The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-06-15
HAWAIIAN
OFFICIALS
M. M. EStee Confirmed
as Federal Judge.
RAY is j, S. MARSHAL.
Haywood for Collector Of Internal
Revenue and John C. Baird
District Attorney.
CFrom Wednesdays DailyD

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The Presi-
dent to-day sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations for Hawaiian Off
ces: Morris M. Estee of California to
be United States District Judge for the
Territory of Hawaii; John C. Baird of
wyoming to be United States District
Attorney of Hawaii; Daniel f. Ray OF
Illinois to be United States Marshal of
Hawaii.
San FRANCISCO, May 6-The news
of Morris M. Estee's nomination as
United States Judge for Hawaii soon
spread among his friends in this city
yesterday and his office was besieged
with well-wishers during the afternoon.
At the Union League Club he was the
lion of the hour at luncheon time. While
perfectly willing to discuss the duties
of the office to which he had been nom
mated, Mr.. Estee had nothing to say
for publication as to his plans for the
future. 1t is understood, however, that
he will at once commence preparations
for his removal to Honolulu, which
will be his home for the next six years.
at least, provided his nomination is
confirmed by the Senate.
Unlike most District Judgeships, that
of Hawaii combines the duties of both
United States District and Circuit
Courts, probably on account of it's iso-
Iation, appeals therefrom being heard
in the Circuit Court of Appeals for this
Il ictr IF which II 10 a While
the next session of the Hawaiian Court
under ordinary circumstances will not
be held until October, Judge Estee may
at his discretion hold extra sessions
whenever he thinks it necessary, and
his friends say that he will not delay
making himself familiar with affairs
in his new district longer than is neces-
Sary.
Estee needs no Introduction to the
people of California, as he is one of the
best known men in the State. His
career exemplifies what can be accom-
plished by pluck, energy and self-re
lance. He was born in Freehold, War
rem county, Pa, on November 10, 1884.
His father, Ansel Estee, a native OF
ssuffalo. N. Y, was a well-to-do farmer
of the time-honored Eastern type.
There were nine children in his family
and Morris was the eldest. His ambi-
lions were beyond the limits of his
fathers farm, and after spending two
years at the Waterford Academy of
Erie county he resolved to strike out
alone in quest of fortune. At the age
of 20 he came to California and at once
went to the Ell Dorado county gold
mines, where he spent two years. While
a miner he was still a student, and he
soon learned that the way to success
lay through the channel of his intellect
rather than that of his muscles. He
then took up the study of law, and af-
ter some experience in different law
offices he was admitted to practice in
1859 He opened an office at Sacrament
to. In 1868 he was elected to the lower
house of the State Legislature, and his
work during that session was recognize
ed by the people of Sacramento by his
election to the office of District Attor
ney, which he held until 1866.
In 1868 Estee came to San Francisco.
In 1871 he made himself felt politically
by his fight for Booth for Governor.
After the latter's nomination he was
made secretary of the State Republican
Central Committee, in which position
his ability as an organizer was appar
ent in a remarkable degree. He was
sent to the Assembly again in 1876 and
was made Speaker of the House, At
the conclusion of the session he return
ed here and resumed the practice OF his
profession. In 1880 he was selected as
one of the fifteen freeholders to frame
a new city charter. He was chosen by
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date for Governor in 1882, but was de-
feated by Stoneman. Again in 1894 he
received the same honor, but was de-
feated by Budd. In 1888 he was chair |
man Of the California delegation to the |
Republican National Convention at
Chicago.
Mr.. Estee is a thoroughly represen
tative man, for not only has he been a
farmer, miner and lawyer. but he is
of horticulturist and
He was at one time presi-
dent of the Horticultural Society. He
has an extensive vineyard in Napa,
and the hospitality of his home is
known for miles around. He was
of the Pan-Amerlcan Congress,
and there are no questions of the day
touching the interests of California or
the United States with which he Is not
familiar and upon which he
has not been heard. Mr. Estee was
married in 1868 to Miss Frances Divine,
a daughter of Judge Davis Divine of
San Jose. He has two children living.
Haywood Revenue Collector
WASHINGTON. June 6.-wllliam
Haywood was nominated by the Presi-
dent yesterday to be Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the district of Ha-
wall. He has been Consul General of
the United States at Honolulu during
the Mckinley Administration.
Hives are terrible torment to the
little folks and to some older ones