Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-14
The Great 0bjector Gives His Views
Upon Political Matters,
DEMOCRACY'S MISTAKE as TO HAWAII
BeIIigerent Rights Should Be
Granted to Cuba.
MORE CURRENCY NEEDED

the winter. Mrs. Holman has been in bad
health since March, and her physician rec
commended her to spend the winter in
Washington or further south. If the win
ter is as mild as usual they will remain
here. The judge is looking remarkably
wau.
A representative of The Star had long
talk with him today on general political
matters.
THE troube.' said the judge, speaking of
the general disturbance Of the country and
the disaster of his party, 'is administra-
tion, not so much legislation. There has
been nothing in the Legislation since the
Fifty-first Congress to excite public dis
satisfaction or cause distress.
The Hawaiian Mistake.
"The Iuisfortunes of the democrats began
with the mistake in the Hawaiian matter.
The admins ration went entirely wrong in
dealing with that question. The depossd
queen had no possible claim upon the Unit
ed States for respect or consideration. 1t
is not within the iheo'y Of our institutions
t. recognize the divine right of monarchy,
ard we could not assume that Queen Liliuo
kalani Rad any right to govern those Islands
except it was granted her by the people
Mr.. Harrison made a mistake in sending
his treaty to the Senate providing for the
annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. The
proposition to pay the queen a pension and
her daughter a lump sum OF m ney; in othe-
words, to buy from her the Islands, as if
she had a proprietary right in them, vas
utterly absurd and inconsistent and Mr..
Cleveland was entirely right in withdraw
Ing that treaty.
But the mistake of Mr.. Harrison was
lost sight Of being overshadowed by the
greater mistakes of Mr.. C1eveland's ad-
mnistration. The attempt to restore the
queen was an error and unpopular and it
aHrDQt ~ he
American people to have the stars and
stripes pulled down by the agent of the ad-
| rlnistratior. l do not think that We should
have annexed the islands, but different
course should have been followed from that
adopted. 1t might have been reported by
our agent that the people had not reached
that stage of advancement where 1t was
desirable for them to be made Il part of
our citizenship and abundant reason might
have been assigned for disapproving of an
nexation coupled with a declaration recog-
nizng the new government and insuring it
protection from foreign interference.
The FIns Sentiment.
''Then the American flag might have been
taken down by the Hawaiian government if
1t fit to do so. But no matter under
what circumstances the flag was raised
American sentiment could not tolerate its
being pulled down by our orders 1t should
have been left until the Hawaiians them
selves pulled 1t down or until It rotted and
fell away. There is sentiment about the
American flag, and very proper one. which
must not be disregarded. The order If any
ore pulls down the American flag, shoot
him on the spot, has been in the mouth
of every American. The course of the ad-
ministration in this matter, as l say, vas
the beginning of our msfortunes. Hawaii
should not have been annexed but the new
government should have beel recognized
and the Monroe doctrine should be applied
in this entire hemisphere.
This government Is not aggressive and
it is not consistent with our policy to an
mex the outlying islands or any remote ter
ritory. An anneNationiSt answer is by ref
erence to the purchase of Alaska. But the
circumstances of the purchase of Alaska
were somewhat peculiar and the motive
was not that of the expansion of territor-
ial possessions. One reason urged by Mr..
Seward was that Russia was anxious to
sell it to US. and that the situation made it
desirable for us to crafty Russia as far
as possible, and that taking this territory
off her hands at the price required would
be a very small matter if it cemented the
friendship between the two countries.
never thought that a good reason for the
purchase, for it seemed entirely improb-
able that Russia would ever involve her
self in a war in our interest.
Why Alaska Was Bought.
But there was another reason advanced
for the purchase, which was more substan-
tial and which overcaTne the opposition m
the House. Mr.. Seward spoke very freely
with the members of the House on This
| subject. disclosing his motive fully. 1t was
his idea that the connection between Great
Britain and Canada could not last beyond
such a time as it required to satisfy the
financial interest of British subjects. and
that eventually Canada would be iniepend-
ent of England. With the end Of the Bra
z.lan empire and the gradual weakening
of the ties between Canada and England
he foresaw the eventual establishment of
pln n b.ArW W,.,an no
United States and ali the rest of this hemi-
sphere
I'm view CT the possibility of such n state
| of affairs, he regarded the possession of
Alaskan territory important to the
United States. In my opinion, Mr.. Seward
was far-sighted and wise in his judgment as
to the ultimate relations between all the
people of the W. stern hemisphere. The con-
troll of Great Britain over Canada is merely
nominal, and the relations between Mani
! toba and Minnesota are closer than with
| Great Britain. Mr.. Seward never had in
contemplation the possibility of Canada
Mexico and the South and Central American
| republics being annexed to the United
States, but what he saw in the distant
future is what is likely to come about
eventually a close commercial alliance he
tween these countries with unity of COM
| mercial interests and mutual protection
against any foreign agSressions
1T was this idea which led to the p,lr-
chase of Alaska and it does not apply to
| the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands or
| Cuba. But though we declined to annex
great error was committed when we fail
ed to Immediately recognize the independ-
| erce of Hawaii, and IT would he an error
| at any time to fail to enforce the Monroe
| doctrine as applied to the entire western
! hemisphere.
BelIiEcrent Rights to Cuba.
! Eelligerent rights should be granted TO
Cuba Immediately. That rebellion has
| reached that point where it is our duty 10
| give such recognition, and it should not be
| delayed at all Spain could present no case
which would justify our further withhold
| ing full recognition Of The Cubans, and We
! should be prompt in aiding d people s:rug-
| Cling for their liberty. We have always
| been Icnient and considerate of Spain, far
! beyond what was required of us, ami
| think that in the present instance we have
shown her all consideration that could be
| expected. and have delayed recognizing the
! belligerents longer than Spain had a right
| to ask
The Venezuelan Question.
i LAS 20 the Venezuelan question. England
has no sort of right to the territory which
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