The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-09-24

station and Nj Dillingham; announce
-hat the train was ready to carry IN
---r through the field OF growing can
and afterwards the mill II was ate
O'Clock when the homeward journe
49, The train going first to the Pen
fueuIa- where several Of the party let'
zf-e- which the train proceeded direc
no Honolulu. arriving about 6;3O
Those who old not visit the plantation
mol me regular train TO the city, ar
irving here shortly after O'CLOCK
ThrouEh0u- the day there were many
frrressious Of wonderment at th'
-uarrf-rde OF the harbor and the condi'
riou uf the country Even those OF tbs
Rerrasenrarives who were sufficiently
interested in Hawaii 10 consult guide
hooks and maps Of the Islands before
coming here. were surprised to ind
euch = perfect and safe harbor. Rep
---zerra-sve Cannon. who studies mi
uureuess Cr detail. where appropria-
mons for rivers and harbOrs are con-
cHrned. with the thOughCfulness which
chzrzcIe-izes a Senator, pronounced
Pear Ezrbcr one OF the best he had
seen. Replying 10 a question by re-
por1er for this paper Mr.. Cannon said;
The harbor is an excellent one, but
Wheeler we want 10 90 to the expense
OF dredging and fitting up naval sta
riun Is another matter II is a question
Ehe-her the United States does not
need othe- places just as much as Ha-
wal We recognize Pearl Harbor as
orr property. no matter what happens.
Ir Uzs given 10 US by treaty, and We
have uaid for II 10 times over by free
sugar
Representative Berry, when asked
ms views o. the Islands generally and
Pear Harbor particularly. said:
They surprise my fundest expecta-
tions though had stored up a lot of
information regarding the country.
our visit has been made as pleasant as
fi could have been made in our own
homes. We came here unannounced,
and from the moment we stepped on
shore We found ourselves among so
many friends that il is hard to realize
Lhar We are in a foreign country. Do
I consider The Islands suitable 10 be-
come United States territory? Well, |
] have lnclinauons that way"
Bepresenta-ive Tawney Of Minneso- |
u expressed himself as delighted with 1
ms visit and regretted his departure. |
He said he had found the Islands a
garden spot, and what he had seen suit
f-d him in every way.
Representative Laudenslager. who |
represents the Sixth New Jersey Dis
-rict in Congress. comes from Pauls-
boro. New Jersey. He gave his services
to his STATE when quite young. and was
elected County Clerk. 4 position which
he filed with such satisfaction that his
constituents insisted on sending him
70 Congress. In speaking of his trip
yesterday. he said 10 some friends:
We were in Chicago when the sub
lecI Of Hawaii was brought up, and |
some one ia the party remarked that
they EOuid like 10 make the trip.
When we compared notes our desires
EeTe found 70 be similar. but it was
no. Al that time thought possible that
any of Us could make the journey
Afiar We had gone out TO the Pacific
CuasI the subject was again brought
NJ. and On our return from Monterey
We decided 10 telegraph to our homes
AID see if We could be spared another
month The answers came back only
= few hours before the departure of the
Australia We secured our tickets, and
here We are This is the first time 1 |
have ever been in q foreign country.
and can assure you, gentlemen. that
cannot realize, even now, that l am
away from the United States. The peo-
pie here are American and the Gus
toms are American / am delighted
with The place and the people. Our stay
has been made one continual round of
pleasure and the good friends who
have caken charge of US do not seem
20 kno= when or where to let 60"
The party VIII be taken in carriages
THIS morning al 9 o'clock to the Sta
ton House, where the police will be
drawn up for inspection Afterward
visit V-ill be made to Oahu Jail. and at
, m they viii depart on the Aus
tralia
Those who have been active in con-
ulbuulng 10 The pleasure of the dis
unguished guests since their arrival
are, besides Government officials. J. B.
Athe-ton- J. A Kennedy, T F. Ian
slng, John Ena, c. L. Wight. w. R.
Sims, p b McStocker, B. F. Dilling-
han, n ". Schmidt, James A. Low.
T. d. Tenney, Consul-GeneraI Hav-
wood and Minister Sewall. Besides
these gentlemen, some of whom
served on the various committees yes
terdaE, Mrs- E. K Wilder. Mrs. C. A.
Brown and several others have done
much IN a social way to convince the
visitors that plenty of genuine Ameri-
can hospitality may be found in the
Islands NJ -Hn MD r-.sz.