The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-09-30
Sugar.

rifugals, 50 degrees, 8 27-32 cents; gram
ulated, 18-1O0 cents.
The San Francisco market is steady
and at unchanged prices. The demand
is very good.
On the 10Th inst. the beet sugar
manufacturers were we'll represented
before the house committee on ways
and means. The chief speaker was
Oxnard of Nebraska, president of the
American Beet Sugar Association. He
said congress had no moral right to
repeal the sugar bounty clause of the
Mckinley law. Il. r. Cutler of Utah,
f. L. Fowler and III. G.. Hecht of Cali
fornia also spoke against the repeal of
the bounty provision. John Dymond
of Louisiana also strongly protested
against the repeal of the sugar bounty
law. J. III. Hubbard spoke for the
Louisiana rice planters, and urged the
committee not to reduce the tariff
duties on rice.
Perkins and the Hawaiian Matter.
A despatch from Washington dated
the 10Th, says:
An entirely new and in some re-
spects startling plan was suggested
here today for final disposition of the
Hawaiian islands. In brief it is that
those islands be annexed to the Uni
ted States, and then be attached to
California as a part of that state. Claus
Spreckels has been in Washington
since Sunday. Today he was guest
of honor at q lunch given by several
senators in one of the senate commit
tee rooms. Spreckels was accompanied
by Oxnard Brothers of Nebraska,
sugar manufacturers. The senators
present were Allison, Gray, Hale,
German, Henderson, Hawley, White
of Louisiana, and Perkins.
1t was an informal social affair.
Conversation drifted to the Hawaiian
problem. Perkins suggested the plan
outlined above. "Why would it not
be good policy" he said, addressing
himself to no one in particular, "to
annex the Hawaiian islands to Cali
formal" This interrogatory attracted
the quick attention of every one pres
ent. 'T mean this; 1 believe this the
best plan that can be evolved to settle
the Hawaiian imbroglio."
Perkins explained how the Islands
of San Miguel, Santa Rasa, Santa
Cruz and Santa Catalina groups,
which are from ten to twenty miles
distance from the mainland, have
been annexed to and made part of
California. Perkins held that if ISL |
ands twenty miles away could be an
nexed and made part of state with
benefit to the state and to the islands,
there was no reason why group 800
or even 1000 miles away should not be
treated in the same manner with IKE
beneficial results. The Hawaiian
group, il annexed to California, would
be divided into counties and judicial,
legislative and congressional districts,
the same as other sections of the state. |
Perkins remarks were listened to |
with the deepest interest. When he |
concluded, Allison said: I" Do you |
know, gentlemen, that some such |
scheme as this has been running |
through my mind for several months;
I will state frankly, however. that L
have never thoroughly outlined just
what would be the proper plan to Ioi-
low in this matter in my own nina.
1t seems to me, however, tnaI we
whole subject has been completely |
solved by the suggestion maze ny
Senator Perkins"
Some of the senators did not take
the matter as entirely serious at IlrSt' |
but they became serious enough pc
fore the party departed. eff this plan |
can be carried out successfully" sug-
gested Hawley, "there are certain ISL
ands in the Atlantic that L would oe
very much pleased to have put under
the Jurisdiction of Connecticut"
1ind I know of certain islands, |
too.n broke in Gray of Delaware,
''that would add greatly to the size OF
the little state L represent III tney
could be attached to it, that are really
under no state jurisdiction at TINS
time. They are not far from the
shores of my state, either"
Conversation here became genera,
and many ideas were auVauceu III
connection with Hawaii that 1t ls I'M
possible to secure from any or those
who attended the luncheon.
Thursfon and Spreckels.
Nothing startlingly new in regard
to Hawaiian annexation has deVel-
oped in the past ten days at Washing
ton. Claus Spreckels arrived there on
the nth 10 Law before the admlnlstra,
ton and the senate his views in regard
to the Hawaiian situation anu the
duty of the American government.
He expressed freely his well-known |
sentiments. al am opposed to annexa-
tion," said he. n am opposed to the
American government stepping in ana |
sealing away the rights of the natives
4awaii, who, in overwhelming |
ma}txSare opposed to annexation.
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