The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-15
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harbor deepened and we want a tariff
on coffee. We want appropriations for
Notifications. Hawaii is the most i'm
portant Of the United States outlying
possessions, and is more important, in
some respects than the Philippines.
Ladies and gentlemen, as Acting
Governor of Hawaii, 1 give you well
come, and trust that this visit will be
a pleasure To you as it is a pleasure
to US"
After drinking to the toast of THE
President proposed by Governor At
kinson, Secretary Taft responded. in
part as follows:
TAFT'S ADDRESS.
Governor Atkinson, ladies and gen.
tlemen:
The welcome that we have receiv-
ed today was no surprise, for the repu-
tation of these islands for hospital
ity is known everywhere. We knew
that even before you We're annexed.
daughter). 1t has been my good
fortune to pass through here three
times, and each time 1 regretted 1
could not stay longer. 1t is very graft
flying to see the progress you have
made since last 1 was here about a
year and half ago. 1 infer from the
smiling faces and rather satisfied ap-
pearance of every one here that the
price of sugar is now up to justify the
continuance of the islands as a terri
tory of the United States. daughter).
1.-The toast 1 am to respond to is
THE President" 1 am authorized by
the President to say that nothing
would crafty. him more than to visit
the Hawaiian Islands-(applause)
as he was not able to come here him
self, he has sent member of his fam
lily who can well represent him. Cap
plause, as the secretary nodded toward
Miss RoosevelD.
In the simplicity of his character
and his strenuousness the president
could not have selected a better repre-
neutrality-suspicious. those gentle
men who have had occasion to &C
company her here will freely admit.
daughter).
Now, my dear ladies and gentlemen
of Hawaii, I beg to say that never
before in your history have you had
such an opportunity to influence legis-
lation as you have today. You have
seven members of that most distin-
guished body in the world, the United
States Senate, and you have more, for
many of them have their wives with
them. They make no treaties without
the consent of their wives. Then you
have twenty-three members of the
is
to voice the will of the people. We
have with us the chairman of the
Ways and Means committee of the
House; we have the chairman Of the
Marine committee; the chairman of the
Interstate and Foreign Commerce COM
mittee; we have with us the chairman
of the committee on Naval Affairs; we
also have the chairman of the commit
tee on Insular Affairs.
And you ladies, you should impress
these gentlemen with the necessity of
making appropriations out of the gen.
eral treasury for Hawaii, just as much
as comes into it from the islands. You
need Notifications.
Because l did not know anything
about Notifications the President made
me chairman of the departmental COM
mittee on Notifications to determine
what should be recommended with re-
spect to Notifications in our country,
to report next December, because of
the scarcity of knowledge which the
chairman possesses. You may be sure,
however, that the gentlemen of the
Senate and House will listen to what
1 recommend. Gaughter).
Il am going to recommend fortifica-
tions for the Hawaiian Islands. Cap
plause).
1.-The Congress has already appropri-
ated $4,000 to deepen your harbor. I
was impressed by the slownezs with
which the Manchuria came into the
harbor this morning, and your harbor
needs to be deepened so that the wives
of the representatives and senator's
won't say anything about it the next
time they come here. 1 am with you.
There is one thing / want to speak
to you about. We want to unite in
some one bureau, an executive bureau,
the interests of the Philippines, Ha-
wall Alaska and Porto Rico, so that
all matters of information can come
from that bureau, and Hawaiians in
Washington can go there and ascertain
the latest in connection with the af-
fairs of Hawaii
Secretary Taft concluded with a
glowing address of thanks for the hos
pitality extended to his party. He adj
mired the quaintness of the custom
of greeting visitors and said the whole
Gay would stand out prominently in
the minds of all, as this gem of the
ocean," Hawaii, stands out in the Pa
cific.