The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-12
HAWANANS CALL
On PRESIDENT
Jack Deshass Sends a Breezy
Description From the
Capital.

which Delegate Kalanianaole, John
Baker and other prominent Hawaiians
paid on President Taft, as well as a
description of the Inauguration eeremo
MES. is contained in letter written
by Jack Desha, who is now studying
at Harvard, to his father, Supervisor
Stephen Desha. Extracts from the LEI
ter. which is dated Washington, March
/, follow:
~ arrived at Washington three
hours late John Aimoku was waiting
for me at the wrong entrance to the
depot, so that I missed him. 1t was
raining heavily in Washington when
I arrived I did not have much
trouble in finding the Princes resi-
denee. 1 was surprised to find Colonel
there. Princess Kalanianaole received
me very graeiously. The Prince was
for the Princess Kawananakoa. The
Prince arrived not long afterwards
with the Princess. 1t was jolly re
union of Hawaiians, all right. Mr.. Me-
Clellan dropped in later.
CATER supper we went to see the
Senate and House adjourn. We were
too late to see the House, but we were
just in time to hear Vice President
Fairbanks deliver his farewell address
to the Senate. 1t was an exceedingly
fine speech. Then we took in the
sights at the Capitol, met a number
of Congressman and other notables.
After a light supper we returned
home
"The next day, Inauguration Day,
we were somewhat excited before go
ing down to the Capitol. By the way,
| forgot to mention that while visit
ing the Capitol the evening before, we
had some funny experiences. We were
all trailing behind the Prince just like
sheep The Prince first. then Colonel
Parker, then myself, Jim Parker and
John Baker in the rear. 1t was funny
to see John Baker gaze around at diff
ferent things. The contrast between
him and Sam Parker was amusing.
John was quiet and Sam was noisy.
Once when we were waiting to take
an elevator to an upper floor, John
took one that was going down. As
soon as he found out his mistake, he
became rather spry- We could not
help but laugh. The evening was full
of funny experiences.
'sWell, / must continue my account
of Inauguration Day. Jim Parker and
/ We're down at the Capitol at about
eleven O'Clock Aimoku went to get
Miss Sarah Lyman. We did not see
each other for the rest of the day. 1t
was showing terribly, and very cold.
The streets were wet and slushy Still,
there was large crowd along the line
of march and in front of the Capitol.
President Taft took his oath of office
and delivered his inaugural address in
the Senate Chamber. Of course, we
were unable to see this part of the pro-
gram. We saw the President and his
wife, however, who came out upon the
w
riage, and drove off to the parade. The
parade was exceedingly long We stood
on one spot for about three hours be-
fore the parade was all through. There
was very little delay. In the evening
we visited the fireworks display. 1t
was simply grand 1t was estimated
that the whole thing cost about 100000.
Then we went down town and had a
merry time on the streets
Saturday morning the Prince took
Mr.. Soper, Mr.. Desky, John Baker,
John Aimoku, and myself to meet Pres
ldent Taft 1t was about two hours
before we were able to meet the Pres
ident and his wife on account of the
great crowds. While waiting several
people mistook us for Indians. John
Baker was called Big Chief; some ask
ed him from what tribe he came, and
some Indians who were in the room
shook hands with him. Mr.. Desky was
very laxative, using whatever Ha-
waiian word that came into his mind,
sometimes words which were not be-
coming to polite society. Mr.. Parker
and Jim had gone to New York, so they
were not with us. President Taft is
very nice
I'm the afternoon Aimoku and
visited Mount Vernon, Washington s
birthplace; saw the house, the room IN
which he died, and his coach. The trip
up and down there was fine. After
supper the Prince, Princess, John Baker,
Aimoku, and l visited the Congressional
Library. 1t is a grand building; fine
work within, on the floors. walls and
ceilings We then visited the Prince s
Office 1t is very nicely and comfort
ably fixed up. The office is in large
building where all the Representatives
have offices. The Senators have their
own building. / am leaving this after
noon for Boston This is the best week