The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06
FIRST SESSION AT HONOLULU
TOUR OF ALL sHE ISLANDS
COMMENCED.
Policy Of the Government Outlined
In Speeches at a mastering Out
Banquet Of the Sharp
shooters.
BY HORACE WRIGHT.
Special Correspondence of The Call.


HONOLULU. H. T., Aug. 22-The
CONGRESSIONAL Commissioners have
aiieaoy commenced their secret
sessions in the Hall of Representatives.
All connected with them are pledged to
inVloiable secrecy, but none the less
they are affable gentlemen, and In their
outside converse permit people to be-
come impressed with the assumption
that all will be we'll with HaWaii-now
unoer a much more liberal form of gov
eminent than some of the newspapers
OF the mainland led us to hope for The
commissioners are accessible to all. ir-
respective OF previous conditions or pol
itics, and are evidently DESTROYS of be-
ing individually informed as to the true
condition of the country, socially. in
oustrlally and politically before calling
1or public expressions of opinion or
settling down to the chamber work of
drafting the laws. This afternoon they
leave by the steamship Claudine to
visit the islands of Maui, Hawaii and
possibly Kauai. Commissioner and
Chief Executive Dole will not accom-
pany them, but the Attorney General
and Mr. Thurston probably will Col
onel John Richardson and j. M Kan
eakua have been selected by the Ha-
Waiian Patriotic Leagues (male and
female) to travel with the party and
to cause all Hawaiians, members of
the utilization, to pass in mass meeting
resolutions accepting annexation and
asking the Commissioners to grant to
all former Hawaiian citizens, whether
by birth or adoption, equal rights as to
the most favored citizens; in other
words that no special legislation
against Hawaiians shall be enacted,
and that in the event of the privilege
of the franchise being given to any cit
izen they shall be equally entitled to
the same privilege.
On Saturday evening Harold M. Sew
all, ex-United States Minister, and
Mrs. Sewall gave public reception to
the Commissioners at their beautiful
seaside residence at Waikiki.
AT the table Of honor, among the 120
invited guests and members, sat Cap
tain Dodge, supported on his right by
Chic Executive Dole and on his left
by ex- Minister Sewall. With them were
ex-Hawaii Ministers Hatch and
Ihurston, Colonel Fisher, Major Lang
fit, the Attorney General; United
States Consul General Haywood,
Colonel Frober, N. G. H., all of
whom, with Senators McCandless and
Waterhouse, ex-Hawaiian Charge d At
flares Castle, Captain Kidwell, Cap
tain McStocker of the Citizens Guards,
Representative A. n. Gear and others,
spoke we'll and eloquently. The en-
thusiasm was naturally frantically in
tense, but not indiscreetly or Dragging
ly so. There was still aloha left for the
old Hawaiian flag and the spokesman
were all nobly generous to their de-
feated foes.
At the conclusion of this memorable
banquet / requested President Dole to
be good enough to inform me whether
/ might with propriety and correctness
assert in The Call that the policy Of his
Cabinet, his friends and himself before
the Congressional Commissioners would
be based upon the lines of equal rights
for all" as enunciated by administer
Thurston, and he gave me full permits
sion to so state, adding, however, that
much would necessarily depend upon
the attitude assumed by the Hawaii
ans and Observation-Disclosures them
selves. If they would come in and act
friendly all would, he thought, be well,
but if they stood aloof and acted an
tagonistically they would have only
themselves to blame If thew did not OBJ
tain all that thei- true friends wished
TO give them.
for General Merritts army, arrived
yesterday evening The animals ar
rived in good condition and with but
very few losses The animals will be
turned out for weeks pasture.
Ex- Minister Sewalps new title, as Of
f1cially announced, is Special Agent of
the United States.