The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-28

worked with increasing energy for the
success Of the party. lie was the
chairman of the national convention
which nominated MIR. Harrison for the
! presidency. His political acumen be-
came traditional, his loyalty constant
inspiration. He was a whole-hearted
patriot. He loved his country. its in
stltutions and its flag. He was one
OF those who Conscientiously assume
the burdens and face the duties of
citizenship. He knew that good gov
eminent is an individual affair; that
there can be no honest mass unless
there be honest particles. This was
on American citizenship which from
the keynote of the mastery addresses
time to time he gave from the rostrom
of Central Union Church and in other
PLACES. He was model citizen himself
He came as near my conception Of the
ideal American as any man with whom
l have had 20 do of late years.
HIS KINDLINESS.
And If he was model citizen, he was
an equally model Judge Neither the
Partially of friendship nor the interest
of individuals ever warped his judg
ment or colored his decisions. He
made no hasty rulings nor did he in
dulge in careless opinions. Strong in
convictions he had the moral courage
to express them and be governed by
them. He was absolutely fearless in
his judicial conduct. He loved justice.
, His sense of fairness made him the
friend of the people and the people his
friend. He believed in fair dealing and
common honesty. A keen, unerring
, Judge of men. he was charitable i'm his
+ judgment of them. In an intimate in
tercourse with him that extended over
the period of his residence on the ISL
ands | never heard from his lips an eX-
preston which would wound the heart
or feelings of another. He was ma
turally broad-minded, and his great
heart was full of kindness and human
sympathy. His loyalty to his friends
3 reached the point of genuine chivalry.
Being the first federal judge to occupy
place on the bench of Hawaii, he be-
lieved, as he often said to me, that he
was making history; and he was
. making history. Well for Hawaii that
she has had such a man for her first
federal Judge; God grant that his judi
: cial mantle may fall upon another
equally as wise and fair and loyal to
5 the spirit and laws of America.
. ESTEE AS A MAN.
have spoken to you of Judge Estee
as a patriot, a citizen, a Judge. what
shah I say of him as man? His char
acter was as the open day-neither
darkness nor shadow rested upon it.
There was nothing hidden that should
be revealed; there was nothing con-
cealed that should be known. Rock
ribbed by integrity and probity, his
e conduct was ever just and honorable.
p The dignity of his manhood spurned all
that was mean and worthless, and his
virtues lent a charm of manner and a
u social attractiveness that gave him pre-
: eminence. Dear friend the page of
q thy life has been clearly written, and
without blot or stain. Thy record is
unchallenged The breath of suspicion
or the shafts of obloquy cannot reach
e thee; the rancor of aspersion cannot
y touch thee. Malignity and vindictive-
ness had no place in thy nature, thy
loyalty to truth thy fealty to duty, thy
g answering devotion to the right has
e carved for thee an enduring tablet in
a our hearts.
4 THE GOSPEL OF KINDNESS.
- Judge Estee, like all true men, was
sensitive to unjust criticism, and this
: very sensitveness made his sympathy
reach out to those who were maligned
st and wronged. AS l sat by his side last
: Saturday morning with my hand clasp.
ed in his, he said to me: Mr.. Kincaid
" l have never made any professions Of
/ religion but l have always tried to d(
the right thing by every human be
, ing" But is not that being a Chris
tian in the truest sense of the word
al l claim thee in the best of all gospels
Ct the simple gospel of human kindness.
a. 80 many gods, so many creeds,
al So many ways so hard to find,
When all this wicked world doth nee
Is just the art of being kind"
Judge Estee was thoroughly imbuet
III with the Christ spirit-that beautiful
le spirit which holds the whole human
et family, irrespective of race or cole
- condition, together in the bonds o
! unity and love, which seeks to max
[ the world realize that we are all chill
a. dren of the same Father, travelling to
ward the same home, and hoping to 81
40 down at last at the same banquet, an
III that therefore we should love one an
z other In life there is nothing eXceI
: what we put in it. In all the man
&c years of his life, Judge Estee crowde
r. so much work, such numerous dutit
no as to merit from his fellow-citizer
q that most eloquent tribute paid
Goethe nv the German FmnerOr. "YO
n are a man." Michelet has gone int
Of raptures over the force of that tribut
r. paid to the great German poet, an
nd we may well thank God that there ha
nd died in the harness in our midst a ma