The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-09-24
SECRETARY roLoER DIAN.
Sketch efsAe Career ofAR Euslaeht Amer
lean.

GkSrvt "a. " September t.-Secrctary Fol.
ser died at ass pm. The only persons rrcscui
VEN Mrs Hart his deceased wife's sister nr.
knspp and cne q bis Law associates. The dyin.
man saSrcd twice or thrice and all vas over
SECRETARY FoiSet's two daagbsors arr IN the Adir.
oadseSs. the elder in very feeble health.
Charles J. Fclrer. bora in April. ISIS. al Nan.
tseset. Mas was the Descendant 81 a line u dis
tinSutshed kpcliShmcn. When be vas l. years %
sSe his parents removed O. Geneva. \. Y, and Ia
1875 he graduated f7cn Hobart Collc.-c. The first
IN hrs class Choosing thc law IS hts profession
he vas daily admitted 10 practice in iSSl and Ave
ye1rS later, when has ace was bat ~ he was ap-
potutcd BY Governor Rourke Iutice Of the Ontarfo
Ccart Of Common Pleas, an ofice which be no
signed after one year'S service to hccomo Master
and Examiner in Chsnccrv Court that wrs after
wards abolished. In ISL he Vas elected County
lndcc OF ontario couEiy. and served for a term
ot four years In iSSl he vas elected hv the Re
prhlicAns 90 the State senate q New York and
vas reelected IN lSSi, iSSS and tSi. thus serving
for eight Successive Years and acting the GREATER
part Of the time as President ~ fsrs. of she
Senate. He was also 4 member 81 he CouStitu-
Judiciary Committee. While IN the Legislature
he vas the uncomprumiSing foo Of all rings and
monoPolieS- The Tweed tax lcvies Tor NewYork
city. which were before the Legislation, al that
time, were resoluiely opposed BY Sceretiry Folgcr
hes,GniuC from the Senate in tSs9. vas an ONT
ed by President Grant as Assistant United STATES
TREASURER for New York. establishing for hitn-
self daring the YEAR that he held TIE Office a re-
neSnbered by many Of the oldest blusers 60 thu
metropolis When the Court of Aprcsis va. 70
Organized in lSao he was one q tkc two Rcpub
licanS elected Associate IudCc. and in Nav.
1871 be vas appointed BY Governor Cornell 90 an
the vacancy uccasloued b the death 81 Chief
Justice Church. He was u a later Date nc elected
oy the popular vote for the fall term % fourteen
years
In Ociobcr, 1881. be was appointed bv Pre-
Sdcnt Arthur Secretary o. the United States rrc-
ASuTy, and the appointment was promptly c,rn-
armed by the Senate The choice Of the President
was also very generally approved by the people
Handy was be installed rs SECRETARY of she ire
aSuTy when Folccr recu; red % his original dream
Of being Governor Of New York. and an the oll
friends OF President Arthur IN the CITY % New
York. who had discovered Secretary Folryr 90 De
slow m giving 90 them thc local 71troutce, Justify
loined IN the cry that no one woulJ 10 L. Gov
ernor but Eolcer- President Arthnr lcokcd ask
ancs upon his candidacy before the States con
yenticn, as failure would seem % be defeat Of
the Administration. while success would involve
the doubtful experiment Of CleciinC him on the
Republican ticket in a State torn with fcuts and
distractions But FolCer was determined. and
all uutoWard circumstances and cumhiuations
were aiding bis purpose and committing to his Ter
tunes the Administration. He was nominated
under eISsperdtinc Conditions. which revived ana
intensified the old hostility Of the people Of New
York to a premature diviSOu Of Carfeid's r,itnsut
IN the State. and he was buried under a majority
Of over l9000. Since then his health had be,n
falling and the news Of his death was not une1-
pected.
SECRETARY FolSeE was a man Of great experience
With and an aptitude for the administrational
Of national Affairs. A persuasive orator. an ant
debater, lucid and convincing roasuuer. he was
not unworthy Of comparison with his iliustrious
p7edeceSSnrs in Office. Alexander Hamilton and
salmon z. Chase. rs well as the moro recent,
II less celebrated SECRETARIES Of the Treasury OF
the United States. Walker, sherman. Boutwell,
and Window.