The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-25

furnlshed an agreeable treat IN
more active employments, and the
long tables which stretched across
the room and from one end to the
other groaned,' as tables invari
ably do on such occasions, with
the weight of all the solids, delica-
cies and dainties which this land
where everything is always in
season-can supply.
A whole chapter might be de-
voted to the costumes Of the ladies,
many of which wore costly and
elaborate, while others were not
less beautiful in a simple style.
But the male portion of mankind
is not gifted with powers of descrip-
ton in this sphere, and it is better
to gasp and be silent.
One other interruption to the
dancing there was, more pleasant
even than the supper. Lieut..
Young made the following speech,
after which DR.. McGrew called for
three rousing cheers for Capt.
| Wiltse which were given with a
will:
The honors which you have on this
occasion conferred upon the command
ing officer of the Boston are appre-
ciated by the officers and crew of that
vessel, and it is with pleasure that |
am able to attest the common feeling,
and on their behalf to thank you for
this evidence of approval and good
| will. While we are sorry to lose him,
we nevertheless rejoice to know that
| he goes home crowned with success,
and that his government will reward
him as he deserves. 1t is not often
you will find a man taking risks that
might result in the loss of high posi-
ton only obtained in life time; yet,
when the hour came, Captain Wiltse
did not hesitate, but acted at once,
and the prompt measures taken by
him were the means of preserving life
and preventing the loss of property
When the Stars and Stripes rose over
the Government Building, it pro-
claimed to all Hawaiians, that the
popular will should occupy the throne
of sovereignty, and that the only
monarch which freedom would toler-
ate on these islands was public
opinion. Our government is a Re-
public founded upon purely demOcra-
tic principles, one in which the people
rule, distinguished from a monarchy
under the rule of one, or an aristocracy
under the rule of a few. He who can
claim the United States as his home is
possessed of priceless inheritance.
Without permitting national pride to
degenerate into national egotism, we
can boast of a great Republic where
manhood, enterprise and ambition
are the ruling forces; a nation where
all the doors are open to every
cross the threshold Our princi-
pies of government and liberal
institutions came down to us from
hOnOred sireS, ancestors who had the
true ideas of liberty taught them in
the severe schools of adversely and
hardship. Nor has it been but little
more than century since our people
earned the right TO establish a gov
eminent of their own to which we
are not bound in servile thoughts of a
| distant past, but are free to dwell
upon the blessings of the present and
the promises of a glorious future, and
know that from the very first our flag
has stood for freedom, liberty and po-
litical equality. That flag is the bea-
con light to which the eyes of the
oppressed of all the world are
turned. From the abyss of des-
potism and political slavery the
hands of dOwn-trodden men are
stretched out towards it for
help and assistance. 1t tells the
story and sings the song to the breezes
of heaven that the country over
which it floats and which it
represents is the asylum, the
home and the promised land for the
victims of political injustice, persecu-
ton and inequality upon the earth.
We therefore extend to you an open
welcome and ample protection, and
trust that it will not be long before
another star shall have been added to
the brilliant constellation of the
American flag. Opportunity has been
the inheritance of each generation,
and when you took advantage of this
| occasion you erected a milestone in
Hawaiian history from which we
will march united, charmed by the
prophetic music of hopeful future,
and upon which the names of John
l.. Stevens, and Captain Wiltse are
shown in bold relief. One word more.
| w y SSACpAtilC AOI pilII Tie
virtues Of men, but the beginning of
q new and progressive policy upon the
part OF the United States. Annexa-
ton in the decades to come, deriving
its impetus from the Hawaiian ISL
ands, may be the watchwOrd of con-
| tinent; and there may be those here
who will live TO see the time, predicted
by Benjamin J. Butler, when the
American flag will be planted so far
north that the Esquimau, coming out
of his hut in the gray Of the early
morning, shall mistake it for the
| Northern Lights. Yes, and more; the
time may come when from the blue
ramparts of the northern ice to the
blistered ripples of the tropic seas all
men will share our pride in the flag of
the consolidated stars, and hail it as
the token of common citizenship.
Capt. Wiltse then called for
three cheers for President Dole, to
which the President responded
with a few appropriate remarks.
| The ball and reception may be
pronounced an unqualified success,
and great credit is due the COM
mittees for their arduous labors.
Appended is the dancing pro-
gramme, with the committee list:
Z PROGRAMME.
!. Lancers.
>. Waltz.
Il >. Polka.
{. LancerS.
). SchOttische.
s. Waltz.