The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-08-14

also the opportunity OF honorlng the
men whom the President has sent Ia
thls community and this bar by his se-
lection OF Judge Estee and Mr.. Baird.
want the first Judge Of the United
States court to understand that the
members Of the bar extend to him "A
sincere and hearty welcome. And 1t
gives me the greatest pleasure in the
name OF the Governor (and l will ex-
ercise his high functions for once) to-
welcome you as well. We cannot look
upon the Judge as a stranger as he has
been known to almost all of US by
reputation. am glad he has come
west to grow UP with the country. II
rarely happens to n man twice to grasp
that opportunity of going west and
growing up with a country. 1t certain
ly has been our great good fortune that
We. have had the opportunity of well
coming among us jurist of such dis
tingulshed standing and a man who
has long been an honor to the State OF
California"
Again the toastmaster with brim-
ming glass called upon Judge NJ. NJ.
Estee to respond to the toast, The 3u
preme Court of the United States"
ESTEE'S SPEECH.
As the Judge arose to speak he was
greeted with storm of applause.
MIR. Chairman and gentlemen of the
bar OF Hawaii" he said in opening. II
rise to address you for the first time.
l. lA ln.N
1t ls not expected that a judicial officer
is often heard OF In public except in the
line of duty. / came to you as a
stranger, but I am an American citi-
zen, and we are all American citizens.
l am requested to reply to the toast of
the Supreme Court of the United
States. No man lives who Is capable
of responding fittlngly to that toast.
If we speak of the Constitutional Con-
vention which established that court,
what need to say anything about the
most illustrious man known in the tide
of time who invented the Supreme
Court. This great Republic of ours
stands foremost among the civilized
nations of the world. The Constitu-
tional Convention of o'r nation that
created this court fixed its boundaries
and marked out its jurisdiction. From
Chief Justice Marshall down to the
present day men of the highest char
acter, of the profoundest research in
legal lore have been placed at the head
of that court. The time may come
when the Supreme Court will stand for
the liberty of the people of this country
and maintain them. The time may
come, and all too soon, when the judi
ciary, not only of the nation but OF the
various States of the Union may fill
place in maintaining, de-
Tending and perpetuating the life. lib
erty and happiness of it's people. West
ward the Star of Empire takes It's
Course 1t has been said. When we
first came to your beautiful Islands, /
felt that the star had shed its effulgent
rays over this land. We came here in
our poor way to glorify and not to
damnify. ] remember as II but yester-
day when my illustrious friend at my
left, the toastmaster, was member of
the bar of San Francisco, and a lead
ing character in the little gatherings
Of the bar of a great city. At that time
many of the men of the bar of the east
Ntle tntit. L Hey die iiot tieIe dly
more. But their names live in lines of
beauty and stand there through time
and in the memories of such men as
the chairman of this banquet and will
never fade away by the lapse of years.
thank you for this opportunity of ad-
dressing you and / assure you that
whatever my duties In the future.
nothing will please me better than to
tnow that your lives have been cast
n pleasant places and when you leave
lere tonight you will leave for pleas
INT dreams and hopeful lives. / thank
-ou."
Mr.. De Bolt then responded to the
judiciary. and was followed by Mr.. f..
). McClanahan. who was requested by
he toastmaster to respond to THE
3ench of Hawaii" Mr.. McClanahan.
lfter draining his glass in union with
nearly two score of others said: