Show annexation PUT OFF but four working days remain of the present congress and it is a certainty that much that la Is now before it in one form firm or another will either be permitted to quietly slumber with no awakening promised or be hastily strangled nothing of a conspicuous character seems more sure of such a present outcome than the annexation project some of the opponents of annexation occupy that ground for the same reason that a certain exceedingly cautious element in every nation oppose every fhlug to which there is even a shadow of opposition ab through rough fear of a conflict with somebody else others look at ate expense involved as an an immediate and continuing consideration and base their objections on that others still want no entangling alliances while the great majority or of opponents we believe see me in it nothing but a speculation pure and simple in which one man or at the best a few men would realize the benefits this is a phase of the subject well worth considering si it largely outweighs all the other grounds of opposition and whether true or false should receive adequate attention before definite a tion is taken many of the great papers of the country are unconditionally against annexation and it is not flattery to say may that their objections have been weighed in the balance and found to count for the present at least oneff one of them heads an article on this subject A fine thing for claus ix and then proceeds to show that mr Bp owns about 75 per cent of all the hawaiian land fit for the cultivation of sugar and rice some of which la Is worked by himself and the rest rented out to other planters why itaskas it aska should the united states annex these theme islands spend mil lions on a cable build a few battle ships and pay a sugar subsidy to the tune of annually all for the benefit of ahls germar german who never did a thing in this country except to extract some of the peopled people ia wealth 21 2 1 A pertinent question whether founded in fact act or error yet out a portion of the case is dOv developed eloPed by it there are several reasons why the united states should own the sand band islands in too fee simple the chief of which to is that history ancient tend strict ree recent ent has abundantly shown that the islanders cannot maintain themselves and keep up with the christianity civilization and progress of the age in which we flud bud ourselves an aej 1 as such are bound to become the dependency in one form or another of one or more of the great DO dowers were sooner or later the united states has the best bent and least assailable right not only because of contiguity but because of having more people and greater interests there than any other nation and because of having done three fourths of the improving and civilizing placing the people on the way to eventual enlighten enlightenment merit and self support as the better races elsewhere are supported then the islands are a strategic point viewed either in a civil or a military sense as coaling headquarters for steamers a ag points of general supply or as a naval station for auxiliary work in ease case of war from either point of view they are valuable not to say indispensable pen sable adjuncts perhaps the greatest and most pressing reason of all is that if we do not accept the offer of the islands great britain will be made the ti tinder tender and britannia would as soon rule the waves which lash the shores of the little insular nation as any others of course we could not stand that sort of thing even at the risk of ridicule if nothing more serious for acting the part of the dog in the manger we could not permit her maje flag to float unchallenged over hawaiian soil and thus would likely arise an entanglement much more serious and consequential than if uncle sam took possession and let john bull do the growling it has been observed all along the line of history that britain is much more easily kept out than driven out As to the cable we must have that before long anyway we should not only be in immediate telegraphic communication with honolulu but with auckland sydney melbourne yokohama hong kong and other great commercial ports of the inter and transpacific trans pacific regions go bo that objection may as well be rubbed oft the blackboard we are and for some years have been in the business of building battle ships so there is no potency in the second count lastly the sugar bounty or 41 subsidy if that term be preferred is a matter within the control of congress and if it appears that or any other trian man or number of men are going to be unduly profited by the operation of any of our laws we must repeal or change the laws so that such special privilege way may no longer exist president harrison Harr is said mid to be strongly etron sly in favor of annexation we believe president cleveland is not opi posed to it and it seems that an over whelmine whelming wh wb elming majority of the people actually demand it this to is ce certainly the case on the pacific slope |