The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-06-04
STATESMEN AFLoAT
Delegates from the Colouies to the
Conference in Canada

ollaWa. tdpltbl vi 'he p'uiluioh W
Canada. were on board uf the Can.
adian. Australian steamer Arawa that
arrived saturday uigh, aud sailed at
noon Sunday for British Columbia.
Some of them were accompanied by
their wives and children. The dele
gates as a whole are an able looking
lot of men. They wore in their
features the stamp OF success in
business, in the legal profession, or
IN public life. One or two were VI
venerable mien. with apparently the
whole history of their young cuuu
tries in their serious eyes, who
would be picked cut as men of mark
IN any assembly. The delegates are
named with their respective cnun-
tries a. follows:
Hon. +. B. Sut,.r. NJ T.. New
South Wales;
Sir ll.ur, WriAon, Huu. y. ritl-
gerald, Hon. ;. Fraser, Victoria;
Hon. \. j. Thyme, Queensland;
Hon. A. Lee Smith. New Zealand.
The gentlemen were taken III hand
Sunday morning by Hon. &. Z. lau-
kea aud others. introduced at the
Pacific Club aud driven about town.
Having expressed d-sir. To meet
members Of the Provisional Govern
ment. ia. dei,g gates were waited up.
on al the Hawaiian Hotel by Hon.
r. NJ Hatch, Minister uf Foreign
Affairs. aud Hon. :. NJ. Damon. Min
lister of Finance. An interesting
aud congenial discussion Of cable
4 a.
IL uudprstoOd that the Hawaiian
Ministers lua'l, no light Impression
upon tn" cUiouial statesmen. IN favor
Of hawaii a. the brst and. indeed
only suit abl. place ia this section of
ib" Pacific fnr cable relay station
After the conference Mpssr-.
Hatch and Damon accompanied the
delegates to ihp steamer. where they
werc also met by MAJOR Wudehuusr
British Minister, aud Hon. \. =
CIrghnrU. 4 light collation. va,
served ia H." salpun. over which fur
thrr conversation ~ a pleasant, aud
presumably profitable nature t"ut
place.
4 BULLETIN representative had 1
conversation with Mr. i.,"-Smii h
the New Zealand delegate. II. baI
lltti. to say about TIA. Ottawa cOu
frrcur. beyond wha, our readers al
ready know about II. but IL. kr"ul
Iut"rN i.w-d the newspaper man r"
garding tn. commerce "i this conn
try and rnguatc matters R"f"frIn,
To tn. cable matter he -a,d Their
was in his quarter an impression
that N.cknr Island b.lrus-d T.
Great Britain, bat th.. delegates ha,
learned her" that Hawai- laid rIaIu
iO Il,
YES" H." BlLirrIN man rcpli'"'
the Haway.sn Gov"rnm-ni >ci@''i /
IN. oth.s fay. But YOU would n"vr
,2"i . cable there uu ih. pr"cipI
tOus ellis hundreds oi feet all ~,
the sea. You could not get opsr
sturs To liv. there in lonely .A,l,
business except repeating thr"ug
messag"s There IL nothing To hIil
der your landing the cabl" al ilouu
lulu. whatever may be- ia. politicd
destiny oi the islands
Not il il w"r. made n"ut RAJ, r,
piled Mr. La.-Smith "WuUid ih"r
be- much business Tor II here h
then asked
lie was assured that there wnul
be cuusid. rabir business Al ih" '"r
start, aud tia, IL would br hrund I
In"rrase. Sotnr idea was gwen hli
II III" lsrg" rnnIin"rc" II tn" i.lamd
~ proof
Would !'mr gN"rnm-nt n.-r'
ia" cable
ii. Vas answered. that Tor mru
wears there had been u standing oil,
uf u subsidy "a u cable. aud that IL
whole community was eager Tor
although from th" preponieranc- ,
American interests q cable un,l,
American auspices would bc pr
ierred.
There could not b" NOR" tha
Que cable here, thought
We'll, one American idea /, I
ruu cable from san Fran"lsr"
Japan by Way of Honolulu, and,
view nf the many Atlantic 'ah''
laid since the first one was perm
n-nI u established in 1866, it is ~
too much to expect a corrrspondm
development, uf cable commune
tion ~ ia" Pacific"
Mr. Lee smith ass-ntcd I" III
proposition. ii" eviuc-d ,'uIe vi
prise at he fact of steamer, h-lw"
san Francisco aud China maLi'
frequent calls here nu regular s,i
dulles, besides the two Aust rah
liues and the iucsl line hcuce 20 =
Francisco.
How j. it you are not down
the pOw.wOw ~ th" saInnu?' h" "
asked,
What is pow wnwi' h" naive
returned.
"Ch, IT. an Indian word. m"anl
= conference. The other lel"gat
are down there talking with t
Ministers.
Mr. Le"-Smith AT once led IT," "
below, where the BULLETIN mnn "
introduced To Sir Henry WnA'
He is "a man commanding 10 ieI
and features. who has won hi. ii
and great famr ia Victoria hy
ability as u lawyer aud statrsuIi
sir Henry was very cordial and :
pressed regret that t'ere was /
time left, a. the hour nf sailing h
arrived, lo have talk with I
newspaper man.
Mr. Damon after bidding he DO