Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-07
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thought was given to renewal OF the
Invitation. BY October j there were
indications of possible adjournment,
and the Princes plans were according
ly revived.
A Representative Body
Circumstances naturally made var
iation In the personnel, but the final
party was quite largely made up of
men who had expected to be members
of the original party. 1t is as repre-
sentative a body as could be selected
The object of the visit is to have
members of the two branches Of con-
gress see the Hawaiian Islands at first
hand, to familiarize themselves with
their needs, conditions and life in order
that congress may the more intelli-
gently and satisfactorily act for their
interest.
The idea is certainly good from both
the viewpoint of the islands and that
Of congress. 1t offers its citizens an
opportunity to meet the members, give
them their views and take back to
Washington the information congress
needs for intelligent consideration OF
the problems of the islands.
So the residences and COMMITTEES
xplaces Of the men composing the dele
= cation becomes of interest There are
men In the party from Maine, Massa-
chusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio. West Virginia, Illinois, Nebras-
ka, Michigan, Texas, Oklahoma,
Washington, California, Arizona, Utah,
Kansas and Maryland. Committees
represented by house members are
agriculture, appropriations, banking
and currency, education, foreign az
fairs, immigration and naturalization,
invalid pensions, Judiciary, merchant
marine and fisheries. military affairs,
naval affairs, public buildings and
grounds, public lands, railways and
canals, rivers and harbors, territories.
Certainly diversity of committees as
well as varied sections of the country
compose the delegation.
Hawaii and Publicity
1t is very evident that the people
Of Hawaii within the comparatively
short time Of their association as a
part of the United States, have alb
sorbed many of our ideas and have
become firm believers in publicity.
They realize they possess valuable
factors for commercial and industrial
prominence and desire first-handed in
formation to be provided to the law
makers by whom. the islands are now
controlled. Furthef, it can readily be
inferred that the delegate from Ha-
wall, our good friend and colleague,
Prince Kalanianaole, with his usual
foresight and good judgment, uses his
Influence at home to show his friends
that visits OF this kind must rebound
to the benefit of the islands. As sew
eraI previous trips of the same nature
have been made, the results must have
proven worth while. Certain it is
those composing the party Of 1917 are
fully appreciative Of the courtesies to
Is and will inevitably carry back to
Washington the most favorable i'm
pressions Of the hospitality and court
esy of our hosts.
The Story of the Outward Journey
For convenience our outward jour-
ney may be divided into three portions:
First, the patriotic meetings We par
ticipated in; second, the rail journey;
and third, the ocean voyage to Homo
lulu
We could easily summarize the first
in two words-enthusias loyalty.
Impressions of martial phrases are
characteristic of the times, so instead
Of meeting" in St. Louis on October
oath, we modified" there. The first
official meeting was held under the
auspices of the St Louis chamber of
commerce, Leather Club and Woman's
Suffrage Association, by whom we
were entertained at luncheon.
The room was crowded and there
must have been at least 500 persons
present. The keynote of the meeting
was patriotism and loyalty. After the
word that had reached Washington
about the number of pro-Germans in
st, Louis based, of course, upon the
fact that the population has such a
large percentage of persons of German
birth or ancestry, we we're gratified
and surprised at the enthusiasm OF this
large representative gathering. Our
delegation was represented In the
speaking by Senator Ashurst and Con.
gressmen Nichols, Buchanan and
Treadway.
About Suffrage
Aside from the main topic Of the
meeting, the hit Of the occasion was
the opposition expressed by Congress
man Buchanan TO woman suffrage, In
which he remarked jocularly that he
had found in Texas that those interest
cd in suffrage were old maids. Fol.
4owing the meeting the ladies present
waited en- masse upon our disconnected
colleague and informed him they were
married and didn't have to be old
maids on account Of suffrage. Buchan-
an has already announced his expected
retirement from congress when sui.
frage reaches Texas
The Liberty Loan Drive
The next meeting or series of meet
ings was the following day in Kansas
City, Mo. We were guests of the
Liberty Loan committee at luncheon.
Two enormous meetings were held in
the Baltimore Hotel and third one in
Senator Thompson's home city, Kan
sas City, Kan. The speakers included
Senators Ashurst and Myers and Con-
gressmen Reayis, Temple, Gordon and
Welty. The enthusiasm at each meet
ing was phenomenal
AS various team captains would re-
port upon the amounts Of their re-
spective team subscriptions the gath
ering would applaud to the echo. The