The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-04-21
DEATH OF JUDGE HAYNE.

The death OF Judge Robert Y. Hnyne
OF san Francisco and san Mateo, cali
IfUrnln. which occurred April 30, 1903
rot only terminates distinguished
career. but recalls one Of the great
evorts M our national history Judge
! payue's fsther, Colonel william Aston
| Knyre migrated from South Carolina
I IT, California at the close OF our civil
war. and settled few miles from
Santa Barbara, where, for many years,
his house has been noted for Its rcJ9t
huspits lity. His grandfather after
Vhom he was named, was the celebrat-
ed Robert Y Hayne with whom, IN the
Senate OF the United states, Daniel
Webster had the great debate on the
perrptuity OF the American Union that
has become classic In our history
There are few American boys, North or
South. who cannot repeat the per ration
OF websters closing speech, IN which
nearly eighty years ago, he anticipated
our present union Of hands ana VI
hearts.
Judge Hayne, who inherited his apt
itude FOR the law on both sides OF his
.
most capable. indust. lous. and untiring
lawyers IN the Western states. His
learning was both diversified anG deep /.
The soundness of his judgment and hie
capacity for strict and consecutive !
reasoning were unexcelled. He partic-
ipated in many cases OF Importance and
prominence, and. at an age when young
men frequently are in the forming
period of life, he was concentrated upon
his work and became a 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 Tor
its genius and tenacity, was peverthe-
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 Ia
Dor, and his opinions. once formed, were
rarely altered. He was bright exam
pie and incentive to the younger, ana
even to the older, members OF his pro-
fession, some of whom. everywhere are
too rapid, too dogmatic, too superhcial,
and, as consequence, flexible and con-
Trajectory. In him, the unities were
always preserved.
For years he was a partner OF Ed
ward j. Prngle, also from South Caro-
ina, and one of the most able and sue
,essful lawyers who have adorned the
strong bar of California, now passed to
lis reward, but represented by two
worthy sons. He served for years on
he Superior Bench of San Francisco,
md when he married into the family or
John Parrot it was predicted falsely
hat his energy and ambition would re-
AK. He died in harness and his indus
ry never .abated. His able work on
New Trial and Appeal" which is quot
d all over the United States. was writ
en- shortly after his marriage. For
hree or four years he was on the
supreme Court Commission in Califor-
Tia, and left indelble impressions upon 3
he reports of that state. Afterward ne
vas member of the firm of Pillsbury, h
& Hayne until 1895 or 1896,
When he retired and practiced to the
nd in selected and noted cases.
Further details are unnecessary and II
lere would be out of place. Judge t
Iayne's honor was never even ques- n
toned. His reputation was crystallized q
nd shone with the brilliancy of flaw Ii
ess diamond. In all the relations OF h
ife he was as true as steel, to the poor t
s well as to the rich, and of him. espe- n
tally among those who knew him, II II
nay be justly said:
"Quis Italia fando temporet lachry- d
MIS-" HENRY 70. HlGHIoN. o