Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1893-09-23
ANOTHER SURPRISE.

called down Into the CABIN and
th-fe pr-s-ut,d with the address Of
the mems Patriotic League. which
Was eonslly with the other an en-
tirs q absplute surprise TO ne.
The truth IS. as | have in my
letters repeatedly reported To you,
ind - table prieted by the Sun
i;self now curiously confirms. the
Hawaiian people are strongly and
almost unanimously opposed to
annexation. and they re and are
deeply grateful t. the HERALD and
to Mr.. Bennett, who fr,m the be-
ginning opposed annexation. and
made known the truth of Hawaii
an affairs.
The Sun gives in table what it
calls "a full statement If the mem-
bsrship of the Annexation Club, ;"
on whose rolls are the names of all
the voters who should be persuad-
I'd or coercsd h sign for annexa-
to-. also. [ have been told. If
number of young people not of age
vote. n ~. the Sun gives the
: Hawaiian" membership for ali
the islands at 075. But the total
number eff native and half-caste or
Hawaiian" voters by the last
census is 1854.
OF these | allowed in my letter
of May, 29,777 as in favor of an
nexatlon. Tue Sun makes it only
29S more, and admits thus on its
own shaving that of the total Of
9.554 Hawaiian" voters only
trifle uore than one-ninth favor
annexation.
SOME INFORMATION
But the Sun ought to know that
the Annexation Club is not careful
whether its signatorieS are all vo-
tiers. Some of them are persons
below age boys. not voters. Nor
is that all. The Sun ought to
know what | know by numerous
cases-that large number of both
whites and natives, being in the
emnloy OF annexationists, lave been
compelled by their employers,
under threat of dismissal and loss
If bread for their families, to sign
the annexation rolls. | know by
PERSONAL conversation at least fifty
such cases-haif of them, however,
whites.
1t mas been foolishly asserted
that | reported without reason that
almost all the natives and half
castles were opposed to annexation.
Bat the Suns figures support my
report, and the Sun gives, sup
nose, the annexaticnist figures.
You may be sure that by this time
very Hawaiian voter who could
be reached or coerced has been
frcea to sign the Annexation Club
lists, for the annexationists were
warned In April by their lingo
trends in the United States that
unless they could get native ma
jprity their G was up, and they
have been putting severe pressure
on the poor natives ever since.
The native newspapers, however,
have constantly asked the provisi
ona govern mrnt to take vote on
annexation. and it is easy to see on
the Suns figures why che provision
ais have refused According to
the Suns table the Annexation
Club numbers total of 5,132, and
this includes non-voters, voters
coerced or lntimidated into signing,
and of the 1865 Americans" a
large proportion who have no
right to vote, not being Hawaiian
citizens. But bundle them all in
and the Suns total is 5,432.
Now, the total number of voters
by the last census is 1888, and
tskrng the Suns figures without
deduction there remain S.131 votes
against annexation--a large ma
jority.
WILL VOTE AGAINST ANNEXATION.
| ought to add that the Austria
liam voting system prevails in Ha-
waii; the ballot is sceret,and when
ever the vote is taken it will. /
believe, be found that considerable
proportion of the coerced white
and native voters viii swell the
Instrumentation vote.
But. after all. the real question
is not what some people IN Hawaii
want hnf what 10 for ha hast srtor