Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-28
GIVE THEIR VIEWS
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wish it were possible for me to pay
an adequately high tribute to the
character of the man who holds that
great office, and who presides over
the destiny of nearly eighty millions
CT people with the care and security
that can be had in no other country
on the face of the globe. If | may,
will allude to one of the great prin-
ciples that the President of the
United States has tried to lay down
to you, and that has endeared him to
his civic virtue is the one great char
acteristic that has endeared him to
the American people. (Applause.)
The people had grown careless and
indifferent to public virtue, but there
came to the Presidential chair the
man who now occupies it, and he
taught the people Of this country
that there is something worth living
Cor besides wealth, and today that in
liuence which has been stirred into
this country is being felt in every
community in the United States
Take the city of San Francisco,
unfortunate and downhearted as she
is. That influence which the Presi-
dent of the United States has eXer-
cised upon the people there, as well
as on the people of the whole coun-
! try, that honesty il public life is one
of the greatest virtues, has been in
my judgment of the greatest aid to
them in politically cleansing that
great city that is situated within the
Golden Gate.
THE sooner the people of this
country come to understand that a
man who takes up the trust of the
people to represent them no matter
whether he be in the city council,
in the State Legislature, as a repre-
sentative in Congress, or as a Sena-
tor, the man who holds up the in
tegrity of public office that man is
to be honOred, and am happy to say
that through the instrumentality of
the President of the United States
that there is coming a day when the
man will have to hide his face in
shame who does a dishonorable deed.
Man Of the People
Another thing that has endearcd
the President to the people of the
United States is that, although born
as he was in wealth and prosperity,
he has been Il man of the people. He
has made the people of the country
to understand that, though born in
luxury, he has their cause at heart ;
that he has waged no war upon the
| foundations upon which this great
| Republic must rest the greatest Re-
| public on the face of the earth; that
every man shall have an equal oppor-
tunity in the race; and that it is to
the disgrace of the man who can not
| subscribe to that doctrine, and he is
not a good citizen of the Republic
He has said to the people of wealth
that, so far as he is concerned, he
has no desire to wage war against
any of them, but he has made war
for the working people. He extends
to the foreigner the privilege to come
and enjoy our responsibilities and
privileges. | am sure that the Pres
iGent tonight has at heart the inter-
est Of your people of these islands,
and | regret very much that it has
rot been his privilege to visit you
as we have done from one end of the
Territory to the other. But we will
carry to him the tidings and good
will of the people of these islands.
(Applause.)
Coming as | did from the north
west, from the Pacific northwest,
an naturally in sympathy with ev-
erything that is west, and these ISL
ands interest me in particular, just
as they do yourselves. | believe that
the city of Seattle, in which | live,
or rather the Chamber of Commerce
of that city, has responded to every
request that you have made for aid
and they will aid you to secure any
Legislation that may be for your per-
manent benefit. | am directed to say
by the President of the Chamber of
Commerce that it is their. purpose to
bring down here two hundred of
their business men, next winter, to
investigate the commercial condi-
tons of these islands,
Congressman Hepburn, who is re-
garded as one of Hawaii's strongest
| friends, spoke as follows
- feel SO much at home here,
| have been SO kindly treated here
that | feel good deal like trying to
talk about the future of these ISL
ands. When | remember something
of the changes that ! have seen and
with which we are all familiar,
stiil feel more like talking, gentle
men. Just the exports of this Terri
! tory alone are greater than the
whole of the exports of the United
States We're during the administra-
ton of Thomas Jefferson. The ton
mage that entered this port wa,
/ greater last wear than the tonnage