The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-01

generous assistance.
Minister Gibson took pleasure in
agreeing with his colleagues in sup
porting the motion Of his honorable
friend the member for Waiuku.
While hc felt that there had been u
wide difference of opinion between
the President and himself and col
leagues, he was proud in the assur-
ancc that the President had fulfilled
his duties in II pleasant and honor
able manner. lie could not refrain
from hoping, in view of the Presi-
dents past experience, in frequent
ly occupying the chair, that it might
he his privilege to occupy it in many
succeeding Legislative Assemblies.
Mr.. Dole supported the motion
with great deal of pleasure. lie
appreciated very deeply the fidelity
and ability with which their honor
able President conducted the work
of his office. as well as his strict i'm
partiality in decisions. lie called to
mind the fact that, although the
President was by far the oldest man
in the Assembly, he has never been
absent from his seat throughout all
this long session. A great many of
them, Representatives and mobiles,
had been often absent, yet every
day, at the hour of opening, the
President had been there and tapped
his mallet. The President had
always been able to maintain n judi
cial grasp of his duties.
Mr.. j. Mott Smith said the reso-
luton met the hearts of the House of
Mobiles and the House of Represen-
tatives. They were all aware that
the facilitating of business, the re-
moval of asperitics, and the pre-
servation of good order, depended
greatly upon the President of the
Assembly. In those respects the
Assembly would bear him out in
saying that the President had been
very successful during the present
session, and for that the thanks of
the whole House were eminently
due him. The best wishes of the
House were with him and they
would bid him godspeed in his fur
ther journey through life, 1t was
the speakers good fortune to have
n long personal acquaintance, with
him, public and private, they having
many times occupied seats together
in this Legislature. He thought
that on no former occasion had the
President shown his eminent quail
ties 50 much as during this session.
He considered they had been fortu-
nate in having a President who was
so well versed in Parliamentary law,
and whose decisions had never, un-
less with one or two exceptions,
been over-ruled by the House. 1t
was to these qualities of their Presi-
dent that they were indebted for
their feelings toward himself and
toward each other. Tomorrow
they should tender him their heart
felt aloha as they dispersed. Gap
plause.)
The resolution was put by the
Secretary and carried unanimously.
The Hon. Mr.. Rhodes replied to
the resolution substantially as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen, Mobiles and Represen-
tatives, and Gentlemen who have
spoken to this resolution: | have
been taken by surprise by this reso-
luton, and l thank most kindly all
the gentlemen who have spoken so
eulogistically of my services. | shall
not mention names, but | thank
you, all of you. | have had the
acquaintance of many of you for a
number of years, and my social re-
latons with you have been most
pleasant. | thank the honorable
noble for that remark, and / look
back upon all our relations with
pleasure. l thank you all for the
kindness with which the resolution
has been recelved--unanimously
adopted. am perfectly sensible
that it has not been so much my
knowledge or efforts that have con-
| duced to GOOD order as your kind