The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-20
THE MERCHANTS WERE IN ANNUAL BANQUET


the Lord that it was not left TO me
to decide how many of those fellows
had to take the water cure. However
l am not a soldier and I am not in
that line of business. did however go
on a short trip with General Sumner i'll
the island of Mindanao,. where saw
sugar cane that grew twenty feet high
without cultivation and 1 saw there u
sight that would gladden. the heart of
every true Americana little band of
soldiers, infantry. cavalry and artillery
in an open camp on the top of this
beautiful island and sixty thousand
savage Moros around them, and two
thousand of those Yankee chaps as
hard as nails, facing this multitude of
sixty thousand and saying to them,
Just step over that line, and if you
want to fight you will get it, and when
the time came and they did step over
the line they got it-in the neck.
Now, gentlemen, don't worry about
the navy, because we are all right; you
give US the men and the guns and I
think We will take care of it," tPro-
longed applause.)
THE COUNTY,. A. GILMAN.
Supervisor-elec j. A. Gilman spoke
to the toast 1.-THE County"
He said Act 81 as passed by the leg
islature of 1903 and known as the Coun-
ty Act gives us a new government and
is step towards departing from the
centralized government which we have,
thereby giving the voters voice as
to by whom and how the internal
government shall be run. Local self
government, so that the people have
the electing Of supervisors and officers,
is a principle held and loved and cher
lshed by Americans, and we are all
Americans. 1t now remains for the
supervisors and the officers to launch
this new form of government and they
will endeavor to do so, SO that it will
be all TO the credit of county govern
ment, under which we are to live. I
cannot boast of achievements made
by this county yet, for it is too early
in the game, but do say that it will
be the endeavor of the supervisors and
the officers Of this county to carry on
its affairs in business-like manner
and to prove there was no mistake
when the management of the govern
ment affairs was placed in the hands
of those representing the party that
stands for economy and honest admin
istration.
Il only hope that the government,
! the new county government, will man
age its affairs as successfully as the
Territorial government has managed
the affairs which are now going from
under their control" (Applause.)
CHAMBER OF COMMERCIALS.
TENNEY.
Mr.. E D. Tenney responded to the
| toast The Chamber of Commerce. as
follows:
Mr.. President and members of the
Merchants Association: This morning
l received a note from your secretary
informing me that I was expected to
make a brief response this evening to
1 the toast, THE Honolulu Chamber of
| Commerce.
| I am not a born orator like your
esteemed chairman nor surcharged
with "hot air. as Is your able toast
! master, consequently my remarks will
necessarily be brief. II
The Honolulu Chamber of Commerce
was organized under charter granted
by resolution of His Majesty, the King
| of Hawaii, in Privy Council, on the
25th day of August, 1883. Its first
president was the Hon. Charles R
| Bishop and embraced in it's member
ship all Of the large commercial firms
! then existing in Honolulu, which is
( also the case TODAY
! It has always been conservative In
action and, perhaps slow to arouse al
| times, but that it has always been a
tremendous force in the upbuilding OF
the commercial prosperity of this coun.
try and the maintenance of good gov
! eminent nobody can deny.
! As the mercantile community grew
and expanded, a sentiment was grad
ually aroused to the effect that the
| Chamber Of Commerce was too con.
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