Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-11-02
BIDS FAREWELL
TO REGIMENT
Speech By Executive AT
Military Camp
Fire.
THREE CHEERS GIVEN BY
VII lie COMPANY STANDING
FINE MUSIC AND SPEECHES AS
WELL AS REPAsT OF MORE
THAN ORDINARY Ex.
cELlENcE.

Inc camp nre or the n. u. ii. in the
drillshed Saturday night was an event
that reflects great credit on those who
had charge Of the fair. The entire
shed was occupied by long tables at
which the militiamen and their guests
sat down to partake of most stump.
.. tuous luau. The interior was prettily
decorated and at the entrance was al
combination of flags and canvas to
!, shut out the gaze of the inquisitive.
The Territorial band was present and
during the festivities furnished lively
music to the delight of all present.
There were seven tables in all, the
one farthest Waikiki being reserved
for the guests. Throughout the even.
ing there were boxing bouts, vocal and
instrumental solos, recitations and the
like given by members and friends Of
the regiment.
At S o'clock Governor Dole arrived
and was escorted to the guests table
and seated on the right of Col Jones.
Secretary Carter entered later on and
was seated on the left of the com.
handing officer. Among the guests
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the Legislature. United States Army
officers and prominent citizens.
At the close of the feast, the bugle
sounded attention and Col. Jones, ris.
ing. introduced Governor Dole, who
hade farewell to the regiment. Ho
spoke. in part, as follows:
The present and future OF Hawaii
form one subject. The past, present
and future are one subject, because
they are so intimately connected that
. one can hardly be spoken of without
u calling up the other. The evil things
in politics or in social life are the
fruits OF what people have planted in
the past. or of what they have neglect.
ed to do in past generations. ! speak
OF this because 1t is my privilege Ia
r speak of Hawaii's future, and ! want
+ to impress upon you the fact that the
L future OF Hawaii depends, more than
anything else, upon the attitude of the
present generation
H. III Hawaii. in the future. is to be a
3 country to be respected. 1t will largely
u be because the men OF the young gen
~ Grafton do their duty. | want you to
10 feel this responsibility so that the next
generation will not lay back and blame
the men of this generation because
D they planted seed which produced bad
fruit. This Is a small community com
~ pared to other political communities Of
," the United States. Take Greater New
y, York for instance, and consider how
-, little one vote in millions counts fol
. responsibility. But in Hawaii with his
one vote, mans responsibility means
= something. So the future OF Hawaii
81 depends on the way you act today, the
-, way you conduct your family affairs
-, and your business, and, above all, The
, way you vote.
~ To-day we are Territory, which IL
n good thing. We have the privileged
ro of selfgoyernmcnt to a certain extent
as Illustrated in the Territorial gov
no ernment-but | want you to under
stand that this Territorial government
Ia Is temporary. 1t is a test OF our citi
zenship. 1t is a privilege given to III
Ia so We may get an understanding OF the
H. principles OF American representative
government.
ne be State government. That Is some
IL thing for us to work for How can W,
express TO Congress the propriety O
he giving State rights 10 our little com
~ munity, smaller than many OF the cit
ct les OF the United States? Our popula
ton may Increase to 100000. be
I'd lieve we have a very small chance b,
IN our numbers. We are small and W,
al will not be important by numbers To-
We long time to come. How can we con
vince Congress? BY conducting GU
n county governments in such a name
'it that We will attract the attention o
he friends in Congress. so they may Sc,
S: we are running the county govern
ments in patriotic. intelligent an
on successful manner. II We impres
re that upon those influential gentleme
NJ who compose Congress, they are likel
n to give us Statehood, because the
he think then that We will do credit to tn
United States and We will be polit
OF cal aid to the whole OF the Unite
ed States.
30 1--WE must all stand together and d
no good voting to bring about Statehood
hu There l. another matter | woul
like to speak to you about-it may Il
the last time | will have an opportl
hs nifty to speak to the National Guard q
" Hawaii In an official capacity.
ns Il want to tell you how much hav
n no enjoyed my long connection with tn
V National Guard, how | have watche
", its progress, and that in the eleve
nu years since this organization came III
ho' der my direction, when dangers hav
beset it, | have never lost confidenc
l.. in the Northumberland of Hawaii A
n' ways ready to fight, always ready
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