The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-04-01
WICKtRSHAM IS
GUEST Of HOUSE
PROM snndnv Alxsrtl,etl


While in regular session, the house Of
! representatives was the scene Of pleas
ug aud interesting ceremony yesterday
morning. Nhon former Attorney Gen.
enl George " wickersham was the
guest Of the Legislature, through the in
/ itiatiyc and invitation Of the house.
The speaker appointed Representa-.
] tivcs Watkins and kawewchi as a CON.
mittee to await on the senate and es.
1 cort the members Of the upper house to
/ seats which had been provided for them
/ Ia the midst of the house members.
( shortly after the senators were seated
| Mr.. Wickersham, accompanied by Gov
! ernor Frear and Secretary of the Ter.
| ritory Mott.Smith, arrived.
/ Mr.. Wickersham was introduced to
Representative Sheldon by Mr.. Mott
| smith and by Mr.. Sheldon to Speaker
Holstein. Mr. Wickersham sat on the
! dais to the right and Governor Frear to
the left of the speaker.
Speaker Holstein then opened the
proceedings.
Speaker opens Proceedings.
"'There is no provision in the rules
of the house, remarked Mr.. Holstein,
for what the speaker is about to say
| Or do, but / am certain that every
member of the house will endorse it.
''There is present on the floor of the
house a distinguished gentleman who
held high office during the late admins
tration of President Taft.
lie comes from the great State of
New York and is with us for few
days, coming to our hospitable shores
where Hawaiian aloha is proverbial. He
is Hawaii Is friend and has kindly con-
sented to accept your invitation to be
with YOU. ! am certain the members of
the legislature will be glad to welcome
him.
"I take great pleasure in introduc
ing to you, our distinguished guest and
friend, Hon. George w. Wickersham. !"
Wickersham Replies.
Mr.. Wickersham responded as fol-
lows:
" Mr.. Speaker, Your Excellency, Gen
tlemen of the Hawaiian Legislature
! have often fingered with great pleas.
ure over that matchless description of
the power of Great Britain written by
Daniel Webster, in which he describes
Great Britain as power to which for
purposes of foreign conquest and sub
jugation, Rome in the height of her
|
which has dotted every surface of the
whole globe with her possessions and
military posts, whose morning drum
beat, following the sun, and keeping
company with the hours, circles the
earth with one continuous and unbro
ken strain of the martial airs of Eng
land.
at depicts an ideal of conquest, sub
jugation, military power A number of
wears after it was written, England
celebrated with extraordinary pomp the
diamond jubilee of her great Queen.
There was no place made for science,
art, literature or religion, but her armies
and navies were gathered for the pur-
pose of impressing the world with the
power of the military and naval es-
tablishment of Great Britain. And at
n moment when this exhibition of pow
er was at it's height, there was heard
the voice of England's greatest poet
sounding note of warning against:
heather heart that puts her trust
In rocking tube and iron shard.
And guarding, calls not these to guard
For frantic boast and foolish word.
"and crying God of the nation, spare
MS yet. lest we forget
Recognition of Principles.
ga very short time afterwards, the
timeliness of the warning was made
manifest as that great nation was
dragged through the valley of humilta-
tiOn in is contest with the little mill
countrv in South Africa, and all the
resources of the Empire were called up
on in the struggle with n small handful
of determined Dutchmen in its contest
with Great Britain, and when at last,
t,F o,,A ,,,h
~, the mastery was finally achieved by
Great Britain, she organized a new com
mOnweath in South Africa based upon
the principle that gave to Dutchmen
and Englishmen alike a share in the
government of the new commonwealth
of South Africa. 1t was belated
recognition of the principle which has
ever been the ideal of America.
"The thirteen colonies, in declaring
their independence of Great Britain,
based it upon the principle that all men
are entitled to certain inalienable
rights. among which are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, and that
to secure these rights governments are
instituted among men deriving their
Just powers from the consent of the
government. And from that hour the
ideal of American progress has ever
been the establishment of a government
resting upon the consent of the govern.
ment. and in which all men should have
the Just share commensurate with the
public interest
ave acquired Florida and the Great
Territory of Louisiana by purchase and
we divided them INTO territories and
states of the Union and extended to
them the same principles of government
upon which we have been originally
founded. Az result of the war with
Mexico, We have the great territory now
divided into Arizona, Now Mexico and
California that we took in and made a
common heritage with ours of the same
principle. Texas, sister republic,
came To MS by treaty Hawaii in like
manner. We purchased Alaska.
Government by the People.
1.-THE war with Spain, undertaken
for the purpose OF ending a condition
in Cuba which had become intolerable,
left us with the Territory Of Cuba, and
as soon as il was possible TO organize a
government which could be called self.