The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-03-23
ANNE NATION.

Views of Leading Journals on the Pro-
Posed Annexation OF the Sandwich
Islands.
The treaty which was negotiated with
secrecy and haste, and which Mr.. Har-
risOn was so eager to get beyond recall
or modification by his successor, was
tainted with suspicion of intrigue and
jobbery. The anxiety to get IL through
che Senate before the other side OF the
story of the revolution could be heard
deepened the impression that the in
terests of the United States would be
best served by thorough investigation
before the traditional policy of the
country was abandoned for one entirely
different.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Mr.. Cleveland and MIR. Gresham are
going to he careful that the sugar
plantation barons are not going to spec
ulate themselves into bilionaires
through annexation. Mr.. Harrison
might have name for himself by
adopting the same conservative course.
He chose, however, to hastily scribbe
treaty and tempt TO rush it through
regardless of the consequences. That
treaty is now in the Presidents inside
pocket Kansas City Zines,
Time viii afford a sufficient and sat
isfactOry explanation OF the with
drawal of the Hawaiian treaty from
the Senate by Mr. Cleveland. This act
doubtless means that IL Is the intention
of the government to obtain a more
acurate knowledge of the condition of
affairs in Hawaii than was In posses
sion Of Mr.. Harrison ana Secretary
Foster when the treaty was framed
which they submitted to the Senate -
Kansas City Star.
In withdrawing the Hawaiian an
neXatiOn treaty from the Senate Presi-
dent Cleveland has done exactly the
right thing. The whole weight of the
Consequences involved IN the ratlliCa-
ton of that treaty would have rested
upon this administration. President
Harrison rushed ahead without full and
unbiased information, obeyiug, as IL
seemed, vague Impulse TO show off
his AmeTicanism. Springfield (MasS }
Republican.
Mr.. Cleveland is protectinp the treas
ury of his country. All that the ad-
vOcstes Of snHeXation In Hawaii really
wanted was the opportunity to share
in the bounty which the United States
gives for the production of sugar on
American territory. MT Cleveland is
opposed To bOunties, and, therefore,
very consistently declines to extend
them to the Pacific islaud5.-TOronto
Mail.
1t is evident that President Cleveland
Is no believer in helter-skelter anneXa-
tiOn. He means that the representa-
tives of the depOsed sovereign of Hawai-.
shall have fair hearing, as we'll as the
representatives of the provisional gov
ernment which has been set up in Hon
Olulu.-BOston Globe.
This annexation plot should be de-
feated now. 1t should not obtain a
chance for revival in any form. Our
national interests demand no such dan
gerous experiment. If we are to set
forth on the road to territorial conquest
there is no knowing where we may end.
st. Paul Dispatch.
Mr.. Cleveland undoubtedly intends
to do precisely what President Harrison
ought to have done-that is, devote
enough time and care to the subject to
be sure that he is doing what the best
interests of the country require.-New
York Times.
President Cleveland's action will give
the opportunity for seemly deliberation
and of careful, Independent investiga-
tion of the actual status of affairs in
Hawaii before swallowing the sugar
coated morsel. Philadelphia Record.
The administration may or may not
think it best to join the Sandwich
islands to the United States, but the
people will be better satisfied with de-
lay.-Butfalo News.
On the whole the president has done
right in giving the people chance in
forming an opinion on the vexed sub.
ject.-Pittsburg Chronicle. Telegraph.