The San Francisco call., 1898-01-17
TO FURTHER THE CAUSEOF
 ANNEXATION
Arrivul of PresideDt Sanford B. Dole of the H hawaiian Govern I1ent as an EDbussddor
 to Washington.

After a stormy passage from the is lands, and nearly four days overdue, the Peru slipped in through the fog last night, and just before g o'clock dropped anchor off Meiggs wharf.
 There had been some anxiety as to her welfare, but she arrived with all we'll, and bearing the President of the island republic, Sanford B. Dole.
 President Dole is in a hurry. He will stay no longer in San Francisco than possible, and then he will speed on to Washington-for Washington is his goal and Congress is his object, and his mission the cause of annexation.
 Doles arrival just now is particular ly significant, for the question of an- nexing the Hawaiian Islands is now be- fore the Senate, and the presence of an ambassador no meaner than the head of the Provisional Government itself shows how deeply concerned the an- nexationists are in regard to the fate of their favorite project
 President Dole will appear before the committee on foreign relations in the furtherance of his mission, and his hopes reach to a hearing before the bar of the Senate itself. should such course be allowed. At any rate, he comes armed with all the weapons of a diplomat, and the fight against the au- toncmy of the island government will be bitter one.
 President Dole is accompanied by his wife and daughter. both of whom will continue on East with him.
 Dr. Rosenau, the Federal quarantine officer, whose jurisdiction Tn the matter of inspecting foreign vessels has been decided by the courts, followed his usual custom in the case of the Peru. He made no effort to allow the passen- gers to land, having had no instruc- tions from Washington to waive the usual custom.
 Drs. Chalmers and Hill, however, State officers, accepted an invitation to become reporters for the yellow journal on Mission street, though they failed in tatlve that they had made their late trip through the rain for the benefit of the press. A singular fatality over took them, for but one paper received any intimation that the doctors were losing their time for the benefit of news in general.
 The ships officers said that they did not know that the doctors were act | ing as reporters.
 It was learned from both doctors and from Mr. George Hooper. who accom- panied the yellow papers tug, that not anyone of the party was allowed to see President Dole and that the reporter was not allowed to leave his tug. Drs. Hill and Chalmers were very eager to have the papers denounce Dr. Rose nau for not allowing the President to land, though he seems to have stuck closely to his line of duty, refusing to i lend himself to yellow methods. l The extent of the anxiety felt for the Peru can be best judged by the i comparative silence of the Merchants 1 Exchange telephone. It has kept up a 1 constant jingle since the ship was due, l the racket increasing in proportion as
 the hours flew by and the ship was still unsighted. It took the full time of one man just to answer queries about | the vessel
 President Dole was not the only one for whom a welcome was prepared. United States Marshal Baldwin. Uni