The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-28
IN THE FUTURE.

more one thinks on Ihe question, uoSS
not seem to strike President Dole, if
he is rightly quoted in the New ork
Herald of January oath last. In this
interview he is made to say that in
case of the deferring of the anneNa-
ton question by the United States
Senate everything will go on as usual
awaiting future action by that body.
In this sentiment a majority of the
prominent leaders of the annexation
movement on these Islands do not
agree, for in the event of annexation
not being granted at this session, the
anti-anneXation party would grow in
strength. There are always waVerers
about any cause, men who lightly
move from side to side, ever hoping to
come in on the winning wave. If att
nexation is not granted at this ses-
sion the annexation cause will have,
for the moment. received serious de-
feat. and the waverers would go over
en- masse. The conditions might be-
come what are foreshadowed by Miss
HUMPHREYS, who recently published,
in Harper's Weekly, an interview with
an anti-annexation coffee planter.
The political leaders political in
the true sense) of the annexation par
ty here, view the future of the lie
public with the gravest apprehension
and realize that the policy of their OPP
ponents is delay, hoping in 1899 TO
overthrow the present system of gov,
eminent not with bullets but with bal
lots. 1t has been with great care and
at considerable sacrifice that repub-
lean form of government has been
built up here. But there are many
who, for various reasons, would pre-
fer the monarchy. \ section of the
Hawaiians are in earnest for the Re-
public, section are equally in earn
est for the monarchy, and between
these extremes is large mass which
will accept either with perfect equi-
nimty.
In 1899 the terms of the President,
the entire Senate and the House will
expire. Then will come the opportu-
nifty of the observation-disclosures If we
do not get annexation at this session.
however much those. who are anneXa-
tlonists to the back bone, may be sat
isfied that another strong pull might
land us where we want to be. the
cause will be weakened sufficiently TO
be formidably attacked.
Let us see what will be arraved
against us. There will be the large
plantation interests and influence of
Davies & Co., and Spreckels & Co.,
throughout the Islands; the Hawaiian
Instrumentation party, because of the
failure of the treaty at this session,
will be able to galvanize the moder-
ates into active opposition, and these
VIII be Joined by such disappointed ell
ements as may be drawn from the an
neXation ranks on national or other
questions. This will be formidable
array and is not likely to leave 'ev-
erything will go on as usual awaiting
action by the Senate of the United
States.
Such a coalition of elements would
stand very fair chance of success
The Hawaiians would be worked upon
and drilled to register, and for the
time there would be IA sweeping ma
jority. The first act, if such a party
got into power, would be the with
drawal of the treaty by the new Pres
ident from before the new Legsla-
ture with the full acquiescence of that
body, and it would not be long before
the baleful shadow of returning row.
atty would appear across our sunlit
isles.
OF course this would lead to civil
strife. This party would not hold to-
gether long. 1t is just this civil strife
which would be put an end to by an
nexation. This country has popula-
ton made up of such antagonistic ele-
ments that left to itself it will always
be in hot water. Annexation will give
us peace at home and safety from all
domineering from abroad. With the
success of such party as suggested
above, American influence upon these
Islands would be at discount, and
that of some other powerful country
would become dominant and seat it.
self at the gates of San Francisco. The
fabric so laboriously built up by the
United States Secretaries of State, by
United States Senators and by the de-
scendants of United States citizens,