The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-28

est desire OF its members that the Re
/ public OF Hawaii be annexed TO the
| United States, and become an integral
portion OF that great Republic. subject
TO the existing laws of the United
| States, and to such further laws as
! Congress shall enact. and that il is
the firm belief of the members of this
Club that such result will best promote
the interests of all classes and nation
alities of people within the Hawaiian
! Islands.
This Club respectfully assures the
Government of the Republic of Hawaii
of the desire of it's members that as
soon as shall be practicable annexa-
ton to the United States be accomp-
lished, leaving to the United States to
enact such laws as Congress shall deem
to be proper.
The speaker finished reading amid
tremendous applause. When IL had
ceased he said:
Il would like to make a few remarks
on the resolution l have just read. In
my opinion, it's meat is in the last sec
ton. l believe there are a number of
people in the country who believe in
and want annexation, but they want
to haggle; they want to know about
contract labor, and they tremble when
they think of the public lands ques-
ton. These people don't know what
they want. When we commence that
sort of thing, this haggling business,
we simply provide ammunition for our
enemies in the United States to fire at
us. The details of treaty, the ques-
tons of plantation labor and public
lands can wait. For myself, / want an
neXation now, and the sooner we get
it the better. / don't care how simple
the treaty may be, l will be satisfied.
Hawaii is hereby annexed to the Unit
ed States will suit me. for / am not
afraid of the United States Congress
or that our affairs will not be attend
ed to. Let us be annexed first and
look to the details afterward."
Messrs. McStocker, Fisher Wood.
Ripley and others spoke of the country
being rapidly Orientalized and point
ed to the landing of SO Japanese from
the Toya Maru as an object lesson.
Judge Hartwell then appointed
Messrs. Thurston, McStocker Fisher
and Dillingham;, and, upon the urgent
wish of the members, himself, on the
committee of five called for in Col.
Fishers resolution. A motion to adj
journ was not carried, as there was
a heavy rainfall, and those present pre-
ferred to keep out of the wet and listen
to further remarks. J. b. Anterior
was called upon for fewNwords, which
he spoke, but his remarks were heard
with difficulty, owing to the patter of
the rain on the iron roof.
81 have" he said, been one of those
who thought there was nothing to be
done here regarding annexation. The
command has been given, the Legis-
lature has pledged itself, and resoIu-
lions have been passed. did not see
that anything else was to be done by
us, and there was but one thing left for
the Government to do-get annexation
as quickly as possible. AS to voters,
do not know that anything can be
done, the registration books were open
and every one had an opportunity to
register and become voters and those
men might have had an opportunity to
say whether annexation must be had or
not. But a number of the citizens de-
clined to present themselves and L
fail to see why they should expect to
say at this time whether or not the
shall be annexed to the Unit
ed States. The present members of
the Government were selected to rep
resent the people, and 1t is for them
to say what has to be done. / believe
the 1Qed IldI a vote SnOulO De taken
Is a mistake. We find in this coun-
try three or four kinds of annexation
lists; those who prefer it to this Gov
those who want IL in any
form; those who fear the labor will be
ruined and want a protectorate, be-
cause we will have the advantages of
without any material
change in our internal affairs. This
last form / have no faith in, because
do not believe the United States feels
called upon to give us this much with
out having supreme control. / am will
ing to take plain annexation, because /
believe ! will gain more money in the
next 10 years than / will without it.
B. F. Dillingham; said: 1T is some
thing of a coincidence that the men
who opposed the Reciprocity Treaty
are those who oppose annexation.
[ remember going about at that time
trying to get signatures to a petition
to have the treaty passed, and l met
with all kinds of rebuffs. One man
told me / had better go back to my
store and sell nails, for if the treaty
became a law il would open the doors
to all kinds of peddlers to come here
and take away my trade. l told him
| would rather be a clerk in a place
where there was plenty of business
than an employer where there was
none. We know what that treaty did
for Hawaii, and | believe annexation
will do as much more"
There being no further remarks the
motion to adjourn was carried.