The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-17
A LIVELY CORPSE.

So Annexation is dead, is it? 1t
certainly seems quite lively corpse.
tits very evident that the coffin has
not yet been bought for it and there
are indications that the wood for it
has not been sawn from the log,
and one feels somewhat sure that
the tree, out Of which that final bit
of attire has to be constructed, has
not yet got out of the sapling stage,
even if it has been planted at all.
No, Annexation is not dead.
The policy OF the Mckinley admin
istration is to annex the Islands, of
that, there is no doubt in anyone's
mind. There never should have
been, for annexation was foreshad-
owed in the Republican platform,
and it was we'll known that the per-
sonnet of the Cabinet was strongly
in favor of the move. Secretary
Ayers words, uttered couple of
months or so ago, were straight
from the shoulder. He said 1--WE
want your Islands-we must have
them" and we may rest assured
that the United States will have
them.
The card that the Royalists Of the
Islands have played in getting the
ex-Queen to go to Washington, has
had no influence upon the main is
sue. That lady, in private way,
has seen number of people, and
some to whom a garbled account Of
the brief year of her reign has been
given, have sympathized with her,
but the bearing of the visit upon
the real march of events has been
absolutely nil. Through the writ
ings of interested persons, a feeling
is kept up here that the ex-Queen
is, by her presence, accomplishing
something, and, the wish being
father to the thought, a certain
number believe what they read, and
try to make others believe, but it is
an empty hope, and it would be
better and wiser for these blind
leaders of the blind to face events
as they are and prepare to meet the
inevitable, and what will prove for
them the best and most satisfactory
issue of events.
The time has come in the history
of the United States when she must
reach out in order to maintain her
prestige for the future, and her
statesmen understand it. They
fully realize the immense power that
her ever increasing millions of indi-
viduals and billions upon billions Of
wealth must exercise upon the flu
ture history Of the world. The
modest Atlantic seaboard and atten-
ton to the development of their
own affairs suited the original thir-
teen states, but what suited them,
does not suit that immense state
which stretches from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and from the Cana
dian border to the Gulf of Mexico
AS we'll might multi-millionaire
citizen Of town or state remain in
his humble little cottage and take
no part in municipal or state affairs.
With wealth, come the duties of
wealth, and the multi millionaire,
who, in his early days simply mind
ed his own little affairs, has to take
an interest in the affairs at-large of
his fellow citizens. With Power,
comes the duties of Power, and it is
the duty of the United States to
prepare herself for the great destiny,
for the mighty figure she will have
to sustain in the great life drama
that will be played in the Pacific
Ocean.
Among the preparations, un-
doubtedly, the Annexation of these
Islands, small as they are, is one of
the most important. The fact is
now fully realized by the United
States statesmen and annexation
will now come as surely as the
needle ever points to the Pole.
There have been many doubts, but
there are doubts no longer. Before
another year rolls its course through
the months, the Stars and Stripes
will float over the Executive build
ing and Hawaii will be an integral
part Of the greatest republic the
world has ever seen