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The San Francisco call., 1897-12-16
NEW ORLEANS STATES.
PROJECT WILL BE DEFEATED.

1t is gratifying TO note the growing
hostility to the Hawaiian annexation
scheme, and there is some promise of its
being defeated and ignominiously booted
out of Congress during the present ses-
sion. The American people have been
pondering over the question of annexing G
the Hawaiian Islands, and the more they
think the stronger becomes their opposi-
ton to the ratification of the treaty now
before the Senate. The people are begin
ming to realize the fact that aside from
the financial and political jobbery that
underlles the proposition to annex
Hawaii, the policy of acquiring territory
1000 miles from our shores is entirely un-
wi e.
The thought which the country is civ
ing TO the Hawaiian question is having
it's effect on Congress. We are now told
that the friends of the annexation treaty
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and that we need a balance to her devel-
oplng strength on the Northwest coast
1t may be so, but let it be on our own
coast Let il be Gibraltar that defends
and protects something.
There are strategic positions at the
mouth of the Columbia, in the waters
about Port Townsend ana Seattle, and the
port of San Francisco has possibilities for
an ideal defense. II, then, a naval and
military stronghold is needed on the Pa
chic let 1t be where the people of this coun-
try Will profit by it, where it may serve to
defend our owr people and property, and
not the interests of race alien in spirit
and character to our own. We have one
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SHALL WE INITIATE EUROPEAN DESPOTISMS?
CoMoNWEALTI IN THE FORUM

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DETROIT FREE PRESS.
IN DEFIANCE OF NATIONAL IRA
DITIONS,

If the administration puts through the
Hawaiian annexation conspiracy to please
the spectators, contractors, place-hunters
and plotters it will have to do it in def
ance of national traditions ana the Re-
publican partY's professed regard for
equal suffrage; it will have 10 do it
against every consideration of public in
terest; it will have to do it despite the
earnest protests and arguments of Amer
lean citizens who understand the condi-
ton of Hawaii and who appreciate the
worries and burdens this Government will
run into if it acquires that distant archi-
pelago.
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NOT JUSTIFIED BY PRECEDENT
DANIEL AGNEw IN THE FORUM

There is no express power in the con-
stitution to acquire and incorporate u for
eign territory and people into the Union
Precedents are cited to justify the annexa-
tion of Hawaii Precedent does not
amend the constitution. Amendment
requires vote OF two-thirds of Con-
gless, and of three-f fourths of the
States. Consent OF the Senate alone
IS not enough. Precedent belongs
to the leges non scriptas; it has no force
except by usage and consent, and must
be precisely In point. There is no pre-
cedent to justify the admission by treaty
OF Hawaii.
The purchases of Louisiana, Florida
and Alaska are cited; but these are
not IN point. A purchase unauthor-
lied by the constitution can be justified
only by an overruling necessity for the
national safety. To warrant the exercise
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think ii wise TO do this and we of to-day
may safely be gnided by their Judgment
1t will be a serious thing for this republic
when ii shall follow the example of the
monarchies of Europe n territorial acqui-
sltion. The American may sincerely be-
lieve that this country needs Hawaii, but
its argument in justification of annexing
the islands is utterly unsound and unten-
able. That, however, is the case with
pretty much ali annexation argume ent
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NASHVILLE AMERICAN.
rRAvEsTY ON FREE GOVERNMENT.

The whole Hawaiian affair has been a
travesty on free government and republi-
can principles. The coup by which the
native Queen was deposed and the So
called republic established was a disgrace
to the American flag. The annexation
will virtually be forced. The Dole Gov
eminent is & usurping dictatorship and
doesn't represent the people of Hawaii.
1t is very bad policy, furthermore, for
the United States to take into its family
union these distant islands, with their
mongrel population, 1t is altogether con-
trary to the scheme of government on
which this country was planned and the
new acquisition will constitute a source of
weakness rather ,hau strength.
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SAN BERNARDINO FREE PRESS.
NO ANNEXATION FOR US.


