| Show CANVASS OF nf NATIONS 0 OLAA LAX M march a ach 1 1890 SeT lator F J cantori ca aloha 0 I 1 ke fumu 0 buu rr aleTna raak ke I 1 its at I 1 maluhia kele kela aup ril nl I 1 holo no na hana CJ ac alna aina re nel I 1 noho gnau 0 kekahu italka alan Tl qani an h hoomalu I 1 ko 1 no ka mea alha pi ha loa ra atila arila I 1 ta KOMI ki pani alla alia ala mal vla ra kue ku m kaloko mal I 1 remain yours truly HERMAN the foregoing 1 is one of severah sages to senator at butek native Hawaii hawaiians ans favoring sic av sf written ar ritten by herman elderts Eld erta a citizen a of the islands ren dep abed into english it reads fhe reason I 1 desired annexation is wb tills government may have peace the industries of the land may be inked caf fled on successfully that we may aw i under a strong government which a im ct our property because the U to filling up with Ja japanese capanes panes and may arise internal contentions gt a us r min duff cluff jr president of the am m young academy at provo lum ims returned from a several f visit to the hawaiian islands lie he went at the solicitation of states senator frank J can aak to determine the status a of f the an ifton sentiment among the ha widla k people he arrived here yes on the steamship china and with him the results of a thor among the natives of the of oahu bahu maui and hawaii all dh he intends to immediately tor for M to senator cannon at washing wr duff cluff considers that his in on of the question was about orough ugh and conscientious as an it is ue for any investigation of the to be and the circumstances aich abich he visited the islands with the advantage which he td of being able to talk the e of the banakas Ka enabled him much information which investigators have failed to sesa yseult of my investigation I 1 xay ay that probably one half of the ati t natives of the islands are used d advocates of annexation my i W when seen at the occidental vy y afternoon of the remain r I 1 r would say that the great mare mar Z primarily in favor of the alon M of the monarchy secondary much prefer annexation to the states to a continuation of the t government 5 ed these conclusions by talk pi ab the natives themselves the gac papers warned the natives me when I 1 first began my in 0 but I 1 happen to under ae language of the natives from lived in the islands in my youth managed to gain their confidence ert much difficulty at several I 1 called meetings of the natives Stet ned ened to their arguments for annexation at other I 1 went quietly among the natives them em in person I 1 ex oed no difficulty in getting at honest opinions and wishes in to annexation and the results canvass are as I 1 have given hearty all of f the natives whom id opposed to annexation take and purely in n the hope or with afre for a restoration oration of the mon tut t as between annexation to jolted ed states and the continua of tle present government nearly these royalist natives favor antt the few who do not favor aton on to the united states favot klon to great britain I 1 think oft ate natives out of the hundreds whom I 1 came in contact who pred I 1 to see great britain take the cuje ll alie results of my investigations are am ax accepted bated they will upset the object raised d by congressman Congress mn inn johnson 49 t ada who opposes annexation on tr wound that it would make a lot ot aut and illiterate native citizens united states I 1 found that the fw A we not the ignorant people that cans think them As a rule cotia pare favorably with the aver dalken of this country in intent jk d not meet a solitary native alfay peregrinations about the til could not read and write it I found that so far as their I 1 limited opportunities permitted they wall well informed on current events 1 I also found that some of my predecessors in the investigating line ahu i have sought material in the islands to bolster up an anti annexation sentiment were very careless in their work I 1 have brought with me a petition signed by fifty native residents of hilo only two of whom are wo this is the place where senators dubols dubois and pettigrew visited and failed to find a solitary native who favored annexation at 1 on during my stay in the islands one or of the honolulu papers published what was purported to be an account of a meeting of natives which I 1 caused to be called at lale laie on husome Oa thirty two miles out of honolulu I 1 was pursuing my mission very yand the paper in question mistook me tor for a royalist sympathizer the report of the meeting went on to say that in addressing the meeting I 1 explained that I 1 was seeker aee kirg g to ascertain the true wishes of the native Hawaii hawaiians Ha ans with a view to helping them to get what whai they wanted and that when I 1 asked them if they wanted to be annexed the several hundred natives present stood up and shouted no the natives axe are further credited with exclaiming that they would not under the circumstances lend their support to the present government should annexation fall fail but would gladly be to england rhe truth of the matter is that I 1 did call a meeting of natives at lale laie there axe are two native royalist societies in the islands known as the malalana Ka Kal lalana aiana and the aloha alna aina and the meeting was called by these two societies at my request the meeting which wai held february ath was attended by some natives and when they were all gathered together I 1 explained the purpose se of ray my mission then I 1 asked them for an expression of their views and wishes regarding the question of annexation the first speaker was moses NO na fuaau an intelligent intelli sent rent native lawyer and one of the cleverest thinkers I 1 met during my stay in the islands he expressed himself strongly in favor of annexation and gave his reasons for taking that stand which were in effect I 1 that the hawaiian government needed the protection of a stronger government like the united states state and that the hawaiian people would be better off under the united states government than under the present one he expressed the opinion that the restoration of the monarchy was an impossibility Pol yellowing loing him were speakers who represented the two societies mentioned 1 they opposed annexation and when asked why they did so stated that th they wanted the monarchy restored they rhey stated that should the united states refuse to restore the queen the petition already forwarded to congress which contains some such request would be withdrawn and sent to england the natives did not rise in a body and declare that they want ed to be annexed to england but they would petition england some of the members said to restore the queen to the throne should the united states fall to do so their plans go still further should england fail to restore the queen they will invoke the al aice 0 of russia then of france germany and d all the other powers of the earth in order these are the plans of the royalists as they were made known to me they have never been made public before and have been kept in the dark by the royalists ets who have been in the councils of at the party the royalist commissioners who were sent on to washington I 1 was informed have authority to present the petition as asking ing 0 for the restoration of the monarchy hy just as soon as an the annexation treaty tails falls of passage should the tion treaty fall fail to pass the senate action on this petition will then be awaited and falling failing to obtain relief relict from the united states government the matter will be taken abroad in answer to a question as to whether in the event of the refusal of all nations to interfere in their behalf they would prefer the present government to annexation to the united states one of the members of the society expressed himself freely to the effect that in such an event he would prefer annexation the local presidents of the two societies would not answer the question and said it could not be answered until they had conferred with their superior officers tit honolulu I 1 mr cluff has brought with hin him from the islands in addition to the annexation petition signed by the native residents of hilo a large number of personal letters written by intelligent tell igent natives in which thy enumerate their many and substantial hd reasons why they are in favor of annexation most of the letters are addressed to senator cannon and will be forwarded to him by mr duff cluff 7 thac gentleman expects to leave for mar mfr home in utah this evening fab francisco chronicle |
