Ka Puuhonua o na Hawaii, Volume IV, Number 3, 19 January 1917 — A WORD OF APPRECIATION [ARTICLE]

A WORD OF APPRECIATION

| A few days ago, the Star-Bulletm an- | aouoeea the sppointmeDt of CoI. C. P. Iaakea w • 6tary °L H^ Wai1 ' The new s «ashed from lS P rin gt TK SPCCiaI Cabl6t0 i t>ulietin. The anoounceraet aroMsed no smail , eotiiusi8sm among the Honoluluaas; and, perX ere wa3 .aot a body of peoplo whieh j h ?i e l th 5 news wich the h ®artJest spprovai and ! wsth the deepest sen se of gratitude and apprecia- ' nf CD i, aS t Hawaiians did. In many quarters j Of thec(ty, and in many places in the Territorv a jdeep sense of satisfaction prevailed among i'he idiffere fl t poiftJcaI factipns of the Hawauan'aee. ,In other words, this most considerate actioii on < the P art ot Presidept G f the Un«ted States ( had touched and moved the very heart of the I aative race of these islands. , Thru this eolumn, and on behalf ol the Puu

hooua o na sii, &n wkieh stands for ihe i,r.:tection of, snd sa a mo«th-piece for the Hawailan. eaee, the Ka Pauhonua o na Hawaii vakes this opportunlty to express to th« Persident oi the United States, "Hon. Woodrow Wilson, and to our SGovernor, Hon. Luctus E. Pinkham, its keenest and waror,est appreci*tion , for the honor bestowed on the Hawaiian race | thru the. appoirtment of cur honored Senator, ; GoI. C. P. laukea a,s secretary of Hawaii. The sigDiiicar;e of this most considerate. action cf our Prēs dent snd Governoris far reachiog in its effect. In (he first plaee, it is a source of gr«st eriCouragement to the Hftv»aiiā"bs al! over this Tcrritory. In the 3edpnd plaee, it is an iaspiration to the Hawaiiins, for, the recognition thus given is going to encour£ge them to aim high and to endeavor to take_the plaee thatright!y belongs to them in thegre«t cosmopolitan life of Hawaii nei. x And in the third plaee, equality in the poli cies of the Unjted States is going tomean more and more to ihe Hawaiian people, especially to the Hawaiian politicans. The appointment hwj estabiished, in a way tha:t was not realized be-i fore, a close and a helpfuil re!stionship betwe®n ] tbe sdministr«tion and the natives of these is!ands. 1 The comments whieh tha .Governor mide ot; the appointment, and whieh are reproduced below, have made an ĪDdelible impress on the minds and the hearts of the Hawaiian le»ders, and those commer,ts will be cherished as indicative of the GorernOr's aloha for, and loya!ty to a dcclinicg rsce in whose existence there is still a ray of hope. Accordiog to the BQl|etin of Jan. 10, ihe Govern.cr saici: 'Tci mar.y yfars I havc realized and re.ccgfiized.thfi stc;:a)cnt duc ,-the Hawaiiaa peop'e acd pi«co m the !and that was or.ee so'ey their o wn. . ■ Ihcy fisve. in soms instances, been and >re

no«' brd;t- l i ci- ?/'d h;,ve "nct ufdcrsCood iiara. vCo*'.';fr<l i, v> \i uon ;u!d heūJtL, henee i'ie v \,e - bs3 lo ,!:■ r.umbers «rd pesitioa. Ci.yy gi~. .f. n);-de eui eaS3'-going pe-;., . V, .it>cq <;r.cfc3. I w; »ijv d v,« reap ? and tbis tac. appitosio ah a al .!oi'S. pfcOfics and individiial. " hc'«iQvec. thtre w?s ~aa opporlunity fo encourrg";, si:<'pire, ano rev!ve a irue spirīt inthe HrfVr-ri;&n ;. l>v ..sccui'3Dg for. them a rtprcsc*.i:..Livr, j(.cū!-d ,ou!y .10 taat o£ gov€rnorHsv. ru, henee I expressed tbe above 3entimeots to tnc noaor-,b!e secretary of the interior and the pres;deat cf the Ur>ited States and recommeoded the appointinent. ?s secretary of tbe Territory 6f Hawaii the nesrest uaiit!ed representative living of the cld raor t grch-y ana 'the preseat territory, Col. Curt : s P. lankea. UTCIUS E. PINKHAM, "Governor } "