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worth the exeion If other
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acquisition, but the Kanaka, never
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lie of Hawaii.

of power not found in the constitution,
the necessity must be clear and impera-
tive. Without this it is q violation of the
oath of office. The life OF the constitu-
tion is as sacred to the people as natural
life is to the individual. 1t
Will endanger the Monroe doctrine; we
cannot acquire distant ocean lands, and
yet debar Europe from American possess
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NEW YORK EVENING POST.
THE PLUMBER OF a CONQUEST.

One of the Washington correspondents
writes that the supporters of the admin
istration and other advocates of annexa-
ton are very anxious to secure the earliest
possible consideration of the treaty with
Hawai-" and that Senator Davis, chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, announces his intention of pressing
annexation at the earliest possible mo-
ment." But there is no ''treaty with
Hawaii before the Senate. in the Ameri-
can sense of the term. There is, in the
American sense of the term, no Hawaii
except the inhabitants of Hawaii. A
transfer of populated territory to foreign
power means, in the American sense, a
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SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN.
IT WOULD WEAKEN OUR POWER.

President Garfield was fortunate to die
when he did, not only because OF his low
tariff views, but because OF his opposition
to the annexation of tropical islands.
I'VE occupy" he once said, "a portion OF
that great northern zone which girdles
The world, and which has been the theater
OF the greatest achievements, especially
IN the history of Anglo Saxon races, but
should we extend our possessions into ,he
tropical belt, we would weaken the power
OF our people and the Government" 1t
happens that Hawaii is in the tropical
be It.
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THE ANNEXATION SCHEME FOREDOOMED
Reputable Press of the Nation Den0unCes in Thunde
m9 Tones the Plot to Rob and EnSlaXe the
NEW YORK TIMES.
Fatal TO THE 1IoNRoEnoo RINr

AZ ne MONROE DOC RINE.
hawanan annexation will utterly wreck
the Monroe doctrine.
Germany coveted foothold in the
new World and should take advantage of
the Lueders incident to seize the republic
OF hayt, our protest would be robbed of
all Its moral impressiveness by our own
guilty designs upon Hawaii.
Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1870 three
years before Monroe had formulated the
principle, that any attempt of European
nations to extend their system TO any
portion OF this hemisphere must be re-
garded as dangerous TO our peace and
safety, THAT the day is not distant when
we may formally acquire meridian of par
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to receive it, and the establishment OF a
precedent which will be appealed to to
support every future proposal to extend
our national domain. The time to st ID
the imperial programme is at the begin
ming. The sum of this whole matter Is
that we do not need Hawaii and the
Hawalians do not want to be annexed.
That ought to be enough for rational
DeODle
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Ii patriotism had any share or part in
this indefensible undertaking Hawaii
would not be annexed; but as there is
cause TO believe that pernicious politl cal
jobbery has inspired and now sustains the
scheme, the sordid politicians interested
IN the success of it will proba blv consum-
mate il regardless of the protests of rea-
son. justice and patriotism.-Phi hiiadel phia
Leiger.
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NEWMAN WEST SIDE INDEX.
roo MANY PROBLEMS ALREADY.

The United States is already large
enough, its interests from east 10 west and
from north to south are so diversified that
it is serious problem to make laws that are
just to all our citizens. The annexation
OF Hawaii will only complicate matters
and we are sure the sugar we would get in
the deal would not in any adequate meas.
ure recompense US for the undesirable
elements we would have to engraft on our
civilization.
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SIOUX CITY TRIBUNE.
MENACE TO LABOR'S HOSTS.

The pointed times
Illinois labor
of
and which would
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BALTIMORE WORLD.
LET US BE CONSISTENT.

The administration has warned Ger
many that she must not take any steps to-
ward the annexation of Hayti, and at the
same time the President is exerting every
effort to make Hawaii part of the United
States. Has not q rmany, Japan or any
other nation as much ri hit To oppose this
heme as the United States has to object
to Germany gobbling up Hayti?
Let us he cons stent
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color problem unsolved. We do not seem
to assimilate the black people who are our
fellow citizens, nor the red men who are
not, and it is more than certain that we
will also fail with these children of the
islands OF the sea who can only repay our
intimacy with the Ieprosy that is their
racial heritage.
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BUFFALO, N. Y, COMMERCIAL.
WRONG NOT THE HAWAIIANS.


