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Show !H iMX.nio. rur urr. JH Hut four working da a remain of JH the preient Congrere, and It la a cer .Kl Ulnty that much that la now beloru It &HH In one form or another will either be 'uBSl permitted to .julelly alumber with nu tHlj uwakenlng promlacd or bo haitlly -MHH Btrangled. Kothlug ol u onutplcuoua HBI'' character nl more aura of cuch a iHBI prieeut outcome than tho auuexutlju ,-SH , I "J"" 4I Home of the oppouentaof nuuoxatloii jHHJt occuy that ground fortheaaineriaaon HBHi'' that n certain uxceedlngly cautloua BHH element 111 very nation ojpooaver HHBB thliiir to whloh tharu la even nahadow BBfl'. of oppoalllon through fear of n foi- Bl I I let with Homtbody elar; othrra look nt HU theixpinaelnvolvod aaan Inmudiatu BBaBll unil continuing ooiiiideratlon and IHBJBai baa their otjectlooa on that; otlura BBBf atlll want no entangling alllancui; IR while thu grout majority uf opiwueutv, Bp we believe, teo In It nothing but a BBl tpeculutlon uruaiid almplo lu which onu man or ut tho btat n few mm BBBlBll would rial zi the beurflte. Thla la u BHV 1 phaa of thu tulject worth con JaalBBBVBV aldarlng; It largely outwelgha all thu ether grouuJe o' ui'Waition and whether truo or falmahould ricolva adequate attention Uforo dcflultn a.thn la Ukon. Many of the great papera of tho country are unconditionally agnlnat nnnoxatlon, mid It la not flattery to aay that their oljictlotn have been welgbel In the halanca nnd found to count, for the preicut at leiit. One of Ihem htada an article on thla aulject, "A fine Ihlnij for C'laua," and then procecda to ahow that Mr. Hprecklea owna about 75 ptr cent of all the Hawaiian land fit for tho cultivation of msfir an I rice, aomo of which la worked by htmaelf and the rett rented out to other plant-era. plant-era. Why, It nka, ahould the United ritatra annul theao la and', apenl mil Hon on a cable, tiulIJ n few battle alilpaaud pay a augar aubalily to the tune of $),0uo,000 annually all for thu benefit of "thla llawallanlr.nl German wlyi never did a thing In thla country except to extract aomo of tho opts' wealth 7" A pertinent queaUon, whether fouudul In fact or error, yet but a portion of tbo cato la develop! by It. There aro aeveral reaaona why the United Hlatea ahould own the Html wlch lalanda In fee alniple, the chief of which la that hlatory, nnotent and recent, hea abundantly ahown tluit tho lalandera cannot maintain them aelvea and keep up with the Chrlitlan Ity, civilization and prore of tho uko In which wo find onrjelvei, aid nt audi are houud to bo coruo thedopendancylu one form or another of tno or moro of the great poivera aooner or later. The United Btatta haa the beat and leaat auallable right not only beoiuie of contiguity, but Lecauiu of having mora peolo and greater Inlerrati Ihero than any other nation aud becmio of having done threo-fourtha of tho Improving and civilizing, placing the pcoplo on the way to uvontual enlUhtoument and eelf'iupport aa III" trailer una elaewbero are eupiorted. Then thu hlauda aro a atratrglo point vlewod either lu a civil or a military aenae; oa coaling headquartera for ateamera, aa point of general aupply, or tie n naval elation for auxiliary work In oiav of war, from either point of view they are valuable not to aay India ponaable adjunct!. l'erhaa thu greatret and moat preaalng reaaon of all la that If wo d i not accept tho offer of the Ulanda Oriot llrltaln will be made the tender, and llrltaunla vrjuld aa aoon rule tho wavea which Well thu ahoreaof thu little Inaular nation l auy other!. Of courie wn could not eland that aort of thing; uven at tha rlik of rldloulu If uothliu moro aerloua for acting llio part of thu dog lu thu manger, wn oould not permit her lunjeaty'e fla,r to float uuchallenguj over Hawaiian ajll, and thua would likely arlae an entanglement much morn aerloua aud ooniequttutlal than If Undo Ham took poiienlm and let John Hull do tho growling. It haa been obierved all along thu Una of hlatory hla-tory that Iltltaln la much mire cailly kept out than driven out. Aa to the cable, wu must have that before long anyway. Wo ahould not only bo In Immediate telegraphic communication with Honolulu but with Auoklaud, Byduey, Milbjurne, Vokohania, Hong Kong and other gr tat commercial portiof tholuterand traua-l'aclflo regloua. H) that objeo tlon may aa well bo rubbu oil thu blacklward. Wo aro and for aomo yeara havu been lu the builneaaof building baltlu ehlpa, no tbvru la no potenoyln tlio leconj count. Lutly, tho augar bounty, or "aubildy" If that term be prelerred, la a matter within tho control of (Jougnea, aud If It appear ap-pear thatHprrcklea or any other man or number of men nre going to bo unduly un-duly profiled by thu operation of any of our lawn, wu mint repeal or chaugu the lawem that audi apiclal privilege may no longer oxlit. l'rtaldout Harrlion la aald to bu atrongly fn favor of annexullou; wo believe l'roaldiut Cleveland la not op poaed to It, andltieoma that an over whehnlug majority of the people actually actu-ally demand It. Thla la certainly tl.o oaao on the raclflatlo'x. |