The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-14
Welcomes of All
Kinds. to Be
Given.
Scheme Of Preparations
for Entertaining
the Party.

70 Q X
q Owing to the fact that there O
will be company of troops and X
4 an assemblage of carriages on 4
X the Hackfeld wharf this morn 4
X ing to receive the Taft party, X
X it is deemed undesirabl to open X
X the wharf at that time to the +
X public. The wharf will be kept X
X clear Of visitors other than 4
X members of the reception COM X
X mittee and those in their en- X
X ploy. AS the Taft party will be X
X taken at once to. the Pail, pass X
* ing from the wharf to Nuuanu 4
X street. the public will have an 4
X opportunity to line the route and X
X greet the city's guests. r
X ]. A. GILMAN, X
X Chairman Transportation Com 4
o nittee. %
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X kO+Ak * * X 4 X X X X o X 4
Hawaii nei, glowing in her own sun
shine from the foam of the outer
breakers off Honolulu to the waving
tree tops Of Konahuanui, will smile
welcome this morning to the most
distinguished party of American states
men that has ever visited the first out
! post of Uncle Sam in the Pacific
Ocean-provided, of course, that the
weather clerk does not call for weep
ing skies to show the sorrow of the
people of Honolulu that Secretary of
War Taft, Miss Alice Roosevelt and
their party are to stay here, but a day
To attempt to see Honolulu in a day
Is a. task more Herculean than any
yet attempted by even the restless,
pushing American, but the arrange
ments perfected by the business mems
committee promises that with propi-
tious weather there will be accomplish
ed wonders in the exploiting Of what
Honolulu has-and what is of more I'M
portance OF what Honolulu needs.
THE FIRST WELCOME.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Man
churia with the Taft party aboard is
expected off the port before daybreak.
CAPTAIN Saunders of the big steamer,
in carrying out the plans made by the
officials OF the Pacific Mail Company,
will glide into the slip at the Hackfeld
wharf at 1:3e o'clock this morning,
providing. of course, the vessel arrives
before daybreak. The first welcome
will be spoken by the committee OF
citizens who are to meet the steamer
aboard the U. S. S. Iroquois. Ihe
committee will be accompanied by the
Hawaiian band, under the leadership /
OF Captain Berger, and the VISITORS
will be serenaded all the way into the
harbor Aboard the Manchuria the
Aloha Of Hawaii will be voiced by a !
club of Hawaiian singing boys clad In |
white uniforms. Chairman l. r. PINK
ham of the business mems committee !
will express the welcome of the people
OF the islands to the Secretary or war
and visiting officials.
THROUGH LANE OF COLOR.
The VOYAGE of the steamer into the
harbor will be attended with all kinds
of vociferous welcome. AS the great
shin turns the corner at the lighthouse
the marine guard of the Naval station
will be paraded on the Naval DOCK ana
the salute of seventeen guns In honor 2
OF Secretary Taft will be hred IN the
Naval Station grounds. Given me
weather the pier neduS dIohS INC S
tire waterfront will be crowded SO
that the visitors may receive touch
of the true Hawaiian greeting. Inc
Journey down the rharbor will be pc
tween lines of bunting. for every snip
will be dressed in honor of the DAY.
It is also expected that all hagstaHs
in the city will be adorned with hass'
and possibly consular flags Will also
be flown.
Parties will be out on the harbor IN
various tugs and launches, so that
not only the air will be vibrant WIN
the greeting. but from every point OIL
vantage will float the colors
GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY.
Acting Governor Atkinson will await :
the arrival of the territory's guests at
the Hackfeld dock. and will there wei ,,
come Secretary Taft to the islands. In
the meantime the committees dispatcn
Doat will have communicated ashore
the wishes of the Secretary, should
there be any slight changes in the pro-