The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-14
A SHARP LETTER
1t is Replted to Have Been Re-
CHiVRd From Sen. CullVm.
A SCORING OF HAWAII
Has Become Angry with the Local
Administration-Mr So wall Has
Given Out Nothing.

\ few days after the receipt here Of |
mail by the p. Nj. ). 5. Gaelic. octo-
ber 81, il was whispered In some OF the |
high places of seleCI gossip that MIR.
Sewall, the United States Agent. had
at hand a disquieting. important letter
from Senator ,Cullcn. who was here as
a member of the Hawaiian Commits
sion. Ii was said taat Senator Cullom
had become thoroughly angry with the
Island Administration and threatened
to suggest at Washington Colonial rule
instead of Territorial form OF govern
ment 1t was represented that this
exact punishment was suggested and
some of the retailers of the advices
added their views. Ii was asserted that
Senator Cullom had concluded that
Americanism was not being kept up to-
the Mainland standard by the powers
in the group and tnat due castigation
would enSue in short order unless there
were changes here. The permitted inn
migration OF Japanese was one fault
dwelt upon and emphasized. \ further
outside allegation was that Senator
| Cullom had been furnished by every
| mail from this port with accounts of
| the doings OF the local Government
and that the friendly attitude he main
| tanned when here officially had given
place to a settled dislike oI the Hawaii
| an Administration that would in due
time manifest itself in opposition in
the Senate to- the Territorial bill with.
perhaps. urging that a duty be laid ON
| sugar from the Islands.
| All talk on what came to be referred
/ to- as the Cullom letter mas been under
the stated seal of confidence. but by the
mail OF Sunday last from Hilo comes
the Tribune with tie following:
| The American PEOPLE and American
| Congressman do rot seem To be as
much impressed with the AmcriCanism
OF the people here. rs our local annex
ationists took pains that ;h.y should
| be, before annexation.
| We have from time to time had
manifestations OF this. and by the last
mail letter was received FROM Sena-
tor Cullom, which commented most
severely upon the non-tendenCy mani
| tested on the Islands to- conform to
the American spirit.
Senator Cullom said that IL had been
his earnest desire that the Islands
should have a Territorial form of Gov
ernment, with wide range of local au-
thority, but that he doubted whether
such would be granted us unless a rad
ical change of front took place. He
scored sharply the efforts made here
to crowd in the largest possible num-
ber of contract laborers, contrary to- che
spirit OF American institutions, before
American laws go into effect.
Senator Cullom evidently doesn't
understand our labor needs as we'll as
he would il he had had practical expe-
rience with them for a few years: but
that doesn't change the facts in the
case. He certainly understands our
conditions better aud looks upon the
contract system more leniently than
| most of his associates in Congress
J they will have none OF IL. and as Sen
ator Cullom says, If we fall short in
obtaining self-government we have but
ourselves to blame, or perhaps we
should better say the Hawaiian Execu-
tive and Supreme Court, who have done
their best to prove that the American
Constitution had no bearing here.
MIR. Damon's trip to Italy is regard
ed by Senator Cullom as but another
} contract-labor scheme. and one can see
: from what he says concerning IL. the
cause of the unfavorable opinion eN-
pressed by the Executive in Washing
ton"
The Tribune's political complexion Is
pretty clearly indicated in some OF It's
} comment.
Mr.. Sewall was interviewed for the
Advertiser yesterday. He read the
clipping from the Hilo paper. and. be-
ing asked If he had such n leIteT from
Senator Cullom. replied:
Nothing from senator Cullom ol
anybody else has lone out with ans
knowledge on my part whatsoever foI
any such purpose a publication or foI
general dissemination"
: The Special Agent remarked that N
{ had been personally in sympathy with
Mr.. DamOn's desire To secure some i'm
I migration other than Asiatic. and hat
: assisted Mr.. Damon in his present mis-
sion. Mr.. Sewall had nothing to MAKE
2 public concerning sny letters hs NIGH
have received from Senator Cuiium al
e others at Washington.
2 II comes to the Advertiser that 'th,
l Cullom letter has been shown 20
5 number OF gentlemen here and there !.
4 certainly warrant for the assumption
| that COPY Cf IL was sent TO Hiiu. II