The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-03
Continued from Page II

intendent of Public Instruction A t.
Atkinson, Lewis H Martin, Tax Col
lector Pratt, ]. G. Spencer, ]. F. Ken
nedy. T. Give Davies, F. M. Swanzy,
Henry Waterhouse. Attorney General
e. P. Dole, Collector of Customs e. r.
Stackable, and T. F. Lansing.
The appearance OF the guests caused
the vast concourse of people to gather
more closely about the stand and when
Chairman Smith arose to call the meet
ing to order, he faced not less than
three thousand people, who sat and
stood under the trees and about the
lawn, 1t was an audience which was
as cosmopolitan as Honolulu can pro-
duce, and not one of the many races
failed of representation in that vast
throng.
There were cheers when Mr.. Smith
appeared at the front of the stand and
began to speak. he SAID:
Chairman George w. Smith, in open
ing the exercises, said:
Ladies and gentlemen: We are,
gathered here to celebrate one or the
most important events in the history
of these Islands; and among the first
messages sent over the Commercial Pa
cific Cable was one to the President or
welt. To this message he has most gra-
ciously replied in glowing terms OF con-
graduation"
Mr.. Smith then presented Secretary
Cooper, who said:
We meet today to celebrate the COM
pletion Of the enterprise that has re-
moved the greatest disadvantage under
which we have lived
BY the inauguration of Geographic
communication with the mainland we
become intimately associated with the
rest OF the world and messages of po-
utical and commercial Importance, joy
and sorrow, success and failure VIII
come to us over the cable that has just
been landed on our shores, but the
main result will be decided influence
In favor of the upbuilding Of a patriotic
and progressive American common
wealth IN these Islands.
We extend a hearty welcome to the
good ship Silvertown, her officers and
crew who have safely brought the ca
BILE half way round the globe and have
spanned the Pacific ocean from San
Francisco to Honolulu. To all who
have been connected with the enter
prise we give our heartfelt thanks,
above all we offer our tribute TO the
memory of the man whose genius and
business tact gave us the cable, and
amid our rejoicing there is mingled Q
sincere regret that he did not live %
200 his project completed Tpe name
of John W. Mackay will always be held
in fond remembrance by all our people
Just one word for the future. BY the
laying of this cable we have added an
other spoke to our wheel of fortune
Another will be added when the cable
is laid connecting us with the Philip
pines and the Orient, many miles OF
which have already been made.
We may safely expect to be served
in the near future by the 'All Red"
line from Vancouver to the British col
onies, and finally the opening of the
canal across the Isthmus will make US
a center of travel and commerce and
the Hub OF the Pacific ocean.
It has been my honor to send to the
President of the United States the
greeting of the people of the Territory
and to assure him Of our qualification
at the completion of the undertaking.
And 1 trust that may be able to read
his message before we part.
S. S. Dickinson, manager of the cable
company's interests, replied to Mr..
rooDar aS follows.
sfMr Secretary, ladies and gentle
men: AS the representative or the
Commercial Pacific Gable Company,
beg to thank you for your hearty wei
come, and through you the citizens of
the Territory of Hawaii, for the kindly
expressions which / have heard today;
and I will convey them with much
pleasure to Mr.. Clarence Mackay, Mr.
George w. Ward, and the members or
the executive board of the Commercial
Pacific Cable Company" (Applause)
MESSAGE FROM ROOSEVELT.
Secretary Cooper then read the mes
sage from President Roosevelt, as fol-
lows:
white House. Washington, D. c.,
January 1, 1903
"Hon. Henry E. Cooper, Secretary OF
Hawaii Honolulu:
1.-The President sends through you to
Governor Dole and the people of Ha-
wall his hearty congratulations upon
the opening of the cable. He believes
that it will tend to make the people of
Hawaii more closely connected than
ever to their fellow citizens of the
mainland, and will be for the great ad-
vantage of all our people.
GEO. B. CORTELYOU,
Secretary to the President"
The cheers which greeted the read
ing of this message were drowned by
the band playing The Star Spangled
Banner" while from a park of artfl-
cry a salute of 100 guns was fired, and