The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-02

| severance and courage with which he over
came obstacles. But few men, under the
! circumstances in which Mr.. Wilder was
| placed, would have undertaken some OF
| the enterprises in which he engaged; and
| fewer still would have mastered the diff
| culteS he encountered.
His patience, perseverance and courage
| are worthy of emulation. Defeat, failure
| and apparently unSurmountaoIe dl1ncuIueS
| did not daunt him.
| The lesson of his achievements in the
| face of disheartening obstacles and EN- bar
| easements is one we may well heed IN deal
ing with public affairs. Our own expert
! ences and the experiences OF others are
| ONLY valuable as we profit by them.
In the death of Mr.. Wilder the country
| and this House have suffered great loss,
| but we may treasure his memory and profit
by the lessons he taught.
HON ]. Z. KAwAINUI's ADDRESS.
| Rep. Kawainui spoke at considerable
| length in Hawaiian, without Interpretation.
| HON. D. H. HITCHCOCKs ADDRESS.
Noble Hitchcock said: Mr.. President
! 1t is with qualification that l have listened
to the eulogies, delivered within these walls
! this afternoon, to the memory OF one of
| HaWaii'S hobleSt citizens.
1 have personally known the honorable
| Samuel G. Wilder, almost from the time
| he first became a resident and citizen OF
this little Kingdom. And moreover, it
| has been my privilege to have many times
sit with him in the legislative councils of
| the nation. To know him, was to admire
| and respect.
No one who ever met him in the every
| day push of business, whether of that APP
pertaining to the public good, for which he
| was so often called upon to act, or that OF
| private enterprise, but was forced to
| admire him for his tireless energy and in
| dOmitabe pluck. His tenacity of purpose
was wonderful; and when once his clear
| sighted mind was made up to attain an
| end it was almost sure of being attained.
| And there is but little doubt that if his life
had been spared few years longer, the
| browning desire of that life, the building of
| the railway from Hilo to WaipiO, would
| have been fulfilled.
He used private means for accomplish
| Tag public good. AS, for instance, the
| building of the KOhala railway. The
! careful surveys made for the sixty miles of
| rail, connecting the fertile acres Of Hama
| kua with the port of Hilo, the mapping
and explorations necessary for carriage
| road from HilO to that greatest of Hawai-
| an wonders, the Crater of Kilauea; he it
| was who first agitated in these halls the
necessity for supply OF pure water for
the town of Hilo, which, thanks to his
efforts last session, will soon be, hope,
reality. These are a few of the instances
which have shown in the man public
spiritedness, not excelled by any one living
on these islands.
In every measure he identified himself
with the country of his adoption, and to-
day no name is more widely known, or
held in greater esteem by the native Ha-
WaiianS, than that of s. Waila." And with
good reason too; he was true friend of
the Hawaiians, and they know it; and as
such he is mourned by them from Hawaii
to Niihau.
Mr. President, Hllo and Hawaii mourn
his loss, and here in these halls, where his
voice has so often been heard, advocating
every measure which would advance the
interest Of Hawaii nei, will we offer the
tribute of our love and respect-a love and
respect born not SO much of his great deeds,
as of his unseltish regard for, and desire
to benefit, all Hawaii in all that he under
took. a love and respect, which not only
fills every heart to-day but which will ever
keep fresh in the memory of all Hawaiians,
the honOred name of Samuel G. Wilder.
HON. JOHN RICHARDSON'S ADDRESS.
Noble Richardson delivered an address |
in the Hawaiian language.
HON. W. H. RICE'S ADDRESS.
Rep. Rice spoke briefly in Hawaiian.
HON. H. S. TOWNsEND's ADDRESS.
Noble Townsend said: Mr.. Presdent-It |
is not fitting that | should attempt to re-
view the public acts of the Honorable S. @. |
Wilder during his long residence in these |
Islands All the members of this House |
are as familiar with his career as l. and |
many are more so. | cannot speak from |
memory of his arrival in these Islands | |
was not here at that time, nor for many |
years afterward Yet, as one OF the younger |
members of the House. l am not willing to |
let the opportunity pass to add my tribute
to the character of the deceased. My per-
sOnal acquaintance with him was brief, yet |
L could not fail to observe his great popu-
larity and look for the cause of it. When |
constituencies We'd with each other for the
honor of returning him to this Assembly
that fact naturally provoked the inquiry,
" Why this popularity" 1t has been we'll
said upon this floor to-day that such popu-
larity is not fOrtuitOus. 1t is the effect |
following some cause. For that cause we |
must look to the character OF the man.
First among his distinguishing charac-
teristics was his great kindness of heart.
This induced in him tender sOlicitude for
the weak. He Away sympathized with
those who found life's battles hard. 1t
was this feeling which made him always
anxious for the welfare of the
native Hawaiian race. And that he had !
this anxiety for their welfare was so fully
by them that he is now mourn
ed, as has been said here to-day, from Ha- |
wall to Niihau. 1t was this greatness of |
heart which inspired in him such fatherly |
regard for all of his employees as always |
him. l would that some one
Of those employees who knows how it |
grieved him to take a business course which |
would initiate against any one of them
would that such one were on the floor
Of this House to-day to testify to his kind
mess OF neart. MOI all OF ms employees |
and few of the outside world know how t
deeply it hurt him to disappoint and dam S
age one who was working for him. c
1t was this greatness of heart combined'l j..
with his generous public spirit and his
arge capacity for business which contrib
tied chiefly to make him the successful |
md popular man he was. These were the |
principal elements of his greatness. And
n these respects young men may we'll look
o him for example.
HON. A. P. PAEHAOLE's ADDRESS.
Rep. Paehaole followed with an address
n Hawaiian.
HON. H. A. WIDEMANN's ADDRESS.
Noble W;demann said be had not the
lift of OratOry but he could not LET the |