The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-11
GOV. FREAR At
BOSTON FEAST
Distinguished People Greet
Him and He Talks
About Hawaii.

Boston Globe, May 29-How close
and vital have been the ties binding
Boston and Honolulu for nearly cen
tury was evidenced in very pleasant
manner at Young's yesterday afternoon,
when Gorham d. Gilman gave an in
formal luncheon to his excellency Wal
ter F. Frear, Governor of the Territory
of Hawaii and ex-Chief Justice of its
Supreme Court.
Mr.. Gilman, ex-consul general of Ha-
waii for New England. and for many
years familiar with affairs in the
Islands, conceived the happy idea of
inviting representatives of the national,
state and citv governments, newspaper
men and representatives of other bust
ness interests to meet Governor Frear
informally on the occasion of his brief
visit to Boston.
The Governor has been attending the
Conference of Governors in Washing
ton and the Peace Conference at Lake
Mohonk, and is for few days the
guest of Vernon B. Sweet of Newtown
He intends to start for Honolulu next
Monday.
Those invited to meet Governor Frear.
all of whom were present, included
ieutenant-Governor Draper, Mayor
Hibbard, Postmaster Mansfield, Hon. S.
B. Capen, president of the American
board of commissioners for foreign mis-
sions; J. F. Hunnewell, president of the
Bostonian Society; Edward H. Clement,
George P. Morris. Charles E. Wingate,
Herbert S. Underwood, Fred E. Good
rich, Rev. E. J. Dunning. E. NJ. Brewer,
Lawrence Bond, Vernon B. SWEET,
George Angler, and Clifford Kimball
of Honolulu.
Those who had not met Governor
Frear before found an exceedingly af-
fable man, simple and direct in man
ner, with little trace of the oppressive
dignity of judge or a high official
He is graduate of Yale College and
of the Yale Law School, has been a col
lege professor, and subsequently judge,
first in the Kingdom and then in the
Republic of Hawaii. and since last year
Governor of the Territory.
CREDITS AMERICAN BOARD.
After luncheon Mr.. Gilman spoke in
a most felieitous vein, giving some of
the reasons why the guests had been
invited to meet Governor Frear. Since
1890 Boston and New England had had
especial interest in the Hawaiian
Islands, he said. In that year the sail
ing vessel Thaddeus carried the first
of the American Board to
Honolulu, and ever since then American
influence had been the determining fac
tor in the development of the Islands.
The first officer on that vessel was
the father of President Hunnewell of
the Boston Society, one of the guests
of yesterday. Two of the other guests,
Messrs Bond and Brewer, were natives
of Hawaii, and President Capen of the
American Board had especial interest in
the civilizing of the Islands.
The missionaries had gone there with
the Bible, the school book, and with
conscience. and those three influences,
more than any other. had made the Ha-
waiian Islands what they are today.
The American Board. said Mr.. Gilman,
is entitled to greater credit than any
other force for the development of
Hawaii
Lieutenant Governor Draper brought
the greetings of the commonwealth to
Governor Frear, and spoke briefly on
the tremendous Importance of Hawaii
to American supremacy in the Pacific
and in the settlement of the Eastern
question.
DEBT TO NEW ENGLAND.
Governor Frear dwelt briefly on the
fact that Hawaii owes more to Boston
and to New England than 10 any other
section of the country. Hawaii had
been civilized by New England. The
vessel that carried the first missionaries
had also carried a printing press With
in two years the press was turning out
literature in the Hawaiian language,
and it was not until fifteen years af-
terward that there was a printing press
in this country west of the Rocky
and that press was import
ed from Hawaii. The people of Cali
fornia sent their children to Hawaii to
be educated.
The Governor said he would be glad
to answer any questions about HAWAII
that might be asked, and Mr.. Clement
wanted to know whether he had any
fears that the japanese would capture
Hawaii.
No fears whatever, replied Gov
ernor Frear. - In the first place, the
financial condition of Japan will not
permit that for manv years at least.
Then immigration to Hawaii from
Japan has ceased. -
In reply to other questions the Gov
ernor said that there are about $4,000
japanese in the Hawaiian Islands, and
$4,000 japanese and Chinese children
in the public schools. The school ques-
tion had caused no trouble, as in Cali
fornia. because Hawaii had settled it
by establishing standard IN English
as prerequisite for admission to the
schools. The japanese were not dis
criminated against.
GOOD STOCK FOR CITIZENS.
The population is very much mixed,
but it is rapidly becoming thoroughly
American There are many children of
Chinese fathers and native mothers,
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