The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-11-26
CONVERT 70 Annexation THE GALLONS LOOMS NEAR TIE PLAY AND THE PLAYER WILL MAKE BIG REPAIRS
CONGRESSMAN BERRY WRITES TO
HIS CONSTITUENTS.
at is Not Party Measure, 1t is Broa-
der: 1t is National Measure" Says
the Colonel.

In an article to his State paper Col
onel Berry says:
"The visit which Senator Morgan
and four congressman, myself among
them, paid to Hawaii, in September,
was purely an accidental one. When
the various members of our party
went to the Pacific Coast we had no
idea of continuing our journey to
Honolulu. The occasion of our trip
to San Francisco was the launching
of the Wheeling.
"The Wheeling had been launched.
and the members of the party were
about to return East, when Claus
Spreckels. the millionaire sugar king,
sent an invitation to the entire party
TO visit Hawaii as his guests. None OF
ton with Mr.. Spreckels, for he is u
reputed anti-anneXationist, ami or
party returned favorable to anr"Xa-
tion.
'No sooner had we arrived III Homo
lulu than the greatest attention beg an
to be paid to us. Our visit Has her
aided as having the importance Of an
official committee, and the Honolulu
Evening Star on September 14th, un-
der big headlines, announced that the
Congressmen had come to make a
thorough study of the situation.
AS thoroughly as our nine day stay
would permit we made "A careful s.r.
dy. Our journey through the group
began at once Through the kind
ness of President c. L.. Wight of the
Wilder Steamship Company, 'he stea-
mer Claudine was placed at clr dis
posal-the little vessel, by the way
which brought the first news to th =
United States when the throne Of
Queen Lii was oyerthrown, and the
provisional government established.
Our opportunities for observing the
country and its people were unsur-
passed. president Wight of the Will
der Steamship Company, took the par
ty in charge, and for nine days we
asked questions.
"The visit materially changed the
notions of most of us concerning Ha-
wsii.. Before our journey our senti-
ments. save Senator Morgan's, was ra-
ther unpronounced. | think, on the
subject of Hawaiian annexation.
when we got to Hawaii we We're
confronted on every hand by the
problem Will the United States an
mex the Islands?' 1t is the one polit-
ical question there, and when the par
tisans of one side did not have us
button-holed, we We're being talked
to by their opponents.
eff a thermometer had taken our
annexation temperature when we left
San Francisco, and when we returned,
it would have noted decided increase
in every one. Senator Morgan re-
turned wildly enthusiastic, and even
Mr.. Cannon, who, as chairman of the
committee on appropriations, would
naturally hesitate to speak, lest he be
accused of speaking for the adminIs-
tration, favors annexation. The Ha-
waiian Star printed an interview in
which he said he would work for an
nexation. After nine days spent face
to face with the situation in the mid
Pacific, every member of the party
became a convert to the cause of an
nexation. Although party man,
favor the administration policy of an
neXation. 1t is not a party measure;
it is broader; it is a national meas
ure, and l believe Congress will ap-
prove it.
ga G REppX,