The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-04
SENATOR MORGAN'S VIEW.

Senator Morgan does not put the
highest estimate upon the moral
worth of his colleagues and fellow
politicians In the United States.
In the Estates Duty" for Octo-
Der, he says in an article on Ha-
wall, ''if either of our political par
ties knew to a certainty that the an
nexation of Hawaii as State would
add to its strength in the Houses
of Congress, all racial objections,
and all objections based on the
solidarity nation and as to the ex-
pansion of our borders, would dis
appear, so far as that party would
be concerned"
The Senator says, in other words,
that if either of the dominant
parties could be sure of securing
two Senators, of its own political
faith, from Hawaii, in the event OF
annexation, it would certainly work
hard to bring about that event.
This is what the moralists call
"taking a low view of the charac-
ter and purposes of American
statesmen. But it is undoubtedly
a correct view and the Senator has
the courage of his convictions IN
saying so. His colleagues OF both
parties, if they could have reached
him before he wrote those lines,
would have sorrowfully whispered
into his ear, "don't you know bet
ter than to tell the world just how
we work the machines! f"
James Russell Lowell, staunch
Republican, one of the ripest schol-
are in America, and statesmen too,
said of both parties in 1888: They
have been equally guilty, both have
evaded, as successfully as they
could, the living questions of the
day.
These eminent Americans take
rather gloomy, but just views OF
the character of their countrymen.
But the working politicians smile
at their wisdom, and wink the
weather eye, and confdentially
whisper to each other, ''bother these
fellows; they don't know the ne
cessity Of the machine" And they
too are right in their views.
That Senator Morgan should
take this view is owing to the fact
that he is remarkably free from
party influence. Of all the South
ern Statesmen, he is the one who
takes the widest view of the rela-
ton of the United States to the
Orient. The fussy tom-tits OF his
own section do not agree with him,
when he says annexation is hv-
ing question.
The statements of the Senator
contain in a nut shell, the reason
of the opposition of so many edu-
Gated and thoughtful Republicans
in the Eeastern States to the annex
alton of Hawaii. Their party lead
ers, for the purpose of increasing
the number of Republican votes in
the Senate, admitted a number of
skeleton States in the West into
the Union. But the Senators from
those States instead of obeying the
party leaders, became independent
on the silver question, and the ma
chine got cleft" These rejecting
men have become over cautious,
and do not wish to see 1t lett again,
If Hawaii is admitted.
Senator Morgan sees, however,
that the spirit of territorial acquisi-
ton is stronger in CONGRESS than it
is among the masses, and the ques-
tons involved are different from
those raised by the skeleton States.
He believes that the men in Con-
gress will force annexation, just as
Mr.. Seward and his friends forced
the purchase of Alaska, in spite of
the popular Indifference or opposi-
ton to the purchase.