The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-01

lege yesterday afternoon was of un-
usual impressiveness. Besides the
students a large number of outsiders
were present and participated. The
decorations were appropriate and were
arranged with great care, and the print
ed programs, with the deep black bor-
der. made a fitting souvenir of the
solemn occasion.
President Smith presided at the
ceremony, and introduced the speakers.
The service was opened at 2:30 o'clock
p. m. by Mr.. f. A. Ballaseyus, with
the organ prelude from Requiem (Moz-
arD. The audience Joined in the sing
ing of Nearer My God to Thee" fol-
briefly from the Scriptures, closing with
a prayer.
JUDGE TITLES ADDRESS.
The address of the afternoon was de-
livered by Hon. G. F. Little. He spoke
as follows:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are drawn together by the tragic
event of the past month, to give some
expression by appropriate and respectful
ceremony to our feelings, which we, in
common with the whole nation, realize
as pressing upon us. So hushed be the
voice and soft be the tread that We may
now close the doors to the rush and roar
OF everyday life and draw the curtain
of peace about us while we invoke the
divine aid of the God of nations who
"tempers the wind TO the shorn lamb"
For the third time we are in the midst
of one of those terrible storms which has
desolated our nation. President Lincoln
was shot in the head by John Wilkes
Booth on Good Friday night, April 18th,
1865, and was unconscious until the time
of his death, which occurred Saturday
morning, April 18th. 1865. President Gar
field was shot in the body July End, 1881,
by Charles j. Guiteau, and died at mid
night, Friday, Sept. 10. 1851. President
Mckinley was shot in the stomach, Fri
day, Sept. 9th. 1901, by Czolgosz, and died
Friday morning Sept. 18th, 1901.
In the midst OF the American people
where every citizen is taught to obey the
law and observe the rules of Christian
conduct, our late Chief Executive, the
beloved of all hearts, has in time of
peace been assassinated. And in this sad
hour while the bleeding heart of the
whole nation is pouring out its mournful
anguish over our beloved late President
the throbbing of our own hearts
over the sad catastrophe is almost still
ed
The wantonness of the act has so ap-
palled us, so stined us, that we find no
words at our command with which to
properly express our deep sorrow.
William Mckinley was typical Amer
lean statesman of humble origin. How
over, the fortitude and ideas of right
taught him by his mother at her knee,
followed him at every step of life's jour
ney. up the ladder OF Fame until he
stood at the topmost round of earthly
honors. When the war of the Rebellion
was declared he offered his nfe in boy
hood on the altar Of his country that our
nag might wave over a united land in
stead of an aggregation of warning
states. In later years, his voice was
heard and his vote was cast In the coun-
sells of his country for what has proven
to be its best interests. He seemed to
read mems hearts as others do books
He possessed a beautiful charm in his
mental equipment with which he always
soothed the disappointed and aching
hearts of those whose ambition he was
unable to crafty.
lie possessed a grace and refinement
Of character all his own, which was sin
sularly full of light and sunshine, radlat-
ng from within the chamber of a pure
leart and an animated soul
He sprung from the people, and every
,ulsation in the popular heart found an
answer in his own words of
approval and encouragement from the
people sank deep into his heart, and from