The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-25

On HIS BOSS
The Boy Orator Replies
to Toast OF "The
Governor"

| toast at the st. Louis College Alumni
| banquet on Saturday evening, the re
Spouse being made by Bernard Keloko
Ito, of the clerical staff in the Cover
nor s office Kelokolio is quite an ora
tor and achieved fame in the politica
arena couple of years ago as the
"Boy Orator. The young orator ;:
address was one of the hits of the even
ing. He spoke as follows:
"Members of the Alumni: [ ser
that / am in difficult position and
will not linger there longer, but viii
hasten with the few ideas that 1 have
gathered about, Our Governor.
EYou all know him. He is not q
stranger to US, nor to our beautiful
Islands. The green trees on the noun
tain sides of Hawaii Nei, and the beau
tiful sea that is always FLASHING along
the sand beach of Waikiki, can claim,
and claim rightly, that George Robert
Carter, Governor of this Territory, is
their true son. And why? Because he
was born here, in the heart of the City
of Honolulu, about forty years ago. In
his young days he did not spend his
life like George Washington, cutting
acorn trees; nor Abraham Lincoln,
splitting rails; nor Ulysses S. Grant,
selling wood in the streets of st. Louis,
but spent his life among the Hawaiian
people, playing with them, eating with
them and sleeping with them. Thus he
passed his young days. Desiring to re-
ceive an education he went to the main
land of the United States and entered
at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massa-
chusetts, where he graduated with
honor in 1885. That same year he en-
tered the Sheffield Scientific School,
Yale, for a civil engineering course.
He was then in the prime of life, strong
and well built, and he was picked out
to become a member of the Yale foot
ball team where he showed his metal
from the years 1885 to 1887. Imme-
diately after he was made a member
of the Yale crews of 1Ss7-S.
"Leaving his Alma Mater for the last
time he turned westward to Seattle,
Washington, where he remained in
business for some time. In 1897, or
thereabout, he returned to Hawaii Nei
and entered in the business house of
Brewer & Co. Leaving there he or
ganized the Hawaiian Trust Co., firm
that is a credit to our Islands. While
spending most of his time for the up
lifting of the firm which he organized,
he was suddenly called upon to assume
of the Territory of Hawaii. He was
ready. The next day after the call
from Washington, he was standing be-
hind the throttle of the engine. A lit
tie over a year from the date of the
first call he was called upon to assume
the duties of Governor of the Territory
1908, that he was appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to fill that responsible
position and on that same day he took
the oath of office within the beautiful
halls of the Capitol and made his first
address. In a part of that
inaugural address, he said:
@ shall devote myself heart and
soul to the duties of my high office.
The country of my birth shall never
say that 1 spared myself in serving
her. In accepting the Governorship, L
best interests of Hawaii and Hawaii s
people,
Gin order to show you the character
Of the man, George R. Carter, let us 90
back to the year 1904 He wanted to
call an extra session of the Legislature
for the consideration of such financial
measures as may be brought before it.
The press of our city We're against it.
But Notwithstanding it, and having
confidence in the Hawaiian legislators,
be issued his proclamation on March
p, 1904, calling for an extra session to
be convened on April 6, 1904. Within
twelve days the Legislature adjourned !
sine die, and the press congratulated
the Governor for grit and pluck. With
in that short space of time, twelve
days, the Legislature passed fourteen
bills. two joint resolutions and one CON
current resolution.
SIN conclusion I want to say, and 1
believe it, that the day is not far dis
tant when poor boy from st. Louis
College viii be called upon to assume
the high position of Governor of this