The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-11
LATTER DAY SAINTS TO CELE-
BRATE FOR TWO DAYS.
Two Meetings and Feast will be Held
Tomorrow and -Four More Gatherings
Thursday-President Cannon.

islands. He was accompanied by his
wife, three boys, w. w. Cluff, president
of the Summit Stake of Zion, Mrs.
Cluff, Mrs. H. B. Clawson, wife of the
Bishop of the Twelfth Ward of Salt
Lake City and her son Scott.
To President Cannon more than any
one else is due the credit for the sue
cessful establishment of the Mormon
faith in the islands, and now upon his
return to the field of his early labors
after an absence of fOTty-siX years it
is with the utmost satisfaction that he
contemplates the living testimony to
his early energies. President and Mrs.
Cannon and their boys will be the
guests of A. Fernandez during theri
visit in Honolulu. The time of the visi-
tors will be occupied steadily for the
balance of the week however and at 10
o'clock this morning the President held
a formal reception in the Vestibule of
the Mormon church on Punchbowl
street where the members of the faith
were presented to him and Mrs. Cannon.
Several hundred people attended the
affair, fully 200 coming from Laie. The
church was handsomely decorated with
flowers, plants and flags.
There has certainly been the great
est change possible in the place since
/ was last here" remarked Mr.. Cannon
Il recognize some of the mountains.
While l have been here but a very short
L
with the progressive spirit of the peo-
pie. They seem determined to make this
place a big city and l believe that they
will in time. 1t is certainly the Garden
Spot of the Pacific. AS your business
increases the limited harbor facilities
which you now possess will be enlarged
to accommodate the demand and with
the improvement of Pearl Harbor the
section will rapidly advance.
so far as | can judge the work of
the church here is most satisfactory and
it is with particular satisfaction that L
notice it's advancement. l was the
youngest member of our party of ten
who came here fifty years ago and it
was through my influence that the work
was continued. The rest of the party
became discouraged and wanted to
leave the field but insisted upon stay
ing and the result was that four re-
mained with me to prosecute the work.
THE recent victory of the Republi-
can party in Utah will, 1 think, have
the effect of healing any old soreness
which might have been caused by the
political fight in 1896, when Roberts was
elected. He is out of politics now and
as Andrew Johnson said of John w.
FOrney, he is a dead cock in the pit
My name has been mentioned in con-
nection with the senatorship but I am
not desirous of securing the office al
though | did offer myself as a candi-
date at the previous election. At that
time | thought it was a shame for the
state not to have a representative but
the Democratic party was so split up
and divided that nothing came of the
candidacy"
Mr. Cannon is man of sturdy, stocky
build who still shows the vigor of mind
and body which has characterized him
during his career. He belonged to the
first presidency of the Mormon church
iC Mi Of "a
born in Liverpool, England, in January,
1927, and is therefore nearly seventy
four years old. AS a young man he
worked in the mines of California and
in 1850 went on mission to the Ha-
waiian islands and lived there for four
years. In 1853 he was made an apostle
and in 1862 was elected United States
Senator from the inchoate State of De-
seret. The honor was an empty one,
however, as Utah was not admitted to
the Union. Mr.. Cannon was for years
private secretary of Brigham Young,
and at the latter's death became presi-
dent of the church. He belongs to that
long-lived sturdy race of Utah pioneers,
among whom was Lorenzo Snow and is
| President Woodruff.
When Mr.. Cannon landed here in 1850
he was accompanied by Henry w. Big
Ter, one of the founders of the church in
Utah. The two young men were the
|
in the Islands and have since worked
together in Utah. 1t was Bigler's in
tention to accompany Cannon on this
present trip to the Hawaiian islands,
but less than a month ago he con-
tracted pneumonia at his home at st.
George, Utah, and died on November
26. He was over so years of age.
The celebration proper which has
been arranged by the local leaders will
occupy two days beginning tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. Five meetings in
the two days will be held at the Or
pheum. All of the services are free to
the public but the managers have de-
cided to issue tickets in order to regu-
late the character and number of per-
sons who shall take the seats in the
house. The first meeting tomorrow will
start with an anthem, praise The
Lord" by the Laie and Honolulu choirs.
Invocations will follow after which a
ed will be rendered by the Honolulu
choir. President Samuel E. Wooley OF
| the Hawaiian church will make the ad-
dress of welcome. The Laniluli Glee
| club Will give quartette Joseph
Smiths First Prayer" This will be
| followed by a short account of the sur
viving members of the congregation
first baptised by President Cannon and
| party in 1850 Miss Keliiaa will sing a
| soprano solo accompanied by Berger S
| Orchestra. utah We Love Thee" will
be sung by the following octette Jen-
ME Musser, Ivy Kekuku, Matte Bush
Jennie Kekaukoha, Charles c. Bush
| George K. Kekauoha, Fred Beesley and
Samuel Lua. An address by President
| Cannon will follow. M. K. Maukakau
Lima, Clarence Kinney and Charles
Broad will sing the Aleluia anthem, af-
ter which will come a baritone solo by
Fred Beesley, entitled Queen of the
Earth" EXtempOraneOus speeches will
follow, Mrs. j. Alapai will sing a con.
tralto solo accompanied by the orches.
| ira. THE Spirit of God Like A Fire Is
Burning" will be sung by the choirs anC
congregation. Benediction will close
the morning meetings.
In the afternoon at o'clock will bt
held the feast in the Drill shed, and a
z o'clock the second meeting will oc.
cur at the Orpheum. After prayer anC