The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-22
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HENRY LIscaaeld West n ths AaEast
ForaR
The very first fact which. in ny
Judgment. impressed sself upoa the
President and his party Is the homo
ge1esfy q the Aneiczn people We
reached San Francisco By way Of
Memphis. New Orleans. e Paso. and
Los Angeles, The Journey was over
1905 miles in length. and pet there
vas 10 city en- route. 10 crowd which
gathered. which vas not thoroughly
and typIcslly American This. il may
be remarked. was to have been expect
ed: and yet the importance Of the fact
Is not thereby lessened- I can now
well understand why the weary brain
worker or the broken-down money
maker turns his face toward England
and the Continent in his rest-seeking
moments. A few hours from London
and he is amid the kaleidoscope
scenes OF Paris: then Switzerland is
within easy reach; Italy and Spain lie
beyond: Germany and Russia. or even
Turkey and Egypt. are comparatively
near at hand. Within q distance equal
to that which separates New York and
San Francisco. here are q dozen ma
tionalities. each with its distinctive
characteristics and each atfording the
delight Of novelty But the United
States is the United States from ocean
TO ocean. from Canadian border to the
blue waters of the Gulf Of Mexico. The
city which is reached today is but the
counterpart of the city which was left
yesterday. There is an unvarying mo-
notony Of architecture an absolute
lack of diversity in dress and custom.
The people are actuated by the same
ideas. they speak an identical langu-
age. they sell the same goods in stores
modelled after the same pattern. Mar
ket Street in San Francisco Is but a
reproduction of Market Street in Phil
adelphia. even TO the ferries at the
over end; and State Street in Chicago
is but Broadway built up again with
greater width
! Very trite and familiar all this may
seem to the casual traveller who fails
to appreciate its real significance, but
il appealed to the President with ire
mendous force. He appreciated, more
than ever. the solidity Of the nation
is community of interest. the single
ness of patriotic purpose which ami
mates its great pulsating heart. As
the statesman he is, he saw that as
long as these conditions continue there
is no need to question the future oil
the Republic. Thus we find him, in
his speeches. impressing upon his au-
iitors this idea of national unity. lone
. dag. one country. one destiny" was
his unwavering text. It IS no wonder
that he found therein a theme for elo
! quent utterance His words may seen
empty rhetoric to the man whose view
| is bounded by the narrow confines o.
his own town or county. and TO whom
) the word San Francisco CONVEYS nj
) idea of the vast expanse which sep
? arates that city from New York TX
those who accompanied the President
? and who witnessed everywhere hun.
] dreds of thousands of loyal citizens
5 manifesting by every visible sign o
: pleasure their respect for the Presi
Dental Office and their personal re
/ gard for its occupant. the trans-con
tinental tour was a continual inspira
4 ton. No man could have witnessed
D those scenes and remained unthrilled
' no man could have participated il
\ them without feeling of pride in hi
I American citizenship. What a con
S trast, for instance, with Australian
e gary, where in a territory embracing
: only 240,0 600 square miles. as compares
5 with the 100000 square miles of tn
: United States. we find such diversit
of language that the printed none
? contains the denomination of the not
a expressed in more than dozen diffel
/ ent characters. and where the discus
r I sions of the Reichsrath may be likeI
!. ed to a modern Babel Austria-Hun
|. gary is. indeed, a patchwork structure
e liable to collapse; the United State
/ is a complete. solidifed. harmoniou
+ edifice. with a foundation as broa
5 and secure as the length and breadt
It of the land.