The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-17
THE EXHIBIT or AN AMUsING
CONTEMPORARY.


The proposition to acquire Hawaii fur
nishes the Journal an especially fine OPP
of the United States and the feebleness of
eyesythin1 American as TO policy, politics
and individual demeanor. 'Dr
Indeed the objection the Journal finds
TO the acquisition of Hawaii-of course,
IL is bound TO find objection TO anything
in the nature of positive act-is based
on its lack OF faith in the American gov
ernment and in American citizens to do
anything right or rightly, owing to
weakness OF intellect and a disposition to
ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain, native TO the soil of the land of the
brave and the home of the free. 1t begins
with the Secretary of state, who, 1t feels,
has lived too long for his usefulness. al
though it wants to be understood as being
glad that tho Hon. John Sherman is
alive personally that is. And we are sure
such is our abiding faith in tho regener-
ate heart of our contemporary despite the
degenerate fat about it that handicaps its
beatings, that we feel that IL would
really not care to SEQ John Sher-
man die, even for the good OF his
country. IL regards the desire on the
part of tho Hawaiians for annexation
as a crafty bupco game to shift the bur-
den of their responsibilities on Uncle
Sans shoulders and so feels that Uncle
sam is only poor Old greeny for buying
the gold brick. Not only according TO our
amusing contemporary will the United
States government be at a disadvantage
in preserving law and administering JUS
tice In the Islands. but, awful thought,
the kind of men who got into public life
among us is very unlikely Co be success
full in experiments In that direction. We
Journal lugubriously, TO be drawn into
difficulties with other nations. And 1t Is
especially fearful of offending Japan and
sure AS taxes that Japan can beat us out
in diplomacy and lick us at war. Reck-
less jingoes and unscrupulous jobbers are
according to the Journals fine insight,
responsible for the whole scheme Of an.
nexation and 1t pictures the horrible
state OF the islands when the
Yankee carpet bagger goes out there
and fleeoes the guileless native
Tho scandals. the discredit, the disorder
the trouble, the expense. that are to fol-
low for us are only "too easily imagined. "
OF course they are. Nothing woeful is
ever anything but too easy to imagine
over In the Journal office Life and living
are constant unremitting nightmare
over there. This is sad. bad world, in-
Decd and n gross of boxes OF liver pills
could never be successful as corrective
to the state OF mind the journal Is persist
entity in through dwelling on it and In IL.
And the end is not yet for the imaginings
Just wait until annexation Is consum-
mated and see what terrors our contem-
porary then dreams AS the bereaved
German expressed himself upon being
commiserated with on the distressing evi-
dence he afforded of profound grief dur
ing the progress of the funeral services
over the remains Of his wife: dat vas
nodings You should seen me at der
grafel yoost raised b. at der grafe! !"
The Journal is exceedingly entertaining
after its own gloomy fashion. As Artomus
Ward observed of the kangaroo, it's an
amoosln' little cuss.