The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14


 is predlcated upon two conditions and circumstances: the one that President Mckinley has permitted it to be known that he desires tO make a personal ac- quaintance with his great and good friend who is presidential warden of the Gibraltar of the Pacific" at this very critical juncture in the history of Hawaii and the United States. and the other that the annexation generals at Washington have deemed 1t necessary to order charge of the "forlorn hope" Drlsade to avert impending disaster
 It Is rumored-but such rumors can never be substantiated until after a battle Is won and internecine and frat rlcldaI quarrels ensue among the divi- oend sharers-that an assessment of S5O,0OO has been levied on the general contributors to the annexation fund for expenses Legitimate, of course. That IS a small sum, however, in proportion to the profits to be made if the raid proves successful, especially as. to quote m eultorlai expression from the lead Ing annexation journal, President Dole's visit will furnish an object les son as to the kind of Pirate that has captured this country" but all pirates are not alike. and suavity and finesse are frequently more to be dreaded than inhuman brutality.
 Even large number of the annexa- tlonlsts are doubtful as to tha wisdom or the policy of sending the President on a lobbyists errand, while the na- tlVes and anti-annexationists are sim ply 1ubilant, for to them 1t appears as If the cause of annexation must be In worse straits than even they hoped for. however, 1t makes the situation more interesting and will add to its comic anty in the event of Congress having already decided the momentous oues- tion of annexation contrary to the will of a people and practically against the spirit or a constitution that has hither- 10 held the worlds esteem for its hon. esty and manliness of intent toward feeble nations.
 The most the anti-annexationists can say at this juncture is that if they are to be American in name let them be American in the true sense of the word. with all the rights, privileges and hon. , ors attaching to that noble country. ana not merely helOts at the beck and behest of political carpetbaggers whose personal interests will antagoniZe and not harmonize with the nation.
 The Council of State has appropriat- ed $lO,OOO for the Presidential tour of triumph. Their powers under the con- stitution are ito appropriate public moneys, when, during the time inter Vening between the sessions of the Legislature, the emergencies of war, in- Vasion, rebellion, pestilence or other great public necessity shall arise" The unfortunate taxpayers desire to know under which of the above heads they are to be mulcted, for to the majority of them it would seem only just and appropriate that the expenses of a po- litical lobbying tour should be paid out of the funds of the Annexation Club whose members will be the ofes to mostly benefit by annexation.
 The President will be accompanied by Port Physician pr. F. R. Day as pri- Vate medical adviser. Dr. Day has al- ready rendered invaluable services to the republic in a tour of inspection in the Orient in connection with the Board of Health. He first became compe- tently prominent during the sad period of the cholera epidemic. Major Curtis P. 1aukea of the Presidents personal staff will also accompany him as aide de-camp.
 In spite of Minister Cooper's asser- tion to The Call correspondent in ref erence to the Cabinet that he never had the pleasure of being connected with four gentlemen who were more courteous or considerate to each other than the members of Hawaii's Govern ment,' 1t is known as an indiSputable fact that Ministers Damon and King, while not openly, by vote, in opposi- tion to the Presidents journey. are tac- itly opposed to it; the former for finan- cial reasons, and the latter believing 1t to be grave error in policy.
 J. O. Carter will, if possible, leave by the Alameda, which sails at o'clock this afternoon, she having arrived at s o'clock this morning. If not to-day then Saturday with the President. He will represent the anti-anneXationists at Washington, if not too late. The Annexation Club meets this aft ernoon after the departure of the Ala meda. The advisability Of sending a Hawaiian delegation to Washington will be considered, with the probable result of one or two being sent on Sat urday.
 The Executive Council has granted Clarence W. Ashford leave to return to Hawaii, and it is believed that a gen. eral pardon will be extended on Janu- ary r to all the political prisoners of 1895. now out on parole, on condition that they take the oath of allegiance to the republic. This most of them will do, as after the example of the over throwers of the monarchy political oaths are merely matters of personal convenience in Hawaii and no longer conscience binders.
 The Call correspondent is convinced that it Is most unjust to that lady and most untrue for few of the an- neXation leaders to suggest and still more to maintain that the Princess kaiuiani is in politics, and Is aided in her aspirations and ambitions by Eng