The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-03-15

!. domo around-a cook, and his no
was known throughout the city for /
get pitality, presided over by this Hawai-
ion or "Kanaka" as we called him there
ri 1s4a The old ba-l ;oU, got down TO
the mouth of the Columbia river with q
load of valuable lumber on it bound for
Y San Francisco, and the old man who
used to be mate of it think, went
downstairs to play cards and drink whis-
key; they anchored the ship but she
| went ashore and that was the last OF
her, lumber and all.
| l have enjoyed myself during my short
stay in these islands very much. l
have been the recipient of great deal OF
kindness and hospitality and considera-
ton from the citizens of this place, for
| which take this occasion to return my
sincere thanks. have not seen as much
| of the country as l had desired, but /
have seen good deal, and am very
much pleased with it. The climate is
| magnificent and could live here forever
| if it was not for the mosquitoes. l would
have to learn to endure them.
have examined little of the work.
ings of the Missionaries here, have
| read good deal of the early history Of
this country from the works of Mrs.
Thurston, Mr.. Jarvis, Mrs. Judd and
Miss Bird with all her extravaganza and
| all her wealth of genius.
| In Oregon there were two counter
forces at work, commerce and trade,
Missionaries and travellers and farmers
about the same time, the Missionaries
| first and then traders. The traders
would merely represent the commerce of
this day; they were as class half
] pirate and half trader. They left no
| mark on the shore, they did their BUSH
ness on the decks of their vessels
and then went away, but they are both
illustrations of how the English-speaking
| race has colonized the whole world
through the agency of Christianity and
commerce, they have gone hand in hand
| to bring up the morals and prosperity of
the people. 1t is not kind of Christianity
that gees down to the native, that goes
| to him and stays with him, but it goes to
him and brings him up to the standard
| of the plane on which it is, and have
found a great deal of similarity exists be-
tween these islands and Oregon in this
respect. l can see all through this
country the indelible marks of the bene-
| fit that Christianity has wrought through
the missionaries that came here from the
United States. (Applause.) But of
course in a civilized country there must
| be something besides the missionary.
There must be commerce, there must be
freedom and there must be government,
| and the missionary must take his place,
| not be all and all in the government,
and this country Is passing through that
stage. But l think that the people of
| this country are not aware Of the tact
| that the first people that became their
teachers, their leaders, and introduced
| them to Christianity, were people OF
high wisdom and benevolence and in
| dustry who taught them to take care of
| themselves and live in this world as we'll
as they could I do not think they realize
that fact. draw good many parallels
| in my mind between this government
! and our government in the, States. In
some respects there are few countries
your equal. say it fairly. In most of
the cities of the Union the judicial power
is exercised by men who are elected at
| short intervals to serve for meager sal
| aries on the Supreme Bench. There is a
| change OF opinion going on in the
country ON that point; it is manifesting
itself in every direction, but the evil has
not been cured; l think it will be. You
are to be congratulated on having started
| upon the right plan, and that is to have
Court that is independent, and no
Court or Judge could be indepen-
dent who has not got a decent salary
and a permanent tenure Of office
do not care how good a man may be
naturally, or great a man is naturally, if
from the day he goes on the Bench and
commences to discharge his duties he is
looking around to see what his chances
for the next term are, he cannot be
good judge Neither is he independent
if he has to beg, for he cannot live on
trust and support his family decently
without borrowing or begging or taking
favors from any man. He ought to be
able to follow the example of your
worthy Chief Justice and entertain his
friends, rather than be entertained by
them. Applause. He ought to have
q salary that would make him indepen
dent, and a permanent tenure of Office.
Now l make bold to say that have
looked through the Courts and have
heard the community talk, and have
examined it, and there is not, believe,
but a half-a-dozen States In the Union
where there is Court that is as much
entitled to respect from the community
as the Supreme Court of the Hawaiian
Kingdom. 1t is not because these men
are so much better than other men it is
because they are favorably situated.
Circumstances make men and unmake
them. They will be Independent with
permanent tenure of Office and q decent
competence.
do not feel like taking up your time
further, gentlemen. l am much obliged
for the attention you have given me, and
am much obliged to the Chief Justice
for giving me the opportunity Of making
these remarks and for making me his
guest this evening.