The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-11-19
{. P. DOLE'S IDEAS
ThG Deputy AtturlGyGGlGral to
a !. S. Senator.
GENUINE AMERlCANISM HERE
Manifest in All Thlngs-Situation of
IsIands-Varied Products-Cli-
mate and Natives.

from Deputy Attorney-General Dole to
Senator Chandler, not written for pub
LEGATION, but given in the Sprinfield
Republican:
Dear Sir:-I know you will vote and
use your influence for annexation;
only want to stir you up little, that's
all. / wish you could visit these beau
tiful islands, situated at the cross
roads of the north Pacific, command
fng, as they will, the commerce OF the
future between America, Asia and the
British colonies, and being, as they are,
the strategic point for naval power in
this part of the world. l wish you
could sail with me in Pearl harbor in
the presidents little yacht, the Bonnie
Dundee. l would not object if you
could be aground there all night, as
was last summer, and contemplate how
this harbor gives the naval power
which holds it command of the great
Pacific ocean. / wish you could see
how intensely American the Americans
are here; what interest they take and
have always taken in all that pertains
to the great republic. do not know
that it is polite thing to say, but
I wish you could see how intelligent
they are as a class, for then you would
know they are the kind of stuff the
G. o. P is made of. | wish you could
see how enthusiastically American ho-
lidays are kept here l wish you could
understand how much we want the
long, strong arm of Uncle Sam in our
struggle for free, good government
The civilization here is American,
the laws are American, the schools are
American, the institutions are Ameri-
can. The people who have shaped the
destinies of this country for the past
60 years have been Americans by birth
or parentage, and of an exceptionally
high class. The capital invested here
is chiefly American. Our business in
trests are mainly with America. There
is no reason why these islands should
not be represented one of these days
by as bright star as there is in the
American flag, with history to be as
proud of as that of New Hampshire or
Massachusetts. The truth is we have
it already. The spirit of 1875 has burn
ed as brightly here as ever it did at
Concord or Lexington or Bunker Hill.
Our interest in annexation is the SEN
timent which a child has for a parent.
America is our mother in everything
here that makes for civilization. We
want, too, the stable government which
as you know, is a difficult thing to
maintain permanently in a very small
country, isolated from other countries
with a mixed population and liability
to foreign entanglements and the greed
of greater nations for increased terri
tory and power. That is the chief rea-
son we want annexation.
If the Intelligent, thinking, unpre-
JUDGED men of the United States could
see things as they are here and could
look into the future little way, / dc
not believe there is one in a hundred
of them who would not vote for an
nexation from an American standpoint
We buy American goods. Our pro-
ducts do not interfere with American
industries We do not raise more than
10 or u per cent of the sugar con-
sumed in the United States. The sugar
crop of Louisiana is only small frac-
tion of the sugar consumed in the
United States. The beet sugar indus
try of the United States cannot supply
the demand for many years to come
and as it increases the population and
consumption will increase. Our sugar
does not interfere with the sugar in
terests of the United States, and for
many purposes beet sugar and cane
sugar are not rivals.
Our coffee industry is prosperous
rapidly growing, and promises to equaI
the sugar industry in course of time
1t does not come into competition with
anything in the United States. It is
an occupation in which small farmers
can engage. It would do some of the
men good who are freezing their hides
off on New Hampshire hill farms to
come out here and keep warm all the
year round and make a little money
at the same time.
The fruits which we raise and which
with regular and fast steamship lines
could be exported in the United States
are tropical in character and would moi
come into competition with the fruits
raised there.
There is no finer climate on earth
than this, IS degrees extreme sum.
mer heat; 60 degrees extreme winter
cold. 1t is not bad place for some
of the American millionaires to have
country homes in everlasting June
and at the same time enjoy the bless.
ing, which too many of them do MOI
appreciate, of being under the stars
and stripes.
We have done everything we can do
Our Senate has ratified the treaty by q
unanimous vote. Our House of Rep.
resentatives, if under the law the ques.
ton were to come before it, would bt
also unanimous. The voters of thi!
republic are Overwhelmingly for it
Your distinguished colleague, Mr. Nor.
gan of Alabama, is down here having
a good time. When he goes back yor
ask him what sort of folks we are.
hope you will chip in and help him
all you can, even if he is a democrat
The natives here have the same polit.
ical rights that the whites have In
proportion to their intelligence ant
capacity, they have as much voice in
the government. Tney hold Office il
the same way; they are fine race Of
people 1t is rarer to find a native Ha.
waiian who cannot read and write thar
it is to find native of New Hampshire
who cannot.
For the past two years my oficial
duties have taken me constantly from