The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-18
DEATH OF JUDGE HAYNE.

The death of Judge Robert Y. Hayn,
ifornia, which occurred April 10, 1903
not only terminates distinguished
career. but recalls one of the great
events in our national history. Judge
Haynes father. Colonel William Aston
Hayne. migrated from South Carolina
to California at the close of our Civil
War. and settled a few miles from
Santa Barbara, where, for many years,
his house has been noted for its refined
hospitality. His grandfather, after
whom he was named. was the celebrat-
ed Robert Y. Rayne with whom, in the
Senate of the United States. Daniel
webster had the great debate on the
perpetuity of the American Union that
has become classic in our history.
There are few American boys, North or
South, who cannot repeat the peroration
of webster's closing speech. in which
nearly eighty years ago. he anticipated
our present union of hands and of
hearts
Judge Hayne, who inherited his apt
itude for the law on both sides of his
ancestry, early in life became one of the
most capable, industrious. and untiring
lawyers in the Western States. His
learning was both diversified and deep. |
The soundness of his judgment and his |
capacity for strict and consecutivei
reasoning were unexcelled. He partic- |
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prominence. and, at an age when young
men frequently are in the forming /
period of life, he was concentrated upon
his work and became fixed character
and powerful influence. In addition to
his original gifts, which were OF legal
type. he possessed an absolute genius
for labor, and his mind, remarkable for
it's genius and tenacity. was, neverthe-
less essentially judicial. No premature
ever emanated from his lips
or from his pen. His entire career was a
struggle towards convictions. as the re-
suit OF thorough and unintermittent la
Dor. and his opinions, once formed. We're
-arely altered. He was bright exam I,
pie and incentive to the younger, and
wen to the older. members of his pro-
90 rapid. too dogmatic. too superficial,
nd, as consequence. flexible and con-
radictory. In him, the unities were
.lways preserved.
For years he was a partner OF Ed
yard ]. Prinele. also from South Caro-
ina, and one of the most able and sue
essful lawyers who have adorned the
trong bar of California, now passed to =
is reward, but represented by two 9
Torthy sons. He served for years on .
le Superior Bench of San Francisco, =
nd when he married into the family of =
Dhn PARROT it was predicted falsely v
lat his energy and ambition would re- 81
x. He died in harness and his indus II
Y never abated. His able work on 10
New Trial and Appeal" which is quot M
all over the United States. was writ 70
n shortly after his marriage. For 10
lree or four years he was on the "a
lpreme Court Commission in Califor- &c
a, and left indelible impressions upon u
e reports of that state. Afterward he 10
as a member of the firm of Pillsbury, az
landing g. Hayne until 1895 or 1896, 81
hen he retired and practiced to the 70
d in selected and noted cases. nd
Further details are unnecessary and Fl
re would be out of place. Judge 81
ayne's honor was never even ques- wv
med. His reputation was crystallized I'M
d silone with the brilliancy of a flaw Sls
IS diamond. In all the relations of re
e he was as true as steel. to the poor
well as to the rich. and of him, espe-
lily among those who knew him, it
~ be justly said: lei
'Quis ITALIA fando temporet lachry-
s." HENRY E. HIGHTON.