The San Francisco call., 1897-11-01

! assurance that there will be provision where by
tn ose on the islands who now possess the right
of fdenizenship," will enter upon the rig Is
OF American citizanship in the course OF a
short tima. Now, here. were there o other
OBJ lection | protest.
The 100 900 or more Chinese we have with
us have filled this land with curses and vices
unnameable and previously unknown to the
Caucasian race. They have induced more
corruption and debaucherg OF civil offic Is
than were ever before attributed to any factor
in our civilization. They nave chaosed our iu-
dustrial conditions in verious directions, and
incurable ulcer in every sense upon tho
body polite. Yet we asked to approve of
the further In reduction of hall hundred
thousand more OF these pests, and thai, too.
with the granting to them OF citizenship
right l say, God forbid.
| am not unaware of the existence of a
quarter of hundred thousand natives OF a
Caucasian II ce equally threatening to The
in terests of American wageworkers but their
presence is lost sight of in the predominant ting
evil of the Mongo ian in flux. We may assimi-
late ignoranr Portuguese, but our plane of
civilization offers no attraction 10 the Chinese.
He will drag US down, unless we eliminate
him.
Is there single cogent argumen for annex
alton that does not smack OF robbery. actual
or premedita;edf
Hawaii will serve as a coaling station. Why
so would Cape Town and with as much rem
son. We have not to-day, and will not have
in ten years, ships sufficient to adequately
guard one-tenth of onr inhabited sescoast,
Yet we will grab piece of territory 1000
miles away in order that one-eighth of our
naval force may be required 10 constantly
guard It, And guard it against whom? Ha-
wall never raised enough revenue to pay its
expenses We will not annex Hawaii as part
OF Ca ifornia. We Will not establish terrific
rial form OF government there We will make
nei ther fish, les h nor good red herring OF the
islands We will grab them and trust to luck.
Pah ! am tired of the subject Is it true
tnat the powers to be are eager only to direct
public attention from pressing politco-econo-
N n 1nr n
war?
should hate to be forced to this convection,
yet cannot close my eyes to the fact that the
annexation OF Hawaii carries III its train the
possibilities of International strife and COM
plications We of the Pacific Coast have n I'd
often TO bemoan the evils nfiicted upon us by
the Federal administration because OF ignor-
ance of our distant lands requirements What
Will Hawaii have TO say OH this scoreP Have
we not d sufficiently vexatious problem to
solve in the intelligent government OF terri
tory 3,609,990 square miles in area without
reaching out tor more?
In short, see neither necessity, profit nor
honor in The acquisition of Hawaii. Per con-
ira, see all the evils that greed ana precipi-
fancy bring in their train. May the American
people have the wisdom to renounce the uu-
worthy proposition. NJ. NJ. MCGLYNN.
Los Angeles, October 80, 1897.
j. d. Bailey has lived in Southern Cali
fornia for long period of years. He is q
member of the Carpenters' Union and is
uiStifOt SdHlLCI VI bHc hulSu tS OI DO +
for Southern California. Mr. Bailey pre-
pared the following statement for The
CALL, which embodies his views upon the
annexation question:
To the Editor of The Calmly judgment is
that ii the proposition to annex Hawaii to the
United States were left to the ab Dor organiza-
tions and the people 1t would be overwhe, m
inglS voted down. All great questions should
be submitted to vote of the people.
/ know that the sentiment of the Los
Angeles County Council of Labor is decidedly
against it and we have embodied our ideas
upon the question into a set of resolutions,
which have been forwarded 10 the members OF
the California delegation in Congress, asking