The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-18
FEAST OF HAWAII mel

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THE TOAGTs.

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THE ToAsTs.
Unfortunately, Prince kalanianaole,
Delegate to Congress was not present
TO respond to the toast OF THE Presi-
dent OF the United states" but the
health OF the President was quaffed In
the wine OF the young cocoanuts which
had been laid open before the guests.
Mr.. Rhodes introduced each speaker
with a short address. sometimes witty,
sometimes serious, but always enter
tanning.
McANDLEss on STEAMSHIPS.
our Guests" was responded to by
J. A. McCandless. chairman OF the Ha-
wall Promotion Committee. Mr.. Nc
Candess referred to his old project of
a steamship line, owned Independently,
to operate between here and the Coast,
and this time said the Coast port
should be san Pedro. I'VE look upon
you now as fellow townsmen and If we
had that steamship line in operation
now, we would follow you back when
you CO." said the speaker. II have
never been in Los Angeles and the
direct way of getting there. There is
a short cut across the ocean and we
should like to see you people get inter-
ested and organize n steamship COM
pany to establish a. line between Los
Angeles and Homo 1u. You have a
harbor there, and re no use for 1t
now We woul, ITO make use of
it. Our people az pretty good travellers.
We have sugar Irons in one class and
then there is lther class which on
the Coast is called the princely class,
and they all spend money literally. So
let us get together"
AN EDITOR RESPONDS.
d. G. Holt responded to the toast,
| 1.-THE Southern California Editorial As
: ISOLATION He said he had a great
sense of pleasure to respond to such
toast. The association had visited the
Pan-American Exposition, that at St.
Louis and then the one at Portland,
and had visited several cities. and yet
' On none Of those occasions or at any
| time had it been so overpowered with
attention as in Honolulu and Hawaii
generally.
I'VE are convinced that you have
stacked the cards on u.s." he said. 1--WE
have usually gone forth to conquer, but
yoC have caught us in the act and we
have been captured. We realize more
than ever the necessity of bringing
Southern California into closer rela-
[, tionship with you, and we shall not rest
/, one moment until that object has been
accomplished. Your Promotion Com
mittce should act as a matrimonial
bureau, and l have no doubt that that
would attract many of us to your
shores"
JUDGE DOLE ON ANNEXATION.
Il Much interest was manifested in the
response made to the toast of Hawaii
.nei' by Judge Sanford b. Dole, judge
lCf the United States District Court of
Honolulu and formerly President of the
Republic of Hawaii and later Governor
of the Territory He expressed regret
that he was not in Honolulu when the
delegation arrived, but he had met
many of the association already and
hoped to meet them all.
4 "Eayaif nei." he said, means this
Hawaii here, or, as we say, roughly
speaking, Hawaii right here In for
K mer times, there was a class of sooth-
saying people in the islands and their
, influence was in occult things. They
were the kahunas, or priests. or doc
tors of medicine, all who called on the
gods to assist them. There We're some
who prayed people to death, and they
We're bad class. Some consulted the
stars and foretold the future. There
was a class who added to the literature
OF the times and they composed some
pieces of great beauty.
Il wish to welcome the editors as ka-
hunas with some hesitation, because
editors are known sometimes to in
dulge in a sort of occultism, with that
mysterious liquid called ink, out of
, which comes such wonderful things.
Some of the spirits which arise from
the ink are mischievous.
when part of us were conducting
n campaign of annexation In these is
lands 1t was important that We should
inform the American nation of what
we wanted and we wrote articles for
the American newspapers and found II
slow work to educate about 10000, 00C
!. of people to our way of thinking. We
, found 1t better to get men to come tC
the islands. governors. congressman, &c
: stay few weeks and for them to &c
back and talk of what they had seen
!; 1t man cane here and stayed about
u mouth he certainly knew more abou,
our conditions than the people here.
am surprised that 1t did not occur tt
us in those years to bring lot OF
editors here. for there is no better class
of people to disseminate news than
well-trained editors, to get information
abroad and put in reliable form.
Il hope you will be here long enough
to look beneath the surface of things,
/ have read some of your articles about
the islands, and they are all OF fiat
tering tone. When California was
struggling with vigilance committees.
we We're a steady-going community
with a Legislature, courts, churches,
schools printing presses and newspa-
pers We even sent to Oregon the first
printing press they ever had. We are
an old civilized country. uaugh-
ter and applause) When you talk OF
our tropical verdure and luaus. etc., re-
member that we are civilized and have
prisons and lawyers. constables and
doctors We have liquor here, good
4 and bad. accessible to most people.
Il like to hear these fiattering things
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