The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-06-18
CONTROL Hawaii
That Appears to Be President
McKinlGy'S Policy.
POLITICAL ARGUMENT STRONG
House Sugar Schedule
May Be Adopted.
Many Debatable Items Not Yet
Brought Up in the
Senate.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-The uncer-
tainty of keeping the clause of the
tariff bill separate from reciprocity
and annexation still continues. The
Republican caucus will settle the ques-
ton, so far as the Republicans are con-
cerned. The members of that caucus
are not agreed, as yet, upon their pol
icy, but it will not be unfriendly to
Hawaii, though it may be friendly only
in a modified sense.
The President and his Cabinet do
not favor any indirect attack on the
treaty, and remain as strongly as ever
in advocating ''contrO. of the Islands
The feeling in Congress is apparent
ly growing that Hawaii has the best
of the bargain under the treaty, and
that there should be some modification
of it. This feeling exists among some
of the strong friends of Hawaii. In
taking account of benefits under the
treaty, only Custom House returns
seem to be acceptable. Advantages
arising out of shipping, commissions,
and travel are regarded by many as
vague and unreliable One Senator,
who favored annexation and the treaty,
declares that he has changed his mind.
He is in favor of annexation, but OPP
posed to reciprocity on the ground that
the benefits are unequal
From the American standpoint, the
political argument is the strongest.
This is the meaning of the section in
the Republican platform referring to
Hawaii, and is so regarded here. De-
Stroy that argument and it would go
hard with the treaty. One able Demo-
cratic Senator said recently: 81 feel
that we must do something about Ha-
wall. We shall need her in the future,
but what shall we do about it? The
Republican party has destroyed our
shipping and decreased our foreign
commerce by the protective tariff.
Why take an outpost like Pearl Har-
Dor, when we have only ships of war
and no merchantmen to put into it?
Free trade means a merchant marine
and the need of outposts. But we must
keep the control of Hawaii, if we can.
1t looks as if reciprocity works badly.
The more reciprocity the more Asiat-
les. We, of the South, know better
than the men of the West, the political
and social unrest which comes from
ignorant races or from races with none
of our political education. Reciprocity
has driven the Hawaiian Islands off to
Asia, instead of bringing them near to
America In spite of these obstacles,
we must do something about it. What?
What can be done towards stopping
III oh &c
not just? Hawaii is a small affair, in a
certain sense, but it involves a vital
principle There is such a thing as
undue haste. Our Republican friends
hurried into Statehood several new
Western States, on the theory that
they would strengthen the party. They
| find that these States have gone over
to silver and hold the balance of power.
Now, we must govern Hawaii by force
| if we take her, and abandon the prin-
ciple of self-government to large ex-
! tent
The substance of a conversation is
given. in order to exhibit a phase of
thought here It's significance is that
| it does not shelve the Hawaiian mat
ter, but fully recognizes its Importance
and anxiously seeks for solution. The
situation is vastly better than that
of the Nicaragua Canal project. You
can see here Rear-Admiral Ammer,
| disappointed and grieving over the in
| difference of Congress towards this
! great undertaking. 1.-THE people are all
right" he says, but Congress is too
! indifferent"
The Cuban matter shows the need
and the power of the balance wheel of
/ in a. Tnj mi
public affairs. While the Republican
platform commits the Executive to ac-