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SACRAMENTO BEE.
CALlFORNIANS OPPOSE AN.
NEXATION.

The people of California are not
in favor of the annexation OF the
Hawaiian Islands, Senator Perkins
views to the contrary no;with-
standing. The owners OF steam
ship lines, and a number of San
Francisco merchants who hope to
increase their trade by annexation.
favor it, but the vast majority of
the farmers of California and every
workingman IN the State are Bit
terly opposed to it; and we submit
that those who till the soil and
those who work tor wages form the
majority of the voting population
of this State, as in every other.
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BOSTON TRANSCRIPT.
THE BENEFITS TO BE
DERIVED.

Annexation OF Hawaii would at
once politically Americanize 1000
Cinnamon, ZOO Hawaiians ana
half-breeGs, a large umber of
Japanese, to say nothing of the
Representatives OF various other
natlonalities who could hardly
meet the conditions of the pro-
posed restrictive immigration
measures. That would be the basis
of future statehood. How do the
people ike the outlook for future
American citizenship that shall
grow from such beginnings2 Not
even the Austrian Reichsrath is
more irreconcilabIe in its elements
than would be the territorial gov
eminent of Hawaii under such
conditions. Whom this fatuity is
to benefit is not apparent; GER
tainly not the American Govern
ment or the American people.
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INDIANAPOLIS NEWS.
FIGHT AGAIRsT ANNEXATION.

The people who have, for the most part,
been indifferent to the Hawaiian matter
are beginning to realize what is involved
IN the proposed policy; tha: it means the
absorption of the islands against the
wishes of the people living in them. gov
eminent OF the many by the few, the con-
terrlng OF statehood upon a people unfit
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LOUISVILLE POST.
AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE.

Nine-tenths of the people of leprous
Hawaii are opposed TO annexation, and
nine-tenths OF the people in this country
care nothing about il, but those who d.
care are so much in earnest and have such
great financial interests at stake that it
seems Impossible TO prevent the unholy
alliance
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MILWAUKEE, SENTINEL.
A THING BEST LEFT UNDONE.

The advocates of annexation have a
great deal to say about manifest destiny,
but they have not succeeded in hiding
under large words thee facts-that the
United States has never annexed an
island, that if it now proceeds to annex
Hawaii it will make a sharp change OF
policy, a change which will lead very
far, though how far or into what dangers
no man can wholly foresee. Among the
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.
ABSORBING THE LEPER COLONY.

a treaty such
birds OF i be
OF
about undesirable
ton OF the spirit the fundamental law
only
sa6e element will
of
tie earnings OF
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things which Congress is almost certain
to do at this session the annexation of
Hawaii is the thing best worth leaving
uudone.
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overset II altogether by some deliberate
and calculated defiance OF our preten-
sions.
Hawaiian annexation viii destroy the
Monroe aoctrIne or bring on a great war
for its maintenance.
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Forty five thousand of the 81, 700 people
of HawaiI are opposed to annexation.
-Sscrsmento Bee.
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call similar case. Conquest by tired and
disappointed Christian missionaries is
new thing in history.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-13
The Indiana DOcked.

HALIFAX. y. S. August 12-The
United States battleship Indiana was sue
cessfully placed in dry-dock this morning
Although the hour was early hundreds
witnessed the docking.
While the Indiana was being docked
one of the sailors fell overheard He
disappeared and it was thought that he
had been drawn by the suction under
the ship. There was some excitement
for % time but the Jack Tar soon came
TO the surface and a party Of sailors
quickly rescued him.
The big battleship In dry dock was an
interesting spectacle 10 thousands Of
visitors. chief among whom were Admiral
Erskinc and officers Of the British war
ships I'm port
a sailor of the Indiana named Johnson
fell from "a staging alongside 10 the bot
tom of the dock breaking a leg and sus-
tanning other injuries.
To tho Associated Press Captain Taylor.
of the Indiana. said:
"The ship is resting easily. The dock
is "a solid structure The ships bottom Is
moderately foul. sufficient TO decrease the
speed. The examination Of the bottom Is
practically complete. but viii be con-
tinucd Tomorrow. The pipes etc, arc all
right There was not "a bare patch OF IRON
discovered The Indiana viii be out OF
dock boz two or three DAYS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-13
Ricyclp Races.

