The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-05-21
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(FrOm Wednesday s Advertiser)


- ENAT0R MARITIME of New Jer
sey and Representatives Burnett
- of Alabama, Moore Of Pennsyl
vania and Campbell of Kansas ad
dressed the Mems League Of Central
Union Church last evening in the
parish house, where n lot of good thing
to eat were spread on numerous tables
and many men, young and old, gathered
to listen to congressional eloquence
and, incidentally, take dinner in an
atmosphere Of oratory. =.
DR.. W. c., Hobby presided, calling on
the various silver.tongues and introduc,
ing each with ready wit and appro.
PIRATE remark. Senator MARITIME he in.
troduced as from "our State,n for
Hobby knew considerable of New Jer.
sey, declaring that IL was only by
chance that he, had not remained in
that state.
The Kamehameha Glee Club fur.
nished pleasant music between speeches
One of their renditions was "The
Rosary and IL was well done. g..
1t was plain to be seen that the femi
nine hand had been at work on deco.
ratiohs. Flowers warmed the room and
gladdened the eye. When everything
was over, eating and speaking, Chair.
man Hobby in true senatorial style
"suggested, put, voted and carried y
motions of thanks to the glee club and
the ladies who had decorated the din.
ing hall.
One very noticeable thing about the
Mems League is the applause they give
anybody who pleases them. Their hand.
clapping sounds like a charge of cav.
airy over a wooden bridge.
Senator MARITIME said that he had
been accused by a previous speaker of
using a great many adjectives in his
various speeches concerning Hawaii
since his arrival here. Well, he had,
and he WASH t ashamed of it, either.
He had no use for man who had con-
victions and yet kept those convictions
to himself. If there was anything in
the way of conviction in a man, he
said, he ought to let it out for the
benefit of his fellow men. He offered
a sort throat and husky voice as evi.
dence that he had been proclaiming his
convictions of the beauty and the glory
of Hawaii ever since he had been in
the Territory. Hawaii was indeed
Gods country, beautiful beyond all
compare! lie said some splendid things
about New Jersey, his State, but he
admitted that all the superlative adiec.
tives in his vocabulary had to be used
over and over again in the description
Of Hawaii.
The card announcing last night s
meeting bore a legend to the effect that
the congressional speakers would dwell
on the subject of "Our national poll
cies and what is expected of Hawaii, "
but Senator MARITIME did not do any
thing of the kind, nor did any of the
others to any very noticeable extent.
They exercised the congressional priv.
lege of talking away from the subject
MARITIME, in his fetching, rolling,
rich drawl praised everything Ha-
waiian.
First the scenery touched his sense of
beauty; then the public schools had
impressed him as splendid institutions
to be compared favorably with institu,
tions of the kind anywhere in the
United States. Then, he said, he had
been struck by the magnificent
roads. - At this point in his remarks
a few of those present could not re
press audible laughter, though they, of
course, were not thinking of the par
ticular roads that MARITIME had in mind
New Jerseys superman
Senator MARITIME referred to one of
the products of New Jersey in words of
the highest possible praise, President
Wilson, touching on the tremendous re.
sponsibilites the President now has to
bear and declaring it to be the duty of
every true American to support Will.
son in his policy of humanity.
America, he said, had no apology to
offer the world for the "watchful
waiting" policy Of President Wilson.
1t was a policy that worked for
brotherhood, humanity and progress.
Statehood for Hawaii appealed to
MARITIME. He saw every bit as much
reason for admitting Hawaii into the
Union as there had been for the admis-
Speaking of the so-called hard times
elsewhere, he declared that never had
he seen community whose lap was so
full of plenty as Hawaii.
The Amenities Of the Occasion
Representative Burnett of Alabama
would not insult the amenities of the
occasion, he said, by imposing any
political subject on his hearers.
Burnett is small and he told his eager
audience how he came to be small. 1t
seems, according to his version, that
the hospitality Of the southern states
has always been that the children in
the home are not allowed to eat until
visitors have been fed. Well, between
1861 and 1868, there were some 100000
visitors from the north, he said, and he,
as child, had to wait four years for
square meal. Consequently he did not
grow much.
Still speaking of his children, Repre-.
sentative Burnett said that he remem
bered the old school readers in which
appeared a picture of the good mission.