The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-11

na war - the rebellion when. e
f'nr body aid We had already ber<s
lu W. hig nation and In looking aruuns
.uf somebody Ia lick. found no GO.
ana 90 turned around ana licked eanh
ithDt ] need not refer 20 that. Osr
country has taken n place amonE the
iniiuns ~ the world. and today u has
'ifHt fnuk All that we have attained.
ana no burhear against expansion win
prevent ". although great many men
~ the United Statca labored under the
apprehension that II might h, tntaf To
our liberties VIII deter the people Of the
United states from their expansion
march Nv the lead of civilization ard
That ~ Justice. I cannot claim that 4
was u ru an American citizen. I was
not adopted by the United states he-
cause ] adopted them. I can tell YOU
without any false sentiment that when
J. tnrtS-s'Ncu years ago, for the nyst
time ~ my ne looked upon the stars
ana stripes. ara saw some ~ the cuun-
Try In which ! Intended to maxi, my
home, my hoort was fun with feelings
TINT cannot BE- described ] came TO the
United States with an ardent sire TO
become one OF its citizens when grew
up. never voted before I was entitled
to, ! tried To add To what education
had from the old country
Ntorrihor i WIS good ard nltogethcr 4
had the hope Of amounting u something.
nor forgetting the country Of my birth.
have tried 20 serve the n7r OF the
country ~ my adoption. I did not Intend
10 leave California for good when | GANG
to Hawaii. The subject Is too vast FOR
me to deal with In a short time. IJuan
the subject Of tie n'onCCrs I VIII say
that | hive rccn. Ike my friend Judge
Esicc, with them when / was a boy
moro properly speaking. | suppose, n
KID was brought up among them.
lpgrnt1 lao.
have lcarucd some things which I could
do better witnout. But when | look back
upon those men when the State was n
wilderness and then upon tne time when
II became n corner stone of sol dity and
progress. 7 cannot help but say that aa--
nlre the pioneer. They were men OF all
conditions of life. Their herosm YVES
given for the advancement of civilization
In those days l was an adopted son Gr
California. did not have the advantage
OF being born In the State of California
for was too old then. want To ray
something of some OF the men who have
made the country and Its men farnuus,
the press and the reporters. They made
men and they were also their undonE.
but they stand in the history of California
n bright and shining light. hope that
the society Will endure and that the us.-
tive sons will give to 1t their undying do
votlon."
OF California was responded to by l.. H.,
Strauss.
THE CLOSING SPEECHES.
The closing speeches which, we regret
to say cannot be stenogra phically re
produced. owing to the hour at which
the form of the Advertiser closed, were
made by Major Ennis. Captain Merry
A. V. Gear. G.. w. King, George IL
Gear, Col. ]. w. Jones and w. G. Smith
Major Ennis spoke for the army and
made powerful plea for it's better sup
port by the people. He described the,
country at present as practically I'm
defended. there not being soldiers
enough left to take proper care OF the
coast defences. Captain Merry Spoke
briefly of the growth OF the new navy
the contributions that have been made
to IL by California, and the services
done by the old navy in annexipS Cali
fornia to the United States. A. V. Gear
responded to the toast of THE Flag"
and in graceful words paid tribute 10
the Bear flag, the Stars and Stripes,
and the standard of Hawaii. G. w.
King, son Of James King OF William,
held the attention of the diners rs1-
half an hour with his "reminiscences or
San Francisco thirty and forty years
ago. George d. Gear had the toast az
THE Ladies'" and his salles kept The
banqueters in cheerful humor. Colonel
Jones talked earnestly and compraherr
sivoly about the National Guard and
its services to law and order and w
G. Smith responded to the toast OF TT.
Press" Aud Lang Syne" was sung
and the first pSblic banquet OF
Californians ever held in Hawai- came
to an end.