The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-14
HAWAIIASS AND ANNEXATIOS.

There are very few Of the older
residents OF Hawaii who viii agree
with Senator McCandless that the
Iawaiian- have not been taught
self-respect. We must admit fail
IRE To appreciate wherein the alb
original race has been taught to be
like children, and we doubt wheth
or taken "a a whole the race appeals
for stray quarters with the same
avidity as many Of the white races.
The trouble with the Hawaiian
from a purely business standpoint
i that he does not look after the
stray quarters and five-cent pieces
with sufficient care, and we do not
know that annexation or a partlcu-
lar form of government or larger
immigration Will eradicate ma
tional trait as thoroughly Unborn as
the New England farmers propen-
sitv to squeeze every dollar three
times for luck before letting it 90
from his hand. If mingling with
other people and competing with
them will teach the self-respect 70
which the Senator refers, the Chi
nese and japanese with whom the
Hawaiians mingle freel y ought to
have taught the lesson by this time.
The Orientals look after dollars
closely enough to puzzle an Anglo
Saxon, and certainly annexation
will not bring a class of more rigid
financial educators.
In the annexation discussion
there is no necessity to ask the
question, Why is annexation best
for the Hawaiianl 1t is quite as
reasonable to ask, Why is annex
ation best for the Hawaiian born
citizen of foreign parentage? There
should be no distinction if it were
intended to rob the native Hawaii
ans: if the native Hawaiians were
to be refused any rights and priv
ileges enjoyed by any other citizen
the situation would be quite diff
ferent. What is best for Hawaii is
best for the citizen of Hawaiian
blood; he profits as much if not
more by stable government and the
guarantee against interference of
foreign powers than any other citi-
zen. He today owes the measure |
of moral and material progress he |
has gained to the kindly protection
and assistance of the United States,
and he has only to look upon the |
aboriginal races in the European
possessions of the Pacific to see
where he would have landed had
the early settlers, the founders OF
American educational institutions
and influences, and the United
States as a nation, been less kindly
disposed. Political disaster to Ha-
wall means disaster to the native |
Hawaiian: commercial disaster III |
Hawaii means disaster to the native |
Hawaiian, and the native Hawaiian
Will also reap his full share with |
every other citizen of the benefits
derived by the guarantee of poitl-
cal solidarity and improved COM
advantages which will fol
low the annexation of this country
to the United States.
The cry of carpet baggers and
fear of new blood have no place in
the consideration of annexation.
The carpet Dagger will come and
the new blood will come. This
country Is so situated that they can
not be kept away, whatever our
political future. We may be sure,
however, that the character of our
immigration under annexation will
be vastly improved, the country
will become a less popular resort
for professional bilks and beach
.Ombers; men viii come here to