The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-02-21
HAWAII SHOULD Be ANNEXED
Thar Is the Belief OF william @.
Irwin, SprsckelS' Partner.

be thought Il the news from Hawaii,
and what the prubsble Consequences
Of the revolution woald be. be said :
Mich 81 what ! have seen IN the
evening newspapers i news - NE.
for left Honolulu on December 9Th.
When I came swsy SD wsS peace
able enough, although there hsye
been Signs of trouble for the LAST i've
yeSrs. The Queen Is 50 educated
snd cultivated woman. but. ike ST
members OF S dsrk rsee, she Is in
clined 70 - visionary, and 10 prefer
the present spp21euF good = hard
cash or otherwise. L following the
principles q sound finance sDi
stStesmsnship- She had salary OF
$4,000 and S handsome pSlsce 10
live IN which cost over $4,000; anG
II she could hsye been content -
sbide by the Constitution. which
guaranteed prosperity. sli would
hsve gone smoothly. But she has
been inclined II eolUetts with al-
sorls q Wild schemes For instsnce,
opium ! eouIabGr6 = HsvEli. Sha
hiss been offered large s1Us-Sll<lNl0
Or so-fo- the privilege q dealing II
opium. and ste hss wanted = make
terms with persons y that trade.
As 3 matter y tzcI. opium = Snug
gled II srest quantities, ard : 81
most IS cheap IS Il It's sale we're Cot
forbidden by law. ! have sometimes
thought that i might b better
public policy - license he t-21s. -
that the Government might get s
revenue ous Of i instead Of allowing
the smugglers . goobls i sll- How
ever. I hEve pot adyocass1 any slcn
measure.
The matter q tie lottery Is IN
doubte3ly Whist h2s precipitsted this
trouble; OF. rather. II : the LAST
straw which has broken the patient
peoples bzck. Al the Queens sd
Tisers have warned her aga;nst car
ryirg her Wild schemes agsiust the
Judgment snd wishes Of members Of
her Cabinet. But Cab;nets hsve
succeeded esch other very rapidly N
HswSii Of recent years. have been
S member Of the Queens Privy
Council and have always tried 70
advise her sgainst her visionary
schemes The fact Is. We white PEG
ple had 10 take 1ru stand with The
old King. halsksus- We drew up
good Constitution. such IS would /
tead 10 protee: the general pesce OF /
the islands snd took ! % him and 4.
inside him sign l. After thst he vss 1
pretty we'll satisfied. since he hsd /
enough money 10 plsy poker with 1
and all the champagne ne could /
drink. but there fingered II his /
mind some little resentment He 1
wss not quite King. IS be hai /
been
i an Claus Sp-eckeIs partner.
and 1 suppose our sugar business
constitutes shout oce-third CT the
whole output Of sugar IN the island. 1
We prod1ce perhaps 5000 tons out
Of the total Of $4,000 tons l have
lived there thi-ty-tve yesrs. snd We
carry q banking business and E
commission house Now. such
interests IS these naturally hgye
weight with the ruler. srd We
nave succeeded y - iniuen-
cling the Qzeen's EcEocs S TO
keep things gong OF s fairly even
keel. until now. List November We
did No. Ike the wy things we're
going. and l. with 8 number OF
others. went . see the Queen We
told her she must sppo;nt better
Cabinet and she did 50. II sppesrs
that since I have been sway iron
she has TUNED things over
srsin ard Ec II some second ra.e
men. who have evidently advised her I
50 badly thst- to put L vs-y mildly. /
she hsd made s tstsl mistake | an
SONY for the Queen. tor she 5 E
charming E0Csn u many Esys ard /
) friend OF ny family. b-1 clearly
she hiss gone TOO isr-
As 10 The olleone- I only know
his Il Hawaii : 70 have any other
thsn her own Il must be
hat Of the United States I wish We
,o1ld hsTe -un slung IS We were We
we're eontsnted- We we're practically
n American colony. fo- Americans
,En fully threeqQsrIe-s q the busi-
less done there. Life snd property
Te-e vel protected under our old
We had good courts OF
sw. were Ell disputes we're settled
promptly and Justly We had light
sxes-the property tsx vas only !
,er cent I think, lsst yesr. As TO the
English residents, the best ot feeling
.ss slEzys prevailed between them !
nd the Americans Their properly
interests IN HsEzl SIRE considerable. ,
Z course. but not CREST compared
nth those Of Americans Indeed l
link the Gerusn property Interests
~ quite IS lsrge IS those q the
.rSAish-
7Ot courss. wherever Great Britain :
81 any commercial Interests 81 al, [
he Is azEo-s 70 DGlEzln hsr Owl I
an II TIE Government But I csn- I
o Sc wherein she hss suy specisl
lain uroa the isisz6s- She : spec5-
Nv interested. 10 doubt OF account !
|. the relztIo-s q ths Islands With :