The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-14
WELCOME HA WAH

Secretary Of State Foster can de
part for Europe in g!ee. He has
helped his country 10 annex Hawail
in the shortest possible time com
patible with diplomatic etiquette.
President Harrison's message to the
Senate is z model OF concise good
sense, and as the most important act
of his administration viii tiDge Its
last DAYS with the roseate hue OF
great but peaceful victory. The few
Congressmea who still denounce an
nexation az an outrage can retire
within themselves and submit like
good citizens to the will Of the major
lty. Time will open eyes which
would have needed no opening had
their possessors studied the needs of
the Pacific Coast at shorter range
than three thousand miles. There IS
no legislator 50 hopeless as he who
has never travelled outside Of his own
bailiwick. II is one thing to repre-
sent district, quite another to repre-
sent a nation extending across a
continent and bounded by the world s
great oceans.
Il is q strange delusion ID claim
that the late Hawaiian revolution
was inspired by Mr.. Claus Spreckels-
That this gentleman owns sugar
plantations in Hawaii is true enough !;
it is equally true that he knew nothing
about the upheaval Of the monarchy
until the news reached San Fran
cisco. The Queen alone is to blame
for her own overthrow. As already
stated in this review, she wanted
more power, and certain favorltes
helped her TO believe that 1t could
readily be obtained by a coup d etat.
Monarchs are never told the truth by
their courtiers, who retain place by
burning the grateful incense Of fiat
terry. 1t is almost certain that one or
two of the Cabinet gave the Queen
assurances of support, and that she
reckoned on the final adhesion oi
all. At the eleventh hour Queen
Liliuokalani learned that subjects
can be as changeable as soverelgns
and great was the fall thereof.
There is DO denying that ever
since the passage of the Mckinley
bill there has been great discomfort
in Hawaii because there has beer
poverty. The planters have had az
money: as they make the wealth o
the islands, nobody has had money
But this discomfort never would haV'
resolved itself into revolution, be
cause the taxpayers are too lntelll
gent to believe that two wrongs max
right. They looked forward hope
fully TO repeal of the tariff thel
reason taught them could not, last
consequently they saw no partleuie
bait in a sugar bounty sure to g
down with a tariff that ere9teed9 IT,
/ President Harrison's endorsement
of Minister Stevens shows how vel
the latter has fulfilled the expecta
tions Of Mr.. Blaine, whose friend n
was and to whom he owed his az
pointment. AS Minister to Swedel
and Uruguay, Mr.. Stevens had a
ready won his spurs In diplomacy
while as a man of letters he ha
shown capacity in his "Life Of Gu:
tavus Adolphus." Journalists SHOULD
especially rejoice that it should hav
J fallen to one of their guild to add 8
bright star to the flag of our Unioi
Mr.. Stevens succeeded Mr.. Blaine
editor of the Kennebec journal an
is one more proof that the pen
, mightier than the sword.
: What sort of government Hawa
: has eventually may be safely left
Congress. The dominant element
5 these beautiful islands is too Amer
can and too conservative to nee
much government of any sort. A
+ they want are stability and liberty
r mind their owD business, unhampere
e by irresponsible despotism. Alasl
has gone on for twenty-six years Wit
no government to speak OF, yet tiN
thousand Americans have venture
to settle in an arctic province more
mote from the Republic than OF
newly acquired islands. 1t matte
!, far less what form of government
s adopted than what manner of me
It administer that government. A
If venturous carpet baggers are mar
: and persevering. Let Uncle Sa
beware of repeating the mistak
= made in the South at the close OF ii
civil war. Send statesmen, n
n greedy politicians, to Hawaii. l.
/, home rule prevail as far as compa
o BILE with WISDOM Kate Fielo
e Washington.