The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-07

When the sun was far in the west
the anniversary of the nations birth
was duly celebrated in the grounds oi
the Capitol with music and speech
making. The speakers addressed the
large audience from the floor OF the
historic bandstand, formerly the coro-
nation platform where King Kalakaua
and his queen received their crowns
Beneath the trees and where palms cast
long shadows across the lawns, the peo-
pIe gathered. Many nationalitdes were
represented. Hawaiians were there In
large numbers, and SO were Chinese and
Japanese, while goodly sprinkling or
our English cousins was to be seen.
Above all, Americans were there In
force. Bluejackets from the Benning-
ton. In their natty white uniforms,
showed deep interest in the proceed
ings. There were prominent Honolu-
lans in the audience, among them being
Judge and Mrs. Dole and members OF
the Sons of the Revolution.
After a concert lasting half an hour
given by the Hawaiian band under the
leadership of Captain Berger, the
speakers, Judge Henry e. Highton and
Commander Lucien Young. U. s. N,
followed Acting Governor Atkinson to
the grandstand. Rev. o. H. Gulick.
Hon. w. ]. Coelho and Mr.. harrington,
the secretary of the Fourth of July
completed the list of special
guests. The Acting Governor spoke
briefly to the audience referring patri-
otically to the anniversary of the ma
tion's birth, and then introduced Rev.
Mr.. Gulick who led in prayer, a patri-
otto appeal to the Almighty to continue
to direct the wisdom of those at the
head of the great and progressive Unit,
ed States of America.
} Following the singing of Columbia,
the Gem of the Ocean" by the Ellis
Glee Club, Hon. w. j. Coelho read the
Declaration of Independence in a strong
voice. Mr.. w. S. Ellis then sang my
Own United States" and the Acting
Governor then introduced Commander
Lucien Young, U. s. N, as the captain
''of the good ship of war Bennington"
Mr.. Young delivered an impromptu ad-
dress. full of patriotism, his sentences
frequently punctuated by applause. He
said in part:
YoUNG's ADDRESS.
'T am delighted to know that that
sun which now almost blinds my eyes
as speak to you, never sets upon the
influence of the United States. Gap
plause). One hundred and twenty-nine
years ago recorded the advent to the
world of n nation that hecame 81 great
power. She has been the teacher from
that day to this. When the earliest set
tiers came from European countries
they did not come to establish a new
government. but came seeking homes In
the barren wilderness, where they
might be safe from the oppression of
forms of government, and
after they had lived there In their
homes for years they were stin
by the prosecutions OF their
and were admired and
at by their oppressors who
saw them building the monuments and
towers OF the great temple OF liberty
in the wildernesses OF the American
continent.
Their masters laid embargoes and
levied taxes without representation un-
I'll 1776 when the colonists agreed
among themselves TO form confeder-
alton and they established little gov
ernment that for twenty years was
kept between the Allegheny mountains
and the Atlantic seaboard, until that
sar seeing statesman Thos. Jefferson in