The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-09
Committees Named by Governor to
Assist Commissioner Eustis
In His Labors.
Representative Gathering Greets the Treasury
Representative and Many Men Discus, Lo-
cations, Approving Custom House.

weeks ago that it would be my pleas
ure to speak to you now.
II must first compliment you. l know
something of city built up by hustling
busy men. I know how much depends
upon the work and enterprise of the
business men of g community. There
fore I must compliment you upon your
real public spirit and your city. You
have beautiful city, in a beautiful To-
cation. Cities are not built in a day.
l have been out on your harbor and
looked over your wharves and noted
your accommodations for the shipping
which must come to your port. / noted
too the reefs which have been built by
the little coral insects, and as they have
worked so have you. As they are the
reef builders you are the city builders.
So you are here building a mighty
metropolis in the Pacific, not only for
yourselves but for us on the mainland.
'-'The eyes of the people of the United
States are upon you. Your whole his
tory has become a household memory
in the states of the union, from the
time when the people, of the east began
to take an interest in your welfare in
the '20s, until now, and we are all in
terested in your prosperity and prog
7ess.
II am here to extend hand in help
ing not for hurting. I am here to in
ivestigate the needs of the postal service
and fairly to make a report to the Sec
retary of the Treasury for his guidance.
In looking about l see how impossible
it is for stranger to come here and
find out what you want. You know.
You have helped to make the city, you
have helped to create the conditions
and you know Just what you want.
1.-The United States government has
been here only a short time and you
, cannot expect it to know just what to
Go. I want to find out first the location
for your public buildings which would
be the happy and right location. 1t
is proper that the government should
/ start right away, and right, too. On
the mainland often there is a wrong
location secured for a building, and as
the business section of the city changes
the structures are not where they
/ should be.
''As to your silver coinage, l have
been told that the Senatorial Commits
sion has been here and that memorials
have been submitted to it. I may have
to duplicate some OF this, and yet my
work would not be done unless / should
do So The senators have made their
Investigations, and will report to the
Senate just what they consider proper.
But Congress wants information and
is seeking it through the Secretary and
he has sent me to secure, it.
II want to get back to Washington
by the middle of January. for if do so
there viii be still six weeks for work,
and you know legislation sometimes
goes slow, in fact 1 believe you know
that, if what l hear about the last ses-
sion is correct. Congress viii move
faster when your representative gets
there though, for 1 have heard that ali
congressman are susceptible to Cupid.
[ have visited the Postoffice and the
Custom House but 1 have not been to
the courts You know just what should
be done and you should let me know
fully.
Il want to say frankly that Congress
should deal with you in no parsimonious
manner You put up buildings here
which are a credit not only to Honolu-
lu but to the mainland, and Congress
should deal with you in way to keep
your beautiful city symmetrical.
LAS to your coin it is perfectly good
for it has the faith of the United States
pledged back of it, but the time has
come when you should do away with 1t
and have the same money which passes
current everywhere else in our country.
thank you for listening to me and
now 1 shall be glad to listen to you
Mr.. Eustis was cheered heartily during
ard at the conclusion of his presen-
tation, especially when he spoke of the
treatment that is deserved by the ISL
ands at the hands of Congress.
Governor Dole took the floor at once
Mr.. Eustis had finished, and said that
The question OF great public building
was one which had received a deal of
thought. 1t had been suggested that
there be erected a great public building
fronting on the palace square. AS to
the judiciary building he said the gov
ernment knew that it was crowded and
that soon there must be provided a
building which would afford space for
some of the offices there.
F. NJ Hatch was the next speaker
and went right into the subject. He
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