The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-23
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TNAUGURATED
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to teI sou that only tho true and seri-
Gus conviction that ! owe citizens
duty to this Territory aud also my
deep and earnest love for this land of
nay birth have Ted me to accept this
high office. TO which the President OF
our great Republic has been pleased TO
call me.
Fellow citizens. this is "a most noble
position that J am called 90. yet were it
not for the sense that President Roose-
Welt has confidence I'm me, and that
many and able men of this Territory
are ready and willing to assist me,
should hesitate before accepting.
This task which has come upon me is
one which / assume with grave mis-
giving. | am young and impulsive, but
youth is not always "a bar to adminis-
trative success, and i'm spite of my tenn
permanent, / hope to show you that an
earnest and fearless worker can pro-
duce results which are worthy of your
estimation, IL not Of your entire appro-
baton.
This l can tell you / shall devote
myself heart and soul to the duties Of
my high office. The country of my
birth shall never say that | spared
myself i'm serving her. In accepting
the Goyernorship. l dedicate such tall
( ents as 1 have to the best interests of
/ Hawaii and Hawaii's people.
/ stand here today anxious to cham
! pion the just cause of every man. wo-
man and child in these islands, and
still more anxious to advance Hawaii
! and Hawaiians in their progress to
! statehood.
Grand as the position is which l have
! to assume, great are the responsible
ties; and knowing my own shortcom-
| ings, as no one else but myself can
know them, it is with the greatest diff
dence that | come before you today as
| appointed Governor of this Territory.
! Most thoroughly do l realize the pecu-
| liar conditions and difficulties which
surround the position.
| l know that matters may often go
wrong and that l shall be sharply and,
no doubt very wholesomely criticized
| for them. | know that when right
shall often be thought wrong by those
who do not view or understand the
whole situation. 1t is clearly the duty
of a man in the position to which
|
matter what adverse opinion there may
! be.
man who is Governor of this Ter
ritory, which is after all a small thing:
! a man who is elected Governor of
sovereign state which is a great thing;
| or a man who is elected President of
! the United States, which is the greatest
position in the world, must meet the
inevitable attacks of those who dis
! agree with him. But the true citizen
stands firm, and in spite of opposing
views and antagonistic ideas, carries,
an honest and honorable policy to its
! legitimate end and stands or falls by
his ideals
| Fellow citizens, that is what I in
Z tend to strive for, and it is to reach
that end that l need your utmost help
{ 1t is your interests, not mine that
| shall serve.
Our Island home, my fellow citizens,
| is beautiful one There are few more
! beautiful. The -colors of Italy and
Greece, the scenic beauties of Spain,
| the marvels of India's vast plains and
Africa's grand plateaus may be vaunt-
! ed, but none of them can reach the rich
coloring of sea and sky,-the cool, vary
! ing greens of our tropical forests, the
| rich shadows of our recedng valleys,
!
perfume of our beautiful flowers. and
! the gentle tenderness of our climate. J
/ love Hawaii, from the rugged crown Of
| Mauna Loa to the summit breakers
that dash upon the fringing coral reefs
| But it is not our beauty that we must
! considers there are other and more
practical things that you and must
study.
| Hawaii has a present, and also a flu
ture. Her present gives her great re-
| sources. Her rich plains and her noun
tain slopes; her recurrent showers and
the limpid waters from her valleys give
| her eXuberant crops, which support all
! her population in comparative affu-
ence. There are few countries in the
world so blessed-or whose present is
| more prosperous.
The future-that grand and wonder
ful future which is looming before US
! portentOus WSh great events, will find
| the territory of Hawaii a central d.c-
ure The Pacific is going to be tho
/ theater of the worlds history The an
/ told tale of human existence is going 10
De unfolded about the shores ana i'm the
waters of earth's mightiest ocean.
The waters of this ocean wash the
! coasts of continents--on one of which
! IS the Oldest empire, on another the
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seen. Our small Territory is geogra nh
lcally so situated that the great lines
of commerce must pass our doors. In
hawaii, the Occident and theN Orient
meet. In Hawaii the Anglo Saxon DO
| pulation of Australia shakes hands
with the equally sturdy population of
North America. 1t remains with Ha-
wall to WELD her influence to make
herself great.
When l consider this; when | realize
| that the peace, the prosperity, the hon
or and the happiness of this my birth
place are staked for four long years on
the issue of this day, l humbly pray
Tor the wisdom, the patience, the fair
ness, the clear judgement and ability so
greatly needed.
1t Is no light burden which is put I'D
on me. In that it is an honor | am
proud. In that it is a trust put upon
me to give the best have to my fell
lof citizens, / accept it.
l shall aim in my executive control