The morning call., 1893-02-16
ALL TURNING ONE WAY.
Everybody on the Islands Is Now for
Annexation.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The following
dispatch from the Minister to Hawaii was
made public by the State Department to-
day:
United States Legation. Honolulu, Feb
ruary l. 1893 received February IA. P. NJ ].
"To John ". Foster, Secretary Of State
SIR: Everything is moving on here quietly
The Provisional Government is discharging
its responsibilities with frmness. discretion
and In spirit of concilation and magma
nimty. The annexation sentiment has
constantly increased since the departure Of
the commissioners for Washington, and
with healthful earnestness Is taking posses
sion Of all classes. Nearly all the German.
the larger proportion of the respecta BILE
and responsible English and almost the en-
tire Portuguese population are for
annexation. This inclination of the
Portuguese Is quite important, for they
number 1000 or 5000, and are among the
most industrious and saving people in the
Islands. as to the terms Of annexation, [
still adhere firmly TO the opinion expressed
in my dispatch No. "a that the sugar bounty
70 be paid to the Hawaiian sugar planters
should be limited to 6 mills per pound-S12
per ton-sO long and only so long as the
United States bounty system shall be main
talned. To the objection that this allows
only S12 per ton on Hawaiian sugar,
would say that the Hawaiian planters get
twice the amount per acre that the louisi-
ana planters do on the average, and, as
said In my dispatch No. "A, the con sensus
OF opinion among the leading planters here,
obtained by me five or six months since
was and is that S12 per ton bounty will
place all the plantations worth maintain
Ing on the road to financial safety and sue
cess.
As to the form Of Government for the
Islands, l now only vary from the views
expressed in my dispatch "a as to incline
strongly to the opinion that the beginning
should be substantially like that Of Presi-
dent Jefferson and Congress in respect Of
Louisiana in the act of 1904 UNITED States
Statutes at Large, page 283). only differing
from that by providing in addition to the
Governor an Attorney General. a Commits
sioner of Finance, Commissioner of the
Interior and Legislative Council of thir-
teen or fourteen. all to be appointed by the
President unless it should be deemed best
for the Governor TO appoint the Attorney
General and the Commissioners OF Finance
and OF the Interior, who would be practi-
cally Cabinet Of three to aid the Governor
TO carry on the Government. This plan and
method of Government could be maintained
as transition Government until experience
should prove 1t best TO change to more
popular torn. In the meantime the re-
sponsible voters would rapidly increase and
American ideas and interests would gain in
force and value.
My private consultations with the Pro-
Yisional Government since the departure of
the commissioners for Washington has led
me to think highly Of the Jefferson act OF
1904 for Louisiana as transition expedient
for Hawaii. This would allow affairs to
move along on safe and conservative lines
until time and experience demand some
thing better. l: would be fortunate to have
such man as Sanford B. Dole, the present
head OF the Provisional Government, for
the first American Governor Of Hawaii.
As to the liquidation Of all the political
claims Of the fallen Queen and the Crown
Princess may be allowed TO suggest that
the spirit and import of the March treaty
plan of 1854 had better be adopted. This
plan authorizes the expenditure of 100000
for like purposes. / therefore suggest that
If liquidation of this kind be now under
consideration $4,000 should be allowed as
total sum for this purpose. OF this S70.-