The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-02-02


of Hawaii and while King honoret
occasional gatherings of the Bar with
his presence and on many occasions
expressed himself as always being a
member of the Bar. ! remember an
instance when he was called to the
Bar for some purpose, ] don't remem-
Der now what the occasion was. He
sat where Justice Dole now sits. He
said to the Bar: Gentlemen, | am
still a member Of the Bar, probably
one of the Oldest; " and IN his con
versation with members Of the bar he
always mentioned his pleasure to be
among the lawyers, and recognized
that they were responsible body Of
men in any community, particularly
in the Hawaiian Kingdom. As re,
marked by our brother, Mr. Smith
the lawyers hold a peculiar and res
ponsible position IN the community,
and | know from personal knowledge
that His late Majesty always enter
tanned that view. The Justices of
the Court now all hold commissions
from him. l held the position of
Acknowledgement under him in one
of the most trying and critical times
in this country, and | know that he
meant well in everything and tried
to do his best, but from some unfOre-
seen circumstance could not always
be controlled for the best of this
country. He did what few Soy
ereigns would have done and endeav-
ored to do under those circumstances
what was best for the country, and
that is clearly shown by the fact of
his leaving the country in the most
critical time to him personally to
cement the ties with that great
nation which watches this nation
more closely than 1t ever did before.
He left these shores against the adj
vice, as | understand it, of his Cabi-
net, his physicians, relatives, and Of
many personal friends, to seek his
health in better and more bracing
climate, but with view, as | said
before, Of cementing more closely
the ties between that great nation
and this little country. He has no
doubt succeeded in doing it, as we see
from the newspapers glowing accounts
of The attentions that were shown him;
they say that no traveller who had
ever reached the Pacific Coast ever
received as much attention as did his
late Majesty David Kalakaua. And
that nation has shown it after his
demise, in returning his body to
these shores and surrendering it to
the Hawaiian people and to the
Queen Dowager and the Queen of
Hawaii, presumably free of all ex-
pense. Its friendly feeling for this
country has always been shown here
tofore much to the credit OF that
nation, and the manner in which it
has entertained our Sovereign, cared
for and returned his remains, marks
an epoch in the history of Hawaii
which this nation will not forget, and
we do not know how 1t can thank the
Great American Republic for this
courteous act. And | know that
that feeling, that the Americans do
not like the Hawaiian people, will be
forever washed from the minds of the
Hawaiians, for that great nation has
shown by its act in bringing home
the remains of His late Majesty
David Kalakaua that it respects the
Hawaiian people and its Sovereign
who was the first King to land upon
soil. Some did entertain
the idea that the American people
did not like the Hawaiian people, but
| noticed either in the Chronicle or
Examiner remark which entirely
dlsproves it, that the first seats in
the church were given to the Hawai-
ian people, the humblest of them
that were residing in the State of
California. | say, now, that that is
a courteous showing by the Ameri-
can people that the Hawaiian people
preceded the highest man in office in
tie State of California, and must
necessarily bring the two nations
more closely. 1t is another evidence
of the kindly feeling entertained
10y the American people for the
Hawaiian people and their de-
ceased Sovereign and | hope
that more Of the Hawaiian members
Of the Bar will make some remarks
upon this point, because the actions
of the members OF the Bar are al
ways watched with interest and more
especially in such times as we have
been having. All actions of the
members of the Bar, matter which
way their sympathics go or what
views they entertain, are closely
watched by every member of the
community, and in these peculiar
times it becomes the first duty of the
Bar to watch closely these ties be-
tween the two nations.
Some have tried to create a lumor
that the object Of the Kings visit
Was for some other purpose than to
cement The ties between the two
countries, bat II was freely and Wig
oruusly conlradlcled, | don't think
that amy mcmher IT the Bar or any
sensible member Of the community
has entertained suoh au idca
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