The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-10
HAWAIl'S QUEEN.
Ths Annexation Scare is a
Bogus One
Palmer Writes From the Inside On
MANY Interesting Topics-The
Corpse Of Annexation Gam
not 30 Galvanized Into
Life.

ing to your readers by this mail will
be brief account OF the attempts
made at Washington to galvanizs
into semblance OF life the corpse of
annexation. Never was a cause more
completely dead. Excepting from
those who are expressly paid to re-
vive the subject, not word is ever
heard about it.
have most carefully looked over
the debates at the Capitol to see if,
even incidentally, the issue might
not receive attention, but it never
has. On the contrary, Cuba is most
freely discussed, and when one con-
siders the justice in extending our
territory, why should not this island
receive far more attention than Ha-
waii2 1t is close to our shores, like
Hawaii it ia sugar growing country
no Chinese or japanese problem
meets us there, and a most import
aut difference, should the United
States recognize the independence
OF the Cubsns, we should be aiding
the natives OF the island in strug-
gle with foreigners for the right OF
self-government, while any alliance
with Hawaii under its present rule
means Just the reverse, namely, we
aid petty minority Of foreigners to
further crush the life out of a
friendly, native people.
From two individuals, signing
themselves "Ex-Minister OF Hawaii"
and indirectly from three other
lawyers, one Of whom at present as
sumea that title, the other being
Hawaii's travelling salesman, who
has not yet disposed OF his wares
aud third who furnishes legal
phrases on demand, we read in the
newspapers that the pear which Mr.
Stevens declared WAS ripe four years
ago is again ready to be plucked,
and the experiences Of our irst
parents with forbidden fruit does
not seem to discourage those gentle
men, always presuming that they
can have the United States Navy to
protect them, Castle, Thurston,
Smith. Hatch, Hartwell. II cause
is so just, and so clearly for our ad-
vantage, why such an array Of legal
talent to persuade us to yield.
Not content with that amount of
home talent Mr. John w. Foster was
enlisted in the service of the cause
and | listened to his address last
evening; it was given at one OF the
churches. 1t opened with the usual
illustration, this represents Hawaii
as the centre OF the plane on a Mer-
GATORS chart; but when Mr., Foster
took his fshing-pole to explain that
enviable position, somehow the
diagram didn't work we'll, until it
was suggested to the lecturers mind
that Cape Horn and the Cape OF
Good Hope we're both pointing to
the North Pole. The lantern slide
being righted, Mr. Foster proceed
ed amidst the laughter Of the audi
euce. A second attempt was more
ludicrous still, for neither the
lecturer nor the exhibitor were al
familiar with the trend of the Ha
waiian group as they were the form
, OF the continents, and consequently
{ poor Hawaii was misplaced twice
, before the islands took the position
+ which the Creator had given them
= during one of these trials, Oahu wal
: found in extremely cold ATTITUDES
and again Hawaii was as the lecture
and his supporters assured us "yol
certainly will be over toward
s. Japan" | have heard before tina
!. the annexationists would turn tn,
o world upside down to accomplish
a their ends, but | had never seer, thi
4 publicly illustrated.
{" / send you a report of the lectur
s as printed by the morning paper
Q but with one exception there is n
new item therein, But the mos