The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-12-22


lulu present, the special ones being
Governor Carter, Major General Mac
Arthur and Admirals Evans, Cooper
and Terry and the principal officers oil
the fleet. The menu was as follows:
Small Eastern oysters on Half Shell
Chateau Y'Quem
Canape au Foie Gras
Celerie en- Branche Sailed Almonds
Queen olives
Amontlllado
Green Turtle a l. Amontillado
Haul Sauterne
Broiled Hawaiian Live Lobster
Pommes Rissole
Frogs Legs Saute en- Caisse Grand Sec
Margaux
Casserole of Sweetbread, a la Toulouse
Frozen Egg Nog
Roast Haunch of Venison,
a l. Anglaise au Groseille
Petit Pois a la Franchise
Drowned Island Sweet Potatoes
Asperges la Polonaise
Moet & Chandon
Island Pheasant, Port Wine Sauce
Salade la Waldorf
Tipsy Boudin
Pound Cake Bisq UT Glace
Petits Fours Assortis
Neapolitan Ice Cream
Camembert to Roquefort Cafe Noir
The speaking alternated with music
by the bands and by an Hawaiian or
chestra.
The toast to 1.-THE President" was
drunk in silence. When the national
air was played by the band outside
the banqueters rose to their feet in one
patriotic impulse. The other special
incident was the tremendous ovation
given to Admiral DEMONSTRATING
Bob, who is so near to the heart of the
American people.
Fred w. Macfarlane was the
POSTMASTER and George w. Smith Off
ciated as master of ceremonies in his
capacity of vice-president of the Mer-
chants Association. He opened pro-
ceedings with the following address:
GEORGE w. SMITHS ADDRESS.
Vice President G.. w. Smith opened
with a toast to President Roosevelt.
He said:
Governor Carter, General Macarthur,
Admiral Evans and Gentlemen: The
Merchants Association of Honolulu,
bids you welcome tonight and assures
you that it appreciates the honor of
your attendance.
This Association, composed of those
engaged in trade and commerce in this
city, was formed for mutual benefit
and counsel, for the inculcation of
better feeling among those engaged in
the competitive struggle for business,
for the melting of a public, non parti-
san spirit in matters tending to the
advancement of our civic interests, for
the improvement and identifying of
our city, the encouragement and in
crease of a stable citizen population,
in word, for the public good, and 1t
has, in the short period of its exist
ence, established a record that it can
well take pride in.
Following the custom of the parent
organization in San Francisco, the AS
ISOLATION has arranged this, it's annual
banquet, at a time when, most for
tunately, they are able to welcome to
their board distinguished fellow citi-
zens, as their guests.
To the gentlemen of the Army and
Navy we extend a most hearty greet
ing. You find yourselves here tonight,
in this the first American outpost in
the Pacific, not as strangers In
strange land, but among fellow coun-
trymen, owing but one allegiance, I'M
der but one flag, among men who
share with you the glory and yield to
you the honor, which the two noble
arms of the service have done so much
to advance and to protect.
In my position here tonight 1t be-
comes my duty, and an honor as well,
to propose the toast to that noble
American, the President, Theodore
Roosevelt.
drunk in silence. After that, the toast
master, Mr.. Macfarlane, introduced
Gov. Carter, who spoke as follows:
THE TERRITORY-GOv. CARTER.
F. w. Macfarlane, as POSTMASTER
called first for the toast THE Territory
of Hawaii" to which Governor Carter
responded as follows:
Mr.. POSTMASTER Mr.. President,
Guests and Gentlemen of the Associa-
tom Your Association has taken a
great responsibility upon itself when 1t
assigns to me so important toast as
"Our Territory" 1t would be better
If 1t We're to assign the toast to one
with more talent and ability to speak.
In that 1t Is an honor, / am proud to
speak. Where in this wide world can
you find six hundred. square miles of
land that presents so varied scenery
and so many natural advantages?
Where can you find such mountains,
such rugged mountains, decked with
fieecy clouds, against which is the most
wonderful and varied of foliage?
Where can you find more beautiful
valleys filled with so great a variety
of beautiful ferns, where there is no
reptile or lurking danger of any kind?
Where can you find in this world more |
fertile plains, where can you find more |
beautiful shores, laced with our coral
reefs? Where can you find an ocean
which is more varied In color or such !,
varieties of color than in our own? |
Where, i ask. can you sit under the |
palms and the moonlight by an ocean |
which is In expanse wider than any |
other on the globe without fear of |
danger, but here In Hawaii? Where, |
gentlemen, can you find population OF