The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-30
M'KinIey Was the
ManWhOLOVed
All Peoples.

There was a large attendance at
Bishop Memorial Chapel at kameha-
meha Schools yesterday afternoon,
when the memorial services in honor
of the late President Mckinley were
held. There were not only the stu
dents of the school, but as well. many
people of Kalihi, who wished to take
part in the exercises. The address of
the day was made by Judge NJ. NJ. Es-
tee, of the United States Court. He
said in part:
Il a minclined to think that all I
wish to say about William Mckinley
has been said by others, but neverthe-
less l am pleased to meet you here
today and to say few words about
this great man.
The other day. when the news Of
his death came l met lady, and she
said that she was all broken up and
had to go to her room to cry. The
whole American people, the young and
the Old are broken up, and are now
mourning the loss of their chief mag
strate.
Although not personal friend OF
his, yet l knew him well, and often
heard him speak. l remember one time,
he wanted me to tell him all about
CdllIOTnld, ana L knew lndL MS
er was living there and had often told
him all about California. But he want
ed to know, and when l told him Of the
growth of the country, OF It's winding
! rivers, and snow-peaked mountains
overlooking the deep, blue sea, he said
to me, Say that again; 1 want to hear
that again That is the kind of a man
he was; he wanted to KNOW more
Il call him William Mckinley, be-
cause l believe his name is title of
nobility, and rather call him by that
than to call him the President of a
great nation"
Here the speaker described William
Mckinley, saying that he was short
and stout, with a head remarkably
erect, smooth face, and always met one
with a smile. He had a head that no
! one can fool
II remember one time in the House
of Representatives. the majority was
against him, and yet he stood by what
he thought was right, and he wanted
| to do what he thought was best for
| all.
He loved his people and his coun-
| try. He was not like the man without
! a country, and do not look for
him there, for you will find the wrong
man in the wrong place. l have
| great deal of respect for a man that
| loves his country, and 1 believe that a
| and any one who does not love his
country, can not love God. Patriotism
| is not always born with man, but
! he is educated to it, just a man
! could be educated to be an assassin.
| He was not assassinated because he
| was William Mckinley, but because he
| was the President of the United States,
! just because he represented you and me.
| Do you suppose that this assassin
would travel from Chicago to Buffalo
| to kill William Mckinley? No; he
travelled that distance to kill President
William Mckinley. He was their enc
my because he was the friend of each
and every one of us.
| William Mckinley was a man that
made no enemies. He could say no
| to you and still you would feel that he
| had said yes He was as sweet and
gentle as a little child, with a manly
will; a man that did not know fear.
When l asked him, one time, to tell
me about the war, he spoke for a while
and then he stopped and said. Did you
know l was telling you about my
self?' and then he would not speak
again. He was a man that had seen
active service in the army. and came
out unharmed.
Il think that this nation is doing an
injustice by not providing stringent
measures for the protection of its
President. This position ought not to
be a place of danger. To be at the
head of the greatest nation upon the
face of the earth, the nation that guar
antees liberty and freedom to all,
ought not to be at the cost of ones
life.
Il believe that the man who prints
journals that stir up the spirit of an
archists does more harm than the one
who does the work. They are towards,
afraid to do the work themselves, and
want others to do it for them.
When George Washington died the
nation felt that they had lost the best
man the country could produce, and
that no other could fill his place But
he was the best man at the time, and
after him came others that filled the
place as well. so it is with President
Mckinley. He was the best at his time,
and others will rise to fill his place.
To try to destroy a government by
killing its President is a foolish thing
to do.
You can be President of this great
nation, for each and every one of you
can be a citizen and~I hope that you
will have the ambition to be the Presi-
dent of the United States some day.
You can not succeed in life without am
bition, and you must look ahead, and
build castles in the air, as many a
great man has done. William McKin-
ley was only poor boy and when he
was eighteen years old he entered the
army. He stayed four years as a pri-
! vate. and from there he worked until
he became the first citizen of the
great American nation, and but for
the asassin's bullet he could have An
ished his eight years of usefulness.
I want you all to love your country.
You have to be the citizen of some
country, and it is better to be the citi-
zen of a great and mighty nation than
Of weak one. You have great advan-
! tages here in this Kamehameha School
or college, I don't know which, but 1