New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-25
TIVE COyFRVVENT OF HAWAII.

l.
The forecast now made of the report of the
Hawaiian Commission differs little from mat
made many weeks ago. There Is 10 occasion
for the Commissioners 10 propose any starring
novelty or new departure. and they appar-
emily do not mean 10 do so The problems OF
government in Hawaii are not new. lhey are
precisely the same that have been met anu
solved again and again in the history OF the
Republic The islands are no more alien ~
population. customs or otherwise. and are no
more remote from the centre Of government
than other lands which we have hther'" &C
oured Accordingly. the same familiar prlhci'
pies are 10 he applied 10 the government ana
administration Of them which were sanc'lonen
nv the Constitution and have been in actual use
and practice ever since The Republic was es'ao-
nshed
The islands are to he organized into n l"rrt
tory. That is the fundamental feature OF The
scheme There will be Governor and Legs
Iature chosen by the people Of the islands. The
powers ana functions of these officers VIII DO
substantially the same as those Of like officers
in hitherto existing Territories. and the suffrage
laws will be similar TO those Of the various
members Of this Mon. II is also proposed mat
,hore shall he a Delegate in Congress. Of the
for doubt, Bnt. with or without such Dele
gate there will re no more barbarian particl
patton in the National Government than there
now is in The case Of Arizona and Ncw-Mexico.
There will be no more taxation without repre-.
sentaton" than thirty and more of our States
have suffered There will nc no more dsfraH-
chiscinent Of the people than there is in MasSa-
chusetts and So1'h Carolina.
The fact is cOnspicuously emphasized how
ever. that il is as Il Territory and not a state
that Hawaii is 10 be organized. That is 10 De
clearly understood, and il is to be assumed thar
II is TO be regarded rs permanent principle.
II is on that ground that the prOprlety Of hav-
ing an Hawaiian Delegate in Congress may be
questioned The people Of this Nation did not
desire the annexation of Hawaii State.
They do not now desire IL. The time when they
will desire H. or consent 10 IT, II IT shall ever
come is vet TOO remote for other than purely
academic speculation. Nor is there in this ar
'rangement any unjust discrimination or any
deviation from the longestablished policy or
the Nation We have hitherto he'd land for
more than fourscore years before admitting II
20 Statehood We are now holding Territories
which we have held for half a century without
admitting them TO Statehood From nfty 10
eighty wears hence IL may be time 10 begin 10
think Of Statehood for Hawaii
" Is 10 be observed with satisfaction that
the Commission will probably report in favor
Of the abolition Of the cOOlie cOntractlabo sys-
tom. That will do away with the reproach oi
ecmi-slavery and the bugabOo Of cheap labor
and will make the Hawaiian industrial system
substantially uniform with that Of the United
States II will NOT, the Commission believes.
interfere with the industrial development Of the
islands Ii IL entirely reasonable 10 expect that
American and European settlers will bc able 10
engage In manual labor there. Why nolf They
have done so with great success In hotter eli
u.ateA There Is much nonsense talked and