The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-30
FAIRBANKS MAKES
FINE IMPRESSION

Former Vice President 10 the United
states Charles W Fairbanks was the
guest Of honor ~ the Commercial club
last evening at banquet served In
lis spacious hail In the McCandless
building. where several score of the
business men % the city OF Honolulu
listened to the distinguished states
man In speech which teemed with
Americanism and advice to foster al.
ycrsined industries In these Islands
The guest IT honor sat at n long
table. with Army and Navy men
thanking him and behind them. draped
upon the wall. was "A huge American
nag. MIR. Fairbanks. sat at the right
Of President Paris OF the Commercial
club Captain Rees. U. $. N, COM
mandant Of the Naval station. and
Major T.. T.. Winslow. Engineer Corps.
L, 5. A., were at his right: Major
DunnlnE. commanding Fort Shafter.
sitting az Mr. Paris left. The toast.
master George w. Smith, and Mr..
Paris made opening remarks, MIR.
Smith introducing Mr. Fairbanks In
n happily worded speech of welcome.
Mr. Fairbanks spoke, in part, as fol
lows:
Mr.. Toastmaster and members of
the Commercial Club: 1t is great
pleasure for me to be commended to
your kindly hospitality by the dis
tinguished POSTMASTER, whom IL has
been my privilege to meet heretofore.
1t is a great help to any guest to be
SO kindly commended. was advised
by the vice president of the club that
Mr.. George w. Smith would present
me and asked why. They said he
was the first president of the club and
, his name was typical in Hawaii of
George Washington He said il the
people of Hawaii were proud of one
, thing it was their inhexibe fidelity to
truth (laughter), II is particularly
| gratifying to me to be thus assured,
although since | have been here | have
: received many proofs of this. With
!, true American spirit | have been be.
p lieving everything that has been told
me-
Mr.. Fairbanks then told story of
the Scotchman who, at the commence
| ment of a banquet started to leave
the hall and was asked why he was
leaving so early, and why he bowed to
Sandy and Andy, and he replied that
not he able to tell them apart later
on. He told this story while comment
, ing upon the fact that the speech.mak-
T. ing was beginning before the walters
had concluded their important tasks
y of clearing the tables. The speaker
t asked pardon for delaying the ban
}, quet, but said he had been visiting
another island and became so fascinat-
u ed that he overstayed his time.
! 81 was in favor of the annexation
I of Hawaii he said. ''Some one told
d me that while | was here / should
speak it pretty low, but since I have
come here | am willing to let the whole
d world know (Applause). There were
:. those who advocated annexation upon
f the theory of military necessity. That
: was the dominant purpose at that time
i but we builded better than we knew
Some of us brought up on the old
; fashioned geography had had an ac
/. count of the Sandwich Islands, where
!. the leading ladies of the group were
little short on apparel, and the houses
o of the 400 had matched roofs but
/, when / came here and found that the
D vice president Of the club wore apparel
like mine / felt satisfied that we had
}. done the right thing Laughter).
D ''The Hawaiian Islands are not the
Sandwich Islands l had been educated
n about. While they came under thu
/. protecting folds of the American flag
n as a military necessity we find tina
D here are observed by the people thu
best traditions and that they are i'm
). bued with the highest ideals which
b inspire and glorify the people of thu
Republic.
4, az do not indulge in hattery. Yol
d will, ! trust, acquit me of that fact, TO
a, ] have been here long enough to fee
b that ] am a Hawaiian myself, an'
therefore committed to the truth. Yol
A. cannot assemble anywhere else $50 mel
o, who will stand up and compare bet
4. ter on all points than those here VIII
do honor to me tonight Qaughter) /
o. | had. time | would applaud that my
o. self.
4. The splendid development of thes
islands, speak of the larger devel
opment-the splendid citizenship Of tn
10 Islands. Is accounted for upon rationa
., and satisfactory reasons. They ar
Ii. the descendants Of as magnificen
a specimens of humanity as the worl
has produced. Their progenitors wer
men and women who were inspire
al by the missionary spirit, who mad
0, RHsaa aasaaa a ID SEEK
st, Honolulu, Oahu. $500. b 31G,
}; 224. Dated April 10, 1909.
n. Oahu College by Trs to Addie l. Lut
ID ted, Rel; lots II and -, block Z, Co
lege Hills Tract, Honolulu, Oahu. 5000
of B 800, p AS. Dated April II, 1909.
nd Gear, Lansing & Co by Trs to Haw
u, Trust Co, Ltd, D; 2 pes land, Kapa
80 hulu, Honolulu, Oahu. $1,000. b 316,
~ 226. Dated April 9, 1909
% Amos Ebersole and VT to Trs o
Oahu College, NJ lot IS, block 10, Co
}; lege Hills Tract, Honolulu, Oahu. $1,000
of b 306, p 40. Dated April Is, 1909.
a. Kenoi (k) to james CRUDE (Mrs), d
3. r Ps13OS, kul 594l, Kahana, Koolar
loa, Oahu, $50. b 3l6. 800. Date
p April H. 1909.
v. n Russell and VT to Manoel Peixott
& D.; Y a land, Volcano rd, Puma, Hawai-
SIS. b Sl6, p 2ls. Dated October
y. 1899.
10 Manuel Peixoto to Frank Ferreiri
NJ Jr, d; y land, Volcano I'd, Puma, Ha