The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-09-19
/ ON THE RECENT DEATH OF
ANTOINE ROSA.
Remarks Made by Members of the
Bar in the Supreme Court and Res
olutions Passed.

At the opening of the supreme
court this morning, Cecil Brown, in
the absence of Attorney General
Smith, who with Enoch johnson had
been appointed committee of the
Bar Association to draft resolutions
on the death of Antoine Rose, offered
the following resolutions:
Whereas, 1t has pleased the Al
mighty to remove by death Antoine
Rosa, Il member of this court,
Resolved, That in the untimely
death of Antoine Rosa this community
has lost a faithful citizen and the bar
Der.
Resolved. That the bar hereby ex-
press to the family of the deceased its
sincere and heartfelt sympathy with
them in their bereavement.
Resolved, That the court instruct
the clerk to spread these resolutions
upon the records of the court.
In presenting the resolutions, Mr..
Brown paid deserved tribute to the
deceased member of the bar. saying
that whatever of honor and renown
came to him was the result of a
course he had mapped out for him
self in early life. whatever he knew
was the result of his own efforts in
the pursuit of knowledge and that his
position as the head of the native bar
was due entirely to his own study and
his own efforts.
w. A. Kinney, in seconding the Ir3-
olutions, said: 81 have probably
known Antoine Rosa longer than ,ily
member of the bar We were boys ut
the Royal school together. He was
essentially a self-made man. | know
that he worked out of school hours
even then to prepare himself for a fl-
ture that | did not anticipate possi-
BILE. 1t was from Rev. Alex. Mackin-
tosh at that school that he became
proficient in the classics, and gained
his thorough knowledge of English.
Under the kind patronage and the
friendship of Chief Justice Harris, his
future became assured. While in his
sterner moments the Chief Justice
was hatdly to be approached by am
one, still he had softer side, and An
tone Rosa had found the way to il.
In suits i'm court where matters OF
pedigree and ownership of real estate
were involved. he considered Mr.. Rosa
one of the most dangerous antagH-
nists at the bar. Understanding the
Hawaiian nature so thoroughly he
could argue To the Hawaiian portion
of a jury in their own ideas and then
turn round and argue to the foreign
ers on the jury from their standpoint
Among native lawyers Kawahi had
always been held up as shining eN'
ample, but since his day Antoine Rosa
in his prime has held an equally com
manding position"
+. p. Dole, deputy attorney gener
al, said II have always admired Mr.
Rosa's ability. | considered him Z
very strong and dangerous antagonis
in legal conflict, but he was mar
who invariably fought fairly. Hls
powers of reasoning were great lnt
he had a broad and comprehensive
grasp of legal questions"
Charles Creighton said: "AntonC
Rosa was the first member of the DaI
whom | met in Hawaii, and from tina
| time we have been intimate both so
cially and in our relations at the bar
Only few hours before | left for thu
Kauai term of court, | visited him
He was cheerful and we all expected
he would recover. On my return, tiv
days later, / was grieved to find h
was dead In the troublous time
when the racial question was on tol
in my capacity as deputy attorne,
general, | had much to do with An
tone Rosa, who was then practicine
at the bar. In all his practice | hav
never known him to use any undu
advantage. His word was as good a
a written stipulation in legal affairs
Not only did he rank " the head o
the Hawaiian bar, but he was well u
toward the head of the bar as
whole. His ability was recognized y
Iall persons and all governments i
Hawaii, and the bar has lost bright
capable and able member"
G.. F. Little said: Someone ha
said that death is but an incident j
our career, another that it is but
shadow. Whatever it may be the ba
is confronted by the loss of one of il
brightest members. Antoine Ros
leaves not only the record of an hoT
orable career but an heritage to hi
his family of cereer that any famil
should be proud of. In common wit
the members of the bar, | offer m
coincidence to his family and CON
mend them to Him who orders every
thing for the best"
S. X. Kane eulogized the virtues {
the deceased in Hawaiian and tn
chief justice in a few words ordere
the resolutions received by the coul
and spread on the records.