The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-02-18
TIE kDMIRAL'S H0OKUpU.
Address Presented to Rear Admiral
Brown by Catholic Natives.

Address Presented to Rear Admiral
Brown by Catholic Natives.
As the BULLETIN was going to press
yesterday, the hookupu to Admiral
Brown on Brewers wharf was just
fairly beginning. At the start a
deputation from the Roman Catholic
Cathedral met the Admiral, Mr..
Chas. Wilcox reading their address
of which the following is a copy:
To REAR ADMIRAL BRowN, Com
handing the North Pacific
Squadron of the United States
Navy
S1R,-Ihe sad death of our be-
loved King Kalakaua L., while seek
ing to improve his health on the
western shores of the Great Repub-
lie has been great affiiction to the
Hawaiian People. The kind treat
ment he has received and the distin-
guished attentions lavished on him
by yourself and by the American
People both on the sea and on the
land proves to us a sincere frendli-
ness on the part of the American
Government towards us, but, with
the deepest feelings of gratitude we
have read that you stood by him
while sick, and watched over him as
he lay dying and gave his remains
all the respect and honor due a
King.
Such attentions to our Sovereign
while living and dying will long be
remembered and cherished by us,
his true and loyal native subjects,
ard for which we owe great debt
of gratitude.
Therefore, we are here this day,
that we may show to you, to the Off
GERS, and to the men of the United
States ship of war Charleston, that
we are not folgetful of the kindness
shown by you all to our late beloved
King Kalakaua, and in the name of
the members of the Roman Catholic
Church of Honolulu, we now present
you these few gifts as tokens of our
ALOHA to you all for what you have
done. (Signed:)
CHAs WILCOX,
A X MIKA,
A KAHooNEI,
J kALUNA,
J KAULALH,
p kALAWA1A,
PAKE,
III kAHANEI,
r KANAKAoLE.
Honolulu, Feb. II, 1891.
Admiral Brown replied to the adj
dress in words of more than formal
appreciation of the peoples graft
tude, AID made touching references
to his relations with their lamented
King. He said his attentions to their
late King were no more than his duty
to his own country, and what was due
from him as personal friend of ka-
lakaua. His remarks were interpreted
by Hon. Antoine Rosa, and received
with the heartiest demonstration of
Hawaiian approval.
Their Excellencies John A. Cum
Minis and Godfrey Brown, Mr., Rosa
and others, with Lieut.. Dyer and
Ensign Blow, assisted the Admiral
in receiving the peoples offerings.
Among the previous hookupus tend
cred to strangers, were one to Adui-
raj Thomas, r. N, who restored the
Hawaiian flag after the short British
occupation, 1928, and one to H.
r. H. the Duke of Edinburgh.
Besides the large gifts of fruits,
vegetables, pigs and fowls laid at the |
Admiral's feet, many rare and valu-
able Hawaiian relics and cIirios were
presented to him. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
AiIau's gift was taisman of ivory
with necklace of the hair of High
Chief Kapaakea, father of the late
King, and Hawaiian pillow and san
dial of ii leaves.
The Native Sons of Hawaii gave
an ancient calabash of kou on stand
of milo wood. They had a gold
plate inserted in it by Wenner &
Co., containing the following inscrip-
ton: "To Rear-Admiral George
Brown, from the Native Sons of Ha-
wall, February 18th, 1891.
Queen Dowager Kapiolani contri-
buted a box of eggs, six boxes cocoa
nuts, y fowls, bag of fish, six
lunches bananas, three bags pota-
toes, three pigs, one sheep and q
calf.
AT the close Of the hookupu Admi-
raj Brown made an impressive ad
dress to the natives which was in
terpreted to them by Mr. Rosa. He
told them to revere the memory of
their late King, and to respect their
new Sovereign, and they would con-
tinue to hold the friendship of the
American Nation.