| Show HAWAII HA COMB the report made by mr cluff upon f in hawaii previously abeken ofin these them co columns lumAs to is a matter of 0 th the utmost importance there has been a but steadily growing desire among the people of this country especially those of the western wester P part x t 0 t it for the annexation of the 1 islands ala n adl s has been met by a hostile sentiment aut which white it has hardly grown has mot fallen oft off much by reason of constant cultivation the arguments oneather elther on ither fride have presented many good and some toad bad features and as a re result the has remained all this time tar iff abeyance awaiting some development of a decisive character one way or another and it seems now as if the teim wanted had arrived senator frank J cannon P pala 14 a somewhat comprehensive visit to we orl orient n and gave a portion of his n I 1 while absent to the sand islands aads within the braf f t time ji t his big disposal having completed comey nia journey urn ey proper he was uny reach conclusions inclusions altogether a 04 ary to himself or presenting t as would justify him in I 1 etheln them before the public his re tons ions were understood to be tat it against the annexation i because anav of the O apparently papare non a characteristics characteristic of the na at and d a consequent belief that they la r of temo themselves elvea not incline large ly to 0 o american institutions this h however 0 to as previously suggested had t been a ay fully shown and to set the ter f ty entirely at rest the senator de 4 upon the thoroughly practical ti i formerly published which was to some ewe one who knew the language langua gb a an I 1 peculiarities odthe of the natives as well wing personal acquaintance with uy of if them and to that end he swid the services of benjamin cluff jaw eliy principal of the B y academy all af pf which together wib with the nature othis 0 his report arenow are now familiar subjects viva V new 11 moot ot of the readers of the it be the height of perverse new neo fw any alla of those who have arrayed themselves against annexation tile in that atti attitude tuge after a i consideration of mr buffs duffs mid WO KB unquestionably his inquiries were carried on principally among that class which more readily than the others could comprehend the nature and full meaning of his mission and the fact which must be a startling and an awakening one to many of such op ponente that half of that class favor a union with this country and a still larger proportion are against the continuance ti nuance of the present rule ought to be a quietus to the policy of exclusion the argument upon which these have largely relied that the movement was wab chiefly in the interest of sugar pro did have much force sinea the difference as to their status could not be changed very much because of the islands becoming a territorial dependency of the united states while the other and greater objection that thai there was an adverse sentiment on the part of the over whelming whelmine wh elming majority of the native population who were not at all consulted in the formation of the provisional government and its successor has been fairly set aside by the work accomplished by mr cluff it is now the policy of good statesmanship and in the line of our national interest and prestige to open wide the door of the republic and bid hawaii enter and be cordially welcomed |
