The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-21
MUSIC, LEIS AND ALOHA
FOR DEPARTING GUESTS
Wlhelmina Takes Large Number Of
Territory's Congressional Visitors

I and Stripes in their parades of welcome.
Fears At Parting s., a4g
Some of the ladies Of the party wept
at departure, though they were probab,
ly at loss to explain exactly why.
Perhaps IL was the sob In Aloha De, ~
for there is something fetchinRly sad in
the strains Of that famous tune. IL tells
Of parting and starts the imagination.
aloha De" always has been a weepy,
| sadly glad sort of inspiration. Anyhow,
some of the ladies cried and dropped
tears on the beautiful flowers about
| their necks. .:.ts - ., f.rEH
Representative Mann said that what
The members of the party had seen and
heard, coupled with what they had
learned, made this congressional visit
very valuable to the people Of Hawaii
and very valuable TO the departing
guests. Nothing like the seventeen days
of entertainment had ever been given
to the members Of the United States
congress anywhere.
Representative Sbe.:ey of Kentucky
stated that he had had an opportunity
10 see Oahu 3 Notifications and 10 study
military conditions here, and be would
be able to assist Hawaii through his
committee. 49, 49, f......
Representative Mckinley Of Illinois,
who had enjoyed an extensive tour of
south America little while before
coming on this Hawaiian trim, said that
ne had been struck by the great con.
rrast between the people Of Hawaii and
the people of South America. The PEG.
pie Of Hawaii seemed thrifty and con.
tented and were not restless like the
south Americans. There appeared TO
be work In Hawaii for everybody. He
expressed the hope that some day he
would be able to return to Hawaii and
try what it felt like to be a resident.
Aud Lang syne' ,- -
Representative Rogers from Massa-
shusetts was much pleased with every
thing he had experienced and said he
would come back In later years to re.
new some of the pleasant friendships
begun during seventeen days Of most
delightful visit. s,aEs..a .....
Aud Lang Syne'' was played by
the band as the Wilhelmina started on
her voyage and the goodbyes of hun
dreds sounded over the water till faces
IF the folks on deck became indistinct
Those of the congressional party who
left on the Wilhelmina were Represen-
tative w. B. Mckinley, Representative
]. l.. Burnett, Representative J. G.
cannon, Representative and Mrs. w. A..
Jullop, Representative and Mrs. J. J..
Rogers, Miss NJ. MATHS, Miss J. MATHS,
Representative and Mrs. c.. W. Fair.
child, Representative and Mrs. J. r..
Mann, Senator and Mrs. Ollie James,
representative and Mrs. Swager Sher-
.ey, Representative and Mrs. J. l.. Stay.
len, Representative and Mrs. Carter
Glass, son and daughter, Mrs. Lucado,
senator and Mrs. +. L. Warren.
The greater number OF the congress
ional visitors, eighty senators and rep:
cesentatives, and their wives or other
members of their families, leave for
San Francisco today in the steamer
SOnoma, and the 1915 congressional
journey to Hawaii will be an event of
the past, though it will live long in hap
py memory and its results will be of
treat benefit to the islands and to the
guests themselves. q.,'