The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-07-28
WILCOX IN
MEMOR|AM|
Members of Bar
Submit Their
Tribute.

Whereas, William Luther Wilcox, a
member of the Bar of the Supreme
Court of the Territory and District
Magistrate of Honolulu, has been TAX
en- from US by death:
Resolved, that the members of the
Bar here assembled place on record our
feeling of personal loss in his death and
our sincere appreciation of his genial
disposition as a man: his sound COM
mon sense and ability to read human
character as a judge, and his trustful-
ness as a friend.
Resolved, that We extend our SYM
pathy to the widow and brothers OF
Judge Wilcox in their affliction.
Resolved. that these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of the Su-
preme Court.
There was a good attendance of men,
bers of the Bar at the opening of the
Supreme Court session yesterday morn
ing, when the foregoing resolutions in
memory of William Luther Wilcox were
presented by A. F. Judd, chairman of
the special committee Of the Hawai-
ian Bar Association.
The speeches that followed repeated
in substance the eulogies passed upon
the lamented District Magistrate on the
day following his death, when the va
rious courts adjourned their sittings out
of respect to his memory. Some of the
leading sentiments expressed on this
occasion, specially appointed by the
Supreme Court, are given below. The
remarks of the Chief Justice appear in
full.
w. o. Smith, president of the Hawai-
ian Bar observation-disclosures his
last unusual suffering Mr.. Wilcox dis
played great fortitude. He faced the
final enemy calmly and with his usual
kind consideration of others. He was a
faithful, efficient public servant and a
brave man.
A. S. Hartwell-I consider Luther
Wilcox, his life and his memory, part Of
the wealth of Hawaii.
E. P. Dole-We all knew him as a
friend and neighbor, and shall cherish
his memory as long as we live.
]. L. Kaulukou-There is one voice
from end to end of this Territory and
it is, aloha Wilcox" He was a good
judge and kind man, and that is the
universal voice Of Hawaiians. His place
is vacant, his face is absent, but we
shall always remember him for his
worth. I knew him from 1874 as a
public officer. This court Is under OBJ
legation to him for his services. His
ability and faithfulness also in assisting
members Of the Legislature are worthy
of remembrance. No man has filed the
office of police judge more faithfully
in the interests of justice. After pass
ing a hard sentence he would come
down to sympathize with the offender
and express regret for the necessity of
infiicting the punishment.
r. w. Notwithstanding the
position he held was one inviting
criticism, everybody spoke well of him
in his life and universal sorrow was
expressed at his death. 1t seems to me
it requires more ability to preside over
police court than over a supreme
court-not the ability to read and I'M
derstand many volumes Of law but the
ability to read human nature. In a
10 nj,
town, more harm can be done by an in
competent police court judge than by
any other judge.
The Court (by Chief Justice Frear)-
The Court gladly joins the Bar in this
honoring a man like Judge Wilcox.
The mere fact of the spontaneity, the
universally and the genuineness of the
respect shown him upon his death is in
itself an impressive eulogy. The rea-
son for this LIS not far to seek. Judge
Wilcox was a man who did his duty
and did 1t well. did 1t courageously and
faithfully, and as a matter of course;
but with tact and kindness and with
out anectation OF ostentatlon. Equipped
as he was in a remarkable degree with
common sense and with sound tudg-
ment, knowledge Of the Hawaiian Ian
guage and of the Hawaiian people and
Of human nature in general, he filed
with almost ideal perfection important
public offices which ne occupied for
trI -
Interpreter in the courts and the leg
islature. and then as District Magis-
trate of Honolulu, and his services for
his country and for his fellow men were
quite as far-reaching and fruitful of
good in his capacity as a man as in
his capacity as public official. The
cannot well afford to lose citi-
zens of his stamp.
The motion is granted and the reso-
lutions are ordered spread upon the