Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-27
The Annexation OF HaVvnii.

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THAT the Senate viii raufy the treaty
NEGOTIATED to annex the Hawaiian is-
lands admits of little question As this
cannot Doe ummated without the ass
sumption Of the Hawaiian debt, and am
appropriation for carrying on the Hd-
..U4u l.venmcnt. the concurrence OF
ire House wU Doe necessary but anneNa-
uon d. usually popular, and we presume
to. House viii readily do It's part in
carrying ont the plans OF the admins
tratlon.
THE President is proposing step OF
ver great moment that has received
practically TO consideration by the peo-
re. and regarding which there is no
ratur.l public sentiment The slight
.huI.uol iu favor of annexation which
OIL. or.rturea of tho rcvolutonists
caused four and a. half years age rapid
- subsidized. as was Illustrated in the
senate itself by the fact that, while It
was freely predicted when the Hawaiian
commissioners arrived I'm Washington
r.t the senate would al once agree TO
t. annexation treaty the matter was
..rreI The Republicans said me
U.mocrats were delaying action, in or
..~ that their party might have the
honor of anncXing the islands but al
rr the change of administration mo
..I.rt WAS quite abandoned. The fact
that the more they considered the
r tor the less did the senatOrs-eltEcr
lIlcaus or DemOcrats-care 10 ass
..w. the responsibilities Of annexation;
.t fn the past four years. while there
hecn no evidence of change OF
. fD fh. specific case OF these IS
..r. fhoro does seem TO have been an
.r.ee OF the lingo spirit, which causes
.. arprencnsion that with "a little en-
.r.pement from the President the
s...r. Will raufy the treaty Yet IN
Ono country az large. the annexation
..Iit has so far evaporated IN the past
..- wears that the Republican national
- tform of last year only declared Tor
r. control OF the islands by the Uni'ed
-.t.s I'D the exclusion Of the influence
other nations, but their annexation
. NOT endorsed.
rh.- matter comes before the country
wien the people are wholly unprepared
discussion for properly Welshlns IT,
I'D .f comes at most iuopportune TN e.
Question OF most Importance now
..lne. and treated as such in the l@s'
r..I campaign. are-frst souno cur
second. the national revenue ana
.I HIGHER rates of protection. Con-
f.s oetong.bly suborduated the
10 The second, bot in fact IT has sub
r.t.l ihe first two 20 the third. But
promise has been made again ana
.r that as soon as revenue ana pro-
...u had been disposed OF, the currency
would Do dealt with. Now 81 So proposed
. roetuone the currency again while
.r... devoteg Itself TO the Hawahdn
lion. with the probability that the
will be lost 20 sight in the
...,.ng and nae-raielng and band-play-
Incident 20 the appropriation OF these
Pacific islands.
l.- Constitution and our political insu-
.as and habits know nothing OF the
government Of dependency. our lerIl-
.r.I Governments have been temporary
...s and the consciousness that they
..r. out of harmony with our tunda-
rl IDEA Of government Is the
ODD why so many Territories nave
n Drcmaturely admitted TO the Union
. ec.Dfn themselves, and take part IN
.r.rninr au the rest OF the country.
u we then admit the islands as a
.t.2 Tho population consists Of 3yo)j
iars and part Hawalians NtO
..noee. almost AN coolies; q, 900 Chinese.
.I'y coolies; 300 Portuguese o. the
lowest class. employed, like the Japanese
. Chinese. IN the cultivation OF the
plantations: about 400 English ana
Ill.a OF other countries Of Northern
iHo.e. and 5000 Americans. Is that
community upon which we are going 10
confer The right 20 send two senators
a.l representative 90 Congress- Are
S. going 10 govern the islands as "a 91n-
qleI.l province. denying the people all
taD political institutions we cherish for
ourselves. and subjecting them 10 the
absolute control Of a Governor or com
mission representing 3 per cent. Of the
Total populauOn2 When we take into
account the scandals that have D~,n in
caont 20 such arrangements. and the
shock IL must give II permanently main
tanned. 10 a public sentiment trained 10
believe IN self-goycrnment as the first