The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-10

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Nfs be- AZ reiurned a. che polls and
cont lnu.d 90 hll this honorable posi.
ton until Do sss rendered thr aDri.
| fulio of Minister ~ Finance rhit
highly nxponKlbls Once b. Wa con.
PEELED 90 resign on socOunt ~ feeble
hsalth and since then hss virtually
retired from active life. aithougl his
Interest in national Affairs has never
diminishssl. 4
M widemann declares thai be VII
never agsin enter politics. but DO Is
highly probable that hs will b. pre-
vailed upon TO change his mind, ..nd
will soon again occupy a seat la the
Cabinet Beyond the important Dglit-
iCal positions held by the subject Of
tnis sketch. he has been a Judge 81 the
supreme Court OF the Kingdom. Al
though not educated In che law, Mr..
Wldemann is natural born lawyer.
He looks beyond the petty trammsls
which hamper the purpose Of the law.
and sees the underlying principle Of
justice IN the question presented His
decisions are distinguished by sound
common sense" and a rare apprecla-
ton Of right. and are entirely free
from bias or prejudice.
II. A. Widemann has been ana IL
among Hagaiis most successful plant
ers. and II Is from sugar cane planting
that he has made the bulk OF 1is
present fortune. His first agricultuI a.
venture was coffse raising on the and
Of Kauai, where he resided from 1876
80 1864. The business was not lucra-
tive and was abandoned for the more
remuneratiye one Of sugar. His irg,
knowledge Of cane culture was acqu red
Will. manager Of the i.ihue plant a .On, ,
on Kauai, which he started in 1850 and
which was the first sugar enterprise IN
the Islands conducted on the mo .sTn
system. He continued successfully In
ne business until 1876. when, By the
10 ciprDcity Treaty with America, a
ldifierential sugar tariff was Cffr Ted m
favor % the Hawaii3n Islands. This
treaty wds rcpugnant TO Mr.. Wide
mann. as he believed that the tariff
was derOgatory 10 the dignity OF the
Hawaiian people. He considered hat
esugar cane culture had been sufficient
ly profitable previous 10 this trelty,
and was very adverse to the Govern
ment's placing itself under such obli-
cations TO the United States. Be,dusG
Of this sentiment, as well as from a
desire 20 retire from active life. Mr.
Widemann. that year. disposed OF all
his sugar interests. TO one Of this
lgentleman's temperament, however. an
idle life was unsuited and in 1873 he
started the profitable plantation cf
Waianae. which he still owns.
Hermann A. Widemann on May 8,
1850. married Mary Kauai. Hawaiian
lady. who survives him. To Mr.. and
Mrs. Widemann have been born seven
daughters and two sons: Mrs. II. u
Macfarlane. Mrs. Fred W. Macfarlane
Mrs. e. o. Berger. for some years nov
a widow; Mrs. VIM. LAM. Mrs. John
NJ Dowsett. Mrs. G. Conrad. Miss unns
Widemann. and Messrs. Carl and Her
man Wldemann. Carl Is manager o.
the coffee plantation on the Waiana'
sugar estate, and Hermann holds a po
sition In the Office Of J. ID. Spreckcl
x Bros Co, in San Francisco.