The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-02-21
FORMER ADVISERS OF A KING.
Anniversary Celebration of the
Hawaiian "reminiscences of
Life in a Flowery Land Sketches
of the Leading Members of the
Organization.
Boston Herald. Feb. 81


ty-two years ago this club was form
ed, and last night the anniversary of
its birth was celebrated by merry
meeting at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
J. Mott Smith on Columbus avenue.
Among the throng were ex-ministers,
ex-chief justices. ex-ambassadors and
all kinds of ex-officials of the snug
kingdom which has Honolulu for its
capital. 1t is not every American club
that has the advisers OF kings among
its members, and these advisers
Americans, and New Englanders in
the bargain. The Hawaiian Club is
unique in that respect. DIR. Mott
Smiths home was crowded with such
functionaries and their friends, and
while the meeting was purely in
formal, it was festive to a degree, and
the guests fingered long, and ex-
changed innumerable anecdotes of
life in The Sandwich Islands.
As the general purpose of the Ha-
waiian Club and the nature of its
membership are not publicly known,
it may be we'll to afford a little in
formation concerning it. The Ha-
waiian Club, as one of its members
well said, was formed in January,
1866, by few gentlemen who, having
at different periods resided at the
islands, felt that strong attachment
for them which is so general among
those who have once lived there.
The object of the club was partly to
revive pleasant associations by occa-
sional meetings for the discussion of
the past and present condition of
Hawaii and partly to advance the
prosperity of the country and the in
terests of the United States and her
citizens there, by calling attention to
the great Importance of the Islands,
politically and commercially, and by
collecting and diffusing information
concerning them. In furtherance of
these objects, the club has met from
time to time at the homes of It's mem
bers it has correspondent with the
friends of Hawaii resident at the
Islands; it has sought, through dele
cations at Washington and through
newspaper publications and personal
interviews with men of influence, to
further every measure calculated to
benefit the Islands, and to advance
the interests of the United States
there. 1t was instrumental in estab-
Iisb;Irr ~ oil oO,,, tio1, NV stoo,D,
lines between San Francisco and
Honolulu, and in securing the treaty
of commercial reciprocity between
the two Governments There are
about fifty members of the club at the
present time, and most of them were
on hand last evening to share in the
ever delightful hospitality of their
well-known host, who had insisted,
not only on the presence of the ex-
Hawaiians, but on that of their friends
as we'll
The host of last evening, DR.. j.
Mott Smith, was for many years
resident at the Hawaiian Islands, and
for perhaps three decades he has
taken an active part in their political
and industrial affairs. He has twice
held a cabinet position and he has
latterly represented theIinterests of
the country as special commissioner
of the King at Washington and at
the international expositions at Bos-
ton, New Orleans and Louisville,
The President of the club is Mr.
James f. Hunnewell of Charlestown.
Mr. Hunnewell's father was pioneer
in the island trade, and was an officer
on the ship that took the first mis-
sionaries from Boston to Hawaii in
1919 He also established the famous
business house of G. Brewer & Co.,
which still has immense commercial
interests at Honolulu.
Gen. James T. B. Marshall, Vice
President of the club, was member
of Governor Andrews staff, and won
his title during the war In 1889 or
1910, Gen. Marshall went to the
where he became one of the
foremost business men and leader
in every movement designed for the
welfare of the Kingdom. He enjoyed
the friendship of all parties, and in
the trying times of 1844-during the
English usnrpation-he was appoint
ed special ambassador to Washington,
London and Paris. He was associ-
ated for a long time with Gen.
S. G. Armstrong in the great |
work at Hampton. Gen. Arm
strong is also a member Of the
club. Both of these gentlemen
acknowledge that the experience they |
gained at Hawaii was of the utmost |
service to them in their labors among
5he negroes of the southern states.
The secretary and treasurer of the
club is Mr.. E. p Bond, the manager
If the Boston Safe Deposit Company.
Mr.. Bond, who is thorough Boston
ian, was fitted for a professional life,
put failing health induced him to
seek the balmier climate of Hawaii,
where his eminent qualifications
brought him into various gov
srnment positions of trust. No for