Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-29
NICkERSHAM
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/ SOUu Ut evil.
/ And If your laws are wisely chosen
end enacted, your revenues gathered.
and expended honestly and for the
best good OF al, and the general SO.
uninistration OF ycur affairs cared for
/ with competence, yeu viii attract the
nations of the earth, helping TO turn
them from the idea of conquest into
| the paths of peace"
! Immediately on his introduction to
/ the solons, Mr.. Wickersham narrated
briefly the history of the DOWNFALL OF
Great Britain's idea of government by
/ torCe. He told OF that nations proud
/ boast some years ago that the sun
I never set on English soil. and OF the
great celebration held at London.
where enc CT tie greatest military
| pageants ever seen was. spread before
the eyes of the world. There were
no displays OF conquests, however;
| in art, science, literature, or ideas OF
government and diplomacy. beyond
/ that Of force. -AamoSt en- the heels OF
| that celebration, he said, came the
| revolt of the Dutch colonies in South
Africa, and the attendant bloodshed
and loss of millions of dollars before
handful of rebels could be van
| pushed This changed Great Pritain's
ideas and her ideal to a considerable
extent. She gave the people of those
colonies the right of self-government.
J Since the federation of the original
thirteen colonies in the latter part of
the eighteenth century, he said, the
idea of government by the people has
70 II, oil tie tcff
| Of new lands and territory, which he
! enumerated in detail, the theory has
prevailed and continued the dolninat-
ing influence. Through it all has re-
NAMED the faith OF the people in their
, own competence, to make their own
laws and select their own courts and
executive officers.
The greatest institution of the en-
| tire governmental machinery, he as
serted. is the Legislature, a great cruel.
HE where the chosen representatives
OF the people may assemble and after
| discussion and investigation Of the
!! many theories. test them cut by laws.
At the end of his talk Speaker Hol-
| stein called on Representative j. M.
| Poepoe Of Oahu, who responded brief
| ly, expressing the appreciation of the
/ people OF Hawaii and of the iegisla-
| ture beng permitted to entertain the
! distinguished guest. His speech also
was one of presentation. He handed
Mr.. Wickersham magnificent koa.
calabash, the gift of the legislature.
The dish was nearly two feet in
| diameter, bearing on one side the
/ ae n
the Hawaiian motto underneath:
"Ua mau Ike ea ka alma ka pono,"
meaning The life of the land is pre-
served through its righteousness.
] On the opposite side is large silver
shield bearing the words Presented
! by the House of Representatives OF
/ Hawaii to ION George w. WickSr-
| sham, March go, 1913-Aloha."
In thanking the house Mr.. Wicker
sham said: 81 am deeply touched at
the through of this expression of
your friendship and will venture to
! say that the word friendship may
be more literally interpreted as
ours"
! All the members of the house and
! the many visitors met and shook
hands with Mr. Wickersham during
] the informal reception which followed.
On leaving the house he was escorted
to the senate chamber where, for
flew minutes he met and chatted with
the members of the upper house.
Sees Big Island.
| Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence
HII.0, Hawaii, March 2S-Former
Attorney General Wickersham and
party arrived in Hilo yesterday morn
! ing by tie Mauna Kea, and were met
/ at the wharf by Robert Breckons,
who with Secretary Mott-Smith is ac-
companying them on their sight see
| ing tri pabout Hawaii The party in.
4 cludes Frederick S. Moore, New
] York capitalist; w. H. Lee, a st.
Louis banker; Miss Frances Moves
4 and Miss Martha Bowers
Shortly after their arrival here
/ they were escorted to- the Hilo hotel,
where Attorney Breckons had ar
ranged for reception breakfast to
1.-the noted visitor and his friends,
number of prominent Hilo people be-
ing invited guests. They were DR..
1LlllOt, MI. anu MIS-. u. y. +hollGOy,
| Mr.. and Mrs. C. 8. Carlsmith, Rever-
end S. L. Desha, H. ". Patten and
Judge Parsons.
! Following the breakfast, Mr.. Wick
ersham and Mr.. Moore accompanied
by Reverend Desha and Attorney
| Breckons were taken for a drive
about Hilo, visit being made to all
! the near points of interest, including
a trip to the Rainbow Falls.
/ Mr.. Wickersham was particularly
delighted at the beauty of the view
within and near Hilo, expressing him
! self as believing this was the pre5tiest
small city which he had ever visited
| Il like it here he said, sin fact
| / like the whole of the islands | have
so far seem
Mr. Wickersham appears to be en-
| joying his release from four years of
! government cares and is evidently
securing much pleasure from the
/ early part of his round the world trip.
He and his party spent last night
1 at the volcano the former attorney