The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-17

Perfect HawaiI's Halfway ANNEX
ton.
The Attorney General says. and the
President indorss the TisE. that the
annexation OF Hawaii was 50 perfect
and complete that title 10 the public
lands passed instantly ID thu nation
/ oeyOnd the reach OF the local laws and
the local government, which Congress
| AID the President had continued pon-
Iually EitA all their former power Ii
/ Hawaii Is thus al integral part Of the
United States in one vital respect fus-
| tee and consistency demand that there
should be la delay IN making il SD II
all respects When Hawaii has Z recog
| n2eed territorial status re shall do
away Nth the anomaly Of Hawaiian
president With his miuiStE- Of for
e.gr affairs" and coCrSuls in ths ports
| OF the world Thsre Is room for Only
one President within the borders OF
The United States The local govern
ment viii De relieved Of supervision By
| = special agent" OF the State Depart
| ment- Ii l. surprising that his extra
| ordinary system Of managing Hawai-
ian affairs. with al itsI infinite POSSIBLE
| tiles Of personal friction. has worked
El1h 50 few open and serious bitches
l The local government has been con-
unlle6- As If trusted. and supervised.
| as II 0Ist-lste6; told to 20 ahead with
| the enforcement Of local laws and then
| abruptly held up when the application
o. some particular law has not seemed
| 10 the national government to work
well; encouraged by the State Depart
neElr 10 move in one direction and
barred from that course By the decision
| Of the Attorney General.
| There Is not and Of course should
not be any disposition 70 make 3
mountain OF the molehiII OF this lack
Of uniformity in handling Hawaiian
| Affairs during the transition period
The men =ho have accomplished tss
ask OF educating and civilizing the
natives, who have since 1898 main
tanned IN American white governments
IN control Of the Islands in spite o.
Ienemies, open and concealed. roya9-
lists. representatives. OF the opium ring
and OF the Louisiana lottery and the
Threatening thrush Of the japanese
and who hare finally turned over the
Islands 10 the United States. having
faced reFoauTio1is-s al hone JspsT
abroad, and the American Government
Iitself as represented BIZ Cleveland and
Bloan-- with their policy OF infany. .
taTe not the men 10 be DISCOURAGED BY
small difficulties or 70 lose heart
Through hone deferred But The "a
itisnee which Is required Of them should
be recognized. appreciated and rscioro-
Gated BY the Government AZ Washing
ton Quick action should be taken
upon the Territorial Bill, and mean
while there should fe co1siderzts
and as far as possible a uniform policy
Of dealing with Hawaiian questions.
The Halfway House CT the Pacific.
/ Probably the London or Nav York
lof the future Pacific vii nos spring VI
lin Hawaii The comparatively small
size and limited resources of the Isl
ands perhaps forbid. But a large
| prosperous city, not alone as the mar
, keE o. steadily increasing domestic in
ports and exports. bur as the Half
Way House between America and
Asia al which every Paeifc-tr2vsrsi1g
ship VIII naturally call IS reasonably
certain 10 be developed and 10 prosper
. IN exact accordance with the expansion
! Of Pacific trade
II When the commerce o. this OCEAN
+ was represented by 2 single Spanish
6AAcA-- Sz4-A4S zAAlGtza 2AIa--- -.----4--i
, Ito Acapulco. the author % Arson
Voyage said IN 1T4s:,
at IS indeed nos. remarkable that
: by the concurrent testimony % al
: the Spanish nayigaTo-s there Is no
a one port betwixt rhs Philippine Islands
: and the coast % California; 50 tina:
! from the time the Manila ship frs
: loses sight OF land she never lets "a
! her anchor till she arrives OF the
: coast o. California"
: Now when this commerce has bsen
: multiplied by the thousand. and EiIl
7 speedily be multiplied by the tens and
; hundreds Of thousand. We have hap
I PLY changed all that and an admirable
: and attractive intermediate port j:
b provided
: In 1852 William H Seward said:
: HelcefoTth European commerce, Eu-
D ropean politics. European thought and
0 European activity, although actually
b gaining force, and European eonnec
II