The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-10
NATIVE CALlFORNIANS
KEEP ADMISSION DAY
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to this toast He regretted that tn
Governor was unable to attend an
respond TO the health of the Presiden
Of the United States. What impresse
him that night was the presence of s
many Native Sons, and particularly O
such old-timers of California as Judg
Highton and Mr.. Fitch 1t was prope
that Californians should gather on tn
anniversary of their grand state Tha
night the Native Sons We're whoopin.
it up all over California, especial,
down San Jose way In honoring tn,
President of the United States Their,
was no politics, and while none bu
respected the person of the Presfden
of the United States all patriots hon
ored the office. Judge Gear referred
to some of California's evidences ant
elements of greatness and concluded
by saying he was proud to have beer
born in that great State and he hoped
the day was not far distant when the,
might cheer for President of the Uni.
| ted States who was Native Son OF
the Golden West. (Applause)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
1--WE owe our allegiance first to the
head of the United States Government
and next to that of California" he
POSTMASTER said as he called on
Thomas Fitch to respond for the
state of California"
Mr.. Fitch raised a laugh in the he
ginning of his response by paraphras-
| ing Martin Luther's remark at Wur-
| tenberg, as 81 can take no other
course" and making it apply to the
| menu. Then he told very funny
story about an expensive funeral or
dered by a man for his father, whose
supposed corpse was sent to the sons
town by railway. 1t proved to be a
case of mistaken identity when the
bandage fell off the chin and there
was revealed good set of natural
teeth where the supposed dead man
had none. The point of the story was
the rebuke the son gave the CORPSE
You old fool, if your had kept your
mouth shut you would have had a
first-class funeral"
Some of the older people present
would remember the old school geo
graphies that contained along with the
mythical maelstrom and the center of
the continent of North America was
the picture of Bilboa, the Pacific pio-
neer, standing on a mountain summit
between the two oceans. The speaker
said that spot was still waiting for
civilization, in contrast to which he
glowingly described the voluptuous
wealth of CALIFORNIA; great civiliza-
ton spreading over what. in Bilboa's !
Where else should you find a land |
where you could lean against a snow |
bank and look down into beautiful |
and vineyards blooming like |
Paradise? He had been running in |
and out of California since about 1869, |
and had done a good deal in helping |
other people to get office.
Mr.. Fitch proceeded from this to
speak of some of the renowned men
who first gained fame in California
ock, Egerton, etc.
THE PIONEERS.
Mr.. Highton responded for 1.-The Pho
neers" in an eloquent address. He
was the youngest of the Society of |
Pioneers, and as such paid a warm |
tribute to the earliest of the pioneers, |
the men who migrated to California in |
l849. Concluding a panegyric on Cali
'ornia and its influence on the world, |
ne said he was proud to assist Cali
fornians in Hawaii in continuing the |
work of progressive civilization here |
which was so gloriously begun in Cali |
fornia.
THE ARMY.
Col. Mcclellan responded for the |
Army of the United States" He gave |
an interesting resume of the history of |
the policy of the United States direct
ed toward making an army post and |
naval station here. In the course of |
his remarks he mentioned that with |
only two companies of artillery here
the sum of $4,000 or $4,000 a month was
locally disbursed, and asked what a
great advantage would it not be TO
to have regiment station
ed here.
Mr.. Newhouse cordially thanked
Col. Mcclellan for his address. Incl
dentally mentioning that it was the
gallant gentieman's fortieth anniver-
sary in the Army. At his suggestion
the whole company cheered Col Nc
Clellan.
OTHER SPEECHES.
Henry Hogan ELECTED applause att
every sentence replying for THE Ma
tive Californians.'
L. A. D. Jones made a beautiful res
ponse for THE Native Daughter"
making feeling reference to his gray
hot n
quoting from a poem by Joaquin Mil
Ter.
Judge Robinson spoke for "Our
Country" D. Logan for THE Press
while I. Livingston advocated the
starting of permanent organization
then and there. He was speaking when
the Advertiser representative left at
1890 this morning.
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Progress of the Mosquito War.