The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1912-12-17
WELL KNOWN
KAMAA|NA DIES
]. X. GandaII Honest John"
Answers Last Roll Call
Saturday

Mr.. J. K. Gandall, who had |
D:en i II precarious condition
lor some weeks, passed away OIL
saturday morning and was buried
on Sunday afternoon from til e
Union Shurch, which was most
beautifully decorated f or the
occasion. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. J. M, Lydgate,
and we're most fitting an d i'm
pressive, The music was rendered
by the Hawaiian church choir,
stril;ingly appropriate and har-
monious.
Mr.. J. K. Gandall was one of
the honored landmarks Of time
gone by, whose importance we of
this later generation do not fully
appreciate perhaps.
A carpenter by trade, he served
the Lihue plantation i'll that capa-
city for many years, and there
gained that intimate knowledge of
the sugar business, which fitted
him ultimately for the position of
head una on the Hanamaulu
plantation, under Mr. A. S. Will
cox. This responsible position he
held until the amalgamation of
this plantation with Llhue.
During the period of political
unrest and upheaval, when it was
exceedingly important 0 have
good m n in Legislature, and
when too, it was difficult to elect
good men, he was prevailed upon
to run for the Senate, was elected
by Aarge majority, and served in
halYcapaclty for several years,
! proving an excellent and valuable
man because of the general res
pect which he commanded for in
tagrity, temper, a n d judgment
and because of his skill in hand
sling the large Hawaiian contingent.
As political speaker appealing
to the Hawaiian vote, he has per-
haps had no equal, certainly no
superior, in modern times. His
use of the simple, graphic, homely
Hawaiian of the older time, is said
to have been a revelation of the
power of the language. 1t is an
art of which he was one of the
last, as we'll as most gifted mas
terS.
Personally he was a man of
many rare and admirable qualities.
Genial, generous, kindly II d
courteous he commended himself
to all who met him. A simple,
honest, large hearted man, Il G
carried his character in his face so
that you felt that you wanted to
know him from the first moment
that you saw him. And those
who knew him best are most
, sincere in their respect for him.
By a Friend
TX. Gandall, better known as
Honest John" and one of the
most highly respected citizens of
Kauai, died at his home i'll Lihue
last Saturday morning at eleven
o'clock, death bring due to acute
kidney trouble. Funeral services
were held both at the residence
and the Lihue church, the former
taking place at half past two and
the latter at three p. m, inter
ment taking place in the Lihue
cemetery.
Mr.. Gandall was considered one
of the best Hawaiian orators in
the Territory, having until but
redknt years been known as one
of the chief political live wires of
the community. He served as re-
preventative for one term, and was
: later sent to the Senate for the
( term from 19O5-19O7, distinguish
ing himself as an able and highly
capable worker for the public s
interests. He was for a number OF
wears headluna at Hanamaulu
when the plantation was the pro-
p-rty of II on. A, S. Wilcox
R.tirin! when / h e plantation
changed ownership, Mr., Gandall
embarked in the wholesale liquor
business with which he has con-