Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-15
HAWAII THE OUTPOST
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self. Come in and sit down. were the
sentences fired back ir quick success
sion. II Jim Ham" wants any sup.
port he is sure to get II from the jour
nalistic fraternity.
81 am glad to talk about Hawaii be.
cause believe in Hawaii" said Col
onel Lewis after the first greetings
were over. Il was the only Demo
cratic Congressman from the Pacific
Coast who voted in favor OF the an.
nexation of the islands when the mat.
ter came up In Congress. At that time
/ was ongressman-atlarge from
Washington"
Hawaii the Western Outpost.
Il have always felt that the Federal
government should look upon Hawaii
as the western outpost of the United
States. have advocated the abandon
ment of the Philippines as being out
side of our sphere and likely to involve
us in trouble with the Orient. be-
lieye that the money that would thus
be saved should be expended In max
ing Hawaii into a military and naval
stronghold which would be to America
what Gibraltar is to Britain.
II expressed myself strongly on this
matter when was candidate for
Governor of the State of Illinois.
had occasion to take issue with my
party In regard to the navy. | believe
that we should maintain as large g
navy as necessary and as small
standing army rs practicable.
| II have urged the fertilization of Ha
wall. Should we get into any Difficult
ties in the Orient. Hawaii would be thu
| first place TO be seized by the Orient
ais. Two reason why this would bt
the case are clear to my mind.
The first reason is that 1t would pre-
vent Hawaii being used as a base TO
the American Army and Navy in 1t
operations The other would be tina
such seizure would force troops t
be sent here to defend these Islands
thus dividing the fleets, which woul
render the capture Of the Philippine
an easy matter. This would also la
: the Pacific Coast open to hostile a
) tack.
: Urges Powerful pefenses.
+ Hawaii therefore should be so pr
I tected and fortified by a land fore
which would prevent any hostile gun
/ and ships passing these forts witho'
+ being destroyed.
I The sugar output Of Hawaii Is
y matter that should be given the gra
est consideration. Rates OF transpo
tation are a matter of the most Wit
e Importance.
l. This sugar should find other ma
!. kets than the Pacific Coast, II shou
n be sent East and given n general ma
!. ket against the Cuban product.
3 There are two things which woul
e | believe, accomplish this.
), IAN income tax could be levied
e the government upon those OF lari
e means. A portion of this could be Ia
- en- to build lines of steamers, plyil
between the mainland and the ISLAND
thus giving cheap transportation fro
}. the isianus 10 the inainiahu.
!. Municipal Steamers.
. Then Congress should give Hawi
the authority to build municipal steal
boat and railway lines through the
lands for inter-island commerce, t
Hawaiian people issuing bonds to raj
money for the purpose.
/ These two things would, to !
I mind, result in giving to Hawaii t
4 supremacy to which 1t is entitled
Colonel Lewis was from 1897 I'm
1899 congressman at large from I
State Of Washington, During I
Spanish war he served on the staff
General Frederick ID. Grant. He W
the author of the resolution. present