The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-26

Whether recommended by the Schroeder Commission not
Of Hawaii by commission is certain to come unless govern
United States government would establish here the greatest and most
expensive outlying naval anay station on eah ana leave the
of all country surrounding aliens? The question
saying the people of Hawaii
do not want the change Her citizens prize their privileges of self
government very highly think Advertiser in setting forth
alleged government by commission only utterly
mistaken about the benefits but NAV tend to create in Washington
impression that there wish here for government by commission
which there The curing of ills and the benefits set forth
likely to come from commission are almost enough make
ave they genuine But they not For example this about
local conditions:
The elected governing bodies today represent the
better element periods the top who
consulted elections when questions of
Importance to be considered and acted upon There are
exceptions undoubtedly, but the rule stated
disputes it. This is known Washington
hreequar of the big cities of the American mainland This also
is known Washington 1t and has been for national
American problem to get the better element into politics. But no
suggests abandonment of free suffrage remedy Com
pare the of Honolulu in the years since annexation
with that of San Francisco and which has the better record Make
the comparison with dozen other bodden American cities and
Honolulu shines brightly The idea that election periods toss those
to the who never heard OF consulted between elections when
questions Importance be considered acted applies
peculiarly this Territory but every place where popular self
government exists. 1t part of democracy itself
For the the benefits held of them
difficult obtain than they would be under commission
Much OF the expense OF administering the government is paid now
by Wasngon military roads round the island will have be made
just much under form OF government as under the other health
conditions be satisfactory how governed
for the sake of naval and military stations The tariff recommendations
would very likely sympathetic for Hawaii than those of her
citizenship represented by the delegate Congress As for the
dream that has been dreamed before The American people
whole supposed be progressing toward this fine ideal but the
progress that recalls Tom Hoods directions
Utopia is very nice but now shall get there?
Straight down the crooked lane and all around the quare
Again the Advertiser encouragement would be given white
settlers take the government land of the Territory
der a commission But the fact that under there would
be less encouragement than With free suffrage
here the white voter absolute necessity to the maintenance of Am
ercanism But if the to be taken matters far less
the United States what of people occupy the lands.
Locally doing pretty well under self government learn
ing all the time and likely do better There under the
place where the grand ues and public sentiment have
hunted down much better So there for taking
right OF suffrage except that the future looms
don of alien domination which the national allow
to develop injustice the voters of all the islands to
give, Washington any other impression of local self
government here than that has been the whole successful
With continuance of present form of and increase
proportion there the prospect of ultimate Statehood
Conditions far from such make Statehood possible, but
rapidly in these days and who knows how day
may when national party will be aided concluding that Ha-
wall should be by its need Of couple OF United States Sena
tors?