Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-01
A Complete Answer.

| ID. Gilman OF boSloIi, IMAM" '"o -
lowing answer to statements published
| bv ex-senator Dubois relative to Ha-
waiian annexation. 1t Is the pe''e'
! answer and Mr. Gilman is the man
| we took him for. a man whose knoWi-
! edge of the question is not restricted
! like that of Mr. Dubois to brief visit
! to Hawaii Moreover he has encom- :
| passed so much of weight and reason
/ within such brief compass we espec-
! tally commend it to the attention OF
| our readers:
You printed last evening Q'th) d
letter sent from Washington. ID. g,
written by ex- Senator Dubois.
A gentleman. | believe. who left the
Republican National Convention at st.
Louis. bolted the nomination of MI.
Mckinley and stumped for Bryan.
! This may account for the sour mix IN
his copoanut from the tropic islands
Mr.. Dubois made a short visit OF about
/ two weeks recently on the iaWallail
islands. and apparently assumes to
know all about matters there. cspec-
tally political He writes appreclat +
/ ingIy of the hospitalities-Whlch ar"
not oVerstated--thoSe of the foreign
population that knew him to be a very
pronounced anti-anneXationist, treated
MIN and Senator PettigreW, his travel
| ing companion. with every attention
Which they showed senator Morgan,
who is their personal friend and most
| able champion.
1t seems strange how great minds
can so diametrically differ in conclu-
sion from the same set OF FACTS ana
circumstances. Senator Morgan be-
leVes in the policy of anneXlng the
! islands for the good of this country as
we'll as Hawaii. Ex-senator Dubois"
takes the opposite view.
Permit me to notice some Of the most
serious mistakes of statements made
by ex-senator Dubois in his printed
! letter:
| FIRST. THE agricultural portions
! have been substantially utilized Il
was estimated by Captain Cook thai
/ there were 400, 900 people at the time oi
| his discovery. All present that are not
I To exceed 10000 1t is estimated ~
/ the Hawaiian government that Their"
/ are ample agricultural portions -Vir-
/ Gin soil--to accommodate million i'll
| habitants.
! Second AS to the populations
/ Thllln's Annual. a standard authority.
admittedly authentic, for 1898 gives
/ the following precenta2es Hawaiian
( 2S4: part Hawaiian, o1S; American
/ European and their descendants. 2l1:
F ,tb n :
tinnalities. 06-'facts without com
ment" one acquainted With the facts
can but lee much surprised at tn"
Statements: The HaWaiians are near
~ Il unit in insisting that their nation
al life shall not be blotted out. Their
is large contingent of H2Wdnani
who have loyalty submitted to tn
mild. uniform and progressive republic.
The entire police force. one full mill
tary company. the greater portion II
the Protestant pastors and scho"i
/ teachers. the government officials. 81
which there are many, make most
respectable minority, if not majority
of the pure HaWaiians.
The petition against annexation Sent
to Washington was signed by about
u 600 out of 40 900. nearly one-half BE-
ing women and children. and the col
lection of signatures tcopied from TINS
country were paid 50 much name
for the work.
1t was a matter of grave doubt at the
time if the delegates could come on for
want of funds. The natives them
selves did not contribute to it readily.
and but for foreign sympathizers the
money could not have been raised.
Third The Chinese, japanese and
/ Portuguese are. of course, unit in
| opposition." The japanese? Yes. be
| cause they want the islands them
/ selves. The Chinese are not on record.
! Tie Portuguese are decidedly in favor
of annexation. and have a company Of
! their National Guard enlisted in t1r
service of the republic. They fully APP
| preciate the much greater privileges
/ and advantages they now enjoy under
the republic and stand by ii.
Fourth. The United States Will en-
I ter uneXplored and dangerous fields OF
national policy" President Franklin
Pierce, with w l.. Marcy. secretary Of
state. negotiated a treaty of anncNa-
! liun with Hawaiian authorities. which
| failed only by the sudden death of th''
King. and so from 1872 to 1892 the policy
of the United States government has
looked steadily to the ultimate control
Of the islands
tifth Their government was a
very liberal constitutional monarchy
! true made so BY the very men, who,
! when the cX-queen undertook to apro-
gate that Unconstitutional Monarchy.
and substitute one of despotic author
ity. to prescribe the very best men IF
thc kingdom. condemn them to the
penalties of treason. contiScate their
estates valued at fifty million of dol
. lars. drive their families from the
islands-~thon il was that the monarchy
having OutliVed its usefulness was re-
placed 10y the young republic. To
7 quote Senator Morgan-"Whena crow IL
falls in the Western Hemisphere it is
crushed to powder when a Sceptrc de-
parts: it departs forever.
The very fact. admitted, that the
Americans practically directed and ad-
ministered the laws up To the hour Of
the queens attempted coup d'etat"
! shows that the HaWaiians We're not
capable of doing it, Mr.. $. +. Dole
was not chief Justice but an as
sociate." And no one man among all
, he noble hand that have. secured tho