The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-24

HON. Il. A. THURSTON.
Mr. Thurston said: May it please
the Court, on behalf of the Honolulu
Bar Association, have to offer the fol-
lowing resolution:
"Whereas, 1t has pleased God to
take from US the Honorable William
Nevins Armstrong, a member of this
General of the Kingdom of Hawaii,
be it
Resolved, That we, the members of
the Bar Association of the Hawaiian
Islands, do hereby record our apprecia-
tion of the industry, integrity and
ability which distinguished William
Nevins Armstrong in all his undertak
ings throughout a long anu well spent
life, and do express our deep sense of
the loss which the community and the
nation have suffered by his death; be
it further
Resolved, That we tender to the
members of the family of the deceased
our sincere sympathy with them in
their affiiction.
''That these resolutions be presented
TO the Supreme Court of the Territory
of Hawaii and motion made for their
/ move that the resolution as pre-
sented be entered upon the record of
the Supreme Court.
HON. w. o. SMITH.
Hon. w O. Smith was the next
speaker, saying:
I second the motion, may it please
the Court, and in so doing desire to pay
INV tribute to the memory of our de-
parted brother He probably was not
known to the younger generation of
attorneys of this bar as a lawyer
more as a journalist, as cultivated
gentleman and friend-but he was
trained lawyer and he rendered good
service to this country in the capacity
of Attorney General.
L first met Mr.. Armstrong personally
in New York city in 1869 and 10.
where he was practicing law, but did
not know him well until he came here
the latter part of 1880. In November !
hs came and was appointed Attorney |
General. which office he held until May I
of 1882 NY relations with him were
intimate, as beginning with the year
1881 he appointed me hisf deputy and
during that year of 1881 and until his
resignation in May, 1882, 1 had much
to do with him. During the year 1881
he went around the world with the
King and was away for number of
months
AS a lawyer my acquaintance with
him taught me that while he did
not care so much for certain de-
tails of the law, the great prin-
ciples of the law which are the
governing principles were dear to !
him and he was well versed in them.
It made him a valuable adviser in the
public affairs Of the government and /;
In those times and in later years also.
He was a man of wide experience, ;
large acquaintance with public men
and distip yuished men and women in {
the States and had had a varied ex- {
perience. He had travelled much He
was in Paris at the time of the Com
nune and his accounts of his expert {
anee at that time were extremely
graphic and interesting. He has been q
n Europe several times other than his /
trip around the world with the King, g
which added to his fund of informa- '
ion; and I feel that his knowledge, i
lis experience, his culture, was OF very c
sreat value to this country at that q
.ime b
The journey of the King of this in a
dependent monarchy-rndepen ma i
ion-almost unknown because of its S
small area and perhaps to its remote b
less from the great centers, was
great event and many felt solieitude |