The herald., 1898-02-19

be high treason, my lord, send me to the
dungeons"
President Dole responded as briefly, by
saying Il am much in hopes that the mat
ter may be settled soon and Hawaii be
taken into the sisterhood of states.''
About $3.50 the party adjourned to the
chamber of commerce, where large num-
Der of people had assembled to greet the
president. The following gentlemen acted
as reception committee and were sta
toned at the head of the stairs at the
Broadway entrance: Thomas Pascoe.
Charles Forester, General E. p. Johnson,
John Chanslor, John r. Mathews, ]. Ross
Clark, +. *. Rule. Colonel H. G. Otis,
e. F. c. Klokke, L. W. Blinn, ]. NJ. Grif-
fifth, H. Jevne, W. A. Spalding. S. w. Gar
retson, c. d. Willard. L. A. Grant, Paul
Blades, j. b. Neville, John F. Hum
phreys, George Gephard, o. r. John
son, r. G. Lunt, II. S. Mckee, Abe Haas,
NJ. II. Newmark, Kaspare Cohn, r. l..
Craig, r. II. F. Variel. j. NJ Johnston,
Percy r. Wilson, w. LeMoyne Wills, H.
]. Woollacott, w. II. Workman, A. H.
Neidig and r. H. Howell.
The directors rooms were handsomely
decorated with pepper boughs and berries,
smilax and great branches of feathery
acacia, loaded with fragrant blossoms. In
| the board room was the punch table with
| its eXhaustless bowl. The corner room was
devoted to the receiving party. and in ad-
dtion to the other decorations and large
| American flags, were two small silk flags
| just above President Dole's head, one
American and the other Hawaiian
For one hour a steady stream of peo-
pie walked into the room, were presented
| by General Forman, Chairman ]. r. New
berry, j. s. Slauson or J. +. Francis to
the guests, shook hands and passed on
| through the oppositet door into the hall
again. Many former residents of the is
lands were among the large number, many
annexationists and many more, who ap-
parently had gone through curiosity to see
| the lion of the moment.
Upon all alike the visitors bestowed cor
dial handshakes. smiles and words ex-
pressive of the pleasure and interest they
| had found in their very brief visit here;
and after the hour of uninterrupted flow
of introductions there was another hall
hour when things were not at quite such
| high pressure, yet were not what could be
called exactly slow.
| Mrs. Dole, who Is a native of Maine, is
commanding-lookin woman with iron
gray hair. fine dark eyes, of imposing pres.
| ence yet entirely unassuming in manner
| She was presented as was Miss Dole, with
| handsome clusters of white Roman hya
clnths, long-stemmed California violets
and maiden-hair ferns as mark of cour.
| teSy from the chamber OF commerce.
| About o'clock President Dole and his
party left the chamber Of commerce anC
went to the Westminster, from which hote
they were driven to the Sunset limited fol
the north. The party will sail for Honolulu
from San Francisco Wednesday.
General Forman and Mr.. Slauson, Nott
of whom occupied the same carriage with
the president in the drive about the city
yesterday, state that nothing was said in
| aff f1ar re,tI tIa+
was here for pleasure and pleasure only
and he contented himself with expressing
agreeable impressions of the "charmine
place and delightfully."- varied architec-
ture."