The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-05-28

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majority Of the committee would vot
for any station nj Pearl llafbof viii
out the recommendation 81 the Pres
dent or the Naval Board. or the Sec
Rotary Of the Navy. AZ the same tim
there IL not the slightest doubt In m.
mind but that Will come about, ans
believe ut nm early day.
THE HAWAIIAN JUDICIARY.
AS a New York member of th
Committee OF the judiciary, It is
great pleasure for me TO respond {,
the toast proposed, said Congressman
4 Alexander, OF Buffalo, IN answer "a
the toast, THE Hawaiian judiciary.
| In the first place | wound pay tribute
TO the high character OF the Hawaiian
judiciary, and also pay respect to the
memory OF a great New York lawyer
who had the proud satisfaction Of cs'
! tablishing on these islands the Jurls'
prudence adopted from Anglo-Saxon
civilization, your first Chief Justice,
+ William l.. Lee. BY such men your
judiciary system was established, by
such men IL has been maintained until
il is equal to the first of Europe and
of the United States. \ great and
prosperous people you are here now,
people who can keep in touch for
three-quarters of a century with the
music and march of civilization-of
progress and of the events which, with
lightning speed, illuminate the civillza-
tlon of the world. A people who can
keep in touch with the world, a people
who can take care of themselves to-
morrow (Applause.)
and it pleases me now to be able
to note that the lawyers of this Ter
ritory and their bar association have
lifhted up the bench and bar of these
islands until they are equal to the
/ bench and bar of any civilized country
of the world. Allen of Maine, Harris
of New Hampshire, Judd, son of a
Newly orker, and your present Chief
Justice. in whose presence L stand,
also "a son of New Yorker, all have
made famous the judiciary of these is
lands in the midst of the Pacific. Such
people having such Judiciary, born
of such missionary spirit, with the
spirit of Christ!
"gFor three quarters of century you
have been building yourselves up, and
for quarters of n century, as my
friend Hepburn has said, you may well
be assured that you will be taken care
of; not perhaps because it is so i'm
portant to somebody else that you be
cared for but because you have shown
yourselves fully capable of taking care
of yourselves. (Applause.) And the
men that help themselves, get hep,
and they never get left.
81 am glad to be able to pay my
respects to the judiciary in these is
lands, and i desire to say that, now
that you are part OF the United
States, your judiciary is part of the
United States, also, it should stand up
on the same roofing, equal in pay,
equal in number, rated in accordance
with the involved interest, equal in
rank, equal in power to that which IS
given to the judges and the judiciary
of the United States of America.
"You have been led wisely and WEI,
long before Congress took you up. You
will be led wisely and well even now
if Congress does not take you up, but
| assure you of one thing, my friends,
you judiciary ought to be, az, If l
can help it, will be taken up by the
United States government and made
to stand on an equal footing with the
highest court-the best court under the
flag
The Merchant Marine was treated OF
by Representative Charles E. Littlefield
of Maine, whose speech was one OF the
most impressive of the evening. He
said: MIR. Toastmaster. Gentlemen OF
the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants
Association and Sugar Planters Associ-
alton: Allow me to say at the outset
that the subject upon which 1 shall
dwell will be one very different from
any that has been discussed this even
ing. 1t is the last subject on this oc-
casion and for many reasons it is,
therefore, the best.
you have all heard of the old
preacher as he preached on until he got
to his 18th What can / say more
when a little boy in the church yelled
out, Amen. So this will be the
amen in the exercises of this even
ing 1t is perfectly fitting that this
should be the last toast. because /
speak of an industry that is now Ian
one which has less encour-
agement and protection at the hands of
the national government than any other
within the borders of the Unit
ed States. and II Is an industry that
certainly concerns the people of these is
lands, but before reach the discussion
of this question allow me to say per-
sonal word.
II desire TO heartily endorse the sug-
gestion of Hon. Mr.. Davidson, and /
not only desire to endorse II, but I
desire to go further and say that, while.
| appreciate as heartily as any the
great service OF your Delegate to Con-
gress, l desire to say that the services
Of the Private Secretary TO the Dele
gate have been Indispensable, and be-
lleve l voice the sentiment and judg
ment OF the Congressional party and
OF every person in the Hawaiian Islands
when ! say this, Further, want TO
thank the people OF this magnificent
for the general and royal hos
pitality that has been accorded us, and
10 express our feeling OF appreciation
therefor. find no words 10 express
our gratitude 10 you all.
three quarters of century with the
1T Is true that the eoastwise laws of
the United states apply 20 this Terri
tory, u Is also true that the appllea-
lion ~ this law has been Injurious 20
you, II N also true that, when this
Territory became a part ~ the United