Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-25

tul ne WIS also secretary OF Tn
Republican party in 1909 and 1911, an,
has held prominent offices in. dlneren
fraternal and business organizations
At the present time he is employed al
1the permanent secretary of the Sal
Antonio Society, one of the larges
Portuguese mutual benefit and insur.
ance societies in Hawaii.
We have today in these Islands
forming a part of our population
twenty-five thousand people of Portu-
guese birth and nationality The
greater portion of these came here
originally from their native country as
immigrants to settle upon the land as
agricultursts, while the smaller por-
ton represents the issues of the orig
inal numbers.
Because these people form the major
the question as to whether they will,
in due time, prove desirable to the
nation as citizens, is often asked by
men of state. but who seem to know
but little of their general qualities. I'm
doubtedly, the question is one of in
terest to a great number of our citi-
zens and likewise to the state.
The effort on the part of ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt to impress upon the
people here the urgent need and ne
cessity of developing Hawaiis re-
lines" implies sufficient urgency to
build in this community a citizenship
which will at all times prove beneficial
10 Hawaii and the whole country This
must necessarily emanate
rom the material we now possess in
his center of cosmopolitan population,
md surely the state has a right to eX-
Dect a development of American ideals
md inclinations among those to whom
t has opened the gate of hope and re-
,eived with open arms of national hos
Prove Loyal Citizens.
The divergency of opinions among
lifferent men upon the question of Por-
american citizenship has in
several instances of the past created
ome unfriendly discussion in the field
If journalism, bringing about, however,
final conclusion, namely, that theI
have, since the inception of
representative government in America,
gured quite Loyalty in state and in
ustrial activity.
From TIE standpoint of a Portu- |
uese- American, the question is rather
to answer without al
ceiling of constraint, for it concernsl
he attributes of a people of my own
lood; and surrounding these peoplel
mere are other elements of equal su-
However, as the question is |
ne Of interest to the people in gem
raj, the truth may be written in mod
It terms and submitted to readers for
fought
We have among our leading mem
ere clltZtllS WHO nave Spi uliS ll'ih tiic
'iginal stock of Portuguese immi-
ANTS. In carefully reviewing their
in life, one can not deviatel
ON the fact that they stand typically
of all those qualiica-
ons which go to make strong citi-
ms in a clean and advanced commu-
ty. Such men stand as examples of
hat this community may wen expect
ON the numbers lately gotten from
Portugal.
,hools Are First.
Those to whom we point as model
for future products are thel
sen number which have received the1
neft of the forces OF our public
hools; thus it must be expected that
ccessful development of a broad con-
ption of American ideas and citizen
in must first shape itself in its ha-
ms of our educational institutions.
Unfortunately, the greater number of
,rtuguese immigrants have come to
# land with undeveloped minds, due
It to their own conduct abroad. but
the political system under which
ey were reared and trained for life.
owever illiterate some of them may
We been and are. they do not fail to
oN their loyalty and obedience to
@ laws and compliance with and rec
milton of the ideals Of the cgntry-I
which they have made their homes;
d their descendants from the momentl
birth have become and are and Will
come useful and desirable citizens.
oeress General.
To Justify this assertion, one need
" study the advancement the Portu-
Csc have made on the mainland of
nerica We find in the Eastern
ates thousands of homes owned byl
liens whose fathers We're of Portu
ese stock In the Northern States
find numbers OF Portuguese Amer
ms closely assimiated with leading