The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-12
.HAWA||'S
GREAT DAY
Fifteenth of June to be
Celebrated.
OPINIONS OF CITIZENS
Plans to be Made for Joyous Time
When Islands Join the
Union.

Everybody in town seems to be inter-
ested in the project for having a suit
able celebration on June 18th. All the
business and professional men who
We're seen yesterday showed that they
fully believed in having the day prop
erly celebrated, and many of them were
enthusiastic about it. A few good sug-
gestions were made by the men VINO
were interviewed, one of these being to
the effect that the first thing to do is
to call public meeting and discuss the
who4e matter where everybody can have
a say, and the best citizens in concourse
assembled can decide upon what would
be the best form for the celebration to
take.
The day stands for something definite
and its celebration should recall and
bring out its meaning strongly The
term annexation day" does not seem
| to find much favor 1t is pointed out
| that annexation day was really the date
OF our admission to the Union; and
tnat IN California, whence the name
comes, 1T refers TO the admission to
ADMISSION day of our own some time.
but the term is Inappropriate for the
Inauguration of territorial form of
| government. The other suggestion
| about blending kamehameha Day with
| territorial Day is also discountenanced
| IN many quarters. The two have no in
I terrelatlon. kamehameha Day is an in
| stItutlon by itself, and its celebration is
arranged and provided for, and is of
long standing, and few persons would
willingly see it lapse or have it merged
| with Territorial Day
The best suggestion that has yet been
made comes from Mr.. Hem If the
| transportation companies would offer
excursion rates for a few days about
that time, so that people would come
from all over the Islands, perhaps in
time for kamehameha Day, it would
mean good business for Honolulu. Ex-
cursion rates would tempt a great many
people to come here for a visit, To
carry the idea further, such people, II
theV come year after year. would have
chance to keep posted on the growth
of the city and of the whole Territory
as reflected in it; ard the day would be
the means of welding together more
firmly the citizens of Hawaii in a
knowledge and appreciation of their
cohhon interests. An annual day when
many of the people of all the Islands
would come together and hear addresses
from our best men about the growth
the needs and the opportunities of Ha-
'-H'' ?''d 'oa"n of the wears changes in
the capital city, would be altogether a
good scheme. But of course It will de-
pend upon the next LEGISLATURE to say
whether or not Territorial Day shall be
m"de LEGAL hOrdav
Mr. j. A. McCandless said that the
best plan would be 10 call public meet
ing TO discuss the whole matter. and
then to appoint committees to carry out
whatever scheme might be agreed upon.
In that way we would secure express
sions of opinion from large number of
citizens, and the pan would be focused
TO some purpose.
w. A. Kinney said that he had not
gwen the matter any thought, and was
not prepared to offer suggestions as To
how the celebration might most suit
ably be arranged, any further than that
1t should be planned on lines broad
enough to make it pleasant day to all
nationalities.
MT. +. Z. Jones was firmly convinced
mat the day ought to be celebrated. but
ne was buried in rush of work inyoIy-
cd In his going away today, and could
not suggest any of the details of a suit-
able celebration.
Mr.. j. b. Atherton had not thought
out the subject, but he felt that the day
ought to be celebrated. and we are
prepared to fall in with any scheme
which might be arranged"
MIR. A. S. Humphrey said he consf1
cred the project of blending the eley-
enth and the fifteenth of June t., ne 81
tirely wrong. Kamehameha Day has
It's own meaning; 1t commentaries one
OF the early kings who gave D constitu-
ton, and very good one to these ISL
ands, and 1t should not be given up.
territorial Day has also its own dis
tlnct meaning, and it should be pre-
served intact and kept separate.
Let us celebrate the fifteenth" by all
means said Mr. Humphreys my idea
is that general holiday should be pro-
claimed, and that there should be ad-
dresses by prominent citizens and gen
eral merry-making. The utmost good
fe-ling ought to prevail on all sides
The day should be treated as a happy
event leading to universal prosperity.
The schools and stores should be closed.
and in addition TO the celebration dur
ing the day it would be a good scheme
to have a public ball In the evening.
Bring all the people together. and let
everybody feel that II is his dav. If the
celebration were conducted in this man
ner every year 1t would tend to dissi-