The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-12

genuine pleasure TO speak to you to-
day. The present Territory of Hawaii
has for more than three terms been
prominently in the thoughts Of the
legislators of the United States, Great
ing indeed universal interest through
out the mainland. As we heard more
and more of your beautiful country and
its resources, the more anxious were
we to extend our knowledge, and when
we heard that you used our language
in your courts and among yourselves,
when we learned that our Fourth of
July was celebrated among you with
almost as much attention as if you
were part of us; then we felt that the
islands were ripe for annexation. L
CHANGED to be a Member of Congress
when the question for annexation came
up and as / had always borne great
interest toward you, an interest that
deepened and wfdened as 1 looked fur
Their into the subject 1 felt called
upon to voice my views upon the ques-
ton. I believed then, as / firmly be-
lieve now, that it was and is most de-
sirable for us all to be united under the
same laws, the same flag, the same con-
stitution. (Applause.) There is one
thing needed to knit us yet more close
ily together, l mean the cable. Had it
not been for the unusual demand for
appropriations on account of our other
insular possessions, we should have Sc
cured one this year. / think that it's
ultimate laying is a matter of reason
able expectation. / will not further
take up your time, remembering the
distinguished gentlemen who are to fol-
low me and whom I am thankful to
have had the opportunity of meeting
and associating with. The six justices
who have been appointed to dispense
the law in the Philippine Islands have
been chosen for their especial fitness
and distinguished services. l am most
happy to have had this opportunity of
injecting the honorable members of the
House, who have teen chosen from
among their fellows by reason of their
prominence to make the laws Of this
Territory"
Chief Justice Willard next spoke
briefly in thanks of the invitation ex-
tended to the visitors, and was followed
by Judge w. A. Kincaid, who was also
brief in his remarks.
Il can do no more" said the Honor
able gentleman, than concur in the
remarks just made by our Chief Jus
tice, that we judges have nothing to do
bat interpret the laws: that is our rea-
son for going to the Philippines. We
feti that we are meeting American citi-
~ here and it is our business to rem
der i safe for you and all other Ameri-
can itizens in our new possessions"
JuC.e Johnson. the last of the visitors
to speak, next addressed the House
I Mr. Speaker, Lady and Gentlemen:
feel tat we cannot take I'D more of
your me. but we may never meet again
and 1 would Alike to relate to you an in
cident in American history that Is prob
ably well known to you, but that has oc-
CURED to me forcibly this morning. You
all know the trouble that the English
and the Pilgrim Fathers had with the In
dams in Massachusetts, in the early days.
Wher William Penn called the Indian
chief 20 him, he said, L will not call
you 'rathers, I will not even call you
friends but we are bone of the same
bone. flesh of the same flesh, blood of the
same blood. We are bound not by
chain, that will rust and break by the
fall of the trees of the forest, but we
are bound by the same ties of interest
as jewellers of the same great country
What did the Indians reply to Penn?
That peace should last as long as the