The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-10
POSITION OF HAWAII on THE
EXPANSION POLICY.
"Rolyat' Thinks This Country Should
be Last to Kick Against Annexation
OF the Philippines.

EDITOR STAR:--It seems unnatural
that citizens of Hawaii SHOULD join the
forces of the anti-eXpanionists, i'm so
far as the Philippine question is con-
cerned, and rub elbows with such cop
perhead advocates as Edward Atkin-
son of Massachusetts. Especially does
this become forcibly applicable when
these followers of cOpperhead policy
are found to be those who were the
most earnest workers striving To con-
summate the annexation of Hawaii to
| the United States in years gone by. The
fable of the Dog in the Manager" be-
comes veritable truth. Last year and
| for years previous, we have stead ly
and diligently labored with Congress to
| annex these Islands, advancing almost
every logical argument favoring the
measure; we dilated upon the magniti-
cent results which would accrue to the
mother country by conserving to place
us beneath the protection of it's flag;
every trade possibility, present and flu
| ture, was brought out; trans-Pacific
/ trade, we argued, would upon anneXa-
ton, assume greater proportions and
bring added wealth to the mainland,
and that with the opening of the Mic
aragua canal. Hawaii would develop
into an FL Dorado. Every channel of
argument and logic was exhausted in
/ bringing the matter to the attention of
| Congress, until that DO v eventually
needed the cry and annexed our repub-
| lie.
And now still further westward an
other island empire has been acquired
by force of arms and a $20000,00 consi-
deration; our troops have been victori.
Gus on land; our warships victorious on
the sea; American capital stands ready
to enter the Philippines and develop
them as soon as the sword is laid asi 7e,
yet the Dogs in the Manager" in Ha-
/ ha q
ing given the same advantages which
have come to them in Hawaii. They
declare that those who uphold the Pres
ident and the Administration, the army
and navy in reference to the Philippine
question, are stump politicians, good
only for spurts and easily discouraged"
If this be 50, then the strong advocates
of Hawaiian annexation, MORAN. Gull
lom, Teller, Hepburn, Newlands, Berry,
Hit, Wheeler and Tawney, were mere
ly stump politicians" That they were
good for spurt' is amply shown by
the great race they made for anneXa-
ton and the majority by which they
accomplished it's contamination, July 6,
1898. If the severe and critical labor of
session after session of Congress, and
the final vote on the annexation ques-
ton was performed by the men who
were easily discouraged and good only
for squirt how came 1t that they
were able to win over their antagonists
by argument and pile up such a hand
some majority in both the House and
Senate?
Since we are now a part and parcel
of the mother country, shall we, like
the Pharisees, draw our garments about
us and disdain to cast so much as a
smile of encouragement to the Philip
pines, forgetting that we were only toe
willing, but year ago, to bask in the
smiles of anyone who would smile al
us? 1t must not be forgotten that Ha-
wall, little more than a year ago was
politically in almost an identical situa.
ton with the Philippines of today.
We are expecting Congress to do
something for US next session; is it at
All likely that we can expect any re-
markable favors from an administra-
ton congress when we are opposed to
it's colonial policy. On the contrary, in
stead of reaping the benefits of stand
ing by the administration, all the argu-
: ments against the Philippines will sure.
ly go against Hawaii.
: ROLYAT.
5 Honolulu, August s, 1899.
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