The record-union., 1897-06-10
Weather Forecast.
Northern California - Partly cloudy
Thursday; fresh westerly wind.
HOPE FOR THE TREATY.

The sugar trust received body blow
in Washington on Tuesday, and the in
cidental effect will probably be, as it
should be, to leave the Hawaiian reel
procity treaty untouched. The de-
mand of the trust that the treaty
should be abrogated had grown AFRO
CANT, imperious and commanding, but
this was just the step too far, and the
result was the splendid protest of Sen
ators Frye and Davis and other Re
publican leaders in caucus. 1t is now
said that the gain of strength by the
friends of the treaty in the Senate is
such that it is probable the PROPOSE
ton to abrogate will be withdrawn.
The protests that have gone up from
California in clouds the last fortnight
have had their effect, and the voice of
the commercial men, the producers. the
traders, the consumers and those who
make these problems a study as pub
licists have secured a hearing at last.
The Senators are now discovering that
the trust advocates have deceived them
and misrepresented to them concern
ing the sentiment of the Pacific Coast
people on the question of the import
ance of our trade with Hawaii, and
what the political meaning and result
of abrogation would be.
That the abrogation of the treaty by
the United States would be equiva-
lent to an invitation to some foreign
power to annex Hawaii is pretty gen
orally conceded by far-seeing public
lists. That our Government should,
silly as that has seemed to us from
the first violently preposterous. In this
connection it may be remarked that
nothing is more humorous just now
than the assumedly sober declaration
of English review writers and CORE
spondents of the leading London pa
pers, that the American sentiment is
opposed to annexation of Hawaii but
that England still is, as she has been
for the last 200 years, the protector
of weak nations-the kindly hen that
has gathered beneath her wings all
motherless chicks that come pee-wee-
ing.
According to these writer's it is the
sublime mission of British power to
go about taking up territory wherever
opportunity offers, but that Americans
should remember that it has been the
policy of the Republic from the founda-
ton not to make acquisitions of for
eign territory, nor become entangled
in annexation schemes. This is really
too funny to be treated in any other
than the spirit of broad humor
The reciprocity treaty must stand as
1T is. for reasons quite too numerous
to be catalogued, but one chief and
overpowering one is that Jealous ma
uons are longing for it's breaking down
It is we'll to take the military advice
in such cases, and do the very thing
the enemy hopes you viii not do. The
sugar trust wants the treaty abro-
gated and no one contends that it is
thus moved out of public spirit OF
broad disinterestedness This fact fur
nishes US another reason that should
address the highest intelligence
The simple logic of the thing is this:
the treaty is of commercial benefit to
the people of the United States. and is
no detriment to trade or production. Tt
relates US more closely to a neighbor
that is practically under our moral pro-
lection, and is recognized by the ORR
entail Coast nations and by the States
Of this hemisphere as naturally and
rightfully the ward of the United States
whenever we choose to assert our
guardianship. This ward is herself
disposed to ask us to exert our power in
this regard, and remove her from the
field of contention, and from the re-
sponsibility of dealing with Powers
that are arrogant in their demands and
bully and threaten her in her weakness.
There is ample exchange of benefit on
our part in the fact that the treaty is
the key in the arch of the compact that
secures to us a naval station in our own