The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-20

BEAT THE TREATY.
We are not at all without hope that
the conservative, patriotic and truly
American public opinion Of this coun-
try can be so aroused that even a
profiigatG senate will not dare to ratify
the treaty of annexation with Hawaii
It's purpose is written all over the face
of it. 1t will bring forth twin evils so
deadly in their menace to the future of
this country that we do not believe our
people will dare or consent to invite
them. The first object is to render uni
form and consolidate the heritage of
the great sugar trust. With Hawaiian
sugar under it's control, and the admin
istration bent hot foot to bring Cuban
sugar into the same schedule, the trust
will be omnipotent in the Western
world. The second object, and the one
which commends it chiefly, is to add to
the Union another rotten borough
state, and to so strengthen that ele-
ment in the. United States senate, al
ready practically controlling it, which
obeys the beck of private interest and
monopoly, that the will Of the people
may be safely and surely denied. When
these dangers are set before the Ameri-
can people plainly and justified by the
course Of past events, we believe that
there will be an outburst of protest
against this treaty to which even the
senate can scarcely be insensible.
We appeal, also not without hope, to
the patriotic fervor of our people to
check this departure from the imme-
mortal and safe traditions of the re-
public. Scanning our Republican con-
tempOraries for reasons WHY thew
should support this agreement, as thew
feel themselves in duty bound to do.
we cannot find an argument with force
enough to convince either statesman or
child. The alleged necessity of laval
station is puerile. In the doubtful DOS
SlbIlIty of foreign war, the possession
or Hawaii would be- as one can see at
glance, source of weakness instead
OF strength. In time of peace our com
merce demands no such outlying post.
AS far as it is concerned, it matters
nothing what flag floats over the Sand
"ich islands. For any interest that we
may have, present or conceivable. the
virtue of the protectorate already ex-
ercised by us over Hawaii, and tacitIv
OF openly acknowledged by the rest of
the world, is sufficient. Whv then
should We attempt to aggravate tha
Ills from which We already suffer bv
incorporating in the body polite a COM
munlty not tenth part of whose
population is either ready or compe-
tent to exercise the right of SUFFRAGE
Or shows any promise Of future cana
biiIty? The only poor pretense that
the advocates Of annexation can mako
IS that some other nation will annex
Hawaii, of which there is not the
slightest probability, and which is an
emergency that we can deal with when
we come to it.
Says our interesting contemporary.
the Minneapolis Tribune: ION the con-
trary, 1t is in line with the Monroe doc
trIne, which pledges us not to permit
any Old world power to gain anv addi-
flonal foothold in the Western hemi-
sphere" We would refer the Tribune
to the messages and papers Of the pres
ldents, from which it may discover
what the Monroe doctrine really is. In
the first place, it is an absurdity to at
tempt to apply that doctrine to a.
group Of islands lying 1000 miles from
our Western coast line. With the af
fairs of the American continent we
may have a deep interest. With the
far-off islands Of the sea we have no
political relations Of an intimate char
acter, necessary or desirable.
Washington warned this country
against the danger of entangling alli-
ances and complications outside of its
borders. Monroe, in his famous mes
sage, confined himself to two points
The first is expressed in this sentence:
with the existing colonies or depend
cncies of any European power we have
not interfered, and shall not interfere"
The second says that, in case Of gov
ernments in this hemisphere which
have maintained their independence,
land whose independence we have. on
great consideration and on just princi-
pies, acknowledged, we could not view
any interposition for the purpose of op-
pressing them or controlling in any