That the Members of this Bar have heard
with extreme pain and regret of the sudden and
lamentable death of the Honorable Elisha FL Allen,
late Chief Justice and Chancellor of this Kingdom,
and His Maiesty's Minister Resident in the United
States of America.
2. That by such death His Majesty has lost a
faithful and devoted Servant, who, during the
UHOlG VI NE hAN liz
otherwise, commanded the respect of all classes in
this community.
8. That we sincerely condole with the family of
the deceased in the great loss they have sustained.
4. That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded
to the family Of the deceased.
5. That these resolutions be entered of record
in the Journals of the Supreme Court.
The Acknowledgements said IT was twelve years
since he first had the honor to practice at the
bar before the late Chief Justice Allen. During
the time that he occupied the bench he was
always kind, indulgent and faithful. They
missed him when he left the country; but it was
pleasant to know that he went away for the good
of the Kingdom. At the time of his death he
was assisting and aiding in the matter of the Re
ciprocity Treaty for the benefit OF the country.
He had presided for more that seventeen years
in the court, during which time he had won the
confidence of the community. No one ever said
one word disparagingly of him. A more up
right or conscientious Judge never sat on the
bench of any country.
The CHIEF JUSTICE made the following remarks:
BRETHREN THE members of the Supreme
Court have heard with sorrow of the death of
Judge Allen. As Chief Justice of this Court for
nearly twenty years, it is fitting that we should
show our respect to his memory. We fully
sympathise with the resolutions presented by
the Attorney-G General. My acquaintance with
him extended over many years. large part OF
nay life-and we were on the Bench together
from the beginning of the reign of the present
sovereign 10 the ISL OI ESOTutEyp 1910 JIG NatS
of Judge Aliens resignation. He was a cool
headed, temperate, pure man, enjoying social
and domestic life, the circumstances of which
were, in his case, peculiarly happy.
He always enjoyed the confidence OF the
Sovereigns of this country while presiding over
the Department of Justice during four successive
reigns, and was the recipient of high honors
from them as well as from the people OF this
country. As a Judge, his perceptlve faculties
were keen, and a good knowledge of fundamental
law made his Career as a -JftgG99s SsTgT. e s1seessiut
one. 1t was his good. fortune to live in times
when the business of this Court afforded him
that leisure which is so great an assistant to
mature and calm deliberation. His kind dis
and affable manner won for him many
friends, and he can truly be said to have had no
enemies
The history of the Kingdom of late years is q
record of his success as a diplomatist, especially
in securing the Treaty with the United States,
by which the prosperity of this country has been
and his sudden death in a critical
period in the history of that Treaty is most
But his long life has now closed by
the inevitable event of death. But few of us
may expect to live out the four score years to
which he had nearly attained, but what was good
in him we may well emulate.
The clerk will enter the resolutions in the
Journal of the Court.
Mr.. HARTwELL said his acquaintance with Judge
Allen began in 1868 as an associate upon the
Bench, together with Mr.. James w. Austin, now
IN Boston. The Acknowledgement was correct
n saying that Judge Allen had the confidence of
this community, and of all who knew him. His
lmpartiality, his desire to allow no bias of any
and to affect his iudgme emit, his absolute firm
ness was one of his distinguishing traits. Born
IN 1904 at Greenfield, Massachusetts,, he entered
life early, going to Congress in 1910,
Hannibal tHamlin, of Maine, as an
opposing candidate, who in turn defeated him in
1912. He afterwards came to Honolulu as n
successor to Mr.. Severance in the Office of United
States Minister, from which place he succeeded
Chief Justice Lee upon the Bench of this Court.
was fond of political life, and always APP
Deared to good advantage there on account of
MS conciliatory ways. The; Judge never inn
pressed one so much as a profound jurist, who
made an exact study of legal science, as a man in
whose frmness and integrity all could safely
He gave so much of his time for many
ears to public affairs that he naturally could
not engross himself so much with examining
abstract principles of law.
Mr.. Allen always liked to do and say pleasant
he seemed to me to dislike to pass a
sentence in a criminal case, or to order judgment
Igainst anyone. We all remember his cordial
whenever we entered his presence, his
riendly enquiries after our interest. This was
lot due to mere animal spirits, for he was not
robust or hardy man; it was due to his kindli-
of heart.
Another strong characteristic of the man was,
hat although he might not always exhibit as
much push or what some call energy, as others
nay show, he. did not do things merely for the
of doing something, he was not q man to
make mistakes. He never o~ver-did, or did
uselessly. In this regard he was par
valuable as a public man. He was an
politician, and must have impressed
public men favorably. AS Dean of the Diplo-
matte corps in Washington, he held a dignified,
place, for which he was well qualified,
nd he leaves a vacancy which this country can
lot easily supply.
1t is no light thing to say of any man, without
'ulogy, as all can sincerely say of Judge Allen,
hat he was a man of absolute purity and in
egrity. That we all say and we all believe.
His ExCELLENCY the PREMIER said May it
please your Honor, Although this is a meeting
If the Bench and the Bar to render honor to a
departed brother, it is fitting that 1, as an officer
If the Government in official relations with
he departed, should speak. The country has
eceived o serious blow in the loss of the de-
Minister and statesman. ! had an init
nate opportunity to. know his eminent value as
he representative of this country in the United
You have all seen so much in the
American press setting forth the great considera-
ion entertained for Minister Allen. 1t may be
a great foreign nation has mourned for
lin. Her chief public officers closed their fes-
ivities to do honor to his memory, and a repre-
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