The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-12

One of the most stirring patriotic ad-
dresses ever delivered in Honolulu was
that of Hon. w. P Hepburn, Member
of Congress from Iowa and Chairman
.of the House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce, at Cehurai
1Inion church last night. The OCCASION
n-as tba observance of the 1OZnd annl-
yersary of the making OF the hiSl
Stars and Stripes. Flag Day i4'h VI
Time falls on Wednesday ana lt was
decided to have special exercises 'he
rreceding Sunday. A happy coliici-
aa,oa was the fact that this Sunday
foil ~, Kamehameha Day, the hawai-
San holiday. The exercises were uIioei
Tho auspices of Geo. W. De Long POST
G. A. r., and that organization at
+apdad in a body The audience was
s,aa ond listened with absorbed IN
terest to the end
CONGRESSMAN Hepburn causeu d S
sn the audience when he came ou'
souare for independence IN Vo'ihs
xyben unfit men were on the parry
.icu,e+ Although announcing that ne
II L.
,,artisan and believing that par
ties are necessary to our Ioriii u
.arnnent. where the policy OF the aN
,,,;nistration must follow the prliclple'
.asnonsed bv a majority of the cltlzeiis
instead of individual preferences sun
~, uanburn scathingly denounced the
man who votes for a dishonest OF uii-
fit candidate and excuses hliiseii '
the ground of party loyalty or leeiiie
rrho snaaker made a powerful plea 1or
bonestv in civic life and en'pnasiNeu
-. <ao+ that there was no difference
ai,-io righteousness and per-
sonal honesty.
,no+bar noint of vital interest 10 ma
wa;, was the necessity of diVersiiieN
sn+arests which Congressman hePoui i
ar,,nbzsized He prophesied glorious
f,,+,,ra for Honolulu and the Ha"ai-
ian Islands but said that a coliui''0i-
that allowed 90 per cent OF the I"
in the territory to be 1nVesteu III
sinola industry could not long ehuuie'
1,o,,o,,,ic laws demand diversified IN
duStrieS as DeluS
prosperity.
THE PATRIOTIC SERVICE.
Afte- the organ prelude the services
were opened by the singing VI
Rymn. 20 God Beneath my Duiui's
jGand " DR.. Kincaid read as MS SCH
4ura lesson the 67th Psalm me qua
tetta rendered the anthem A
Thou Art My God, and Ut niiio :--
offered prayer. During the receiv,r,S
of the Offering the quartel'e
ssrar-y with Me. o My Saviour. AFTER
+,a sineinp- of coronation" by the au-
(5ia,,ca Dr Kincaid introduced Col
Hanburn. who delivered the address OF
the evening on the subject, American
citizenship" He said in part:
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
..Nv thought in coming here tonight
was that of meeting some or my oiu
comrades who more than forty years
ago participated with me in one OF the
.,rsatest tragedies of history. 1t Is IN
COMPREHENSIVE to US. yet you Mho
have read history must kho" III"
every progress toward higher anu pe'-
fer things among nations mas
along way trod by bloody feet Every
great benefit to mankind, save 'he
coming of the Savior, has oeeh
through blood and carnage why II
should be that this nation must De
saved only through the throes OF war
may well challenge our intellectual
efforts
THAT was a grand struggle. grand in
the size of its armies, grand in the
multitude of its battles, grand in the
enornity of the carnage and bloodshed