The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-09
THE GLORIOUS
FOURTH AT HIL0
Good Weather and Literary
Exercises of a High
Order.

A little after 5 a. m. yesterday the citi-
zens of Hilo were awakened by report
that told them in noisy accents that the
Glorious Fourth was indeed at hand
To a person acquainted with a demon
stra ton of the kind it was but a repeti-
ton of days gone by. But to our new
citizens it meant a new birth, a new be-
ing so to speak, a proclamation that the
things and affairs that have hitherto exa
listed were done for and that a new sys&
tenn had succeeded the old.
In the past the majority of US knew
yerv little of Uncle Sam and his instituE
tions but since then We have become ed
ucated, and today we may truthfully say
that there are no more loyal and patriotic
citizens living than those that live in the
Paradise of the Pacific And If things
should shape themselves that we would
become a sovereign state there would be
no brighter star in the constellation than
Hawaii.
The Fourth of July literary exercises
which were held on the pavilion at the
Hilo Hotel at $50 in the afternoon were
attended py crowd which filled not
only the pavilion but the Hotel verandas
and other available space within hearing
distance. The order of exercises was as
follows:
Prayer ....................Re Rev. j. A. Cruzan
Music $3.50. Band
Reading Declaration of independence.
Dr. D. S. Jordan of Stanford University
Music. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ...... Band
Grafton. Hon. Rodenberg of Wash, d. c.
Music. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...... Band
Benediction. ........ Rev. R. h. Baptiste
The exercises were not only the best
attended of any of this nature on similar
occasions in Hilo, but they were by far
the most successful in the way the pro-
gramme was carried out and the interest
that attached to every portion of it.
Hon. G. F. Little presided as chairman
of the committee, and Introduced the
speakers with appropriate remarks and
in his usual dignified and graceful man
ner.
DR.. Jordan prefaced his reading of the
Declaration of Independence with few
very happy and Instructive remarks upon
the basic principles of English govern
ment and society which rendered the
condition of the Thirteen Colonies intol-
cradle and gave rise to the statement OF
set forth in the Declaration
BY these predatory remarks the reading
itself was rendered much more interest
ing and the principles aid down much
more effective.
The orator of the day, Hon. w. y Ro-
denberg, delivered an address both
thoughtful and eloquent, which was
listened to with rapt attention and inter-
rupted by frequent bursts of applause.
The speaker dealt with the true meaning
and significance of the main principles of
the Declaration which had just been read
and showed that upon them the growth
and prosperity of the nation in the past
and it's future renown depend.
The committee consisting of Judge
Little. Rev J. A. Cruzan and Mrs. J. L.
Lewis are entitled to the heartiest con-
gratulations in at last having been able
to raise Fourth of July literary pro-
gramme to rank with the other events
of this national holiday and freed from
the incumbrance of a ball game at one
end and a horse race at the other so
arranged that they have in the past prac-
tically overlapped the literary features
of the day like double blanket.-Hilo
Tribune.