Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-09-10
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Judge Gear stated that he expected
some day to see a President of the
United States. Native Son OF the
Golden West.
The next speaker of the evening
was Col. Thomas Fitch who, in rising
did full honor to the excellent menu
that had been served by quoting Mar.
tin Luther's remark at Wurtemburg:
God help me, can take no other
course In his speech Col. Fitch said
he had been running in and out Of
California since about 1868. He dwclt
upon his political work. saying that
this had consisted mainly OF trying TO
get Office for other men. In his first
political tour he had made siXty.fOuI
speeches or rather one speech sixty.
four times. He remembered well some
OF the great men Of California such az
Bret Harte Pullock and Egerton. Col
FitCh's speech was beautifully deliv.
cred, holding the attention of every
one present from beginning to end
The Pioneers" was responded to by
Henry L. Hlghton. who spoke clo-
quently Of the stirring days Of 40.
when he among many others came
trooping out to the West. He was
the youngest OF a body OF men who
now numbered but six or seven hun.
bred out of the vast throng that emf.
grated to the West so many years ago.
While not a Californian by birth, he
had lived there the major part Of his
life and took pride in being able to say
n good word for that great and Clio.
rious State.
Col. John Mcclellan responded to
tue toast The Army, making q
speech that was listened to with the
very greatest of interest. He spoke
Of the policy of the United States with
reference to the establishment OF an
Army post and a Naval station here.
There were only two companies OF ar.
tillery here and yet the Army post
spent all the way from three to four
thousand dollars a month right in Ho.
nolulu. Would II not be q great thing,
then, to have full regiment stationed
here? Col. Mcclellan also spoke of the
Naval Station and the money that
would be brought into the country by
the operations down at Pearl Harbor.
Mr.. Newhouse thanked Col. McClel.
Ian for his address and for the encour.
agement he gave to all who make this
country their home. lie also mention.
ed the fact that the occasion of the
celebration OF the anniversary OF the
admission If California was also the
fortieth anniversary of the connection
OF the Colonel with the Army. At the
conclusion of these remarks, the whole
party arose and cheered the command.
ant OF the Camp Mckinley post.
Attorney Hogan fairly made the
walls resound when he was called up.
on to respond to the toast The Native
Californians". He threw enthusiasm
into every word he uttered and when
he reached the climax of the Stars
and Stripes with the native Califor-
mans at the front of battle even unto
the death, the applause was thunder.
Gus, Mr. Hogan Is an orator OF great
ability.
S. a, d. Jones was called upon for
n toast to The Native Daughters"
Although entirely impromptu, the
speaker showed his ability as an after.
dinner speaker, His was not humor.
Gus speech. Rather was II a hieing
back to home and mother in the dear
old native State and to the beautiful
girls, the future mothers of Califor.
MAS sturdy sons. Mr.. Jones quoted
beautiful passages from Calirorhia's
own poets and put his hearers in a
decidedly sentimental frame of mind
when he referred to the dear old lady
seated in a cottage back on the slopes