The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-10-03

Forty sessions. covering more than a
hundred hours of actual working time,
six excursions for purposes Of investi-
CATION, l75 witnesses examined. and
testimony reduced to writing covering
nearly 1000 pages OF matter, is the rec
ord Of the commission OF Senators
whose departure yesterday drew from
a body of the people numbering hun
dreds, a tribute which was spontaneous
and heartfelt.
AS commissions go the three men
who represented here the Senate Com
mittee on Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico, were not only able. but notable. In
their ranks were three types of the law
makers of the nation, each as distinct
as a picture and each worthy of men
tion in summing up the work done and
foreCasting the results which will flow
from it. The differences between the
man whose service has been long and
varied and who was fitted for his high
office by careful attention to his life
work through all the preliminary
stages he who won precedence through
business and he whose training was
that of the law interpreter before he
took the more prominent place, are
marked, and yet each has his place in
the august body of which he is a mem
ber
From the standpoint Of Hawaiian
necessities and prospects, the selection
of John II. Mitchell as chairman of the
commission was one most happy in that
it brought to the Office western man,
in touch for more than a generation
with Hawaii, and one whose aloha for
the country and its people has stood
the test of time. Forty years ago this
fall he was chosen state senator in his
adopted state of Oregon, he being a
Pennsylvanian by birth, and after ten
years in the legislature there he was
chosen 70 the United States Senate.
Although since that time he has been
out of the body two terms, these were
under such peculiar circumstances, that
he may w,ll and rightly be regarded
as the foremost Republican of his state.
In the United States Senate he spoke
and voted for Hawaiian reciprocity,
and has been to the fore in every great
movement of his party, which spells
progress during the past four decades.
As "A lawyer he has had long and ex-
tensive practice and Is we'll regarded
as one of the best attorneys who ap-
pears before the United States Supreme
Court.
Ranking second on the commission is
a man whose life has been the opposite
to that of Senator Mitchell. Born, as
was his senior, IN the East, coming
from the old Massachusetts, stock whose
roots touch the early days of the seven
teenth century. his early life was spent
| in the west, and his plain educational
advantages led in the line of "A business
rather than professional career. While
| his senior colleague was making laws
| in oregon in the sixties he occupied his
| first public office, as county clerk, in
Wisconsin, but such occupation was not
| for him, and he went into business ac-
lively starting from Minneapolis, where
| he formed his partnership with col. G.
w. Gr!ggs which lasts TO this day He
| has successfully and successfully pur-
sued the various branches of contract
ing, milling and shipping, which makes
the name Of the firm known the world
over, where steam drives ConveyanceS.
In the Senate since 1899 he has been
recognized as one of the men who bring
to lawmakng keen business acumen
and thorough training for close analysis
of men and measures.
When Joseph Ralph Burton, of Kan
sas. succeeded to the seat in the United
States Senate held by Lucien Baker,
| there were crowned the endeavors of a
young man whose experiences at the
Bar and in private life fitted him for
the high duties which since have occu-
pied his entire attention. Though only
one session of congress has been pass
ed by him in the seat he has made him
self known, and in some quarters dis
| liked too, for his frankness, which at
| times seems on the verge of being often
| sive, and his ability to fight for what
he deems the right. The training at the
Bar which he received was thorough,
and coupled with trying cases all over
the middle west, has been a complete
schooling in politics. In his early home,
| Indiana, his force attracted the atten-
| tlon Of some of the men who have
made history the world over, such as
John w. Foster, and his career has
! been marked with successes before
| jurIst and jury. lie is best known for
| his fight for sugar against the Presi-
! dents recommendations, and his fear
lcssness gives promise of making him a
! leadgr of the independent thought OF
| the upper house.
So much for the inquisItors with
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Mr.. }. !. Silva, proprietor Of the Ele-
ele store, was last heard from in Lon
don, Eng lie expected to spend short
time az his native home in Portugal
and then return 10 these Islands.
Mr. +. /. Holler Of East Laval has
moved his house mauka, close TO IN,
government road, IN the Laval valley
Tho situation Is now perfect and Mr.
Hullrr is nt present busy imIFoying the
grounds.
| a horrible accident occurred on th'
p 2'th ult, when a japanese laborer
working Tor the road board, wa
crushed beneath a falling rock, TN
poor fellow was taken 10 the hospital
but died on The operating table,
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