The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-07-31
HE GAVE THEM FACTS.
]. A. McCANDLESS REFUTES
THE RoYALISTS.
A Strong and Cogent Plea for the An.
nexation Of the Hawaiian Group
to the United States.

peareo COMMUNICATION ui"iet uC
heading, "The Hawaiian Question"
by Mr. Posey S. Wilson. Mr.. A
McCandless,. who was member Of the
Advisory Council and Committee of
Safety at Honolulu at the tine Of The
revolution there last January, has been
interviewed by the ReUiea0 correspond
ent, having recently arrived from the
Islands, and he takes issue with s,me
of the statements made by Mr.. Wilson,
and as the question is one of general
interest, and as the Revieac always
desires to give all SIDES hear ng and
fair treatment, his statement, if given
place in your columns, will no d"ubt
throw additional light upon this ques-
ton.
Regarding the assertions Of Mr..
Wilson, that 'the quarrel there now is
apparently over the spoils; the Pro
visiona Government is made up Of a
lot of men claiming citizenship here,
yet ambitious to rule there or annex
the Kingdom to the United States, and
some Englishmen or Americans who
have always been influential with the
King and Queen" Mr.. McCandess
SAYS that S. B. Dole, the President,
has resigned from the supreme bench
to accept this place at a less salary.
w. o. Smith, Attorney General, gave
up lucrative law practice to stand by
the new Government. S. M. Damon,
Minister of Finance, is of the banking
firm of Bishop & Co., the largest
financial concern on the Islands, and
they all enjoy the highest social stand
ing. Captain J. A. King, Minister Of
the Interior, is superintendent of the
Wilder Steamship Company and, like
all the others, took the responsibility
he did from high sense Of duty only.
The Advisory Council was made up
much as board of trade is in any live
town, and is composed of the most
public spirited and patriotic men of all
nationalities, and they are giving their
services without any compensation.
To show the class of men who stand
under the banner of annexation, the
following classification of the taxpayers
of the Hawaiian Islands was pointed
out by Mr.. McCandless. 1t appears
in the HAWAIIAN STAR Of June II,
1893, and is a list of men assessed
for over $Io, 900, and is taken from the
official tax books. 1t shows that the
Annexationists pay $a3,4oS,42o; di.
vided Companies who are partly fol
and partly against annexation), $5,I27,
60; doubtful, $I,15I,67s; RoyaI'sts
$a,aSo,ao3; Republicans, $a7o,87a.
The natives and half castles paid last
year one seventh of the tax Of the
Hawaiian Islands, the Americans and
Europeans paying the other six
seventies. This is a statement fron
the tax office and was furnlsh,d at tn,
request of Commissioner Biount Their,
is not a native Hawaiian h ldig 6
business license in the city # Homo
lulu and they do not contribute to ths
.city's Golfers.
Referring to your contr butor's asser
ton that the autonomy of kingdom
is guaranteed, Mr.. McCandless declares
he is misinformed, and he quotes fir n
the official report of the state depart
ment, 1893, entitled, "Papers Relatr
to the Annexat n of the Hawaiiar
Islands to the United States" which
says treaty between England anc
France was signed November 20, I843
wherein they agreed NEVER TO taxi
possession or interfere, but the Unitet
States REFUSED to join them then, ant
it again refused like overtures on Feb
IS, 1889, Secretary Bayard declining
Mr. Wilson says: England, prob
ably, has no designs on the islands, f,
a British Admiral years ago rails, d hi
country's flag there, taking possessi
only to have his act disayowed by tn
Government"
This same state department dccu
ment says that Lord George Paulet, @
the ship Carysfort, raised the Britis
flag in I843. on account of som
fancied wrong to one of the Queen
subjects. Admiral Thomas, who wa
lying at Valparaiso at the time, arrive
at Honolulu soon after and prompt
lowered the flag, and put up the Ha
waiian flag and saluted it.
Further, on July IL, 1887, Cevt
land sent dispatch mo. say to Mr.
lister Merrill to land troops to prote;
American lives and property and
keep American interests in the ascend
ency.
AS to the outrageous " reciproclt
treaty referred to by Mr.. Wilson, Nj
McCandless thinks these figures spes
for themselves. Since the treaty wer
into effect SIS 900, 900 has been save
to the Hawaiian Islands in duties II
mitted, and the export trade from S
Francisco to the Islands is second onl
to Great Britain. The Government
to-day running inside Of expenses fc
the first time in twelve years, and 1t
in every way superior to any they eve
ha1 thara