The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-15
j. O. HendersOn's observations on n
Recent Hawaiian Trip.


Recent Hawaiian Trip.
]. o. Henderson, ex-auditor of state, re-
Gently returned from stay of several
weeks at Honolulu, where he had ample
leisure to study the conditions and look
into the status of the Dole government.
Naturally he takes much interest in the
advices from Washington to. the effect that
an annexation treaty has been prepared and
will soon be submitted to the Senate.
Il should regard annexation as a very
grave mistake" said he to Journal re-
porter last evening II think Mr.. Sherman
was exactly right when he made his dec
laration that in his opinion the government
domain of the United States was sufficient
ly large for years to come and he was op-
posed to the annexation of Hawaii. Cuba
or Canada, and opposed to territorial ag-
grandizement in any shape. / was at Hon
olulu when the papers containing his inter-
view arrived and though he declared plain
y that these were his personal views and
he was not rejecting the policy Of the ad-
minstration, it was a wet blanket to the
hopes of the annexationists.
While l am opposed to territorial ag-
grandizement as a general proposition, it
would be a particularly bad bit of policy
to annex these islands. You would have
a territory about 500 miles in extent at
least 1000 miles from the nearest point in
the United States, that is San Francisco
and you would have a population of such
character that it would be a leprous sore
on the body polite. You would acquire a
territory that is barren and unfit to grow
anything but sugar and a population with
an Asiatic majority. utterly unfit for our
form of government with the univerea1
.IanQnnGa fret tn
Defs. the Chinese second, the natives third
the' portuguese fourth, the Americans fifth
the Brltish sixth and then there are a
rev Germans and scattered nationalities
represented. But more than half the popu-
latlon Is made up of Japanese and Chinese
In addition to these advantages Won would
acquire debt of about $4,000, ,0OO
our form of government introduced
among these people would lead to race wars
they break out now? Because the republic
is a republic in name only. II is in fact
an olgarehy, with these Asiatics cut out
Oh the franchise. Their Constitution is so
framed that the President and Legislature
can control the franchise. But the Dole
government cannot stand and nobody un-
defstands this better than the men at the
mead of it. / met all of them and became
Wen acquainted with some of them If an
neXation is not brought about it must go
10 pieces 1t has an army of forty-seven
soldiers and any man with one hundred
framed lighting men could land upon the
,la Island and oyerturn the government with
out hring a shot. There is not a fortifica-
ton upon the islands and it would require
an enormous expense to put them in defens-
1ble shape. President Dole is q clear-headed
man OF education and courage. 1t is a mat
ter of common remark that his strong per-
sona!ity is the only thing that has prevent
long ago.
You will not agree with me. of course
but my stay there and the things I learned
by President Cleveland was the correct one
Inc revolution that dethroned the Queen
Tae @a cbi69 a69ut IN this 5 Tay Mr. Dole who
Ihlluokalanfs government, the attorney
general general Of of the royal government. Mr..
Winslow, of the American war shin Boston
and one or two others met at the home of
Dr. McGreW, wealthy resident, who is
tion, and there concocted the scheme The
marines were landed from the Boston, on
pLetense OF guarding American interests.
which were never threatened for a moment
and marched directly down in front of the
government house across the street from
ne ne royal palace The conspirators entered
lne government house and told the native
ofnclals 70 get out and they vacated at
sight of the marines in front. The instant
this was done and while the Queen was in
her palace undisturbed, the American min
lister recognized the insurgent force and up
went the American flag over the govern
ment house. Then they went to the Queen
and told her that resistance would mean
resistance to the American flag and govern
n'ent, for which everybody on the island
L
ed to the Queen that if she would abdicate
the matter would be submitted to the Uni
ted States government for arbitration and
she abdicated. Her government had no
army to speak of and it was the United
States marines and the United States flag
that did the business When President
Cleveland had made thorough investiga-
ton of the facts, he came to the conclusion
that the United states marines had been
improperly used to overawe the government
of a friendly power and participate in an
internal political controversy in which this
country had no interest His policy was to
undo the wrong and would have been car
ried out. had the deposed Queen bee,I con-
tent to grant amnesty to those participating
in the trouble But she insisted that if re-
stored to power she would execute DR..
McGrew, Dole and one other leader and
under these conditions President Cleveland
declined to intervene further than to with
draw the protection of the United States
from the Dole government, signalized by
hauling down the flag in front of The gov
ernment house. Stripped of all sentimental
language, these are the plain facts of the
case.
''As to the future of the islands, in case
annexation fails? That is a good deal of a
problem, but | do not think the Dole gov
ernment could stand. Nor yet could the
deposed Queen be restored. 1t would not
surprise any of the intelligent inhabitants
of the islands to see a native uprising that
would bring TO the throne Kapiolani the
niece of the deposed Queen, a beautiful
girl now completing her education in