The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-29

He thanked the Association for tn
the remarks made by the toastmastel
as to his duties at Washington anC
their successful performance. Duties.
he said which l shall always endeav-
or to carry out. AS the delegate Oi
/ this Territory 10 Washington l shall al
ways try to do my best for the best
! interests OF the whole Territory. ana
to make Il success of my work in Con-
gress | cannot do it alone unless
: have the backing of the community
I shall work in conjunction with the
best interests of the Territory, for ii.
/ community and for the individual.
! VIII always protect the interests of the
! Territory and promote it's welfare. The
people don't appreciate the work a
! delegate has to do in Congress. and the
only way he can make a success of
| it is not by sending a delegate there
| to go on the floor of the House to make
| speeches. There is only one thing for
! a delegate and that is to make friends
of the congressman he comes in con-
tact with (applause). Nothing can be
| done in Congress by good floor talking
so much as can be done by making
| friends. You have read the record of
what has been done for Hawaii by
| these friends of ours.
! 'As long as [ am delegate to Con-
gress [ hope 1 shall have the same
! backing of the men of this community
as you have sent there. Mr.. Hatch
and the delegates you sent on last
winter. No matter who your delegate
| is. whether you like him or not. show
Congress that you believe in him and
that whatever he does you will sup
port him. Otherwise you can get moth
ing.
Il am not a good talker or an after
dinner speaker, either, but / think you
will appreciate the fact that the dele
gate has a great deal to butt up
against. The only way he can be con-
sidered in Washington is his ability to
make friends.
There is no question but what the
delegates you sent on to Washington
last winter did a great deal of work,
and even more than they were sent to
do. That delegation did a whole lot of
work, and it was money well spent
that sent them on for the good time
they had. ETC." applause and laugh
ter)
Judge Sanford B. Dole was next in
troduced to respond to the toast of the
TERRITORY OF HAWAII.
Judge Dole spoke in a serious vein
about the future of this country, pol
itically and morally, and made a plea
for the upbuilding of American senti-
ment to offset possible Asiatic senti-
ment, which, in his view, was rising.
II thank the Merchants Associa-
tion,'' he said in opening, for the op-
of hair1c with tnniUht
for it is very pleasant to me. I also
thank you for the opportunity Of
speaking to you on this subject the
Territory of Hawaii a theme dear to
all of US. l have met people in these
islands who regret the Territory of
Hawaii a great deal and after the
glories of the monarchy and the re
public of Hawaii they think it is some
thing of come-down' to reach the
position of a territory. The indepen-
dence of the islands, of the monarchy
and the republic was alluring to US,
and it had certain advantages. But in
belonging to the United States, a coun-
try ruled by the most ideal system of
government in the world I think we
can claim that we have, as the poet
said. hitched our wagon to a star.
There is no doubt but that every
community starting on the political
path has to blaze its way. The expert
ence of one nation can never be a guide
for another. aitogetner. The precedents
of every nation, however. help to a .
large extent. but we can not follow
the trail of any other country exactly. !
The isolation of these islands, their !
unique social conditions. their past his |
tory, the character of the population. J
all these things made difficulties and
raised problems which we do not find
have been solved in the history of other !
1T was 50 under the republic of Ha-
waii and was so in the beginning of the
life of the Territory. The life of other
Territories surrounded by other States
and Territories did not help US very
much Here we are having to make
BUR own conditions. Washington is a
ong way off. We are not governing
ourselves entirely. We are looking to
The Federal government for guidance
n some ways.
Il often think of New Zealand, with
is homogeneous population. The gov
,rnment there runs along very smooth
V and the country has time to go into
questions of grave political economy
which no other civilized country has
such an opportunity to consider. They
ire making experiments and trying to
solve them.
Here we have our hands full of the
problems that arise from race condl-
ions. We have representatives here OF
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