The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-26

IA eloquence with which the bench
"A and bar Of Honolulu paid tribute
to the memory of the martyred pres
ident in Judge Estee's court yesterday
morning. The simplicity and the still
ness with which the solemn services
we're conducted intensified the sorrow
felt by all present, and there were few
indeed in the court room who We're not
affected by the remarks Of the speakers
The appearance of the court room
was appropriate for the occasion Over
the doors crepe was heavily draped,
while directly behind the bench where
the judges sat, black hangings COM
pletely excluded the light from the win
dow, while from the center of the dark
surface, an engraving of the dead presi-
dent stood out with almost life-like dis
tinctness.
Though the fact of the memorial was
not generally known to the members
of the bar, there was quite large at
tendance, including F. NJ. Hatch. AS
sistant United States Attorney ]. j.
Dunno, Deputy Attorney General Dout-
hitt, Thos. Fitch, w. F. Fleming, 7.
McCants Stewart and others. Judge
Little who had opened court at nine
O'Clock, just long enough to permit of
an adjournment, was present and oc-
cupied a seat on the bench with Judge
Estee.
MOVES FOR ADJOURNMENT.
United States Attorney Dunno i'm
nlediately after the court convened
moved that an adjournment be taken
until Monday morning out of respect
to the late President Mckinley, He
said:
1T is with profound regret that arise
to suggest to your Honor the death of
the President of the United States. The
death of Mr.. Mckinley cannot be regard
/ ed otherwise than as national calami-
ty. The success of his long adm!nistra-
ton of public affairs. the wisdom of his
policy which made for peace and pros
| perity, and his marked achievements
to make him notable figure in our his
| tory. Even the deplorable circumstances
of his untimely taking off have united
| to add his name to that class of our
Presidents which, happily, contains but
| few; and yet, William Mckinley, when
| considered from any point of view,
stands well and worthily with Lincoln
| and Garfield. l feel far too keenly the
| loss which our country has sustained to
/ say more than to move your Honor that
the United States offices shall remain
closed, and that after the bar shall
have been heard. this Court stand ad-
JUDGE LITTLE SPEAKS.
| Judge Estee stated that he was pre-
pared to hear from members of the bar
and called first upon Judge Little for
an expression. Mr.. Little arose and
with voice broken by sorrow moved the
adoption of Mr.. Dunne's motion. He
said:
| May it please the Court:
| 1t Is eminently proper that the Terri
| torial Judiciary should express to your
/ Honor. and through you, as the most dis
/ tinguished American citizen in this Ter
r.tory, to the Attorney General of the
/ SHitcu States, our Iut IeallZdIl0n OF the
awfulness of the act which has plunged
our great nation into paroxysm of pro-
| found grief.
| Not in words merely formal but with
the deepest sincerity. do We deprecate
the fact, the manner and the circum-
stances of the dastardly deed.
| For the third time in ou- national his
| tory we are called upon to record the
/ death of a Chief Executive who has fall
en- by the assassin's bullet, and the ma
ton is shocked and pained beyond meas
ure at the apparent defect, the conspic-
uous weakness. of our modern civiliza-
/ ton to protect the lives of our most dis
/ tinguished citizens in the public service.
/ The time allotted us in this brief and
| painful hour will not admit of any ex-
/ tended remarks upon the life and char
acter of President Mckinley. Suffice it
! to say that he was a soldier who bravely
/ fought that we might have one country
and one flag As member of the ma