The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-10-10
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citation they ava something eise Thct
demonstrated what BE- possible through
concentrated and concerted effort al
faeird along right lines.
"Taking whore we sit as center.
circle may be drawn with a three
block radius that will embrace within
1t ninety per cent OF ihus6 professional
and business men who should lend in
ovcry phase Of right doing IN the Tori
tory Ia business they do lead india
putably; in religion, many of them are
among the leaders. They should extend
their sphere OF activity. They should
come to the frort In matters Of politics
and government, politics in its broad
and proper sense, not in the meaning
in which il Is almost invariably used IN
Honolulu. When the Y. NJ. e. A. anti
ed Honolulu. It's workers went but 1T
tie outside the imaginary circle ] have
drawn. They dad not have TO, because
that circle held the great majority of
those whose education, training and
wealth fit them for the work Of tha
ratification of the city and colnty-of
the Territory, in fact--along higher
I lines. But, within that circle is yet
much work to be done before Homo
lulu United is wholly accomplished.
/ eff the men who spend their work.
| ing hours between Beretania ana tho
waterfront, between Punchbowl and
/ Nuuanu would unite for Honolulu to
say that Honolulu shall be made SAM.
tary city, it would be done; if they
would unite to say that hereafter in
these Islands shall be taught the true
meaning of American citizenship and
the responsibility that is included in
the right of manhood suffrage, the sys.
\ tenn that has sprung up here of spoils
politics would be wiped cuff the
ones of downtown Honolulu would as
sumo their share of the white man s
burden, in other words.
eff the men within FIVE Minutes
walk of this hall would unite to carry
into works the faith they profess in
Honolulu, this would become more than
the commercial CROSSROADS of the Paci-
fic; it would become radiating cen
ter for ideals of civic decency, good
government, model of colonization for
all the world to study, place where
the morality that follows physical
cleanliness would be demonstrated.
"'In this work for a united senti-
hlthb Abi Al kAthANl anu a DNbbSA AAOhO7
lulu, we of the press ana you of the
pulpit and the Y. M. c. A. must play
leading part. We all know what there
, is to do; it only remains to do it,
''To my mind, the great thing to be
first accomplished is something among
ourselves and it is this-that we learn
to credit the other fellow with at least
wanting to do what is the right thing.
We have one predominating fault in
Honolulu-we of the press perhaps
particularly, although yeu of the pulpit
are not wholly untinged-and that is
a great tendency to look for the ultetiof
motive in whatever the other fellow
=. proposes. And, when even the closest
, scrutiny sometimes fails to reveal any.
thing that may be regarded as the
, Interior motive we draw back anyhow
and say: We'll, I'M against it, You
needn t think yon can run this town.
And there you are.
81 we could look for the points upon
, which we may agree IN the other man s
proposal and stop hunting for those
with which we could safely disagree,
more good would be accomplished,
: especially if we could reason ourselves
into n state of mind to accept the good
faith back of even those points we
fail to agree upon.
:" But here tonight there is something
for mutual agreement without reserva:
tion. That is in extending congratula-
tions to the Y NJ c. A. of Honolulu
, and to its energetic leaders upon their
. Accomplishment of rearing this magnif
cent building as a home and as cen
ter for greater Christian activities.
With this new home comes greater re,
sponsibihties upon the Y. NJ. c. A. lead.
ers, comes the greater necessity for a
| show of results. Bnt j believe that
those who have made this building
possible are the sort of men who stand
ready and eager to meet the greater
need for good work of the present ana
future.'
A Witty Speaker.
Rev. Elmer Smith of the Methodist