The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-25


az entire repeal Tie domestic FRO
dzcers -ill oppose the rs5Ecsio1 as
stoutly Sc they VII oppose the repeal
ant 4 remains 70 be seen how zuca
the Administrator really desires %
favor Cuban interests The latter
have the suspicion that reciprocity
wtH Be kept dangling before them
lust beyond their reach. as 3 lure Cor
annexation and that the pecu1izrT
temptation ~fIi eventually overcome
whst remains Of the desire for tnce-
pendsnee II the Island
Whether the Evening Posts con
tentio1 that reciprocity vii be kept
dangling before the Cubans as . lure
sor annexation IS true OF not. certain
Il Is that the great majority Of the
people o. the United States favor the
annexation OF Cuba The sentiment
favorable to the annexation Of that
Island Is much stronger than was the
sentiment favorable 10 the annexation
Of Hawaii excepting for the Spanish
var II Is doubtful II Hawaii would
have been annexed while the Ameri-
can people have wanted to see Cuba
annexed ever since we acquired Fiori-
da eighty years ago. But revertsng
again to reciprocity It is well to Oh
serve this significant utterance OF that
strict Republican organ the Boston
Advertiser: Says that paper:
Information has just been received
from Washington TO the effect that
President Mckinley hopes TO be able
10 send to Congress at the next session
q copy Of reciprocity treaty with
Cuba. This certainly does not look
as IL President Mckinley were ready
10 abandon his fight for commercial
trade treaties. II is true that the Sen
ate last winter refused even to consider
the trade treaties seriously Still.
since that refusal there has been an
out-spoken expression Of public senti-
ment and Il has been squarely on the
side of the President The President.
therefore, is fully justified in his de-
termination to reopen the contest next
winter. The Senate has already de-
| fed public sentiment once. Perhaps
il will try to repeat the performance.
/ but there is this difference in the
situation: Last winter the whole
! question was regarded as rather novel
and the session was so short that
there was not much chance for public
opinion to grow fully awakened. II
the Senate now attempts deliberately
TO defy that sentiment. the result pol
itically will be significant"
On this same question Of reciprocity
the New York Mail and Express in
speaking of topics discussed at Can
ton by the President and his recent
visitors Senators Hanna and Cullom
the Mail and express says:
Senator Cullom admitted 10 the
Canton interviewers that he had dis
| cussed with the President some of the
subjects that win engage the atten
ton Of Congress during It's coming
long session. These subjects include
| Cuba. and that subject must lead.
| sooner or later. to the question of re-
| ciprocity. The chain is logical and the
inference is that Mr.. Cullom is de-
voting his attention TO the study of
reciprocity. with which the chairman
| of the foreign relations committee.
| whoever he may be. will have to deal
| directly. II has become fairly well
known that reciprocity is the topic
that occupied much Of the attention of
| the President during his journey
across the continent. 1t is one of the
broader questions Of future party pol
icy that he has found time in compare
| tive retirement of his Canton home
| 70 he Arffh
| by this time. that il is a subject to
which he will invite the especial at
! tention of Congress in his message
next December.
1T cannot be avoided. because the
| question Of how to treat Cuba will be
insistent With Porto Rico enjoying
absolutely free trade, the pearl Of
the Antilles viii not refrain from
asking concessions in duty upon raw
sugar and manufactured tobacco.
Within a period estimated by such an
authority as Gen. Wood at from six to
eight months. there win be established
an independent government in Cuba,
and such government will be a
treaty-making power. able to negotiate
4 reciprocity treaty that may result,
with the Cuban product added TO our
growing domestic output Of beet sugar.
in making the United States entirely
independent OF the rest of the world
for its supply of sugar for the con-
sumption OF its own people"
In the face of all these facts it
needs no wise man to see that the one
great staple product OF Hawaii is con
fronted by a serious menace. While
Hawaiian interests viii be given due
consideration by Congress they will
have TO be considered in connection
with the interests of Cuba and of the
country at large. Cheaper sugar for
the masses as a result OF either recip-
rocity or free trade for Cuba win be
power that Congress will listen to
despite the injury it may work TO Ha-
waiian interests.
Shall We begin now to prepare for
the inevitable or so blindly on to ruin
The decision of Attorney General