The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-12-16
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| a. Noa Kepoikai, the new Treasurer
of the Territory of Hawaii, was born
at Waikiki, Island of Maui, on Deem
Der H. 1861, and will therefore be Al
| years Of age next week. His father
/ was one of the legislators of the old
/ r. gime and was also Tax Assessor for
! the District of MakawaO, Island of
/ Maui. Treasurer Kepoikai was edu-
Gated in the common schools of Wailu-
ku, and graduated from Lahainaluna
Seminary in 1879. He went 10 PunahOu
College in 1881 remaining there until
the epidemic Of small poX in tina; year
carried away his father, when he re-
/ turned to Maui, not having graduated
! from the Institution. In 1856 he was
appointed District Magistrate of Wal
luku holding that office until 1892 when
Queen Liliuokalani gave him the APP
pointment of Judge of the Circuit Court
Of the Second judicial Circuit on Maui
This office he held until the proclama-
| ton OF the Republic Of Hawaii which
I called for every public office to be de
/ clared vacant by September l. 1894. on
| that date he stepped down from, the
| bench and took up the practice Of law,
| continuing I'm this until his recent APP
| pointment as Treasurer of the Territory
| BY Governor Dole. In 1898 he was elect
cd a Senator from Maui. In 1900 Mr.
Kepoikai was appointed a member of
the first Fire Claims Commission, which
Commission, however, was declared
null When the second and permanent
Fire Claims Commission was appointed
Mr. KepOikai was the only member of
the first commission who was confirmed
by the Territorial Senate. on this Com
mission he sat until all the fire claims
had been adjudicatcd. In May, 1900, he
sat in the first Republican Territorial
Convention held in Honolulu, and in
June with Col. Samuel Parker was APP
pointed n delegate from the Republican
party of Hawaii to the Republican Ma
t!onal Convention held that summer in
Philadelphia. He voted for the nomi-
nations of Mckinley and Roosevelt
respectively for President and Vice
President. Before returning to Hawaii
Mr.. Kepoikai. together with the other
delegates, was received at the White
House by President Mckinley. In the
last campaign he was a delegate from
Maui to the Territorial Republican con-
Nention which nominated Prince Cupid
of tie district committee of Maui. on
December g. 1902, he was appointed
Treasurer by Governor Dole.
startling as it undoubtedly is. must
give cause for reflection to those who
talk so glibly about cultivating and de-
yeloping the Philippines. In the Phil.
ippines, the conditions are still more
difficult, because the climate Is more !
tropical, and 1t is almost. If not quite. |
impossible for white men to do field |
labor. The question arises as to where |
the necessary labor is to come from. |
Is 1t TO be japanese, or IS II TO be Chi |
nese, who will come 10 the rescue and |
help the United States 10 reap the ben
ellt Of her conquest? II Is probable |
that in either case she viii ihaye to |
change her actions and state OF opin- |
Ion toward both Japan and China. |
The example Of Hawaii, with It's 25.GIi |
japanese laborers ont Of a total ~ |
55esi Oof whom 5O97 are Chinese). Is
indeed one which should be full of
lessons % all who are Interested or re-
sponslble for the development Of the
Philippines,