The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-05
HONOR TO The
LATE JUDGE
BUILDERS AND TRADERS AssC-
CITATION HOLDS MEETING AND
ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS.

A memorial session of the Builders
and Traders Exchange was held last
night, i'm honor of the late Judge Estee
President Gartley occupied the chair
and opened the meeting with appro-
pirate remarks. Addresses We're made
by l.. II. Pinkham, w. G. Weldon, T..
1appan Tannant and j. d. Avery, and
the following resolutions were adopted
Whereas, The Territory of Hawaii has
lost, by death, the first Federal Judge
Whereas, Morris NJ. Estee has gone
the way marked by God for all man
kind;
Whereas, the human Judge has gone
before the Divine Judge with the SIM
pie plea IT have always tried to do
right by every human being" which
shall not fail;
Whereas, The pen has been forever
laid down and the voice is forever still
ed that wrote and plead in private and
in public, through the press ana from
the rostrum, for the highest deals and
practice i'm public and private life;
Resolved, That we bow in rev erence
and in grief to the Divine decree. That
we recognize in Morris NJ. Estees pub
lie career an inspiration and example
to those who love justice and mercy
and would keep their manhood and
spirit unstained by unworthy act or
motive. That We recognize in his pub
lie letters and addresses the most
commanding influence in ncuicating
true American spirit and patriotism,
that Hawaii might become sincere
supporter and defender of each and ev-
cry human right and liberty, however.
humble the individua.. That we rec
| ognize Morris NJ. Estee left a heritage
!
measurable in it's ricn spirit and man
hood that all are his heirs if they so
will. That in his death Hawaii has
suffered public loss that calls for re-
| newed devotion to the ideals he so
truly represented.
| Resolved, That we extend to his
widow and family our profound SYM
pathy, calling to mind the comfort and
consolation a good man leaves to those
he devotedly loved.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
engrossed and forwarded to his widow.
THE BUILDERS AND TRADERS
EXCHANGE.
A. Gartley, President
j. D. Avery, Secretary.
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, the
9th day of November, A. D. 1903
AT the meeting of the Builders and
traders Exchange last evening held in
memory of Judge Estee. President
Gartley said he regretted that he was
not one of those who had known Judge
Estee at all socially, but as a public
man, he had known him to be a man
or very sterling worth and that in his
death the Territory had suffered very
great loss. Judge Estee was a re-
preventative of the United States gov
| hn
who thought, when the Judge first
came here he misunderstood the con-
ditions and the people here but since
he had been on the bench in this Ter
ritory, he had come to a very thorough
understanding of the situation in Ha-
| wall. A man who had met with great
mlsfortunes one might have expected
that he would have been soured but he
was entirely too great a man for that
His previous experience had been such
as to entirely fit him for the post of
Federal representative in this Territory
His loss is keenly felt by the people
of this Territory.
l.. e. Pinkham for the committee on
resolutions in presenting the commit
tees report said:
This association has met that it may
give it's testimony to the worth of the
late Judge Morris NJ. Esee and extend
it's sympathy to his bereaved family.
We have met that we may express our
deep sense of the loss sustained by this
community by the death of this leading
mind. The American nation has been
fortunate in its public leaders occupy
ing the highest judicial and executive
positions. Profoundly impressed with
their responsibilities as public SER
wants, they have been still more pro-
foundly impressed with their respon-
sibilities as leaders of public opinion,
from their commanding position. They
realize the perils threatening the stab
llity OF the nation and communities.
From the platform and through the
press these men have sought and seek
to present the highest conceptions of
fundamental principles, duties and
patriotism that must permeate a ma
ton and community in order that JUS
tice, good government and individual
liberty may prevail. The United States
of America represents the highest en-
bodiment >of political liberty and man
hood. The Hawaiian Islands emerg-
ing from limited and autocratic forms
of government, needed and still needs
the public utterances of learned men
moved by profound love of liberty,
justice and manhood, that the entire
citizenship may get with keen intelli-
gence, moved by the sense of indivi-
dual responsibility, patriotism and duty
irrespective of race, condition or affi-
liation.
In Judge Estee, these Islands found
their most eminent eXpounder of true
Amercanism. From the platform and