The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-11
\Y/ailuku Celebrates =, e..
" Uncle Joe's' Birthday
(Mail special . Yhe AavertiaerI

WAlLUkU, Maui, May To-day. !
the seventy ninth birthday Of ""Ghr
Joe" Cannon, and the people of Ma.
and the members Of THE Godgfession.
party have made the occasion u mel
orable one, both for the, veteran co..
gresham and for themselves.' aCaI
mons Day ''9began %itRSa pheseItatiI
to Mr.. Cannon OF q Rold mounted Gig.
case, the gift Of ths people Of. Mau
the preSentatio being made by M
Kepoikai and the accompanying
dress by County Attorney Dan Case
The scene Of this AFFAIR was the Ian.
of the Wailuku court house, facin Il
had been placed beneath the shade /
the trees for the gitsts and for III
several hundred Mauiites present. tt
flag -draped pillars Of tK6 cSuit hous
the light gowns of5the many ladie
the hundreds of leis worn by kan
ainas and malihinis alike, the btigh
green Of trees and lawn, the glad su
shine and Old Glory waving over a
made a charming setting for a mos
interesting and unusual event, mark
by congratulatory speeches by senate.
and representatives, who testified I
the aloha with which Joe Cannon i
regarded in every State of the Union
At Wailuku Court HOUSE
judge Edings presided. on the lana
platform with him being many of tn
leading citizens of the Valley Isle. Tn
speakers included Dr. J.. II. Raymond
County Attorney Case, Representativ,
Sladen of Texas, Representative Camp
han Af 10 AL -
Georgia, Representative Anthony o
Kansas, Senator Ollie James of Ken
lucky and Senator Warren Of Wyom
ing, but the speech of the day wa
that of Mr.. Cannon himself, who's
words of thanks touched all hearts an,
whose witty personal references evi
deneed the fact that, although within
one year Of being an oetogenarian, tn
veteran congressman had plenty 0
I"pep" to carry him through NOR
years of hard campaigning and legis
lating. sEt ~ a.
d 81 do not intend to die so long, a
soc anyone else living, he said, add
ing that when his time came to pas
l on, whether / draw muslin or a
asbestos halo, l, expect still TO watcl
the old United States growing and pros
pering OF" -,
Mr.. Cannon said that he did not in
tend to tell anyone what his polite
are, but went into. the question Of tn
needs of Hawaii. He reminded hi
hearers that half the promises made =
them on this trip would never be full
filed, because congressman had TO legis
late for one hundred million of pee
pie. Hawaii win get recognition iron
congress, from the. standpoint Of tn
welfare of one hundred million people,
he said, pointing out that the welfar
Of Hawaii was essential to the wei
fare Of the Union and must be de
Tended. " ." 50,
"Don' t rush for statehood was an
other thing he said, pointing out tina
Hawaii had problems TO solve befor
she could best benefit by statehood
That Hawaii was solving these prob
lens he knew, because he had visite,
the public schools and found the worl
going on Of Welding cosmopolitan
people into homogeneous whole. TIL
children now growing up must assum
the handling of statehood and the chill
dren must be cared for and educated
"Do you know, that Of those VIII
voted in the election of 1896, ono hal
are now deadf" he asked "and tina
the child of six at that election vii
hC the voter of 1902 =. F..
Doctor Raymond, in his address o
welcome to the visitors, said that h