The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-13
BRILLIANT PARADE
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Hawaiian Societies In Line Of
March Win Plaudits Of Crowds q.
Packing Streets
Stir Memories ofKamaainas As
They Move Toward Statue
Of The Great Ruler
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Hawaiian Band and later the city band,
strobe along with the springy step
familiar to kamaainas. There was APP
plause for him as he passed the grand.
stand. and saluted Governor Pinkham,
and with fine ceremony he raised his
hat and saluted the statue of the "Na-
roleon of the Pacific" as he passed it
en- his round.
As the various societies arrived at
the Judiciary Building grounds they
were marched past the grandstand,
ind then around the statue. They
marched in different directions so that
ct times there were two or three lines
Ct marchers, encircling the statue.
The "movie'' men who, from various
elevated stations trained their iustru-
ments on this scene, obtained records
of very picturesque scene The
) parading was very well carried out, to
music by the city band.
Probably the most photographed fea-
ture- of the whole parade was Kane
hamcha g war god Kukailimoku. He
was a stalwart figure, about eight feet
high, and dressed according to the
style Of the Kamehameha statue, he'll
met and all being the brightest yellow.
Scores of persons took snap shots of
this interesting figure. =.
Queen Liliuokalani watched the cere-
monies from an automobile near the
guests stand. With her were Col. C.
p. Iaukea and Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Dominis. In the small grandstand
were Governor Pinkham, Brig Gen.
Samuel 1. johnson, N. g. H., Capt.
Charles r. Forbes, N. g. H., Hon. San
ford B. Dole, Maj. L. w. Reddington,
N. G.. H., Col. Charles S. Lincoln, com.
manding First Infantry, n. G. H., and
supervisor Daniel Logan.
Namehamena a washington
TEe speaker at the decoration cere-
monies at the statue was Rev. J. X.
Kamauu, who was introduced by Rev.
AkaikO Akana, assistant pastor of Ka-
waiahao Church. His address was one
of great eloquenee, in Hawaiian, and
was applauded at several points by
the audience. At first the speaker stood
on the concrete foundation of the sta,
tue, but as he warmed up to his sub.
ject, he stepped down and walked to
and fro on the grass plot, while he
addressed nov one side of the audience
and now another, in fervid eulOgy
OF the King under the shadow of whose
statue he was speaking. AS a result
of this changing of his voices direc'
ton, good deal of the address was
lost by many of those standing on all
sides of the statue, and by those in the
grandstand
Mr.. Kamauu spoke Of Kamehameha
as comparable to Washington, in that
he was the founder of a country, and
rlso in the military genius he displayed
He said that the first King of the Ha-
waiian Islands had, however, shown
not only military genius, but most re-
narkable powers of civil executive
ability. He had not only won battles
but had judged justly when he had the
powers of a monarch.
Was Righteous Judge
Enlarging upon the-tOpic of Kane
hameha's virtues as civil head of the
state, the speaker related incidents
showing how Kamehameha dealt with
cases brought before him for adjudica.
ton. He waxed most enthusiastic in
Oratory as he told also of the private
virtues of the famous Hawaiian king
AS the speaker concluded his address
the Hawaiian Band began the strains
of Hawaii Ponoi," the Hawaiian ma
tional hymn. 1t was hats off all over
the crowd while the hymn was played
and the Governor, Judge Dole and 9th
rrs in the grandstand all rose from
their seats and stools while it was
played through.
lust as the band ceased, the indus
trial school band took up the air, and
repeated the hymn. Then it was
started vOcally, and the entire gather
ing sang the hymn through in Hawa
iian. II might have been noted that
the only occupant of the grandstand
who carried the song through, in Ha
waiian, was Supervisor Logan, he be
&ug the only singer in the grandstand
!, Statue Worshiper Was There ,osr
s,On the sidewalk in front of the CAPT
ttol, in tho middle of the crowd, stood
the we'll known, old-time "statue wor
shipper" He is an insane Portuguese
who for about nineteen years has spent
a good twelve hours a day standing on
the sidewalk, gazing with ecstatic ad,
miratiOn at the giant image of Poly
nesia s greatest ruler. He never takes
day of, and varies little in his hours
/0f arrival and departmental he is OF
the job yet. For few hours he was
swamped in a great crowd of statue
wOrshipers-fOr such were many of
the crowd that gathered to attend the
ceremonies. When all was over and
the bands led the crowd away, he stay
cd at his post, and was soon alone
again, standing gazing at the statue
that has filed his whole mind for nine
teen years, and probably will cOntiL 1t
to fill it till he dies.