The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-07
CLUB
ENTERTA|NS STRAUS
SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT COMMERCE LABOR is
TODAY A A LUNCHEON WITH MANY
PROMINENT CITIZENS TERRIToRY-CoMNIIssIoNER
- CoNsuLs PRESENT

The Commercial Club entertained
Secretary Straus at lunch today, and
there was a large and representative
gathering of citizens of the Territory.
The lunch was given by the members
of the Club, a large number of whom
were present, while the speci al guests
of the day occupied labels in the CEN
ter of the big dining room.
The guest of honor was seated at the
right of President George w. Smith of
the Club, who occupied the center Of
the middle table. Next to Secretary
Straus, in the order named, were Con-
sui Saito, Hon. Nicholas Longworth,
Secretary A. L. c. Atkinson, Acting
British Consul Forster, w. G. Irwin,
Justice Wilder On the left of the
president the seats in order were those
of Commissioner K. Ishii Governor
Carter Consul Tso Fan, Admiral Very,
United States Judge Dole, Chief JUS
tice and Governor-elect Walter f.
Frear, Major Dunning, Chief Justice
elect A. s. Hartwell
The invited guests of the club for
the luncheon included the following:
Governor Carter, Hon. Nicholas Long
worth, Hon X. Ishii, His Exce1lency
NJ. Saito, Chief Justice w. F. Frear,
Judge Sanford B. Dole, Justice A. S.
Hartwell, Justice A. A. Wilder, Acting
British Consul r. e. G. Forster, I'M
perial Chinese Consul Chang Tso Fan,
Portuguese Consul General A. de Sou
"a Canavarro. Italian Consul F. A..
Schaefer German Consul W. Pfoten-
hauer, French Consul DR.. A. Marques,
Russian Vice Consul F. Klamp, Swed-
ish Consul George Rodiek, Chilian
Consul H. Focke, Mexican Consul w.
LAM, Belgian Consul R. w Lange,
Peruvian Consul Bruce Cartwright,
British .Vice-Consul Give Davies. Ad-
miral Very Capt Otwell, Major Dun
ming, W. G. Irwin Cecil Brown, S M.
Damon, F. NJ. Hatch. Secretary X.
Isuchiya of Japanese Consulate, Man
ager Y. Akai of Yokohama Specie
Bank, Vice President W. Motoshige Of
the Japanese Merchants Association,
A. K. Ozawa.
A feature of the decorations for the
day was a table in the center of the
floor, heavily laden with fruits of the
islands. The collection included pine
apples, mangoes of several kinds, or
anges, lemons, papaias, bananas,
grapes, wampi, eugenia, rose apples,
grape fruit, alligator pears of many va
rieties sapota pears, pomegranites,
mammee apples, hgs, Seeding oranges,
Chinese oranges, soursops. red water
apples,-all grown here.
In opening the speschmaking Chair
man Smith said there was no inten-
tion of set speeches, but he hoped
there would be one. He introduced
! Secretary Straus and also Mr. Ishii Of
the Bureau OF Commerce of Japan.
Secretary Straus was called on for a
speech. He said:
I'm going to tell you how you have
managed to make so much noise
throughout the world. I'm gratified,
after you cast your eyes around the
world, coquetting with other nations,
you finally decided TO annex us. CAP
plause)
"I have been speechmaking since 1
have been here and talking to the en-
terprising newspapers you have here.
Yesterday / talked to the Japanese
newspapermen,- with American
enterprise and Japanese energy.
I'm not going to make speech but
| give my excuse, and it is a good one,
when asked why l do not do this or
that, / say that Congress has not made
the appropriation with which / can do
It: so. in this case I'm going to throw
the responsibility of making a speech
on Congress-on Congressman Long
worth. (Applause)
'In Washington we have In our eyes
the welfare of eighty million people
and yet It may be said out here that all
the laws do not fit you. But think
you are pursuing the right policy to-
ward getting laws to fit. That beauu-
full missionary spirit which brought
omuch good here is being utilized by
you in sending back to Washington
the Congressman you so lavishly en-
tertained here. to act as your mission
aries there for Hawaii's good,
"The first man from Hawaii / met
was Mr. w, II, Castle and ! wanted 10
20 go TO Hawaii with him, l would
like 10 stay here, but duty takes me
away, When resume private oltllen'