Show 11 The plan to annex Hawaii as a county 1 coun-ty of California is a novel one < but it has its good points says the San Francisco Chronicle By that means there would be little chance for the Islands to come in as astatc as under the California constitution iMs no easy thing for apart of the commonwealth to set up for itself Southern California has found that out during its long campaign cam-paign for state division If annexation as a county would suit Hawaii and disarm dis-arm Speaker Reeds objections MD see no reason why it should not come to pass As for the Chinese on th6 islands the cutting off of coolie contract Importations I Impor-tations would give them better wages than they could earn in California and an Incentive to stay where they arc i I permanently In fact Hawaii county I would draw Chinese from us rather I than we from there if Hawaii is to be annexed it should be for the benefit I of the whole country and not merely I for the aggrandizement of California It I t |