The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-31

A NEW MENACE FROM WITHOUT.

A correspondent of good standing in
San Francisco, and interested i'm Ha-
waiian prosperity, expresses mach
concern at the decided turn of opinion
among leading Democrats in San
Francisco as regards the Hawaiian
treaty. They have ascertained, he
writes, that Hawaiian officials are
intriguing at Washington with
Blaine and the Republican party, as
though Blaine and not Cleveland
were President. This is irritating to
the Democrats, and the disposition
among their leading members in San
Francisco is to drop the treaty, under
the belief that a financial panic
would follow here which would force
the Islands into the power of the
United States, without any expendi-
ture of money and without much
trouble. It is also stated that the
present tendency of the Hawaiian
policy is to offend the party in power
and to bring about a collapse very
speedily by forgetting that the DEM
ocrats are in power and Cleveland is
President.
This ia brief is the statement of
our well-infOrmed correspondent, and
1t tallies in the main with advices re-
ceived from other sources of infOrma-
ton. 1t is of such a character, how
ever, as to demand prompt attention.
To begin with, it may be stated that
there Is no possible ground for the
suspicion of political intrigue at
Washington, as appears to be sur
missed by California Democrats. AS
q matter of fact, our diplomatic rep
resentatiSn at Washington has not
been full, except for a very brief
period, since Mr.. Cleveland's election
to the Presidency, as the following
dates will show: Minister Carter
sailed from New York for Bremen
May goth, and returned to New York
August 1st. After spending a few
weeks in Washington Mr.. Carter paid
visit to Boston, and could not have
returned to Washington at the time
the statements referred to were made.
He is now again abroad. and it is safe
to say that he is far too discreet to do
anything which would give rise to
such rumOrs.
The Hon. J. Mott Smith, Special
Hawaiian Commissioners, has had no
opportunity for political intrigue even
if he had been So minded, because he.
has been almost continuously en-
ployed at the New Orleans and
Louisville International ExpOsitions
in charge of the Hawaiian sections.
DR.. ]. Mott Smith went to New
Orleans in January and remained
there till late in June. Leaving
there he made q tour of some dura-
tor in the Southern States, and after
a brief stay i'm Washington went t.
Louisville in August, where he has
been ever since. His intrigues, il
any, must have been with the leaders |
of the Democratic party, but it is all
surd to suppose that either DR.. Smith
or His Excellency Mr.. Carter took
any active part in American politics
The only other Hawaiian official !
in America, except the various Con-
suls, is Mr.. Daggett, who holds
In regard to a matter
wholly out of the sphere of contem
poFary politics. This gentleman
had never been in Washington at all
rom the time he left here to the date
when these statements can have
arisen. He left Nevada for Washing
on on the 5th instant to undertake
ais duties.
So far as the political ieaniBgs of
be present. Hawaiian Administers
ion is concerned, whatever political
las the Premier and Secretary for
'oreign Affairs may possess it GER
sinly is not with the Republican
arty, Mr.. Gibson being from the
almef' roo