The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-11
TALK OF THE POSSIBILITIES
Ex.Queen Has Returned
to Washington.
English Press Urging Unitec &
States to End Cuban
Revolution.
The Chronicle of September SOth

The Chronicle of September 3Oth
says:
Congressman Cannon of Illinois,
Tawney of Minnesota, Loudenslager of
New Jersey and Berry Of Kentucky
returned yesterday morning from Ho-
nolulu in the steamship Australia
The ladies of the party were Mrs. Lou
denslager, Miss Berry. Mrs. B. B.
Dovenor, wife of the Wheeling, w. Va,
member of Congress, and Miss Grace
Loud. Every member of the party was
enthusiastic over the trip, which was
a most pleasant one throughout.
Congressman Tawney is the out
spoken annexationist of the party,
though the other Republican members
are not pronounced antis, and Berry
expressed himself as favoring union,
with conditions. Tawney put the ex-
preston of his sentiments in part in
this way:
"At the reception to us, given by
Minister Sewall, we stood in line for
an hour meeting Americans or men
and women with American accent and
ideas, and l then crossed to Senator
Morgan and asked him how the COM
pany impressed him. He answered: ::
The man who could come here and
see this company, these people who
are essentially Americans, and then
desert them, leave them to their fate,
does not deserve the name of an Amer
ican.' That's the way 1 felt. l do not
believe the Republic can be maintained
long as things now stand. Many of
the former Royalists, seeing this, while
they feel the utmost love for their
country, believe the only hope is in
| annexation, and so told me.
81 was delighted with the fertility of
the country, and the prospect that
there will be a greater variety of
products than was believed possible in
such climate This may mean much
for the future of the Islands. The ISL
and of Hawaii especially pleased me,
with it's long stretches of foothills and
fertile mountain sides. | was most ia
vorably impressed by all that / saw,
and found much to strengthen my an
nexation feeling"
Conservatism, such as might be ex-
pected in the chairman of the ApprO-
priations Committee, marks thought
and speech of Congressman Cannon.
He does not talk much, but through
all runs a vein of opposition to en-
larging the boundaries of the United
States when so grave questions at
home remain unanswered. He said: 81
believe the Republic there-and it is
a magnificent Government-could be
maintained if the United States should
say to the world, Hands off, Other
wise some Of the powers would un-
doubtedly absorb the Islands. The
United States could take Pearl harbor
and improve it very cheaply and make
a most magnificent harbor.
"It is ours, we have paid millions for
| it, more than enough to cover it with
bills With it there would be guar
antee that no other nation had any
right to dare hope to claim the Islands
| The harbor would be cheap at millions
where it would cost hundreds to thou
sands
Loudenslager, while keeping quiet
on the subject, has practically the
same ideas.
Berry, who is not an annexatlOnlSt
rather outlined the Democratic policy
| it is thought, in speech at luau
! when he said that it must be remem
bered that nearer our shores was {
republic struggling for freedom and an
nexation. This reference to Cuba is be
lieved to mean that the opposition ma.
endeavor to couple the problems. Ber
ry said he was pleased with his tri
and learned much that was new an
valuable.
Yesterday afternoon the Congress
men went down to Wastonville to Sc
the sugar factory. They leave TO
home this evening by way of the Can
adian Pacific road.