The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-17

ment of the vaciferous applause which
| followed his remarks Some one said
the paper is nearly up, boys. keep
| down your copy But the American
| correspondent was down for a few
words and Joseph L. Travis. CORE
spondent of the San Francisco Chroni-
Gle, was expected 10 do the honors:
Gentlemen of the press" said the
young man. I am very much like the
| last speaker in one particular: this is
| the first speech l ever made in the
English language and if | can get
through it as we'll as he did with his
I'll go outside and shake hands with
myself. / came here three months ago
as correspondent of a great daily pa
per- When l got my commission |
thought l had an easy thing of it;
never realized the responsibilities of
my position until l got the first re-
mittance. The American correspond
ent in Hawaii has much 10 do and still
more to learn. The classes must be
studied and the class of news selected
to suit the people of the great Pacific
Coast. If the people here are as gen
erous TO our friends from Japan in the
matter of news as they have been 70
me they will have naught TO complain
of. They may get lots of information
that is not supposed 10 be for publlca-
ton but if they don't use it the chances
are they will be scooped. | thank you.
gentlemen, for the honor conferred up
on me and for bracing me up through
this, my maiden effort. If you will
allow me to retire to the other room
before 1 break down, 1 will proceed to
congratulate myself"
the guests wanted somthing from the
| man from Maine" and Andrew Adams
responded:
Il have hardly been among you long
enough" said Mr.. Adams "to get ac-
quainted but thank you just the same.
I am not the first man from Maine to
settle in Hawaii nor will | be the last.
There will be another one here shortly
| Mr.. Sewall, and when you who do not
| know him get acquainted with him you
will like him. Maine is a good ways
off from Hawaii and distance lends
enchantment to the view; it is good
state to come from and a good state
to emigrate from. Let me thank you
gentlemen for your kindness and sug-
geSt more music"
Frequent calls for Mr.. Whitney
brought that gentleman to his feet but
he declined on account of the lateness
of the hour to say more than that the
gentlemen of Japan had come here as
war correspondents, but they would
return imbued with the peaceful habits
of the people of Hawaii, particularly
the newspaper men.
B. Finney related his experience in
preparing an address which he hoped
to make on this occasion but when he
had written it out he found his name
was not on the literary program. Then
he destroyed it only to reconsider it
and rewrite it. When half through
writing he got tip that the Foreign
Office had a 20-inch "By Authority" to
give out so he left his work and went
up to get it because that was about the
only live news they ever give out in the
Government. On reaching the office
he found Mr.. Hoogs had got there
ahead. The blow knocked him speech
less so the gentlemen would have to
excuse him for not saying anything.
At 1915 a. m. the orchestra played the
Japanese anthem followed by the Ha-
wall Ponyup and the gathering dis
persed The following gentlemen were
present:
Counsellor Akiyama, Y. Ishikawa, s.
Suzaki, B. Seki, S. Furuya, N. Nishi
as guests and Messrs. Atkinson, Whit
ney, Hoogs, Shingle, Travis, Earring
ton Norrie, Vivas, Adams, Yakpam,
Luke Chan, Monting, Mizuno, Takiha-
shi, Shiozawa, Gallagher Sato, Fin
ney, Logan, Gear, Poepoe and Stacker.