The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-09
GREAT RESOURCES THERE
IMPRESSED THE wINoNA con-
GRESHAM VERY FAvORABLY
WITH OAHU AND COMPANY.
WOMEN NATIVES ARE FEARFUL
That Annexatioi, fer Them Will
Mean Form Of Serious So
ciaI Degradation.

L dul y yesterday morning dHQ Registered
at the Ryan. They were Congressman
j. A. Tawney, of Winona; Joseph Can
non, of Illinois; A. s. Berry, Of Ken
lucky, and Fl. c.. Loudenslager, of
New Jersey. Messrs.. Cannon and Ber-
ry left on an early train for Chicago,
but congressman Tawney and Louden-
Slayer spent the day in the city, seeing
the sights. Senator Morgan was with
the party on it's recent jun1et to the
Sandwich islands, but decided to re-
main there with his two daughters for
a week longer
Mr.. Tawney is outspoken in favor of
annexation Of the islands to the Unit
ed States, from a commercial stand
point as well as to afford naval and
coaling station in the Pacific, which
last he considers to be an absolute ne
cessity.
In speaking of the trip he said that
it had been a hard one because they
were going continually from the time
they left San Francisco, Sept. 8, until
they returned. They were shown all
around the islands, and every point of
interest, and besides were rendered
series of receptions and banquets which
kept them busy While the gentlemen
who escorted them about the islands
were all annexationists, they were
careful to see that the members of
the party met and had ample oppor
tunity to converse with the royalists
as we'll b
The luau, Or native feast, which they
attended was prepared for their bene-
fit by royalist women, and at that
II
ed freely i'm common with other sub
jects regarding the islands. The ut
most freedom of discussion and the
greatest. good nature prevailed every
where. jp-
Mr.. Tawney Stated that the strongest
opposition to annexation, especially
such as was found among the most in
telligent class of natives came from
the women, who feared the loss of
their social positions These women
were well educated, refined and in eV-
cry way qualified to hold high social
positions, but they feared that as soon
as the islands were annexed to the
United States, all natives, without re-
gard to their mental attachments or
culture, would be treated as saVages,
and would only rank as the, Indians
do in this country. Under present con-
ditions they mingled freely with whites.
and they were very proud of their So
ciaT position. The thought that they
might lose this, if annexation took
place, filed them with dismay
Mr. Tawney says the natives have
little or nothing to do with the admin
istfation Of the islands at present. All
of those in power are of American or
English birth, and consequently, it
would be difficult for any one going
there for short time only to get right
down to the inside facts: regarding the
prevailing sentiment regarding annex
alton, of his own accord, but the visit
ing delegation was afforded every OPP
poPtunity TO hear both sides of the
case. and they learned as much as any
one could learn in so short a time.
He said there was nothing apparent
on the islands to Indicate that Japan
proposed to resist annexation. The
adult Japanese on the island were
mostly there under contract as labor
ers The japanese government had re-
moved it's war vessel, and everything
now looked quiet.
In one of the schools the delegation
saw studying together as harmonious
ly as the children of any school in this
country, Chinese, japanese, Amer
.,
ians, Germans, Portuguese, English
and children of almost every other ma
tionality. They were all studying in
English, the language taught in the
schools The teacher was asked which
of the pupils we're the brightest and
made the most rapid progress, and she
pointed out the Japanese.
Near the village of Hama, on the
Island of Maua, Mr. Tawney met q
r,a.tiuea Lad of less than ton y,aarS r-ai71cr
home from school with bundle of
books under his arm. He stopped the
lad and asked him what books he had
The boy handed out a third reader
published by an American firm, and
used in the schools of this country by
boys much older. What was more to
the point the boy could read fntelli-
gently from the book. Many native
BOYS were seen in the. school at this
place, and they were handsome, we'll
built lads, such as parents of any ma
tionality might be proud Of
Mr. Tawney declares it very difficult
for any one who has not visited the
islands to obtain an adequate idea of
their resources.
A party of 1umbermen I. Crubaugh and A.
c. Dart. of Rock Island, and c. E. Rogers,
of Hayward. Wis, registered at the Mer-
chants yesterday.
Fl. T.. Fletcher. of Yellowstone park, the
proprietor of the Lake hotel, accompanied by
his wife, registered at the Windsor yester-
day.
A. B. Mcdonnell of Chippewa Falls, ac-
companied by his son. Don H. and daugh-
ter Miss Emily, are stopping at the Windsor.
Several Duluthites, F. B. Dougherty, F. G.
Wilson and H. R. Elliott, at the Mer-
chants.
Ed weaver and NJ NJ Farr, of Mankato,
Az