Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-04
New York Tribune: The United States

New York Tribune: The United States
can never consent to let its influence in
the Hawaiian islands be second to that
of any other power. Mr.. Webster, Mr.
Marcy, Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Evarts, and Mr.
Blaine have each in turn addressed
European cabinets in phrases which
placed US in the position of a protector
ate power, and plainly expressed our pur-
pose to resist and prevent the exercise
of any foreign influence in the islands
superior to or at variance with our own.
1t must be recognized, at least, that We
are close upon the time when the tradi-
tional hostility in the United States to-
ward an extension of authority, if not
also of territory, among the islands near
our coasts must to some extent give way
to the necessities of our increasing COM
merce.
New York Herald One of the first acts
of the new government was to move for
annexation to the United States, and COM
missioners selected for that purpose are
now on their way TO Washington. This
move is natural consequence of the
revolution. There has been growing
sentiment on the part of the foreign ele-
ment there in favor of annexation. This
has been deemed desirable to secure both
stability of government and commercial
prosperity.
New York Press: The American gov
eminent should take prompt and decisive
action. The representatives of every
European power at Honolulu, with the
exception of those of England, have rec
ognized the new form of government.
This should be sufficient to prevent the
interference of the nations. As to Great
Britain, there should be no hesitation on
the part of the administration in vigor-
ously enforcing American rights. The
interests of the United States are para
mount in Hawaii.
San Francisco Examiner: OF course it
is not difficult to discover OBJ ectiOns to
annexation, and unquestionably there are
drawbacks to theacquisition of the group.
But the arguments for annexation are
UNNECESSARILY stronger than those
against. If we do not take the islands,
what are we to do! Play the role of dog in
the manger and deny the whites of Hawaii
the protection of England! The logic of
the situation is perfectly clear. The
United States can not, conformably with
her own interests, refuse the offer that has
been made. There is ample room for
debate as to what form of government we
may most safely give Hawaii, but none at
all a. to tho wisdom, the necessity of an
nexing the islands. The commercial and
naval advantages of the step are too OBJ
vious to need discussion.
Brooklyn Standard Union: The state of
Hawaii may get mixed up in pronuncia-
ton with Ohio and Iowa, but we are will
ing to trust it with our orthoepical con-
gressmen, including Mr.. Cobb.-New
York Morning Advertiser.
The first name is pronounced Hah-wi-ee
(the in the first syllable as in "far') the
third, Iowa, with the II" long and &C.
cented, the rest obscure; and the second
name, it may be necessary to tell some
people, has the accent on the "hi," and all
the voYels long. Guess we can all get
along with the pronunciation. Lots have
the land.
Washington Post: We need no pro-
phet to tell us how the President will
stand upon the Hawaiian question when,
within few days, he shall be called upon
to declare himself. No intelligent OBJ
server of his course during the past four
years need encounter any difficulty in fore
casting his action now. Above every
thing else, Mr.. Harrison Is an American.
His devotion is intense, his national feel
ing is predominant. In every emergency
that arose during the term of his incum-
bency it was made clear as the MONDAY
sun that, in all matters affecting his coun-
try and his flag, he rose far above the
reach of party politics into the purest and
the finest air of patriotism.
Our attitude toward Hawaii has been
made for US by circumstances. To annex
it and to make it part of our scheme of
national development would seem to be
the inevitable evolution of destiny. We
have not sought Hawaii. We have not
intrigued and schemed for its embarass-
ment and distress as England has. 1t has
come to Us by the laws of social and politi-
cal and commercial government. Its inter-
ests are involved in ours, its prosperity
is interviewer with the industrial expan-
sion of the United States. Its social
progress has been shaped upon the
Amt rican standard. Hawaii does not
cast off the letters of one kind of
monarchy 10 put on the shackles of an
o.ner. In her struggle upward toward
the light of liberty and free institutions
she asks for the helping hand of the
American Union, the prophet and the
pioneer Of human happiness. She does