The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-27
.HELP FOR THE QUINN.
LiliOukalani's Legal Adviser Reaches
Washington From Hawaii.
Is AGAINST ANNEXATION.
lie says such scheme Would Not
Benefit the United States or the
Islands Doubtful II Monarhcy
wnl he Restored.


United States as an opponent Of anncxa.
ton, arrived In Washington last even.
ing, says the Washington correspondent /
Of The Tribune. he Is the elder brother
Of the late Henry A. =. Carter, minister .
of Hawaii.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter have rooms a. /
the Ebbit House, where the eX-quoon of |
Hawaii and the Hawaiian delegates,
ropUseniating organizations opposed 10
annexation, arc settled for the winter
or at least while tine treaty Is before the
senate. II does not appoar that the ill-
vain delegates have made much, II ans
progress in ,heir efforts 10 defeat annex
alton. Mr. Garter Is the business ad.
wiser Of the eX-queen. as well as friend,
on whose loyalty she can depend ahso-
lutcly His loyalty d undoubtedly the
stronger because Of the warm personal
friendship that exists between his wife
aud Liliokalani. Mr. Carter, as Is well
known 10 her Honolulu friends, has
never ceased to rygrct the social regime
of the monarchy. While Mir Carter
has come 10 Washington 10 oppose an.
ncxation, Il Is certain that be- Is here also
20 serve the best interests Of the *.
queen should the treaty of annexation
b. ratified When asked today what
his line Of procedure would bo, Alr.
Carter said.
II am not here IN the interest Of any
organization. but simply ~ an indiyidu-
al 10 do what can a. prevent annoxa-
tiou. / do not know yet just how shall
work The treaty Il out of the commit
tee and before the senate. and ! shah
have 20 get In communication with the
men who arc dealing with the question
and understand it ! may D. here two
weeks or four; possibly si2, but hoIo
not for want 20 get hack 60 my office
at home ! am opposed 90 annexation.
both a. an American and q Hawaiian,
because / do not think 10 would bD "a
good thing for the United State and I
avn sum IL would NOT D. for Hawaii
Tho islands are prosperous now, and our
planters arc getting great pucos for
sugar, and the coffee and rico growers
are thriving. believe it entirly possi-
hle 10 maintain an independent govern
mcnt. The men who have governed
Hawaii IN the past arc able o. govern 10
IN the futurc We have had Anglo
Saxon rule practically from the hogin.
ming lmoan government dominated
! by Americans
Mr.. Carter was asked II be thought
the rcpubic strong enough 90 resist OUT
sido aggression
"Ycs. be replied II believe a. long
as We behave ourselves and do the right
thing We will not b. disturbed by uat.
side aggrcssiuns. II has lcln ,o in the
past, and why not in ia fltuws
You scc have never believed in
the japanese scan or that Ha-
wah was IN danger from Jawn.
I There was trouble over the immigration
and japan sent cruiser with q com-
missioner 10 look after the interests oi
the japanese. But IL was Just what
Gpat Britain or Germany would do uu-
der similar circumstances. ThcW arc
$500 Asiatics In Hawaii Whose fault
is itf Why, the Hawaiians-tho plant.
crs-who insist upon having new immi.
grafton. and under the tpaty with ia.
pan they can come One thing is lest
sight Of: The japanese come over uuiol
contract Tor thrcc years at Sl25O pl
month 10 work ON plantations When
the contract expires they aro froc 10 NJ.
main II thov choose and work as frt
people. But naturally they want mon
pay and are worth morn 90 the planter.
than new men. They want sl5a month
or perhaps mOrc. But the planters a,
not value a man with thrpe years ox
pcriencc moV than a new man and thoy
get more japanese at sie50 a month
This Is the way the contract immign
tion hrs gone ON and the Japauose iu
gpa numbers arc settled on thoislnds
They 20 into the towns after their con
tmcts expire and get higher wages
Whereas it would rcally in the long run
bc To the advantage Of planters 20 hin
them as frce labururs at better wage.
D than TO send OF for morc new mon. Oi
some Of the smaller plantations the fro,
lahor system Is applied and it work
woll--with the japanese. The Chinese
however, insist ON a contract and thel
arc surc topcriorm their part Of g."
Referring 10 the visit Of prasidcu
Dole. Mr. Carter was asked "What iu
fluonco Is MIR. Doles visit likely 90 haveg'
In nUply it was suggested that at lcas
It would give the senate the opp0Ituniu
OF knowing something ahout tho prJsI
dent Of the island republic, and that ih
general impression was that it would d
favorable to annexation, Also tina
President Dole's public uttcmncos, 81
Ear as reported, since his arrival im On
United States. had made favorable iu
pression even on senators opposed TO an
\ uoxation.
"Woll, said Mr. Carter "Prsdcu
Dole Is a conservative man, and alway
has hecn. There is not radical 81,
ment in him. He has TALKED guarlcdl
in all interviews that have sccn. II
does not admit that the ippuhlic canno
stand II annexation fails He says
can. So do l. d"
At no time doos Mr., Carter intmat,
even rmotely, the possibility Of rcstou
tion Of the monarchy OF hint that Il
10 be thoueit ot again. He declar,
that he wants a representative goyou
mcnt for Hawaii, and carcs not whi
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