The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-06

themselves in an ideal spot, an; Arca9
dian village where the cocoanuts.
threw their crested shadows into
water as blue as the sky; where the
simple and kindly native people gar
landed and gay, made them welcome,
and where a New England community
of merchants and missionaries pro
vided the home comforts to which they
were used. October was a beautiful
month"; the spell of peace was on the
green vistas of the landscape; cool
breezes stirred the strange LEAKAGE;
unknown birds nestled in the branches
of the kullui and the palm, and every
thing beckoned to new joys. So
neither youth steeled his heart against
entreaties to stay. Why 20 on to Or
egon, a wild land with a hostile win
ter? Why leave in leaky ship to
brave tempestuous waters and the
fatal entrance to the Clumbia? What
for? Was there not work to do in
Hawaii? There was a growing trade
for young Bishop to find employment
in if he so desired; and as for Lee,
surely this young lawyer with Har-
ward diploma; this bright and attrac-
tive and well-read counselor was Just
the man to help the overworked At.
torney-General undo some knotty legal
questions. Why not stay?
ra!ey Take Office.
There was, indeed, much need OF
legal advice, for the government was
not only in trouble with the important
firm of Ladd & Co., but with the Con
suls John Ricord was attorney-gen
eral and needed aid. The other mem
bers of the government, headed by the
famous DR.. Judd, were of the laity
and the law practice of the islands
was in few and Indifferent hands, Eek
pert help must be had.
Lee was asked to write some opin
ions, which he did, and with so mucl
. acceptance that he was induced t.
4 stay until spring and help the attor
= ney-general out. Bishop, who had de
termined to stick to Lee, soon fOunu
!, employment in the Office of the mir
+ lister of the interior. to write up book
{ that had got behind. In a little Will
Lee was made superior judge and the
chief justice, and also president c
~ the land commission while Bishop
% finishing his work in the interior offir
accepted the position of secretary I
10 the United States consulate.
e Settled in Honolulu.
The young men were now settled
- Honolulu and seasons came and We
without renewing their plans to Wis
Vi Oregon. Both were content and pre-
porous. Chief Justice Lee did mo
useful service to Hawaii, but brol
~ down under it and had but elev,
81 more years of life.
., In the spring of 40 when the gol
III hunting rush to California began, N
y" Bishop grew restless for the mine
o. but his affection for Judge Lee Ike
&c him from going, though at one tin
=" he had so nearly made up his mind
u leave that, following the law and GU
~ tom of the period, he had publish'
NC his intention to depart. While Co
AZ sular secretary he had saved mon'
Is and invested it, and at one time
- sent Chinese-grown sugar to the Goa
5' and got his pay for it in gold du'
~ Then, Unexpectedly, he was offer
." the ector-genershalship of custoT
ne for the port of Honolulu which
III accepted, and from that on, for ov
- forty years, he was a resident Of +
ne wall, becoming one of it's wealthie
~ and most influential men.
e Starts Bishop Bank.
In 1858, after being in trade for fl
h. years as partner of w. A. Aldrich, t
w two started a bank. General busine
at was growing California had becor
es an important market for Hawai-
nd agricultural products, and Honolu
nd and Lahaina were the midpacific re
mr. devious of whalers. Money of
Il nations circulated; there was need OF
in secure place of deposit and of all t
mi machinery of a banking system. n
es Bishop, whose business acumen h
.et grown with experience and whose re
"a. utation for integrity was such as to
IN. spire confidence in him as &C
If servator of his own and other people
ed money, had no trouble in associate
W. with him such interests as would ma
ev his bank a success from the sta
I'm But he took no undue chances He
on gan in a small room in a building
n. a narrow street, where he and /
partner were their own bookkeept
eft cashier, receiving and paying tell
aft and ianitor Business grew rapid
m. The firm soon had to add another roc
m and a clerk, and finally a room or t0
st more were called for to aocommoda
90 the increasing clerical force. EaI
an in the sixties the firm, whose banki