The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
nf'airs. and lornl friend. hc it

the death OF our dis inguished col.
league;
Tnut we hereby express our APP |
probation of his fidelity aud cilici-
envy in the high offices which he has |
held; of his courage and perscver-
ance in the important business en-
terprises he has prosecuted of the
deeds of Kindness he has rendered
to his fe low men, and of bis loyalty
to The true i"teres's of the country.
That we hereby tender out res
pecttul sympathy TO the bereaved
family of the deceased.
That these resolutions be spread
upon the records of the House and
an engrossed copy thereof be pre-
sented to the family of the deceased.
Minister Green supported the mo
ton tn adopt the resolution and
said: There are many members of
this House who can say what want
to say so much better than l can,
that l will only occupy your time a
few moments. But l do feel, Mr..
President. that having known our
late respected, may not say, be-
loved, President $. G.. Wilder for
quarter of n century, that j would
like to pay Il short tribute to his
memory in the capacity in which l
have known him best, that is as the
representative man in this Kingdom
OF commercial and industrisl euter-
prises, whether he was engaged in
furnishing the exhausted lands of
Europe with fertilizers from the re-
mote coral islands of the Pacific, in
establishing successfully steam COM
municatlon between the different
districts of the group, or in giving
Us marine railway where our yes
sells can he conveniently repaired.
! All these have been signal successes,
while the last great enterprise which
he undertook-the IIilo and Hama
kua raiiway-although not yet an
accomplished fact, must end finally
in success. 1t was not, Mr.. Presl-
dent, that there was anything un-
sound in that scheme which tempor-
ariIy arrested its progress, but the
unfortunate fact that man continues
to bear false witness against his
neichbor. There is perhaps no fifty
miles Of country in the world where
railway is more necessary for its
development than the fifty miles he
tween Waipio gulch and lliIo, and
it will he made, Mr.. President, il it
he mile by mile and guIch hy guIch.
1t is being so made, and when com
pleted from end to end should still
be called Wllder's ralwny-for he
has borne tle heat and burden OF
,he day, and it is probable that the
late disappointment Which he eX-
pCuenced i'll the progress OF this
scheme helped TO deprive the coun-
try Of the ,ader of its industrial
enterprises, and this House of its
President. There are. am sure,
many members of this House and
many citizens Of this Kingdom who
can sympathize as l do, with ouI
late President, in the anXieties which
he temporary failure of well
planned scheme brought upon him.
In our best efforts we often find that
success is prevented Iy events be-
yond our control. Under all the
circumstances, it may perhaps he
that those who knew and loved S.
G.. Wilder should hot give way t.
regrets, that he is now removed
from the effects of envy, hatred and
malice, and that he is now ''where
the wicked cease from troubling and
the weary are at rest"
Minister Austin said: In express
ing my sorrow for the death of oul
iIustrious friend l feel that there
arc three separate characters il
which he may be regarded. First
as useful public citizen. The bcs
eu!ogy that could be pronounced
upon him in this regard would b.
an enumeration Of the works o
utility for the country at large, ant
for the business community, whic
he inaugurated and carried int
effect. Such works will, l doub
not, be mentioned by those bette
able than / to set them forth, bu
they are too well known and appre
F. ciated oere TO require statement b.
me. Second, as a member and a
President of the Legislature. II
was n statesmen OF comprehenSiv
mind, and sound Judgment, alway
l. prepared to think and act with in
{ telligence and promptness upon a
questions of public interest, u saf
counsellor for the good of this pee
pie. He was good speaker, VIII
could state concisely his views i
> language always courteous 10 hi
hearers and so plain that every on
could understand exactly What Ii
p! intended to convery. As a presto
u ing officer he had the faculty Of de;
patching business rapidly withou
; curtaiing the rights or mourning th
ill will of any. Third, as privat
individual, MS a friend | am prou
to believe, MS | do, that l was nun
hered among the friends of Samut
G. Wilder. | made his acquair
tance in 1877 and the friendehi
which then commenced remainc'