WTLKESBARRE. PA, August l2.-Ihe
National Circuit races here to-day under
the auspices Of the West-End Wheelmen,
was the most successful meet ever held
I'm this part of the State over nve thou-
sand people were present All the cracks
were entered. and there were some sur
prises. In the two-mile national cham
piOnship. professional. the prize was cap
tured bv a comparatively unknown man
f. C. Hoyt of Cambridge. Mass.-in the
good time Of 4.16 %. each hair mile being
paced by a different man. Earl kiser was
second and Bald third Cooper, Butler
and the rest Were quite out OF II. Butler
won the mile open In 2:21 80, beating out
Gardiner and Kiser. The one-mile handi-
can. professional was won by G. r. New
ton. Stafford Spring Conn. The amateur
events were all well contested. Eddie
Bald. paced by the Dayton quad. broke
the track record Of SO for the half doing
il i'm 80 Earl Kiser. paced by the same
quad lowered the track record or l.o0
for the mile just as easy
BUFFALO. y. Y, August 12.-Bald,
Cooper. Loughead, Kiser and Sanger nave
been matched fora race on the BuHaio
athletic field August oath for $3.50
purse The race IS 70 be run In mile
heats, best two ont Of three.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-13
An lndelinife Iense.

Austrian Charge DAnairs. Baron Call
Won Kulmbach Rosenberg has left Bull
garia ON an indefinite leave Of absence.
His departure is owing 10 the refusal Of
the Bulgarian Premier. NJ. Stoilon. TO
comply with the demand of the Austrian
government to formally disavow am inter-
view with the Premier published I'm Lacale
Zeiger last month. in which. referring TO
the inslstence of Austria upon which the
punishment OF Captain Botchom. the
former Aide de- Camp of Prince Ferdinand
OF Bulgaria. recently convicted of the
murder Of ms paramour. Anna Szimon.
am Austrian subject ne drew am insulting
parallel between the yenahty i'm official
circles i'm Austria and Bulgaria.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-13

the picturesque tomb twice again. so COM
pleting my century
| should advise any woman ANXIOUS W
ride a century for her own gratihcatioh'
IN stop often to rest Let her ride slow
" vet not slow enough for the back
medal" Let her ride easily and. without
effort. vet without any endeavor to stop
The grade Of the road will determine TINS.
Going down hill she can almost coast
and going no she can push easily. She
will find IL 10 her advantage TO ride across
the road and back going mp zigzag as the
donkevs climb the steep Alpine roads
and 10 diverge, il possible. into cross
paths. to break the hill.
[ should say it is easier 10 ride cen
fury than TO walk ten miles. and | think
any woman who has done both will bear
me out I'm this.
While riding the century l would ADVISE
the wheelwoman 10 drink as much as
she wants Of any cool. but not iced, drinks
and 10 eat often and lightly-a cracker.
a small sandwich. an apple or other light
refreshment being just the thing needed
10 give her staying power.
Should | advise any woman 10 ride n
Century? Yes as often as she ploases'
for cycling is. 10 my mind, Of all the
sports the prcttiest Of them all.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-13
Robbed and Murdered.

Ell PASO. TEX. August l2.-Harold
Mosley. OF Kansas city, Mo. the fifteen
year-old son Of a division superintendent
Of the Kansas city. Pittsburg and Gun
railroad. left his fathers ranch near
Chamberino in Dona Ana county, y. NJ,
last Friday evening 20 visit neighbors.
Saturday evening the boys horse came In
alone and search was made for the youth.
His body was found hanging TO a cotton
wood tree on the main road from Cham
berino 10 his home. He had evidently
been dead twenty-four hours.
The ground showed that tho boy had
been robbed. taken from the horse by
mounted men and strung up in the cot
tonwood. The murder Is supposed TO
have been committed by Mexican neigh
bors OF the Mosleys, with whom the fam
ily have had trouble oyer their ranch
boundaries.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-13
KLONDrKE ExPEDITION.
\ Party of Wei Equipped New EnGlanders
Reach Seattle.

