Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 120, 15 December 1892 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Bv the death of Mr. J. N\ . Kalua <>f Wailuku, Maui, another of the hrighte-t a'.ul foretnost among the liawaiiane have passed away. The derea>' d who reai hed the aee <»f ah-iul 45 years a prominenl lawyer on Maui, but il was as a politician that he eepecially xuade his rnark, and hia wonderful, pa«aionate elrHjnence has carried awav maoy an Hawaiian audience and giined him aniong his countrymen ihe name of “the tire of \\ ailuku —the dam of lao." Together with the late Luther Aholo —a relation of his —he for vears controlled the politice on and the two frienda were elected for sever.il 6essions ;n Lahaina. In the 6ession of 1890, in whieh Mr. Kalua repreBented South Wailuku, he euddenly in a fit of pa8sion resigned his »eat and by that actiou he incurred the displeasure of his conetitueiits, and the mistrust of his fellow-citizena ou Maui. the result of whieh waa his defeat thie year by Hon. Wm. While in Lahaina. Mr. Kalua contracted a cold eonie time ago whieh kept him confined to his house. He pereisted in leaving bed against the remonstrancea of those surrounding him on the day of Noble Cornwell’e election on the 29th of Novem ber to vote for the man who always had ln-friended him. ShortIy aftera ! relapse set in whieh terminated in his untimely death. Itissadto8ee eo many of the best Hawaiiane taken away in the bloom of their manhood, and at the time when they should be of most use for their country, but let U8 hope that the eiample set by them in their public life may be of benefit to, and incentive for the coming generations.