The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-21
THE PACIFIC
WHO SHALL DO IT,

III Tic tNCilIIlS IItlh oteii u IL 10
political union campaign with a
bubble over which popular organ
ization shall take the initiative III
gathering together the annexation
forces and preparing for the work
which the coming year offers. The
suggestion IS undoubtedly brought
out by the statement made in this
paper that the Annexation Club
is by all odds the proper body to
take the task in hand.
Now we are ready to admit that
it makes little difference who starts
the ball rolling 50 long d. 1t IS
started. Our position is very SINH
lar to that taken by the member of
a fire company whose compatriots
were discussing the color that
should adorn the company hose.
One individual moved that it be
painted white, another advocated
blue. and still another argued
strenuously for red. Finally the
patriotic member arose to state
that it made no difference to him
about the colors provided the hose
was painted green. 1t makes no
difference to this paper who begins
the work provided it begins.
Notwithstanding the plea for
the Central Committee of the Am
erican Union party, we see no rea-
son why the Annexation Club
should be forgotten, or that its or
ganization should be merged into
purely political body of more re-
cent formation. In the first place,
the Annexation Club has the call
on account of its being the pioneer
body in the annexation movement.
Under its banner were first en-
rolled the men who went into the
movement to stay. The
events of the past three years have
necessitated the formation of other
under new names for
the attainment of objects applying
principally to purely local affairs.
Now the time has come when the
people can turn back to the Origi-
nal project, and it is eminently fit
ting that there should be return
to the pioneer Annexation Club
There is, too, good deal even in |
the name that merits attention. No |
one need mistake the objects of the !
club that places annexation first |
and foremost. 1t is an unmistak-
able title.
Then again in looking over the
list of officers there is no more rep
resentative body to be found. The
board of officers is headed by no
less parsonage than Francis NJ.
Hatch, the Hawaiian Minister at
Washington, and therlast meeting
of the Annexation Club was to bid
Mr.. Hatch God speed, previous to
his departure on his annexation
One of the vied' presidents
is Hon. William Ca.oWilder, the
President of the Senate; another
is G. w. Smith, President of the |
American Union party national
j. a. Kennedy, chair /
man of the central committee, is
also among the number, as we'll as
I. b. Murray, President of the
American League. The military Is
by Major Mcleod,
while from the Citizens Guard
-OIle 1elefdi u - IIdFJWeIl> d.
F. Dillingham; and Prof. NJ. NJ.
Scott. These instances are cited as
sufficient demonstration that no
more representative body now eX-
SITS than the Annexation Club
BOARD of officers. On the other Isl
Inds the same IS true. Very little
evamping or reorganization Is re
Iuired. The Club was the parent
rec from which the local political
ordinations branched for the
ime being.
In comparing the Central Com