The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-07
JUDGE DOLE'RECALLS
HAWAIIAN LIBERTIES
Humiliation OF Islanders After An
nexation Gives Place To Pride
In United States

TO an audience Of So, cral thousand
l persons assembled in the Capitol
- grounds yesterday morning, Judge
Horace w. Vaughan and Judge San
ford b. Dole delivered inspiring ad.
dresses appropriate to the anniversary
celebration of America = birth rs IN
entity among the world = nations.
Like all crowds that assemble in the
Islands, il was Enthusiastically and
| peculiarly cosmopolitan, with perhaps a
score of different nationahtics repre-.
sented by the people who gathered TO
honor the government history and in.
situations of the United states. no,
The National Guard Of Hawaii and
the Boy Scouts were represented at the
Celebration by details of members in
inform. The guardsmen fred salute
with small field gun, wheeled into
position on the grounds especially for
the occasion.
The crowd occupied chairs or sat on
tho grass, grouping around the band
Stand, from which vantage point the
speakers Of the day held forth.
'rogram IS l atrtotic
Prior to the addresses by the men
mentioned the one Judge of the
| United States district court and the
other recently retired from the same
bench, the HawaiiHn Band gave an
lhouris patriotic concert. Father H.
Valentin of the Catholic Cathedral de.
Ilivered the invocation. ACcompa MED
Iby the, Young peoples special chorus
the audience sang "America." Attor.
1ey' O.. G. Biting read the Declaration
Of Independence. The children = chorus
sang 1.-THE Ship of. state" After the
speeches of the two judges the audience
sang 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" and
the 20 american Hymn
Judge Vaughan remarked that Homo
lulu, in common with all other commun.
tiles under the Stars and Stripes, was
celebrating the greatest political event
in the history of one hundred and forty
years through which the republic has
} lived. He commented on the fact that
the United States, introduced to the
world a feature in government that un.
til 1TT6 had never been seen in action.
The world looked upon America as an
experiment in new and freak kind
of government. 1t had observed this
country's progress all the more closely
for that reason, and with the unques.
toned success Of republican forms de.
veloped, others sought to emulate Am
erica's example.
World Profits BY Example
The effect of America 3 example has
been widespread, he said. France, af.
ter bloody revolution, adopted practic.
ally the same system. England profit.
ed by the states experience and gave
particularly to her remaining domains
overseas, o breadth Of, freedom, nm.
usual in the control Of governmental
actiong' 1EI' =
Judge Vaughan's most interesting
point, however, was that an the Ameri
can Revolution which followed the
signing of the Declaration of Independ
ence the Revolutionists had to fight not
only the English from across the sea
but the hyphenates at home. The hyph,
/ enates in that time were known as Tor
les. They were men who had come to
America to improve their. lot but re
fused to give the new country alleGi
ance
Thus the danger of the hyphenate il
not new to the United States, said the
speaker. But the citizen of the United
States has no right to give a divided
allegiance; he must be heart and sou
for the land of his adoption.
5 Liberty Brings Enlightenment
; One feature of American government
which the speaker said he believed wa,
: most impressive to people of other ma
. tions and races is its proof that liberty
naturally brings enlightenment. Her,
it has resulted in free schools for all
regardless of wealth, government OF
social position. Liberty in government
has made free schools possible here
and it is hoped that other nations will
find II similnr pathway to widespread
education. His point was that at tn,
, line tn" Declaration of Independence,
'ame into existence no country in tn,
world provided for free education o.
it's people.
Judge Dole. who presided at the ccle
brat'"m, spoke briefly, recalling tn,
Feeling of humiliation of the Hawaiian.
when these Islands were annexed to tn,
nltcd States. Heretofore the archi
Delago had enjoyed a separate and dis
tinct oN"rnment recognized as sucl
by all the large nations of the world.
= But AS years have passed since an
! nexati"n and the Hawaiians have rec
ognized the Increased cOnyenienee OF
atfiliation with a, power 20 great anC
liberty 10y ing as the United States, they
have come TO feel pride in their new
nationality and the strength and glory
of the country of which they are al
integral part.
3 They now understand the value of {
thoroughly representative government
whrr" all may have a voice regardless,
of indi> idunl wealth, whore sCrvitud,
is unknown save as a historical phas,
long dead. and where religious WORSHIP
is unrCStruined. 49,.
LIEUTENANT COL ONEL ELLIS