The San Francisco call., 1897-12-11
THE COOLE CAT OUT OF TIE AN
NEXATION BAG.

ME Chronicle which chorled prematurey over
ton, lam-ntng its msfgures and admits that ab
sorpton Of the Islands per the Texas method will preclude
the appearance in the transaction Of the treaty feature by
which was pretended that the Hawaiian coolies would be
excluded from the United States This admission exposes
the whole scheme. The Federal constitution says This
constitution and the laws the United States which shall De
made in pursuance thereof and all treaties made which shall
be made under authority the United States shall be the
Preme law Of the land
evident then that constitutional legislation by treaty
as binding statute, and therefore, that Statute is as
binding part of the supreme law treaty, and each must
conform the constitution. the exclusion clause OF the
treaty could be part Of the supreme law had that right by
conforming the constitution and other way it
not BE made part joint resolution OF bill the
Islands the only reason for such inability be its unconst
tutonaIty.
Hence the CErrfss admits not only that such clause in
the treaty oonstutonalv void but that the treaty being
beaten, Congress cannot by bill resolution, exclude the
coolies from the United States.
Its plain, then. that annexation in the way proposed by
the Morgan bill opens California $1,000 Hawaiian coolies
The Chronicle admits il This puts every California member
Of Congress record for against the coolies by his vote
on the bill There escape from this The people Of this
State forewarned and they will be heard from.
The CALL has faithfully presented this feature Of annex
alton for months. lis gravity confessed by the
ton press which had but answer and that the excu
sion clause Of the treaty That answer past conung with
10! the treaty IS beaten.
In singing lis new song the Chronicle says ''Just now
the Pacae is the th=ater Of internationally depreciation. Ger
many JAPAN England and Russia with France hear FROM
are cut in that ocean Tor all they can get
This means OF that should join the dep
redat0s and DO share Of robbng We have before
called attention the attitude Of passive assent toward
grabbing OF Hawaii BY these international dePre5aors They
want Us 10 adopt their predacous policy and join their raid
declare might made right deprive small nations OF au
tonomy and lose right protest against robbery by put
ting ourselves subject 70 the rule OF honor among thieves
The Chronicle imPeaches Does devotion 10 republican
principles by insisting that don't take his spoil he will
swap il TO European power and declares that there
nothing in the Monroe doctrine permitting TO interfere with
the plans Of any Independent nation better ITSELF Then
there IS nothing in the fonroe doctrine all The betermen
Of Itself by annexation European colony as crown col
ony basis OF right interfere under the Monroe
doctrine That doctrine for0ds the further Introduction
tension Of European systems within this hemisphere When
such extension threatened the Venezuelan border
put Interpretation into International law Our right 10 in
terter based the wo-sting lettering Of the
South American republic, but the extension OF European
system