The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
DAMON OF HONOLULU ARRIVES
PLAYED 4 BIG PART ~ rue
OVERTURN or HAWAII.

: says Hawaii Is DeGinnlnG 10 Peel Bis
4 on tho Map Because Of tho Orea
FOrtifyinE That Is GOING On Ther'
-COuntry d Prosperous ami Happy
some Of us do not get n chance 60 play
30 many parts AZ Samuel VI. Damon. whC
arrived at the Manhattan yesterday
Mr.. Damon In u banker who wa once
minister OF finance in the cabinet OF q
king: then he got mixed up in n revolu-
ton and was viCe-presIdent of provI-
sional government and next SECRETARY u
the treasury IN a republic. All ~ which
happened in Hawaii.
| There MIR Damou was born some sixty
FIVE years ago and there he has lived
most Of his life When Minister stevens
buited into Hawaiian AFFAIRS and helped
the settlers 10 give the 90 sign To Queen
Ia M. Damon took an active par in the
proceedings and was the spokesman OF
the COMMITTEES that strOlled over To- the
palace TO inform her Maie~ty that her
lease was up Then when they formed a
government 20 last until The Inited STATES.
took Hawaii in MIR Damon got on the
band wagon alongside Of President Dole
and finally when the well known citizens
Of thu country decided to 60 Il alone
President Dole decided that Mr.. Damon
was a good man To look after the finances
OF the new republic aud handed over the
Keys Of the strong box to him.
MIR Damon said ha didn't feel remini--
cent yesterday. He - busy attending -
a little business befor. sailing on the
Lusitania tomorrow 10 see his son. who
Is studying i'm scotland Ia be a chartered
accountant. But he said that conditions
are changing fast IN Hawaii. that cid
elements are passing out and new ones
coming in.
The United State, j. oI course the
prime factor out there now said Mr.
Damon and the building ~ the dry
dock and the fortifviuR that is going IN
are the talk Of the day, aud We have felt
hatterpd since the Government Ceased
To fortify Manila aud started Ia increase
the Notifications of Honolulu Pretty
Soon we shall be- a. strongly fortified
towr. with Increased gaTrisons Il every
branch Of the military
I had tw'-lv" wears experience in all
az a Government Office. | cant saw
much about the old court. II was q small
affair but well conducted respectable
IN every sense. and there was 20 fool.
lshne-- about It. Ia moderate way
we had To keep up the ceremonies 81 a.
European establishment In my younger
days Englishmer and Germans and
Americans predpmlnated among the
whites there, hut now the Americans
are beginning 10 Outclass al the other
whites.
There " not the sliz ht est dissatisfaction
nowadays over governmental conditions
and what would be- the use " there werey
sugar pr~donina'es IN the industries
ont there. and then come pir eaprlcs.
and then rice and coffee and then tour
Ists. We've got over 800 automobiles
out there and the tourists give them
something - do A. for tho native Via
waiians. they are all politicians They
have got control ct The vote. aud they
work IL for all they know how
Financial conditions are verv Fati.-
factory. Their" h 50 much money out
there that they have w. send A bot ~ ~
here for investment. and good deal
Ut II has been put into l1nd- and oIl
: or interest We are generally satisfied
with per cert., bat Nh,r ANYBODY buys
sugar stock he wants an he can ge'