The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-08-07

occupied seats on the left of the
hall. Directly in front of the family
was the desk and chair of the de-
ceased draped in mourning. The
back and centre of the hall were
comfortably filled with many repre-
sentative people of the Islands.
After the formal opening Noble
Widemann offered the following
resolution which he read with much
feeling and pathos =
RESOLUTION.
Whereas it has pleased Almighty
God to remove hence by death
Samuel Gardner Wilder, an honor
able member and late presiding
officer of this House,
And whereas, it is not only in the
councils of the nation but in the
business affairs of the country that
great loss has been occasioned by
his death.
And whereas, we desire to record
this tribute to the memory of one
who has been an enterprising citi-
zen, able administrator of public
affairs, and loyal friend, be it
ReS0loed, That we, the members
of the Legislature of this Kingdom
hereby express our deep sorrow for
the death of our distinguished col
league;
That we hereby express our ap-
probation of his fidelity and eilici-
ency in the high offices which he has
held; of his courage and persever-
ance in the important business en-
terprises he has prosecuted; of the
deeds of kindness he has rendered
to his fellow men, and of his LOYALTY
to the true interests of the country.
That we hereby tender ou. res
pectful 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 to 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
few moments. But | do feel, Mr.,
President, that having known our
late respected, may l not say, be-
loved, President S. G.. Wilder for
quarter of Il century, that i would
like to pay short tribute to his
memory in the capacity in which 1
have known him best, that is as the
representative man in this Kingdom
of commercial and industrisl enter
prlses, 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 be conveniently repaired.
All these have been signal successes,
while The last great enterprise which
he undertook-the Hlo and Hama
kna railway although not yet an
accomplished fact, must end finally
in success. 1t was not, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that there was anything un-
sound in that scheme which tempor-
arlly arrested its progress, but the
unfortunate fact that man continues
to bear false witness against his
neighbor. There is perhaps no fiftv
miles of country in the world where
railway is more necessary for its
development than the fifty miles be-
tween Waipio gulch and HiIo, and
it will he made, Mr.. President, if it
be mile by mile and guIch by gulch.
1t is being so made, and when COM
pleted from end to end should still
be called Wilder's railway-for he
has borne tae heat and burden of
the day, and it is probable that the
late disappointment which he ex-
perlenced in the progress of this
scheme helped to deprive the coun-
try of the leader of it's industrial
enterprises, and this House of it's
President. There are, 1 am sure,
many members of this House and
many citizens of this Kingdom who
can sympathize as l do, with our
late President, in the anxieties which
the temporary failure of well
planned scheme brought upon him.
In our best efforts we often find that
success is prevented by events be-
yond our control. Under all the
circumstances, it may perhaps be
that those who knew and loved S.
q. Wilder should not give way to
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 our
lllustrious friend l feel that there
are three separate characters in
which he may be regarded. First,
as useful public citizen. The best
eulogy that could be pronounced
upon him in this regard would be
an enumeration of the works of
utility for the country at large, and
ior the business community, which
he inauUnrata1 on1