The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-03
THE PASSING THRONG.

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THE PASSING THRONG.
| Col Volney V. Ashford, who was commander
| OF the military forces OF King Kalakaua, OF the
| Hawaiian islands, mp to the death OF that mon.
| arch, 10 at the Grand. Col. Ashford Ia q Cana
| dian by birth, though he served during the
| American rebellion in the Shenandoah CAM
| paign in the Twenty.hrst New YORK cavalry. He
| was also commander of the only e. A r post
out OF the United States up to two years ago.
| 1t was located in Honolulu. He has resided
in the islands for eight years and Is lawyer BY
profession. "The question of annexation to the
| United States" he said last night. "has become
| one of great consequence since the passage OF
the Mckinley act The United States has for
long time had practical free trade with the Is
| lands. This amounted to incorporating the
| islands, commercially speaking with the COM
mercial system OF this country and giving the
| Hawaiians the benefit of American protection,
since they had . free market here for their
| sugar. which others did not have. With the
Mckinley bill and the repeal OF sugar duties en-
| tirely by the United States, Hawaiian sugar has
| no better show than any other; In other words,
| ~ cents per pound or $50 per ton has be n
subtracted from the price of every particle
Of sugar made in the islands. General stagna-
ton and loss has resulted. Now, Ii anne cation
were to follow. the islands would again be as
ties paid to domestic sugar growers would re-
store former conditions The move for annexa-
ton Is thus . commercial and business one, you
see. There Is, OF course a sentiment both for
and against annexation in the islands them
selves. OF course, the present dynasty and
those interested In its maintenance are opposed
to any change The real reason why the move
ment does not amount to anything 10 that there
is such utter indifference on the part of the
Americans themselves If there were any de-
cided Manifestation of feeling here, depend
upon it there would soon be party there that
would be situated SO ~ to make the first move
toward anna Ration. There might have to be
some show of force to bring about this result;
force in Hawaii, mean, not on the part of the
United States. Our system of jurisprudence in
the islands is closely assimilatet to that OF
Englsh-speaking countries. The constitution
prov ides that the common law of England and
the general trend Of decisions in the courts of
last resort i'll England and the United States shall
be the law of the land. There is an important
qualification to this, however, giving the courts
OF the Hawaiian islands power to vary the COM
mon law and the Anglo-Americsn decisions
where deemed proper TO preserve ancient Gus
toms Of the Hawaiian people. This wide quail
fcation opens the door to much uncertainty in
law"
H. wolseley Hutson. OF the Riverside Trust
Company and of the Riverside Fruit Company,
the Northern yesterday. II am just returning
| from months absence to the szene OF our
operations at Riverside. / hear that the orange
crop is very good this year. Lemons are likely
| to begin to attract attention soon. The 2rice
obtained il a!luring, being about three times per
crate that of oranges. The land does not yield
quite SO much in quantity per acre and the
| plant is much more sensitive than the orange.
Oranges will stand q short spell of cold as far
down as 10 degrees below freezing, Fahrenheit.
| That is to say, the tree will resist If
such spell be q very short one With lemons
understand it is quite different They will
stand little or nothing OF this. Ours Is an Eng
| lish company, and am connected with both
| the land and trust company. 1t is remarkable
how the Barring failure still affects the business
1t is terribly hard to get any money out of Eng
| land now for legitimate business, though this
Barring disaster 10 now two years old" Mr. Hut
| son 10 an Englishman and a cousin OF Lord
Wolseey, the well-known English soldier.
| l. II. Jansen, of Ellensburg, secretary and
general manager of the Swauk Bed Rock
| Flume Company, was at the Arlington yester.
| day. sour job he said yesterday. Consists in
| hydrauickng the swauk from where il empties
in the Yakima river to the mouth OF First creek,
a distance OF six miles. The bed OF this stream
| has been known for seventeen years to contain
| gold. and We are going to carry out the first
| comprehensive attempt to get at it 1t is more
| We shall have chance to do about as many
| miles more for independent parties, far,
| doubtless, as Williams creek, or Ray be up to
Medicine gulch. Placering and hydraulic work
| Is going on this summer and some good nuggets
have been taken out We have the great advan-
| tage OF being able to work nearly the whole
year. We are not fairly to work yet. but will be
| in few weeks"
Washington Hogle, father OF Capt. George
- 1lta Fx~A Hnus ,,aN NuAv In
very happy by the receipt Of a notice from the
| United states pension department., informing
| him that he has been allowed an increase OF
| pension. He is now " years of age. He went
| into the volunteer services from Pennsylvania
| during the early days of the war OF the rebel.
| lion and served for four years and four month";
| He received a gunshot wound in the head at the
| battle of Pit,sburg Landing, which left its mark
on him to this day. In October, 1891, he applied
| for increase and has now received notice
| that from that time his pension has been iu-
| creased from So 70 81 per month. He says il
| makes his old heart feel glad to think that the
| present standardization does so well by the men
| who risked their lives for the salvation OF the
| Union.
| Capt f. s Edwards and wife and Hon. T. A.
| Stevens, wife and daughter. OF Portland,
| rived in the city yesterday morning from Vic
| toria on the steamship Haytian Republic. They
left on the steamer in the afternoon at o'clock
| Tor Tacoma While here the party were the
| guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Stewart Capt Ed
wards has been United States inspector OF steam
vessels of the Willamette district for years. and
| Mr. Stevens has served Multnomah county in
the capacity of prosecuting attorney for several
terms. Their trip is one solely for pleasure and
| recreation. After visiting Wha.con and Fair
| haven they will return home.
Rev J. R. ". Bell, of Independence. Or,
| eI member OF the Oregon Railway Commission,
| and former owner OF the Rosebure Reriels the
West Side independence, an indepau sance paper,
and also of the Oregon School Joarssdi Is at the
| piller DIR. Bel is "a able preaeher az well as
| brilliant newspaper man anu politician.
| William e Walk. of " Arlington, special clerk
| in charge OF the Oregon and Washington gen.
eraI land Office; z O. Slavery. !r., OF the Oregon
| Office, and sapt. L @. Randall. o. the Vancouver,
| Wash, Office, are 1t tie DilIer.
Sour Grapes and Secession.
Orting Oracle.
| sob, yes, there IS great disanecticn in Repub-
! licsn ranksi' Visit for few moments, rs the
| OrGcle did, the Republican headquarters at
/ Tacoma Observe, we noticed, the secretary
| and his assistants answering hundreds 0! letters
| daily from al PORTIONS OF the state. Orators
| rendering their services; cities. towns, COM
| launities asking for speakers 10 be "billed" at
| their halls and churches. Whole sections ask
ing for Republican literature and che requests
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