Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-03-27
Membership Of the Annexation Club.
Total Population

While temporarily assuming for sake of argument th,
above figures to be bona ride and correct let us examine
them under the light of the Census.
rst, the Aaercas, the made by an American
Superintendent only mustered general total of 1923
and children and according the Customs reports
this number has decreased if anything since the census
barring out of the handful of adventnres imported
from America but not all Americans) by the PROVISIONS
Government soldiers spies Therefore to make III
the l449 Americans claimed BY the Annexation Club we
must take all the above 10 years of age viz 1897 all
the males below 15 viz 100 and still enrole Isl
But even this would be incorrect for the undsputablt
that the Americans the Islands are far from being
all in favor of annexation proved by the signatures
against collected by the Hui Aloha Alma Associations
that In Honolulu alone. at least hundred women more
must have been gathered to the Annexation rolls order
to make for the American who have not joined
thus reach the claimed total Yet at one time the Annex
alton Club very Indignantly denied having accepted
sgnaturfs of American minors, the Punahou boys fol
instance to whom the heroic Rev. () Hosmer teaches
military tactics and the art of sbouderng guns for night
watches instead of the ordinary American curriculum
scientific, literary and biblical studies,
However from the above investg of figures
that the American element of the Annexation Club is
formed of 50 per cent of males Is years per cent OF
male children below 5 and IL per of females the
of whom not given but may be presumed as within
that period favorable to annexation
Now applying this same percentage to the total Member
ship $3.50 in this total the number of males above Il
years must be only 5276 quite quarter of the
total number % III males above 15 living this King
dom (Asatics not included.)!
Passing on to the Hawaans the number 1911 claimed
by the Club modest out of of IA 429 males
over 10 and out of total Hawaiian population of 40 622
but even thus, what does the figure 1911 represent
Leaving the female element ont of the question and
supposng the number to be and composed only
ales 1T must include all the poor devils of employed
In any capacity government public servants, who
with the noble exception of the Royal Hawaiian Ban BOYS
have been obliged to sgn the Annexation roll much
against their hearts desire to their daily bread and
utter; 1t also comprehends probably all the Hawaians in
the ais and all such of the Hawaiian school children who
could be coherced into adhesion by their teachers witness
the hamehameha school boys who said were privately
warned of the penalty of expulsion if they refused to take
the annexation pledge and the teacher another Reverend
oieson by the undaunted lies he uttered in America
mas SHOWN that he was quite missionary enough make
use of his authority the boys to further his ends
Thus it would be exceedingly interesting to know how nv
Hawaians OF legal age did really join the Annexation cub
Voluntarily and not under compuson even msrepre
sentat;on, as W. Wilcox. Prince Kunuiakea and others
did, who manully withdrew as soon as they discovered
their error
Concerning the Portuguese it would also be edying to
ind ont how many Manuel Antono-'hs cross X-were
made to APP the list of the total num-
Der OF Manues or Antonos positively found In the whole
Portuguese coonyl Crosses for terae who cannot
be used to unm"sk the fraud. easily duplicatedN
The Germans and Sctndinavans not worthy of being
enqnred into and in what the members included
in the elastic category of Others rumored to
be names of such dead existing the old voting
Register, the detection of which considered most
unlikely.
Lastly the Club roll is rather discreet about the British
ers only 35l being claimed of total of registered
of 505 But among these $751; there be more
than the usual proportion of minors and women for we
defy the club justify of 351 Britishers fayoring
annexation and piracy.
One remark by taking the Clubs figures and COM
pairing them with the corresponding totals in tie census
find that they indicate that IS per cent of the American
colony belongs the Club. while the other nationaltes
give the following proportions:
Only per cent of the total of Hawaans; Portuguese
only 1e per cent Brtshers only &c per cent Norwegans
30 per cent Germans 40 per cent and Others IS per
cent.
And this shows that with all the possible doctorng
and stretching of fgures for their membership the truth
will aud prove how the sympathies OF the People
stand in regard to annexation
With this unwecome proof and knowing that their rolls
of membership cond st,nd any critical examination,
to be wondered then that the Annexation club refused
to submit them to the scrutiny of Commissioner Bloant
while as significant contrast the Hawaiian Patriotic
not only their hooks with 5000 signatures
all of registered voters Mr. Blount bat left them in his
charge for all the time be needed for full Investigation
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