The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-17


Taft when he was attending college,
received pleasant apology for not be-
ing instantly recognized by Mr.. Taft.
.'I associate you with Brooklyn and not
the Hawaiian Islands, the Secretary
of War said; 81 am not supposed to
know that you came out here"
CAPT. JOHNSON's APPEAL
Capt Sam. johnson, on appearing
among the N. G. H. officers, was warm
ly congratulated by Mr.. Taft on the
exhibition drill of his company.
CT don't know but I ought to send
you with your company to the Philip
pines the Secretary of War said
laughingly. Il do not know whether
| the Secretary has the power. You had
| better consult your Attorney General
and send ON a brief He also made
remarks on the military constabulary
of the Philippines.
What's the matter with sending us
to the st. Louis Exposition" Capt.
Johnson abruptly asked
There is nothing the matter but the
money Mr.. Taft replied, land ques-
tion of the Secretary's power. You had
better have the Attorney General or
the Governor send petition to Wash
ington."
The other N. G. H. officers all stood
around smiling at this interview.
TO THE ADVERTISER.
ST did not need to make a second
visit to Honolulu for obtaining the
most pleasant impressions possible of
these beautiful Islands," Secretary Taft
said to an Advertiser representative in
the line.
'But I return here now from the
Philippines with the most cordial and
intense sympathy for the peoples of
our insular possessions.
ST believe in the need of constructing
fortifications in the Hawaiian Islands
as well as the Philippines, both for the
protection of these possessions and of
American commerce in the Pacific.
This group is a mid-station of the Uni
ted States in this ocean and personally
I am in favor of having the Govern
nent do everything possible for the de-
velopment of these Islands.
There is. one great difference be-
tween the situation of the Hawaiian
Islands and that of the Philippine ISL
ands. Here with you it is a question
of labor. The Filipinos, on the other
hand, are vigorously and intensely op-
posed to any Chinese immigration
whatever. There are seven millions
of them, while you have about a hun
dred and fifty thousand people.
"a Chinaman in the Philippines will
make a hundred dollars or so out of a
years labor. with which he sets up )
a shop and drives out the Filipino wo-
man next door. They have before
their eyes the example of the Straits
Settlements, where the Chinese have
gained almost complete control of all /
trade. The English do very little |
business there now.
you must remember that the great |
of the Hawaiian Islands |
was caused by your free access to the !
American market with all the benefits
Of the national protective policy. There
fore it is only fair that you should now
contribute your share to the expenses |
of the National government.
'I can assure you. however. that I /
go back to Washington from my stay |
in the Philippines and this second visit
to Honolulu with my sympathies for
the people of our outlying possessions
deeply intensified"
THE CALLERS.
Those who paid their respects to Sec
retary Taft at the public reception in
,luded: Mrs. S. B. Dole, Mrs. L. An
irews Miss Perry and Miss Clark: 1t.
COL Mcclellan, commanding L. S.
Coast Artillery; Capt.-McK. William
son, U. S. A. depot quartermaster; w.
W. Hall. w. Pfotenhauer. Geo. w.
smith, j. A. Gilman, Superintendent of
Public Works c. S. Holloway, Senator
:. L. Crabbe, A. s. Cleghorn, Albert
Raas, a. F. Judd, the Builders and
Traders Exchange directors elsewhere
lamed, J. K. Brown, G. G.. BalIentyne, Il
F. A. McCandless, Noah T. Aluli. P. r.
Helm, John Lucas, c. H. Merriam.
thief Justice W. F. F'rear. E. NJ. Boyd,
7. G.. Pratt, Isaac Noar. d. McCorris
on, u. s. Deputy Marshal F. L. Win
er. Collector T. r. Stackable. DIR. J. T. :
dcDonald. w. Sumner Ellis, D. L.
Oliver K. Stillman, Rev.
}. P. Emerson. E. NJ. Watson, s. K.
1amaiopili, ]. Hastings Howland Guy {
livingston, 3. L. Marks. Rev. DR.. Scud-
er, Principal c. B. Dyke of Kameha-
neha Schools, ]. l.. Holt and an Ad (
ertiser representative, together with
hese officers of the N. G. H.: Col. ]. w.
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