The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
six YEARS OF HAWAII AS
REVIEWED BY A MUGWUMP


some enlightenment by P. c. Jones'
Senator's Lodges reference to Hawaii in his speech at Point
Shirley might fairly be made for controversy
ing the wisdom of republican craftsmanship annexng those
making them territory of the United
shall know them and the fruits of Hawaiian annexation
bitter indeed the residents of the archipelago who brought
about its change of political and international status.
The primary object of annexaonists in Hawaii
merca Other material benefits sought 1t be
glad time for everybody after the American flag raised
manenty the islands Please do not contradict this
point for the debate Hawaiian annexation is still in the
living AS to the after six OF experience
with territorial absorption let quote two unmpeachab
witnesses the nsua and the health commissioner who
have been Washington the with tales of In
June last Dr. Charles B. Cooper of Honolulu the health commits
sioner made public this Though annexation hail
ed with delight has been of disappointment and
loss taxes imports
go local benefit the Washington treasury
thereby making burdens much heavier than formerly
Besides this the application of the Immigration laws of the United
robbed laborers could haveth
Chinese Even authoritative the made last week
by the governor of the islands, George r. Carter
The annexation of the islands the United States has been
commercial far the islands concerned Since
have been United States territory have made great
One for this because the laws by which
governed not suited to the country For instance we have to
the United Land and
land Tor period OF more than five years at time AS takes from
four years crop climate find
body who will land for such short period five Thus
deprived Of big income from lands Since
have been annexed Congress dredged abor
filling and thus the landing of the largest vessels
AS result of this traffic falling off, We have dredged the
habo have been annexed but unless
it is dredged again will lose much of traffic
Those who opposed this particular annexation may be for
given saying got they
Although prosperous independent republic they sought
nexation in the full legal constitutional They
ready to abandon their system of oriental cooe labor on the plan
tatons order become American territory And they
disappointed and and full complaints because the change
has resulted they had anticipated If they chagned
the material failure annexation the United States
for thinking that have profted by the annexon
That the other phase of the question that deserves also be
sidered. T e~
Our answer is that the United States has gained nothing
substantial by the absorption of Hawaii which with
absorption point advantage
controlling Hawaii lay largely military By
of its location in the Pacific the archipelago presented
fractions naval base which, the hands of another power
might have been nmica interests But in order
olze those advantages did need make Hawaii
American territory Have not monopozed all the advantages
inherent Cuba naval base without aeXng that island BY
naval coang stations and no European power gain
similar ootod there The could have been pu
sued with Hawaii which already independent In fact
old Hawaiian had long since coded the United States
exclusive of Pearl Habo the only sheltered
of the islands available for such
The United States government many years. had
maintained substantial proectora Hawaii against the
possible eahunger of other powers under principle dis
similar to the Monroe doctrine The conditions in short
fairly complete for settling the Hawaiian question the basis of
continued Hawaiian independence supported by moral influence
emanating this country like that which encompasses
Cuba and makes her safe from foreign predatory raids
small state the world The continuation OF the reciprocity
policy which had been in force for years between Hawaii
and the United States all that needed to the
commercial prosperity of the Hawaiian planters and people Such
policy which newspaper advocated in dealing with
before Spanish which years
of unsatisfactory experience with the annexation policy has vsby
strengthened In lines this later Cuban policy
The republican craftsmanship the Hawaiian has not
been neither lot that of the Hawaans has been
rally improved Nor be convincngy urged that the only
made not placing Hawaii the status Porto
Rico and Philippines Both those dependencies
colony outside the the natural conflict between
the spirit of republic and the spirit of empire would simply
have been intensified
A PROMINENT PUBLISHER EN- IATTEMpTEn cTRIKE