The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-07

owes a debt of gratitude to the Amer
can Minister, whose dispatches have
rendered such Invaluable service to
our cause. They evince candor and
truthfulness, and an insight into
character which are not often met
with, while they prove the necessity
of the revolution, and vindicate the
character of it's leaders. He rendered
US another important service by call
ing out the letter of specifications or
Jan. 9Th, which is a valuable contribu-
ton to the history of the past year.
1t shows the interest felt in the SUBJ
| ject, and the enterprise Of the Amerl-
can press that on the arrival of the
Honolulu papers in San Francisco,
the whole of the famous letter of
specifications, containing 1000 or 5000
words, was teIegraphed in full and
appeared in all the leading journals Of
the United States the next morning.
What is more, it was widely read.
The side-splitting farce played at
! the annual dinner of the Washington
GridirOn Club, which is composed of
forty newspaper correspondents,
showed their contempt for the policy
of restoration, just as the wonderful
ovation paid to Mr.. Thurston at the
Loyal League banquet on Lincoln's
army aud navy officers.
The final report of Senator Morgan
with the mass of sworn evidence that
accompanies it, which appeared on
February Goth, has entirely super
seeded and discredited the BlounG re-
port in public opinion.
1t deals, as Senator Morgan means
it should not merely with the past but
with the future, and is intended to
pave the way for closer relations be
tween the two republics in time to
come. AS is fully understood in
Washington the effect of the Nc
Creary and Turpie resolutions is to
declare a virtual protectorate over
these islands. Special privileges i'm
ply special responsibilities, and it is
not to be denied that the United
States is at the present mo-
ment held responsible by the
public opinion of the civilized
world for the fate of these islands.
By warning other powers not to inter
fere, it necessarily assumes a certain
responsibility in the premises, at least
as regards the interests of their sub
jects, even if those of its own citizens
are disregarded. The action of both
houses of Congress shows their unwil-
lingness to renounce this exclusive
claim with all the possibilities
which logically result from it. The
fact is that General Sickles' speech eX-
pressed the feeling of the mass of the
American people: "They will never
consent that these islands shall be-
come an advanced post of Asia and
Asiatic civiliZation.n
have been asked to say word on
the prospects of the United States
tariff. No man living can predict the
outcome of the present contest in Con-
gress. The character of the bill changes
almost from day to day. The bill as
first drawn up involved a deficit of
sixty or seventy millions. The House
of representatives added an income
tax and abolished the bounty on sugar,
leaving that interest without any pro-
lection. That meant absolute ruin to
Louisiana and no benefit to Hawaii.
The Senate subcommittee were still
wrestling with the problem at last
accounts. Nothing was said about
restoring the bounty, but O. PROPOSE
ton was being considered to lay a
duty Of cent and upwards per
pound on sugar. This would do no
good if the reciprocity conventions
with Germany and Spain, under the
Mckinley Act, remained in force. It
was, therefore, proposed not only to
give them notice of the termination
of these conventions, but also to give
a similar notice to this country. AS
our treaty is of a different nature from
the others mentioned. and carries
with it AL the special privileges
claimed by the United States in these
islands, it is very unlikely that such
an article can pass the Senate.
While the re-impOsitiOn of duty
on sugar would be a boon to this
country, yet the abolition of the
bounty by this Congress is of more
vital Importance to us in the long
run. AS long as that bounty stands,
it is not only unjust to the mass of
the American people, but it is an
efectual bar to annexation. For no
intelligent man dreams that the
United States ever can or ought to
pay bounty to the sugar-planters of
these islands; at the same time it is
hard to see how any territory of the
United States could be excluded from
the operation of a Federal law.
1t is therefore ''devoutly to be
wished" that the Wilson Bill may
pass in some shape, without the de-
tested bounty clause, before the DEM
ocrats lose control of both houses of
Congress. We can continue to live as
a duty on sugar, but the continuance
of the bounty system means that
Uncle Sans door will remain locked
against us for some years longer.
There are many resemblances be-
tween our history and that of Texas,
and | think we shall complete the
parallel. Texas was twice rebuffed,
and had to sail under the Lone Star
flag for nine years, but it was brought
in at last by the irrepressible desire of
the people of the United States, and so
shall.we be.
A vote Of thanks was passed for
the able speech of Prof. Alexander.
DR.. n. B. Emerson, E. Towse
and ]. a. McCandless also made
addresses. President Murray. spy
ing Dan Logan, the Bulletin edi-
tor, III the audience, called on him
for a speech. Great applause fol-