The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-28

had arrived at the place of marching
went home before the parade had formed.
but at o'clock good-sized crowd was
assembled at the drill shed, and the
formation began.
The National Guard was assembled un-
der arms, and went through few eyolu-
ton, whereafter it did not join the rest
Of the column, but marched down to the
maka side of the palace, where it await
ed the rest Of the procession. The main
column was headed by the Hawaiian
band. after which followed a torchlight
procession. consisting mainly of boys
from the Y. NJ. c. A. After this followed
a couple of hacks, the first one contain
ing Francis Murphy and Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Austin. Last of all came
couple of buses, filed with Hawaiians.
The line of march was down Beretania
street to Nuuanu, down Nuuanu to King
and along King street to kawaiahao
church, where the procession dissolved
During the march the band played
patriotic and Hawaiian airs, the inter
vafs being filled by the singing of hymns
by the boys, and the Hawaiians in the
two buses Every now and then there
was loud cheering.
| After arriving at kawaiahao church,
meeting was held
sir. Bancroft made few Introductory
remarks. asking the assemblage to erect
Mr. Murphy, as he liked it; not with
! show and demonstration, but right from
! the heart.
/ The doxology was thereupon sung, after
which a short prayer was offered by the
Rev. Mr. A. E. Cory of the Christian
/ church.
Franklin Austin, the president of the
| local Murphy clubs, spoke shortly, telling
| of his own relations to the temperance
| cause and giving short account of the
work done by him during Mr.. Murphys
! absence. He thereupon introduced Mr..
Francis Murphy. After the cheers. which
! greeted his appearance. had subsidized,
Mr.. Murphy spoke.
| First he expressed his gratitude over
! the grand reception which had been Civ
| en- him. After his seven months absence
from these islands. he had not expected
| to make any stay here at all; but had
| intended to go right on to San Fran
| cisco on the Ventura. Now however, Mr..
| Austin's eloquence. we'll the kind
| appreciation of the people here, had de-
cided him to make a stay.
| Mr.. Murphy also mentioned the feeling
of surprise he had felt. when he, from
a copy of the Advertiser, which reached
him on the vessel shortly before land
ing, had learned of the great reception.
which was to be rendered him.
The trip from Australia to Honolulu
had been an enjoyable one, and much
i praise was due the ships officers, crew
and passengers, as well as the good
things to eat and drink, of which Mr..
Murphy confessed himself to be very
fond. Upon the whole the trip to Aus
tralia had been a splendid one, and the
kindness and hospitality of the people
visited deserved much credit Big recep-
tons had greeted his arrival both in
Australia and on New Zealand
| Mr.. Murphy then spoke OF the people
of these places in regard to temperance.
He had found them fond of an occasional
drink in many cases, but he had found
very little downright drunkenness
amongst them.
After mentioning several cases of in
temperate persons, which had been won
for the cause during his trip, the great
Importance of kindness was spoken of.
1t is of little use to approach people
with long sermons; many We're ashamed
of signing the pledge, but if kindness aa6
common sense were used, such as shown
in Mr.. Austin's temperance rooms, much
more good would be affected. Upon the
whole splendid and noble work of
Mr.. Austin deserved the greatest of
praise.
After touching upon the great danger
of intemperance, especially for natives,
the strong influence of a good example
was spoken Of. If the father of family
drinks can he expect anything out the
same in his sons; but let him be tenn
perate himself, and his sons will readily
promise him to be so also And they
will surely keep their promise too.
Speaking of Mrs. Murphy, and the dis
appointment she would feel when she did
not find her husband on the arrival of
the Ventura to San Francisco, Mr. Muir
ply saw a chance, to give the wives
present a bit of sound advice.
Give your husband a chance to hang
his hat on the peg, before you start on
your curtain lectures he said. Show
him your love, and wait till the right
moment comes, and one word to him will
do more good, than thousand of curtain
lectures. For you know very wen all
of you that a woman can see right
through a man
Finally Mr.. Murphy stated his inten-
ton to stay and work for the temper
ance cause for some time and stated that
Mrs. Murphy would arrive at this place,
as soon as the Ventura had brought the
news of his stay here. After collection
had been taken up. to furnish the ex-
penses for Mrs. Murphy's trip Mr. Aus
tin. after q short speech, made the fol-
lowing announcements:
The evening of Wednesday the 18th
0onighO. Mr.. Murphy viii make an ad-
dress at the Kawaiahao church.
Thursday the 18th, another meeting
will be held. at which Mr.. Murphy s
speech will be translated by Mr.. 4,aku-
ina. Mr.. kiliolani, a native of the old
school, who is connected with the tenn
perance cause, will also make some re-
marks.
At these meetings a new, special song
| will be introduced. This song of which
both the words and the music are COM
posed by Mr.. w. H. Bradley. of the Muir
ply Club Number l. will be adopted as
the club song.
After the benediction had been said BY
the Rev. Mr.. HARLEY, the meeting ad-
journed
Struck by q Suuall