The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-05-28

the canal Is built you would be thu
crossroads OF all the great commercial
interests that viii sweep from the At
lantic sea to the orient and from tn,
Orient back again. This is to be tn,
port of call for all the steamers tina
participate in that rich commerce o
the future. How much of benefit 1t will
be TO YOU It is impossible to estimate
and its Importance will be measured b,
your quarantine and by the health OF
the people in this city. For Hawaii W,
may well prophesy great things tC
come"
Mr. Geo. w. Smith. the toastmaster
said: our next toast is Foreign AT.
fairs a subject not unfamiliar to us
who have lived in this country. Tc
respond to this toast 1 shall call upon
the Honorable A. B. Capron."
NO FEAR FOR AMERICA.
"Mr. POSTMASTER and Gentlemen oil
the Mercantile Associations of this
splendid city," began the popular Rep
resentative from Rhode Island, II
believe it is expected of me that
1 will be able to say something in add
dition to the wonderful marvels that
we have seen in this land If yours, and
of all that has come to us, and that
might come to you from longer and
better mutual acquaintance.
Now, In the life OF American ci.i-
2ens in every phase of it, we are lib
orally interested in foreign affairs. We
know perfectly well that the United
States has no fear of anything foreign
on the face of Gods world.
MY friends. whose guest / am, I
refer to Mr.. Ballou, an acquaintance
of mine, and a person whom most of
you all know. The other day when /
was travelling with Mr.. Ballou in his
large White automobile, dog came
a bark. What do you think would
become of that dog had Mr.. Ballou
turned the machine into his path? The
same would happen, fear, to any for
eign nation that bark at our automo-
bile. I don't think that I am over OPP
timistic when 1 say that the best
safety we have in the United states is
in proper navy, as complete navy
as a navy can be. Our foreign "ela-
lions are assured so long as we are
able to secure q proper and suitable
relation with our foreign neighbors.
Il have no fear now nor in the fu>
ture. of any complications with those
who are looking for trouble. You
know, l have never thought for one
that the United States had
anything to fear from any cause and
from any direction, because we are
-
streets and sailed among your islands
| felt that the American navy could
always come down here, to the Hawai-
ian Islands, and find the best sailors
in the world for any navy. Tho same
Is true of the army.
How many minutes was I allowed,
ten? Nine have already gone and am
glad to be in your presence. In re-
spending to the toast let me say that
there is nothing foreign in this world
that the United States is afraid of.
There are very few things at home
that our people in the United States
can not overcome. After what Colonel
Hepburn has told you about the Unit
ed States out here, there seems moth
ing for you to do but to go home to
ouT llaliiilothS.
SMALL HOLDINGS THE THING.
In introducing Congressman Hamil-
-on to reply to the next toast, Mr.. |
smith said:
I'VE have with us tonight the chair |
nan of the Territories Committee, who |
has helped the Territory in every in
stance. Gentlemen, 1 have the honor
int rnlnna N a milton who |
will respond to the toast of Our First |
nsular Territory"
Mr.. Hamilton, who was greeted with
,heers, said:
Mr.. POSTMASTER and Gentlemen MY
riend Capron, of Rhode Island, is a
rave man; he comes from a long line
# fighting ancestry, and he tells you
What our American automobile would
10 in case any dog ever dared to bark
t 1t. My friends, the fact that we have
listed every section of your beautiful
and the fact that we have seen
IL classes of your hospitable people,
nd have not been smashed up by your
automobile, shows that there Is Moth
ng but the deepest friendship between
IS.
Introduced by Captain Cook in 1878. He
ound here a state of savage despot-
SIN tempered by assassination. Then
vas the ideal state of cooperative
uman inertia, Clothes We're superfu-
us and the mysteries of the time We're
Unknown. There We're no thieves; the
atves lived out upon the beach and
'atched the dark clouds come and go
cross the sea. But someone had
reater strength and greater intelli-
ence than his neighbor and the evo-
ition of civilization came on. The is
lnds were first united under the Ka-
lehameha dynasty In the quick prog
ess OF time, In 1900. they became "A
errltory OF the United States OF Amer
"A, sentlnels in the midst OF the Pa
life, the great western post OF the
nlted States OF America,
"As result OF the Spanish War, a
bipartisan war brought on In response
) the demands OF our homes, the Unit
I states acquired Porto Rico, Guam
al the Philippine Islands, There was
lOugh glory 20 go around. though a
smaller percentage from tho
'nehclnries Than our enthusiasm led us
expect, d.aughterl
since that time Wo have established
20 Republic NJ cuba governed under
.r own nag In accordance with her ,
al