The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12
CABLE AND ANNEXATION.

L ne racine CaDle ndller Is, OF
course. one of the most vital to the
Islands. The great thing is to make
the cause of annexation and the cable
company one. They dovetail into one
another. The New Jersey Company is
certainly the one carrying the strong
est backing, as it now seems. The
Scrymser Company was able to block
the progress of the New Jersey com
pany at the end of last session, but as
was shown in certain articles in the
local press the Scrymser Company was
only playing a dog in the manger pol
icy. The people connected with that
company were interested in a combine
that gave them the command of the
East, across the Atlantic and through
Europe and Asia. They were by no
means likely to open up a short route
to the East via the Pacific. This is
asking too much of ordinary human
nature.
The New Jersey Company possess
good men to push the business and the
Hawaiian Government should well con-
slider them in cable matters. Among
these are eX-Mayor Hewitt, who has
great many friends among the Demo-
Gratis of the House, and of which
House he was once a prominent mem
Der. ID. O. Mills is, again, a man of
high character and standing and
swings a considerable influence
through the paper owned by his SON
in-law, Whitelaw Reid. General Dodge
is another member of the combine
who can control the Iowa Delegation
both in House and Senate, and he is
the man who has directed the military
part of the inaugural ceremony of
President Mckinley. Another support
er of the New Jersey company is
James |. Hill of the Northern Pacific.
He has strong friends throughout all
the Northwestern States, extending
from Minnesota to the Golden Gate.
Lastly it is well to consider the
name of Z. S. Spalding. He is an old
schoolmate of Mark Hanna, and is also
the uncle of Judge Day of Canton.
President McKinley's most confidential
friend and adviser. Such a combna-
ton is certainly very strong one and
it must be the hope of all here that
this combination can be enlisted on
the side not only of the cable, but on
the side of annexation.
That annexation must come is as
patent as possible. However well able
to take care of herself internally
which makes her the more valuable to
the United States-Hawaii is incapable
of protecting herself externally. She
is at the mercy OF any power which
has strength enough to down her.
\ strong influence like that which
The Star has outlined in the cable
scheme will be of immense value to the
islands The main thing to consider
in these two schemes for giving line
of telegraph to the islands is who is
honest in the desire? 1t is very pat
ent that, with their control of the
Eastern telegraphs, the Scrymser COM
pany Is only playing blum game. Put
off the trans-Pacific cable as long as
possible is their scheme. The Hawaii
an Islands are to them as a mere
nothing. OF course the Hawaiian Is
lands are something to themselves and
to the United States they are sone-
thing of Importance, in point of fact,
far more important than many Of the
United States statesmen realize.
That we shall have a cable here in
time is undoubted, just as we shall
have annexation to the United States
1t takes a good deal of coquetting be-
fore a marriage is affected, but the
marriage is brought about in spite o.
all the little by-play. Hawaii will have
the cable and Hawaii will become an
integral part of the United States OF
America.