The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-02-10
REV. DR.. BIRNIE'S SPEECH
AT MOHONK CONFERENCE

and shocked the city of Honolulu In the early
in nnS S. At snp and the city stunned with
Mr. the of of Honoulus most eminent cens
and graduate of Yale University After leaving college ne spent
years Scotland studying methods of the banking business
the Islands he entered the banking house OF Bishop
Company identified himself with the life of the Territory and
his charming wife winning strong hold upon the COM
munity. There irritating for this brutal crime Mr.
Now the murderer This the fact which concerns
such gathering this He Porto Rcan And how did he
be the and continent far from his
When annexation occurred the labor laws of the United States
took effect No Chinese could enter the Islands 1t mad
been proved beyond question of experiments
that could work the heat of fields The
of aboers and their families of course the best
elements do not migrate from country where there demand
Many criminals hem and in Hawaii they soon dfed
consequent of labor ers have multi
piled and the records of the courts show increase OF crime
of Chinese permitted Hawaii and labor in the
fields There need be danger of their coming to the
mainland Commercially this the only solution OF the question;
much cheaper better labor But the question which
ethical Here the Chinese meet the needs
They honest above all peoples of the Pacific they are
they obey law and temperate What better qualities can be
They identify themselves with the American life have seen the
first prize oatorca contest to boys OF all races the
American bsorvaken by Chinese man The same year
championship the baseball of Honolulu
School, They ''play BALI in ways than
The which brought the of the murder of
Mr. Damon the reports of the trial of Japanese charged
with killing flowcountryman The grand jury had found
to jury and they returned guilty
terry, with appeal to the Court for mercy You smle So
they the city of Honolulu law breakers laugh such
miscarriage justice Under the Monarchy the trial by
jury This continued in the Republic but it under the
law which required not unanimous vote for conviction but merely
History has proved to be the only form of trial
G 5 of s h Of @ @
You have learned its peculiar racial distinctions In word the
fifth of the population that the Hawaiian In the opinion
the most Intelligent students OF the history OF the Islands, tine
sovereign unfness of the
toate for History revealed to the weakness
Of
the United States Government deliberately placed the control
the Territory their hands What sort of Legislature did they
eec9
By the provisions of the Organic Act is required that al
proceedings of the Legislature shall be the English
during the session this provision of the law has openly been violated
lis too much to ask writes strong friend of the welfare
the people is too much to ask that it be required of
Der of the Legislature that he be able read write and speak the
English language undestandngyG This much demanded
1 frequently heard said "what
been granted her Why she not be mranzed other Ter
rores have been What happens the mainland? Into
american life and influence the Islands days sail far
in the Pacific The coasng shipping laws of the United States
Honolulu and desired California you could taxi
possible under the Republic German En-
glh japanese steamers must under penalty of fine
two hundred dollars wait until vessel carrying the flag of thu
United States appeared That is to say annexation instead of in
creasng the of communication with the mainland has greatly
You have heard in this Conference that the Philippine anc
Porto Rico Governments permitted retain customs duties
Hawaii sends about 100000 month the United States and thu
the Territory paid expense dredging
Of Honolulu To put the fact into figures the United States
1888 per capita from citizen of Hawaii yearly and spend
them $62 capita The expenditure of the Un
States Government for citizen the mainland 1891 Their
then three needs of the day Let relic
the labor laws the enforcement of the Organic Act regard
the of English the Legislature and relief in the coastn
shipping laws.
Now for the future let state briefly two considerations
First the Hawaans today racialy children What they
tell The present fact faces The result
the the school shows that intellectually they
capable advance certain point then development arrested
They lack inclination and capacity for clear independent thinking
Commercially the is true They splendid and
effort has been made to fit them for the higher positions til
steamers of the Pacific Hawaiian has fit to
vessel In the iron works of the city of Honolulu you fin
them filling subordinate positions but heads of department
they fail No business of Importance is controlled by her
Enthusiastically it is the story The utter collapse of the na
church when the white withdrew from oversight
direction, is patent to all Today there Roman Catholic