The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-11
PAUL NEUMANN.

The POSTMASTER said thas after hear
ing Judge Estees tribute TO the pio-
neers OF California the native sons
should be proud to have been sons of
such worthy progenitors. He said none
lost sight OF the fact that they were ali
Americans. but he sometimes knew that
they felt they were first of all Califor-
| mans. The stamp of the American
was upon all. There was no question
about their citizenship. THE next
toast, continued the POSTMASTER, will
be responded to by one who is almost
| as much In the hearts of those who
have lived In California and Hawaii as
any one Of CALIFORNIA; foremost pio-
neers. l have nothing further to sug-
gest when / ask that the toast to "Our
Country" be responded to by Hon. Pau
| Neumann.
AS Mr.. Neumann arose he was greet
ed with salvO of applause. He said:
AN after-dinner speech Is one that
should be built around a story I con-
Tess / am without a story. Our coun-
try! Such sentiment blended we'll
with the toast to California. What
shall say Of our country? The bright
est page In American history has been
written in the last few months in this
country. / detract nothing from the
great battles of the revolution of rs:
detract nothing from the sacrifices OF
the war OF the rebellion when. as
somebody said. we had already begun
TO be big nation ard in looking around
for somebody TO lick, found no one
and so turned around and licked each
other. i need not refer to that. Oul
country has taken q place among tho
nations Of the world, and today it Ia,
hrst rank. All that we have attained
and no bugbear against expansion Wi
prevent II. although a great many ner
IN the United states labored under tn,
apprehension that IL might be fatal [,
our liberties. viii deter the people of tn,
united states from their expansion
; march In the lead of civilization aut
that or justice. / cannot claim that
was born an American citizen. 1 wa,
not adopted BY the United States be
cause / adopted them. / can ten vo,
without any false sentiment that whel
" iorty-seven years ago. for the frs
? tire In my life. looked upOn the Star
and Stripes. and saw some OF the coun
try In which | intended to make m,
nome, my heart was full with feeIin r
r mat cannot BE- described. I came to IN
z united states with an ardent desire I
become one OF it's citizens when I grey
UP. l never voted before / was entitle
TO- 1 tried TO add TO what educatio
e had from the old countr,
Altogether Il was good. and altogether
had the hope Of amounting to sometime
not forgetting the country of my brit
nave tried to serve the flag of TN
b, country Of my adoption. / did not inten
TO leave California for good when I cam
To Hawaii. The subject Is too vast n
re TO deal with In short time. JJpo
ne subject OF tie pioneers. I VIII sa
Lat l have been, like my friend Judg
.. with them when / was n boy
more properly speaking I suppose.
Kid was brought up among fthem
learned some good things from them an
have learned some things which I coul
' do better without. But when look bac
upon those men when the State was
wilderness and then upon the time whe
II became corner stone of solidity an
- progress. j cannot help but say that I az
= mire the pioneer. They were men of a
- conditions OF life. Their heroIsm wa
Ie given for the Advancement of civilization
n In those days was an adopted son {
\. California. I did not have the advantas
!" OF being born in the State of CaIiforn
b. for / was too old then. I want TO ga
something Of some OF the men who ha,
- made the country and its men famou
the press and the reporters. They mad
y. men and they were also their undoin
but they stand in the history Of Callforn
a bright and shining light. I hope tn;
" the society will endure and that the nj
tive sons will give to 1t their undying d
votion."
The toast to the mothers and daughte
u Of California was responded to by l.. ,
- Strauss