The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-04
STATESMEN IN LIVELY
TILT OVER BANQUET BOARD

mere 70 ouF DeIIeI lIlat all men have the
right 10 the pursuit of happiness, en-
bodyIng as it does the right 10 make
contracts; TO control labor en-
bodying as it does the right to select
ones own employers and the amount Of
stipend and the duration of the hours
for work? Are We going to say that
certain gentlemen who claim to be the
especial guardians of labor shall de-
te. mine and MAKE Il the gat thar
no American citizen without the card
of some union and who pays tribute in
the form Of tax TO a labor organiza-
ton, shall work.
THAT is what we have to determine.
Washington had no question like that
to determine. No man has more respect
for labor than / do. We all have We
Americans have ceased to regard labor
that is done with the sweat of the
brow as curse. No one believes it
On the contrary, We believe that it s
labor that lifts men up. 1t is labor
that converts the wilderness into a
proud imperial commonwealth; il is
labor that delves down into the ground
and converts it into that most useful
thing necessary TO man; it is labor that
constructs the steel ships that traverse
separate but unite continents 1t makes
it possible for men to rise to the high
est attitudes OF life.
Il have been a laborer all my life
I am a mechanic. / learned my trade,
for my parents were poor. ALI my sym
pathies are with those who have to
toll, but l am not willing to believe
that We are ready to overturn the in
stitutions OF our fathers or to re-write
the constitution or permit a self-elected
tribune TO dictate as TO the rights of
the citizens.
We have our questions of foreign
interests. What are our relations to
be to westward? Shall it be the open
door? Every one will say Yes Shall
it be the release of the hold We have
in the Orient? I have no doubt that the
wise merchant that is looking forward
Ito engage in great enterpri es looks to
the East. We have the advantage of
being this far toward the Orient. Shall
We hold on TO what we have, or shall
We conclude that our interests are con-
centrated only on the continent, and
that interests insular are something
beyond the spirit of the Constitution? l
have never been much in favor of the
colonial system, but I AM IN FAVOR
OF HOLDING ON TO EVERY FOOT
OF SOIL THAT THE AMERICAN
FLAG HAS EVER BEEN PERMIT
TED TO FLOAT OVER" (Prolonged
applause).
IL. hon IN 1s,j-
llama Purchase He did not regard lis
acquisition as accident. He did not be-
lieve that man was born or died by
accident. There was divine guidance
70 all things. He said he would not
have favored the Mexican war had he
been permitted TO have been an actor
IN the events of those days, and he was
glad that he had not been, for that war
rounded out the limits of the United
States.
Is AS TO the President, Col. Hepburn
said that no man has before had such
questions TO deal with as he
IF there are times when. in your
minds you think he has made mis-
takes" he continued, remember that
he is not d sage in years at least.
but when he is satisfied that he has
made mistakes. he will correct them
He IS kindly man. No appeal that goe
to the heart of men ever was addressed
to him without proper response He Is
a man above all Others, honest. His
ideals are of the highest. He wants
the highest order of manhood because
he knows that viii mean the highest
order of citizenship; because then he
knows there will be the greatest of
progress and his country will reach the
highest renown.' (Applause).
TENNEY WELCOMES.
Toastmaster Tenney spoke upon the
theme of Mr.. Sargent and our
guests as follows:
! It affords me pleasure TO join in this
welcome by the commercial bodies OF
Honolulu to our guest the Commits
sioner General of immigration of the
United States.
1t is seldom that the people Of these
islands isolated as we are from the
politics and complications of the main
land, have an opportunity - greet those
who have to do with the making o.
the laws OF the united states. anu LIZ
heads of the departments whose duty j
is to administer those laws.
We welcome such men. And W.
earnestly hope that the social. indus
trial and commercial conditions Of thes'
islands will become as known to then
as are the conditions which exist IL
their own States and Territories or OF
the mainland in general
ANY man who has calmly studied al
the varied phases Of our island hf'
cannot be but impressed with the fac
that we are different in a measure from
the people of the mainland. And it i
mainly for this reason that We hav'
been so severely criticised in the pas
and are being criticised at the presen
time. by those who if they knew u
better would be silent. The shouts 0
carping critics fill our ears; they sa.
we are an oligarchy of opulent plant
ers, that we are bigoted; unequal I
the demands of the times and do no
keep abreast of Americanisn.