Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-03
JOURNEY Of CONGRESSIONAL PARTY.
FILLED WITH HAPPY CAMARADERIE
Tpperay Adapted For Dec aston BY Representative Cony
of New Yor-Long Trip arked BY Cordial Greetings In
Many Cities and Towns Al ong Route Travelled By Party

people OF every community towards
Mr. Cannon Kind words, hearty hand
shakes, compliments and well wishes
have been showered upon him and he
has received them all with show
ing of appreciatiye kindness and mod
esty. Some one OF the party asked
him If he did not find people in all
parts of the world who knew hinl
Yes" he said. I'm pretty well known.
The cartoonists have helped get peo-
pie acquainted with me and then. you
know, I'm such an old sinner that pref
ty nearly everybody knows something
bad about me"
SAN FRANCISCO HosPlTA5LE.
San Francisco speeded up to its
highest gear in entertaining the Con-
gressional visitors during the day and
a half of their stay. Every hour
brought some new sensation in the
sightseeing line. Early in the morning
after the party arrived trip about
the bay was taken on the .Slocum, :"
the ehaperones and eicerones of the
party being Representatives Julius
Kahn and John l. Nolan, Commission
er A. Caminetti, assisted by a Ha-
waiian committee consisting of Chief
Justice A. G.. NJ. Robertson, F. w.
Macfarlane, A. N. Campbell, H. G.. Riv-
enburgh and:M Brecknam The party
returned from the cruise in time to be
the guests of the San Francisco Com.
mercial Club. at a luncheon attended
by several hundred business men Of
the city. -. -.
Uncle Joe" ;Cannon was the star of
the function. He was the last speaker,
but hundreds of the business men stay
ed on long after they should have re-
turned to their offices in order to hear
him. He was cheered to the echo, both
on entering and when leaving the din
ing room and at the close of his speech
when he declared that, while both
parties made mistakes, the country is
ruled by law instead of by revolution.
After the luncheon the party was
whirled in automobiles, not jitneys, to
the exposition grounds where the
United States troops stationed at the
exposition passed in review and a
smart military band, after the review,
led the party through the various
magnificent courts and along the at
tractiVe main street of the Zone. Pa,
mama and the various State buildings
were visited and the grounds were
left Just In time to rush the visitors
back to the Palace hotel to dress for
a banquet given them at seven o'clock
in the New York building by Senator
James d. Phelan.
GREAT BANQUET HELD.
The Senator's guests numbered over
one hundred and fifty and included the
entire membership sof the Congress.
sional party, President and Mrs. Moore
of the exposition, Major General and
Mrs, Arthur Murray, Mr.. and Mrs. La.
mar, Mrs. F. G. SanborIi and others
connected with the exposition. While
coffee was being served short ad.
dresses were made by Senator Phelan,
Mayor sRolph, President Moore, and
Representative Scott Ferris. of Okla
homa
From the banquet hall in the New
York building the party was escorted
by the host and his friends to the Cali
fornia building to attend the reception
and ball given in honor of the Con
gressional visitors. Here until mid.
night music arose with its voluptuous
swell" and four thousand Californians
and their guests from every part Of
the globe danced or looked on until
after midnight.