SEATTLE WASH. August Zone OF
tho largest and best equipped or an the
parties that have started for the klondike
from Seattle this season has just arrived
I'm the CITY from New England. The MEM
bers are organized on a military basis
the captain being Arthur T. seymour son
OF a well known mind reader. tharles
f. Moseley. formerly OF the Boston Her
aid. is secretary. and 4. T.. Rogers. Of
Norwich Conn. is treasurer Each mem
her Of tho party originally contributed
81 900 and each agrees 10 share alike IN all
the expenditures and profits OF the expe-
dition.
Apart from these individual agreements,
they have plenty of backing The first
organized party 70 leave Boston for the
new gold fields and their departure from
that city on August fth. was the occa-
sion for a demonstration, thousands OF
people assembling at the railway station
10 see them or.
The corporate name Of the expedition
IS the Haverhill Mining Company from
the fact that Seymour at the time be- or
ranized 10 was al Havcrhill, Mass, al
though his home is az Utica. y. y.
The members Of the company have done
AN Of their own Quitting IN this city
Their outfit IS most elaborate and cost
iy. There Is rothinc eXtravagant about
&c. but every necessary article is there
and every one Is of the Test possible quail
ity. The only thing they brought with
them from the east is some sheep skin
sleeping bags which are OF superior work
manship and of useful design. Their
passage was engaged bv telegraph some
DAYS ago on the steamer Humboldt.
which is due TO sail from Seattle for 81.
Michaels next Sunday morning and their
tickets guarantee them arrival nj DaWfOn
city before the river is frozen mp.
TACOMA, WASH. August 12.-Mrs.
Ella Gage. second vice-president William
Wear. OF the North American Transpor-
tation COMPANY and William Hubbard
have engaged passage on the City Of
Topeka. which leaves Tacoma for Alaska
on the Eth. They Will 70 TO Dawson
city over the CLiicoOt Pass.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-13
NARROWLY AVERTED.
PRoMPr wORk Sans 4 HOLOCAUST
LdSr 2TfNFN6.
ssarko'> Foundry, the scene of FORMER
CONGREGATIONS EscaIcs Auothcrby
Efficient Tiremanship.

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-13
Another Conspiracy.

NEW YORK. August ia special from
Panama TO the Herald, says:
Tolceraphic adviccs from the Herald s
correspondent in Guayaquh. Ecuador
states that "a leading newspaper OF mat
city. scmi-oficial organ. declares that
another conspiracy TO overthrow the gov
eminent has been unearthed. The base
of operations of the conspirators IL Us
asserted is in the Peruvian frontier towns
and the leaders of the movement are con-
scrvatives. clerioals and few liberal
mal-COnents.
President Alfaro. who left Guayaquil for
Quito ON August 5th. has stopped at
Qraranda. midway between the capital
and Guayaqul. This IS due. IL Is Off
ciaUy reported. TO the illness of his wife.
but there is "a general belief that the
real cause was rumor that the con-
spirators would soon begin operations
along the Peruvian frontier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-13

Koroa's Chief of Pri,y Council is Critically

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. August l2-Pom
Kwang Sob. chief Of tho Privy Council
of Korea. cx-minister TO this country
from Korea and the commissioner OF that
kingdom to the Queens recent jubilee -
critically ill with consumption at his resi-
denco here and may not survive the night
The acute attack occurred Sunday
nirht when violent bicycle exercise
brought or a hemmorrhage. Since then
De- has been growing steadily worse ana
has given up an hope
Hc was the most influential man Of lis
country.
Chin Pom Yc the present Korean min
lister. and Prince Eni Wha. the son Of
the King Of Korea are constantly at his
bedside. The King has been notified.
Mr. Sohs appointment 10 the post in
the council next 10 the King was made
last autumn, bat his poor health has pre-
vented him leaving TO assume tho Office.