The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-23
SELF ANNEXATION AGAIN.

Captain JudsOn Cross precedents
for the self annexation" of this
country to the United States are
interesting TO say the least. He
has certainly proved the truth OF
the old adagc that there's more
than one way to kill cat beside
choking it to death with butter, y
and he has apparently set the an
nexationists of the States to think
ing. Minneapolis papers are de
cidedly inclined to accept the pro-
position rs entirely feasible, but
whether they actually believe in it
or are egging the other fellow on
o see how he comes out, remains
to be seen. The Minneapolis Jour
nal says:
Ell Hawaii sends a delegate to mi
tiate annexation, the matter Will have
as much publicity as the application
OF our territories for statehood. An
nexatiOu 10y treaty il a process of
until liz il all over. Why, indeed,
should Hawaii be- received into the
Union i'm "a manner different from one
of the territories IL makes no
different il 10 is foreign territory. The
same method o. absorption, which
gets our territories into statehood and
the Union will apply To- Hawaii. Our
constitution, section 3, clause J, per
mits new States To- he admitted by
TraTA "a
public of Texas, a foreign country,
was annexed, but was admitted "a a
State after the usual form Hawaii
can hold "a constitutional convention,
adopt a republican form of govern
meut and ask to- be- admitted to- the
Union. In that way every step will
be i'm the full glare OF the light of pub
lIcity. The objections to treaties of
annexation are we'll founded, because
something may he accomplished ia
the dark by single house, of which
the public would disappTOve, as il did
of Folks dark-lanteru doing with
respect to Texas. The delegate with
out is open and above board and I'M
Objectionable"
The Penny Press OF the same
date, after reviewing the history of
the Central American Republics,
remarks:
"Out of this history Captain Cross
thinks that ne has discovered the en-
tire authority for the prOmulgatiOu of
The Monroe Doctrine II i a we'll
known fact that The Monroe Doc
trin-' advances the principle that no
European Or Asiatic nation shall ever
interfere or modest any of the Repub-
lies of the Western Hemisphere
Captain Cross has taken the greatest
pains To send To- the press Of the cOuu-
try a we'll a. the COMMERCIAL AID
VERTISER ut HOuolulu-the IufOTma-
ton which he has discovered ami has
a right To believe in tie near future
that these small Republics not only III
Central America, where English Op-
preston has prevailed for the quarter
OF a century and il now mauifesting
itself more boldly than ever, a. well
a the Republics scattered throughout
the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, will
exercise the right of self anne XatiOu'
to the great Republic of the United
States, thereby forever depriving Eu-
ropean Powers of further authority or
right Of territorial acquisition upon the
Western Hemisphere"
Perhaps Captain Cross has hit
upon the proper Interpretation OF
the Monroe doctrine-we hope he
has-but his newspaper supporters
fail to realize that this Republic
has declared for annexation, both
in its Constitutional Convention
and its Legislature, and is now