The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-25
Mr.. JONES SURE.
Assured Annexation Will
Be Accomplished.
Cause Gaining Strong Friends-Mr.
Honolulu'S New Bank.

P. C. Jones and wife arrived back
home from San Francisco by the Cop
tic. Mr.. Jones is more confident than
ever before that the annexation Of Hal
wall by the United States will be acc
complished without delay. He found
the sentiment for closer political union
almost unanimous in San Francisco
and every eastern gentleman with
whom he conversed favored the policy.
The matter seems to have been taken
up by the people and lawmakers every
where within the past few months. On
the way from here to San Francisco
with Congressman Cannon, Mr.. Jones
was told by the member Of the house
that there was almost a certainty OF
the treaty being taken up by the Sen
ate early in January. 1t will be about
the first thing considered after the or
ganization of Congress.
The Honolulu man was in San Fran
cisco when the Chronicle published the
New York Herald The Call received
cast on annexation, together with the
canvass given in the Advertiser this
morning Now the Call, which has
been publishing libels on the Islands
for some months announced recently
| that it had succeeded at great expense
| in effecting news connection with the
New oYrk Herald. The Call received
all this matter relating to annexation
from it's New York associate in The
news business, but failed to print i
| in San Francisco. For this it wa
taken sharply to task by many publi
men and by the Examiner and openl.
charged with suppressing news at tn
dictation of certain San Francisco mel
inimical to annexation.
Mr.. r. P. Rithet, who lately reache
the Coast from the East reported tina
he found annexation sentiment grow
ing everywhere. He had succeeded i
making a convert out OF one Unite
States Senator and it came about i
this way: Mr.. Rithet and the membe
of the Upper House met on railwa
train and the talk drifted to the mai
ter of the Islands. The Senator sal
he had not given the topic much a
tention, but did not think very we
of the annexation project. He saw n
particular reason for considering
Said Mr. Rithet: well, Senator,
think you will listen and think lit
when ! tell you I am a member of
company that has just bought ha
million dollars worth of machinery
your state for plant to be erected c
the Pacific coast for the purpose of r
ining raw Hawaiian sugar." After
little further talk the Senator made Il
statement that he. was satisfied
should vote for the treaty and h
name, hitherto in the doubtful lis
:. now appears in the New York Herald
aye" column.
Senator Perkins, of California, at t
strong and pressing request of his co
stituents and after carefully investiga
ing for himself, has come out staunc
ly for annexation.
The refinery now being built at Pc
Costa, California, will handle 600
:. tons of the 98 crop of the Island
= This is in addition to the manufactu
of beet sugar This Port Costa refine
company has capital of So, 500, 900 a.
among the gentlemen in the directt
ate are: Messrs. Rithet, Spalding, Fa
child, Cooke, Louis Schloss and N
Near. Mr. Jones says that 10000 to
of Hawaiian '9S sugar will go to n,
York.
= Mr.. Jones, as stated few days a.
I has made all arrangements for t
\ opening of his bank here January
II 1t will be called the Bank of HAVE
Ltd, and will have 100000 capital,
which 100000 will be paid up at on
P. c.. Jones, E. A. Jones and Clarer
q, Cooke will conduct the banking blu
ness Another man will be placed
charge of the affairs of the Hawaii
Safe Deposit and Investment Compal
The new corporation will be given
charter under the act of 1884, VIII
,. will confine it strictly to the banki
- business Among those to be intere
ed: P. G.. and E. A. Jones, G. M. Coo
Clarence Cooke, Castle & Cooke, Bre
er & Co., J.. B. Atherton, Ajax. You
H. Waterhouse and McCandless B1
Mr.. Jones brought with him a sam
of the Autographed check to be us
Business will be done with all pa
of the world, with Wells-Fargo of
Francisco and New York as agents
those places.