The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-05
HAWAII NOT aeconcllso.
Sentiment Of tIss Isianos oispIayea Il
the Territorial lesisIsture-

Sentiment Of ths Isisnas oispIsyes 10
the Territorial lssisIssure-
From the Detroit Free Press
Considering the manner IN which
Hawaii became Incorporated as a ter
rttory OF the United States an asser
tive antipathy ca the part os the na
lives OF that island IL not to be Won
dered at When the entering wedge
for American domination was intro
duced they constituted more than g
per cent OF the population and were
living under one Of the most liberal
constitutions that could be framed
In consonanee with a constitutional
monarchy. The lawful government
was overthrow by Americans Who. n
ccnnivance with abeetors in the Unit
ed States, had secretly imported arms
and ammunition. They suddenly took
possession of Honolulu. expelling the
lawful government and holding con
troll against subsequent attempts Of
the natives to recover their natural
rights.
This small body of revolutionary
Americans constituted the govern
ment with which President Mckinley
made his treaty 10 secure the islands
ano their people. The people who had
advanced so far as to build up one OF
the best forms Of self-government had
no part or voice in this treaty They
were the helpless victims OF that COM
mercial greed which has seized the
controlling influences Of our govern
ment without warrant in good con-
science or the constitution A fourth
of the people We took in are aliens
and barred from citizenship under our
naturalization laws, yet this did not
deter US from robbing the natives OF
their possessions. government and
country.
II is useless to go further into this
affair to account for the spirit OF an
tagonism manifested in the first ter
ritorial legislature OF the islands We
will not admit Chinaman to the
United States, and yet one of that de-
spised race is speaker Of the house
and the independent home rule party
controls both the senate and the
house. When the great government
accepted the fruits of despoliation it
was freely predicted that the natives
would seek to recover their just rights
and that they would eventually have
TO be kept in subjugation by force of
arms. An act significant as to their
temper appears in their having the
secretary of the territory elected from
the house, though he was said to be
present as the representative OF Presi-
dent Mckinley and reporting the pro-
ceedings under apparent authority
granted by a territorial act. 1t was
also represented that he was there
as a spy for Governor Dole and for
the purpose Of intimidating members.
But these new citizens are not as
to executive authority as
the general congress has shown itself
to be, and the secretary was led out
under an exaggerated conception of
the constitutional requirement that
the three branches of the government
must be kept entirely distinct. This
is a handsome score for people
whom President Mckinley may have
had in mind in his inaugural address
Of four years ago when he warned the
country against "a citizenship too ig
norant to understand or too vicious
to appreciate the great value and bene-
ficence of our institutions and our
laws" They show a marked DISPOSE
ton to accept our promises Of indie
pendence under a free government at
face value, IL not at premium.