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Show READY FOR ANNEXATION. MmwaM it Auiinut to lieciom m Part of tho Juit.d atMtos. Chicago, Sept. ?. lion. L. S. Thurston Thurs-ton of Honolulu, who is in the city, Raid to a reporter last night that the McKin-ley McKin-ley bill ba dthn effect of uniting the native na-tive ami foreign population of Hawaii unon the nulilcet of annexation. Ha has just received one of the native newspapers, news-papers, which advocates the formation of a republic or immediate annexation to the United Stales. This fact is remarkable, re-markable, as it is the first time in Hawaiian Ha-waiian history that the natives have publicly favored such a thing. While it is true they are weary of a monarchy, yet nothing but the blow, at Hawaii's sugar industry could have brought thern to favor annexation. Tha hope of the planters there is that the president will noxt year exercise the the power given him to place the duty again ou beet sugar from such countries as have not reciprocated with the necessary free entries. This would relieve tho burden, but at any rate the Hawaiiaus are preparing to negotiate with the United States for free trade. Thurston says now that the sugar industry in-dustry is no longer a great source of income, in-come, it is intended to bring the islands prominently before the world as a land for tourists. |