The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-21
SENT BY ANNEXATION CLUBS.
a HONOLULU RESIDEyT VINO COMES
TO GIpE EAC1S dBOUT HAWfJL

States as q representative Of various nnnexa-
tion clubs in the Hawaiian Islands. lie was In
Now York yesterday. saw tho Interesting
sights told a Sun reporter great deal about
annexation. and thon bought his railroad
| ticket for Washington.
Mr.. Oloson has been arosidcn. OF the Hawaii
an Islands for fifteen years. and as n teacher
and q student has carefully watched the grad
ual installation Of a new order OF things. He
was selected by the annexation clubs IA tho
man best ittod to travel through this country
to clear UP doubts as to annexation.
| Tho annexation clubs which represent
no said to THE Sun reporter. have a member
| ship OF O. 600 voters in a total voting population
of12.000. These represent mon of oil national
! tics. including the Hawaiian. Some Of the
clubs. In fact. are Differed by Havaiians. and
tho entire membership is OF Hawaiians. Men
Of all nationallties. including Englishmen.
Germans. Portuguese. and Norwegans. have
| joined these clubs. believing that stability OF
government In that country can only be Sc
| cured BY annexation to the United States.
| This conviction Is due to the growth OF the
| commercial interests OF the United States In
| those islands since the reciprocity treaty OF
| 1875 These commercial interests are so great
| that the aggregate commerce OF tho islands
with the United States amounts to over Sl7.-
100000 per year.
| lne occasion OF the OrRanlzatlon VI tHese
clubs was to disseminate among Hawaiians
correct information as to the bearing ofannex-
alton on their civil rights and property inter-
! ests. A few foreign demagogues. in the early
| days OF this movement for annexation. went
| among the Hawaiians and told them that their
| property would he taken away from them TX
| tho country became annexed to the United
| States, and that they would become little bet
ter than slaves. These clubs have
had published in Hawaiian the United
| States Constitution with the amendments
and have distributed 10000 copies all over the
islands They have also sent out pamphlets
explaining the causes. leading up through the
last twelve years. which eliminated in the act
| Of the Queen in abrogating the old constitu-
ton and endeayorinE to rromulgate new
mont FOL. a permanent stable government
through the avenue OF annexation to the
caaed with reference to the " i9p ps
OF an independent national existence.
at Is sesny e. ~ the great majority OF
most intelligent men OF character among the
Hawaiians, that the only hop. for stability Of
Government lies In the presence in the coun:
Government. The residents Of tn" island DO
troll Of, their local affairs. but they recognize
that the commercial interests OF the islands
We'll as the large in terests Of the worlds com,
merce, are dependent on the assertion OF
and That can alone me- come rom the outside.
THE provisional Government OF the Ha-
All ers al tosuer
tion. In the first place 1t counts as its sup
the INT the TIE
success in furnishing suitable and wise
financial administration. its kindly disposition
con -ervative course toward its opponents have
gained confidence for it among all classes, and
This Government can Be ma intained. how. how:
ever, only at disadvan,age Of military sup:
nhs they SS a aqs
determined to sustain one rather than permit |
h o se in int % s
danger to an tndseendentd in
plications. notably with Japan. Since 1897 the |
Japanese Government has formulated demands |
on the Hawaiian Goyernment, insisting that |
equal suffrage rights with the citizens Of other
nstionalities; The, Japanese in Hawaii now |
own Consul General in Honolulu. are Of such
q low class that. he says, he never saw any ,
however. he. pushes a demand for suffrage
rights. for these people: rights that japan
In the early days s Of the provisional Gov
eminent Japan again pushed her claims for a
IN d Ffhi s IN Ss
tory way: with the JaGanese man. oi:mar Nan
Dor. At the same time. and for the first time
since the japanese came into the country.
Japanese agents were busy among the Japan
frage: For many years especially in Kala-
kaua's reign. there were secret understand
anese officials which have encouraged the
Jananese to look ultimately for some, compli;
under Jaranese Control There IS little doubt H
that had the Japanese pushed their claim be-
psd Sases exc T the
question would have become a very compli-
Gated one. with :Iapan hoeinE the advantage.
with Chief Justice Judd on one occasion in
Why. you don't suppose that there are any
Intelligent white men in this community who
"'Oh. yes said Chief Justice Judd. a good
many intsiiigent white men think that may be
We'll answers the Chief Justice. before
came dGwn here aSa did
puIiicly proclaim ed In Honolul1 that Com
arrival. the royaists said that you were going
to take down the American flag. thing that
Commission did come as the royallsts said.and
the flag came down as the royalists said. and
intend to restore the Queen. there are inteli-
gent men among the annexati9nist. who think
that 1t Is not unreasonable to believe that that
The restoration Of the Queen. however is
rights and liberties OF tho best Anglo-Saxon
element and the best Hawaiian element IN the {
land Such a restoration would mean the re-
OF the re;rogressive forces. which |
would be in the last degree harmful to every E
rarn interest n that land 0n ne CON
would be attracted in large numbers AMI an
Impetus would be given to new industries
This would tend to the establishment Of Anglo
saxon homes and to the increased production I
of coffee and fruits. and other articles, that ! I
you'd In a few years treble the present large
commerce with the ni'ed States. a
The Hawaiian Islands are an ideal home
or Americans as to climate. society sch Dols. >
Ind the comparative ease with which "A living
nay he obtained. II ~ not necessarily q land q
hat must DO relinquished to Asiatic laborers.
The hard working mechanics work tho year I
'ound In those islands with greater comfort to a
themselves than they would nnG In any OF the n
seasons In this country. The average summer
is rs degrees and tho average
sinter Temperature Is " degrees
To show how rapidly tile islands are be-
'oming Anglo-Saxonized--t use q now word
let me show you these statistics from tho I,