The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-31

keep it untarnished. 1t is in the home
where wives and mothers have parts
to play, that patriotism should be
taught Man alone does not make gov
eminent. but woman, the queen of the
fireside. has her own sphere when the
little statesmen of the future are train
ed. \ government is never better than
its citizens and it will be good or bad
as the citizens have learned good or bad
in their homes.
The trip of the congressman will en-
able them to better perform their duty
towards the Islands and towards the
common country. He had learned that
Hawaii asked nothing but what was
fair and would be satisfied with moth
ing less. In bidding goodbye, he de-
parted with a feeling of brotherliness
and friendliness towards the good peo-
pie he had met, closing by wishing
aloha to all.
REPRESENTATIVE DAVIDSON.
Hon. Mr.. Davidson, the last speaker
of the evening, said that he would
much prefer meeting the people per-
sonally shaking hands with them and
learning their wants than in speech
making. The hour was late and the
rain had commenced to fall and he had
no desire to keep the good people list
enfng to him He had come as a work
er, not as a speechmaker, and he had
worked heard but enjoyable during the
past three weeks.
His particular work has been in in
vestigating the harbors and he could
say that when the work projected by
the Federal government had been COM
pleted Honolulu and Eilo would have
as good harbors as any port in the
United States. Regarding the work
on Kauai and Maui he could not say
specifically what might be expected,
but he thought that at least there
should be one good harbor on each OF
the principal islands,
In order to justify the expenditure of
public money there must be commerce
to be developed by the harbor inn
provements, and the various indus
tries had been looked into particular
ly. The progress of these industries
showed the people here to be alive and
progressive and ready to seize the OPP
portunity for advancement and devel-
opment
But there is another more pleasing
industry. He was glad to see the pros
perity, but the splendid school system
was making good citizens, a system of
which the people could be proud, the
best he had ever seen, in some respects
ahead of the system in his own state. |
1t must always be remembered that |
the Federal and Territorial government
are distinct. The Federal government |
must not be wholly depended on, it's |
powers to aid were limited but the |
members of the delegation from Con-
gress would show by their actions that |
they appreciated the hospitality of the |
people by working for Hawaii up to |
the limit. But the Territorial govern
ment was closer and the people would |
show their loyalty to the Federal gov
eminent by electing good men to the
local government and supporting them |
in their efforts to solve the local ques- |
tions.
Taking the two together, the FEEDER
al and Territorial government, under |
the Stars and Stripes, the people could |
rest assured of life, liberty and pro-
lection of property.
The speaker recited a poem of which |
the motif was to go On" leaving |
these words as a watchword for the
residents of Hawaii
During the meeting, between the adj
dresses, music was furnished by Ellis |
Glee Club, while Senator Coelho, Rev. |
Desha and Eli Crawford officiated as
The meeting closed shortly after |
eleven O'Clock with cheers for the visit |
ing Congressman.