The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-12-08

i've and not an nIroiniive basis We
we're given exceptional powers also a.
20 the subject Of legislation"
THE DEWEY VICTORY.
The Governor then reviewed the his
tory Of Dewey, the famous "insular
ppsseHEionH' decision OF the Supreme
Court and the suggestion Of Senator
Foraker az 10 changing the status "
Hawaii from territory 10 a posses.
| sion, the imposslbilty 81 the scheme.
| even II a plebiscite were held here.
Congress not having power TO remove
the territorial rights nor the territorial
obligations. Notwithstanding the Unit
ed states had received back already I'm
customs revenues fifty per cent more
than the entire debt OF Hawaii as
stunned by the national government
He then touched on the difference in
the study of geography when his hear
ers attended school and what Is now
taught. how between the Both paral-
lels OF latitude. north and south of the
equator respectively, there lives three
fifths OF the entire population of the
globe and that of all this great area.
little Hawaii stood and stands today
In the fore in the matter of civiliza-
ton, education and advancement Zap
plause).
He then paid a high tribute to the
work of the Americans who came here
seventy-five years ago and since and
built up this work. claiming that Ha-
wall would be found to have played a
large part in producing the leaven
which is working in the effete East
civilizing Japan and awakening China
an nf "A In pnpt
people who came to Hawaii received
at the hands of the Hawaiian govern
ment and the Hawaiian commercial
men. He admitted that it might have
been even better, but he desired to
have Hawaii claim credit that it is as
good as ii is.
The Governor repeated his previous
statement about the effect upon
community like Rhode Island and Con-
necticut approximately the area of
HawaiD if they were required to con-
tribute $l,000,000 a year to the United
States Government. with only a popu-
lation of 100000, saying to have done
so for five years as Hawaii has done
would have bankrupted the New Eng
land community. He declared that Ha-
wallis soil was rich and she had stood
1t for five years and as loyal Amer
leans the people of Hawaii were ready
to stand it indefinitely, if necessary.
FORWARD NOT BACKWARD.
Uncle Sam never turns back" said
the Governor, He is never willing to
make a failure The President of the
United States will not permit failure
upon the part of the United States in
their policy in regard to Hawaii. 1t
would not do to permit a financial
failure here. There are those who
would say the cockey Yankees with his
representative form of government has
done what we always said he would,
he has failed. The United States is not
going to do anything or that sort. The
President of the United States will not
permit it and it is our duty to help
to prevent it and to help the American
government to prevent it and we are
going to do our duty. (Applause).
The Governor then dwelt upon the
difficulty of getting appropriations for
Hawaii from men who wanted appro-
priations themselves, when every APP
preparation admitted to bill cut down
the chances for somebody else's appro-
priation. He spoke of the great school
land grants which all the western states
and territories but Hawaii had with
which to educate their children. He
loosely referred to towns in the west
with magnificent cut stone, two-story
schoolhouses and the rest of the town
little better than huts and compared
them with Hawaiian schoolhouses, one
of which, at Hookena, he thought must
have been constructed for the purpose
nF utit "a .it,rr
lack of roof Also of another where !
the clapboards We're off, near the floor, /
which, said the Governor, was a great
assistance in ventilation no doubt.
almost all of the buildings built for
educational purposes in Hawaii since
annexation" he continued, have been
built on borrowed money. The present
generation has been looking to the next
to pay the bills for our new school
houses. If we could only make the peo-
pie of the United States understand
how we are lacking in school buildings,
they would say at once, why take the
whole of that paltry million and spend
every cent of it on the schools Keep
three fourths of it anyway. Keep
spending it until your people are on a
par with the rest of our family" Cap
plause).
The governor advocated sort of
travelling salesman or drummer at so
much per day to go around and lee
ture to the people of the United States
so that they might understand our con-
ditions. The President of the United
states responded promptly, and the
sixty million people of the United !
States would eventually devise finan-
cal relief. He declared that the Con-
gress of the United states was the |
greatest and best law-making body in
the world, but that it represented such
enormous interests that Hawaii was
likely to be forgotten in the big fights
on bills. Just see how small we look
on the map" said he, but we win play
our part like men. Let it be understood
that we have no regret over annexa-
ton" (Applause).
1.-THE President of the United States
is showing an interest in Hawaii and
Hawaiian legislation. The people of
the limited StafaS want tbic cnuntrx-