The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-08-26
HAWAII AND THE
ANT|-|MPER|AL|STS

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Governor Carter of Hawaii furnishes
The New-lork Evening Post text for
characteristic diatribe against its coun-
try. 1t rejoices to think that American
citizenship may be a curse instead OF a
blessing. Governor Carter, in an inter
view at Sacramento. said: The annex
alton OF the islands to the United States
has not been a commercial success. so
far as the islands are concerned This
was because the laws were not suited to
conditions in the islands. The United
States land laws were in force there
and crops, could not be proftably grown
under the short term leases permitted
by them Consequently the revenues
from the government lands were small.
He also declared:
Annexation has cut off all Our inter
nal revenue. On the other hand. from
Uncle Sans point of view. annexation
has been decided success. Over So
100000 has been paid into the United
States Treasury from the islands. The
whole cost OF annexation was only
$4,000
This brings much JOY to The Post
which doesn't seem able to remember
its own immutable principles. and in
great glee over the troubles of the Ha-
waiians it shouts:
This shows what clever business
head Uncle Sam has As federal Off
cial it is Governor Carriers business to
consider his employers interests first.
Furthermore, ii he goes on talking that
way he will encourage the Home Rule
party. which is foolishly enough de-
| handing Statehood and all the prvi-
I leges of State. Just as if we could
give to them what we are denying to
| Porto Rico and other Territories Real
| ly, that great and warmly admired friend
OF the Governor who sits in the White
House ought to take George Carter in
hand What! admit in a Presidential
campaign that our first plunge into ex
pansion is dead failure from the point
of view OF those upon whom has been
conferred the highest honor ever be-
slowed upon man. the grandest blessing
the civilized world can offer'-Amercan
citizenship?
Indeed it shows what foolish head
The Evening Post has. American cti-
zenship for islanders was its pet hobby.
The Hawaiian trouble is due to the
policy which it and the rest of the anti
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! clusion OF our OUTLYING possessions with
i'll our domestic system. 1t howled like
mad that we must make the islanders
American citizens, extend to them our
tariff laws and put them on the same
basis as Our continental Territories. In
the name OF liberty and the Declaration
of Independence and Plymouth Rock
and Faneuil Hall. it tore passions to
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| Porto Rico as separate estate, with
its own revenue laws. and predicted the
crumblng of the whole structure of con-
Court allowed such an Outrage" And
now the silly old scold is cackling with
glee over the bad results of the very
policy which it wanted to drive EN-
peror Mckinley" and the Republican
'despots' into outer darkness for not
applying in Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. What Governor Carter says has
j happened in Hawaii is just what Re-
publcans said would happen in Porto
/ Rico and the Philippines if the senti-
mental notions of the anti-imperialists
! were followed The laws in force here
are not adapted to the islands, and the
attempt to govern them as an integral
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TEN of laws, results in hardship,
| When Hawaii was annexed this was
not well understood, 1t had so long
been under American influence and en-
joyed trade reciprocity that complete in
corporation seemed a natural transition.
The Hawaians wanted it, and anything
else would have been denounced at home
as Tyranny" just as il was little later
when the need OF special provision for
Spanish islands utterly untitled to our
q laws and methods Of government was
realized Accordingly, Hawaii was in
corporaied into the Union as a Territory
following the precedent OF what Demo
cratic platforms call Democrats eN-
pansion' as eonlrasted with Republican
Imperialism" II was brought under the
Constitution, md the uniform revenue
law clause ~ that instrument applies
! there What b lhe result Why the
islands are deprived oi lhr.f internal
rnuuet, lud as The Evening pli
insisted lhal puu0 RlF0 should Nc Ihr
lunfi slAln lall,ln ~ ns own u.r
|at ID must under ihp l0uilliulIun ihl
,utinmn iuilgt nn iWlen tNmmfNf anl
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