The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-04

i Labor has had ttG trtafB ana tripuih
tions; It has often been misunderstood
and frequently misjudged.
y, = .,- ON A. HIGHER PLANE.
And without recounting the strug-
giles of the past, we may as wei extend
congratulations that today labor STANDS
on o higher plane In the confidence and
esteem of the masses than ever before
And especially Is this true with resp ct
to the United States. In no other coun-
. try is labor SO well paid; nowhere else
are the toilers 30 abundantly supp led
with all of the necessities and SO many
of the luxuries of life; nowhere else is
there an equal percentage of home
steads owned by the wage Garner. His
home is a model of comfort and re-
f1nement; his daughter may have her
musical Instruments and polite culture;
his son may attain higher education
In the public schools and pass easily
to places of responsibility and trust In
life.
''They make, in the aggregate. that
great middle class of citizens that form
the very backbone of the two leading
nations of the world. There is no p ace
of honor and trust to which the worthy
laborer may not aspire. There Is no
niche In honorable fame higher than
those he has filled with honor and glory
to himself, his nation and the world,
Suggestion need only be made OF few;
the immortal Lincoln. rail-splitter
and farm hand; the Incompatible
Grant, a tanner and wood-hauler. and
the martyred Garfield, a driver on the
towpath. In the highest councils of the
nation; in positions of honor and re-
sponsibility eyerywhere-in the fore
front Of inventive genius. Industry and
accomplishment. the representatives Of
labor are ever In evidence. The Unit
ed States Is pre-eminently the model
home OF labor. Nowhere else is labor 30
equitably recognized. Here the hum
blest citizen may, II he would, rise to
prominence, worth and fame. And all
this because the representatives of la
Dor have fought the good fight and
kept the faith
SET HIGH STANDARD.
"They have been honest with them
selves, and their fellows have learned
to love and honor them accordingly.
They have set for themselves high
standard and have filled the full meas
ure. Intelligence. skill. and probty
have won for them lasting honor. Their
achievements rebound to the CORY OF
the country 1t Is said that civilization
is gagged by the condition Of its toilers.
BY this same token the United States
Is the highest In the scale. And 1t Is
so by reason Of the genius. skill, appi-
cation and fairness of Its producers
the same elements that enable the mer-
chant and manufacturer to defy sue
cessful competition In the markets Of
the world The products of the Ameri-
can soil, the foundry and the work.
shop embrace the argosies Of every
sea and the exports to every cline.
''Pausing in the rapid cycle of the
year there Is given to man the oppor-
tunity to survey the past, appreciate
the present. and plan for the future.
The lessons taught by experience, OBJ
servation and reason are that SO long
as intelligence. wisdom and moderation
obtain. the welfare of the toiling
masses is secured. The resolves should
: be to hold fast to that which Is good.
and to perpetuate the wise and conser-
vative course that has vouchsafed so
many blessings.
FORGET NOT THE FLAG. ..-,.
I'm the exultation of the hour let us
not forget the need Of homage to the
flag that is now floating serenely and
proudly over this historic building by
our side-the capitol of the Territory of
Hawaii. That flag has ever been the
symbol Of liberty and equality; that
flag that has swept victorious In many
climes, and whose beautiful folds have
never dropped in ignominy of defeat:
that flag which is the heaven born en-
sign of our own beloved country-God's
chosen land. May we all be ever loyal,
uTIH anu true TO tnaL nag no matter
what foes may assail or what issues
arise. ..'
Even as the sturdy yeomen of the
land have fought the battles of the
people-the men who bore the arms
that made the revolution blessed his
tory; who in the struggle of 1912 COM
PEELED the confirmation and recognition
of the rights gained by the revolutions;
who settled the question of the civiliza-
tion of the Pacific Coast by the war of
1915; who by the conquest of the rebel
lion. struck the shackles of slavery
from five millions of blacks. and estab-
lished unalterably the principle that
the United States compose an inde-
structible union; who rushed forth to
battle and SO quickly avenged the per-
fdious insults of Spain and drove her
debasing flag forever from the Pacific
ocean and from the western shores of
the Atlantic ocean-even yet will the
yeomen of our land be ever ready to
repel assault or avenge insult; ever
ready to answer the call to arms, the
only condition being that the call shall
come from authority, determined as
Americans to proudly stand upon that
immortal sentiment offered by an early
hero. the uncomfortable Decatur, Our
country! May she always be right; but,
right or wrong. our country!'"