The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-11-25
"ENG" AND "CHiNG" N POLITICS

The Hartford Courant lRepJ seea
Multiplying indications that Maine
aud Massachusetts are going to furnish
much of the brains, oratory. and STRAIT
egg to the antl-anneXation side Of
Congress. The flag that bears upon II,
more or less ample folds the inscrip'
ton, Empire can wait Is attractinl
recruits In those states" II adds, "a
a rate which iBsures Speaker Ton
Reed and senator Hoar against IN,
pungs OF lonesomeness.
Inc state of Maine is divided on The
issue OF expansion Her Senators favor
IL. hut her great representative in the
House does not. AL are good and true
Republicans.
But the dual position is quite Ike
that Of the celebrated Siamese twins
Eng and Chang. Eng was a prohibi
zionist. Chang was Tor free license
Eng loved water only. Chang loved
whiskey only. When Eng was full o
water. he desired to sleep. When Chang
got full Of whiskey, he wanted to 81!
up and talk. They presented what tbs
writer's call divided front" So does
the State of Maine on the policy OF eX
pansion.
The Portland MeJ Press CRepubli
cam says:
Yet we are starting upon a career
now which Is pretty certain to result
in one of two things-the utter eX-
tinguishment of all chance to compete
with foreign manufacturers in foreign
markets. or a great redue, ion of the
wages Of labor. Large armies and
large nayics and the subiugation and
keeping ia order Of unclvilized peoples
mean heavy expenditures. heavy gov
ernmental burdens which must he met
by taxes upon all kinds of industry.
The great advantage that We now have
over the nations Of Europe some of
our people are deliberately planning to
surrender by advocating n career of
expansion and Imperialism. While
the Car of Russia is summoning all
the nations OF the world to consult to-
gether to devise some relief from the
tremendous burdens Of militarism.
some OF us are deliberately and In cold
blood planning, in obedience to what
is called destiny, TO take under our
charge 10000, 900 of barbarians 10000
miles away, well knowing that this
means a great army and a great navy
to be supported by taxes upon Ameri-
can industry. Just entering upon a
race for the markets of the world we
are proceeding deliberately to handi-
cap ourselves by surrendering the
great advantage we now have over the
rest OF the world. We may call this
destiny, but its proper name is folly"
How far Mr.. Reed will control the
policy of the House in resisting ex-
panslon will soon appear. Possibly he
may again yield to pressure, as he did
in the matter OF our annexation.
Whether expansion means, on final
analysis, great army and great
navy. with increased taxation. is Just
the problem that the people are turn
ing over in their minds.
The remarkable falling OFF Of the Re-
publican vote for Roosevelt from a
majority Of $4,000 votes given for the
Republican governor of New York in
1886, down to 1900. may be partially
due to the quiet conservatism OF the
Republican voters. We haze been dis,
posed to believe that 1t was due to the
hostility Of the Republican boss to-
wards Roosevelt. II may be so, to
some extent. SO may Roosevelt's
rather plain talk about the volunteers
have decreased it.
II this noticeable reduction OF the
vote Is in the nature OF calling a halt
on the march of expansion, 1t suggests
that Congress will be at sea in exactly
defining the new policy. Unless the
Republicans present a solid front In
the House, there will be some trouble
in adopting any vigorous policy.
For the first time, since the striking
OF the nation into constitutional
bounds, Congress must face the colon
ial question.
The determination OF business men
OF the United States to unite In peti-