Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-06-13


And how great is its future! What
progress has been made in the past
century, and how much greater will be
the progress In the years to come. FIJI.
ty years from now. and believe these
forty thousand people will have be-
come half million and the commerce
of the Orient and the Occident will
flow through this port. No longer will
ninety per cent. of the wealth of these
Islands be placed In the production Of
an article subject to the changes Of
market and of season, but this will be
land Of diversified interests, devel.
oped to meet the demands of its place
as the great gateway between great
nations."
1t was Hon. w. p. Hepburn, Con.
gresham from Iowa, who, at the close
of an eloquent and moving address on
American citizenship and civic duties
and ideals, expressed in the above
words his conviction of the future OF
Hawaii. Speaking from the platform
of Central Union Church Sunday night.
the famous Republican politician and
statesman closed his address with the
culogy that left no doubt In the minds
OF his audience as to one Congress
mans belief in Hawaii as q successful
part of the great American republic.
Congressman Hepburn's speech was
addressed particularly to the Grand
Army veterans. at whose special re-
quest the address last night was made.
The local @. A. X Post. Geo. w. De
Long, No. 45. attended the services In
body, seated directly in front Of the
platform. II was essentially patriot.
lie service. The pulpit was draped In
American flags and the platform was
decorated with potted palms and flow
ers.
DIR. Kincaid. on behalf Of the G. A. r.
veterans, introduced Congressman
Hepburn, welcoming him to the city
and to the Islands in a brief speech OF
appreciation. Mr.. Hepburn, speaking
especially to the veterans, talked of
the great Civil War struggle, OF its
hardships, sacrifices involved and tho
final triumph of the principle involved.
Then the Congressman turned from the
events of forty years ago to the pres.
ent day, and in words of glowing ap.
peal to civic virtue he called upon the
coming citizens Of Hawaii to solve the
questions that shall arise.
1--WE settled in that great sectional
struggle the principle that every hui.
man being Is entitled to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness said Mr..
Hepburn. But sometimes | wonder II
coming generations will not have az
great, perhaps greater. problems to
and sec the great aood of ,mmj grotion
pouring into our country at the rate of
over a million souls year, sometimes
think that our sons will have to solve
a great problem there. Fifty years
ago we welcomed the alien to our
shores. But in those years Il was the
cream of Europe that came,-the Eng
lish and Irish and German and Scandi
navian,-men of brain and Drawn and
character, and of ambition to rise
pbove their surroundings. Now the
flood Is from Eastern Europe and from
Southern Europe-the very dregs OF
humanity. from countries ransacked
by the agents of transportation com
GAMES. That will be great problem
"And In the Southern States OF on,
own country there may arise another
where constitutions and statutes arc
taking from men the right OF suffrage
Under our dual form of government
Federal and State - these compiled
tons arise and will continue so lon,
as Offices really Federal in character
are filled by men whose election Is con
trolled by State laws. II is for GU
sons and grandsons to solve thes,
problems, and God grant they solv,
them as well as we thought we solve,
ours forty years ago.
81 believe in marty notifies. he
llieye because the history of every prea
republic shows the mower and infu
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