The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-22
A FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE.


clared himself fully and freely for an
neXation is by no means a surprise.
His words, as reported, are well worth
remembering: although up to this
my sentiments on the question, after
due consideration | have concluded
that annexation pure and simple
would be a blessing to our Islands.
Hence l am strongly in favor of it.
Of course, as a Hawaiian, | should
have liked to see the Queen restored,
but as this now appears to be an i'm
possibility, l wish to put myself on
record as an anneXationist."
Mr.. Parker is a representative Ha-
waian, man who has held office I'M
der the monarchy, man who was
one of the ex-Queen's Ministers when
she fell, and with all his predictions
towards royalty and all his family ira
ditions pointing in that direction, he
comes fairly forward, and says the
cause of restoration is lost. He does
not hide behind veil of sentimental
ism, such as is woven by the Call and
Argonaut, but he comes boldly for
ward, says he would have preferred
restoration. but as it is evident that
cannot be, he avows himself an an
neNationist pure and simple.
Mr.. Parker's position is thorough
Of hp n
manly one. No one can blame Mr..
Parker for standing by the throne as
long as he did. That the acts which
led to the eX-Queen's overthrow were
not approved of by him is well known,
but in spite of that he Loyalty stuck
by the Royal cause. But now that he
sees that the Royal cause is hopeless,
he wants the best thing for his coun-
try that can be obtained, and he sees
as all men of any political foresight
must see. that annexation is far supe-
rior to independence, in fact that an
neNation is the only safeguard that
this country has.
No one can say that Mr.. Parker is
not a lover of his own race. and it Is
for his own race that he has annuna
ed himself as an anneNationist. AS
Lorn \. Thurston says in his pamph-
let upon Hawaii. 1T is no longer a
question whether Hawaii shall be
controlled by the native Hawaiians OF
by some foreign power, but the ques-
ton is, What foreign power shall con
troll Hawaii?'" This fact Mr.. Parker
has realized, and he knows that il
Hawaii cannot remain independent
there can be only one power to which
Hawaii can go and her people stand
upon an equality with the citizens OF
the country which takes possession
not mean going in as a dependency:
it means entering the Union on an
equality with the oldest States of that
Union, There will be period of ter
ritorial tutelage, but with a commu-
nifty as well organized and as cult
waited as this is, Statehood will not
be far off, and under any circumstan-
ces, the Hawaiian comes in as a full
fiedged citizen of the United States.
with the power to vote in any State
of the Union. There will be no peri
the act of annexation, every Hawaii
an will become at once a citizen of the
United States. with all his privileges
and immunities. He will not lose his
identity, for Californian is a Cali
fornian wherever he may go, Kan
tucIian remains a Kentuckian. and
an Hawaiian will remain an Hawaiian
but he will be that and something
broader and greater, a citizen of the
greatest republic upon earth.
If Hawaii is left unprotected she
drifts to Asiaticism and the extinction
of the Hawaiian race Mr.. Parker has
realized the situation and he will re-
turn to make his countrymen see in
what direction their true interest lies
He, an Hawaiian, will put to sham,
those blind guides whom the Hawa
iians are already beginning to dis
trust, and will strip the scales from
their eyes. The position taken b,
Mr.. Parker is that of man wht
loves the people from whom he ha
sprung, the position of the Foreign
Royalist leaders is the position of peo
pie who care nothing for the Hawa
iians from whom they have obtained
their wealth, and who are willing t.
sacrifice the race to their own seemin!
advantage and woman's wilfu
within.