strangling hands upon a nation`s throat

VOLUME LXXXII.-NO. 122.
The San Francisco Call
SAX FRANCISCO,
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER
30,
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
1897.
STRANGLING HANDS UPON A NATION'S THROAT
A girl stood beside my chair, her gent'e
face with its dark liquid eyes smiling down
upon m?. She had slipped a rope— a lei, she
ON BOARD STEAMSHIP AUSTRALIA,]
Sept. 22. i
\ v that the Australia has sailed away
out oi the harbor of Honolulu, that vvonder>ep rainbow-colored curve of sea and
. ;ind sky and all that one on see on the
>n is a dim, low clouJ, which grows
aer and dimmer— the memory of the islands
i-s like a dream.
Those great mountains, veiled in tenderest
green from cicud-tirped summit to the ocean's
emerald edge below, the silver waterfalls tumbling from on high down into the dark blue of
the deeper sea, that extravagance of foliage
and of flowers, the glory of sunshine on the
lava-created hills and the benediction of shade
in the dusky, wide ravines, beyond which rises
mountain a:ter mountain— it is all like a wonoerful transformation scene, where splendor
fo-liows splendor till one is satiated with loveli-
—
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ness.
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Ana only man is vile,
Quoted the distinguished Congressman who
stood beside me on the Australia's deck.
Idon't know that the honorable gentleman
alluded particularly to the Hawaiian Islander,
or that mentally he made any distinction between white man and brown. But his quotation, is particularly apt in the present instance.
FOi here in Hawaii, the best belovedt the most
richly endowed of all Mother Nature's beautiful
family, the old, old struggle for Anglo-Saxon
supremacy is goin ;
: on.
The centuries-old tragedy is being repeated upon a stage smail comparatively, but
with a perfection of gorgeous setting and characters whose classical simplicity gives strength
to the impersonation. The only new phase in
the old drama is that this time a republic is
masquerading in the despot's role. The United
States, founded upon the belief that a just government can exist only by the consent of the
ned, is calmly making up lor the bloody
:t—preparing to take a nation's life with
all the complacent assurance of an old-time
stage villa,n.
For Hawaii has not asked for annexation.
There are ioo,coo people on the islands. Of
these not 3 per cent have declared for annexa. To the natives the loss of nationality is
lv/eful, abhorrent.
It is the old battle—the white man against
.rown; might against right; strength
st weakness : rower and intellect and art
nst docility, inertia and simplicity.
And the result?
"
Itell the natives that work for me," said
a man suffering from an acute attack of annexation mania to me, '''you might as well walk
to the sea and attempt to push back the
::ng waves with your two uplifted hands
as to"try to prevent what's
- • coming.' fUCStj Ia—"
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he went on. "We are stronger and we'll
It's a survival of the fittest."
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Many Thousands of Native Hawaiians Sign a Protest
to the United States Government Against
called it—of gorgeous r^d and yellow flowers,
strung thick and close, over my head.
"But," Iprotested, "1 don't see why. I
can't do anything, you know, except repeat
what you say."
"It—it is that." She hesitated, and then
plunged bravely on with her broken English,
she continued: ''No one comes to to ask us.
No one listens. No one cares. Your paper will
speak for vs us Hawaiians. Our voice will
be heard, too. We are poor you un'stan?
And we cannot talk your language ver' well.
The white men have ever'thing on their side.
Eut we are right and they are wrong."
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Annexation,
Will the Great American Republic Aid in Consummating the
—
Infamy Projected by the Dole Government? Miriam
Michelson Pens a Stirring Appeal on
Behalf of the Islanders,
his translation in short, detached phrases, hesitating now and then for a word, sometimes
completing the thought with a gesiure.
'"We are weak people, we Hawaiians. and
have no power unless we stand together," read
Mrs. Nawahi, frequently raising her eyes from
her paper and at times alt( gether forgetti
"The United States is just—a land of liberty. The pe< pie there are the friends, the
great friends of the weak. Let us teli them
let us show them that as they love their country and wouid suffer much before giving it up,
so do we love our country, our Hawaii, and
pray that they do not tike it from us.
"Our one hope is in standing firmshoulder tc shoulder, heart to heart. The voice
of the people is the voice of God. Surely that
great country across the ocean must hear our
cry. By uniting our voices the sound will be
carried on so they must hear us.
"In this petition, which w
r your
signature to-day, you. women of Hawaii, have
a chance to speak your mind. The men's petition will be sent on by the men's ciub as soon
as the loyal men of Honoiuiu have signed it.
—
Our time willcome. Sign this petiof you who love Hawaii. How
tion—those
—
many how many will sign?"
She held up a gloved hand as she spoke.
and in a moment the palms of hundreds of bands
were turned toward her.
patience.
They were eloquent, those deep lined,
broad, dark hands, wkh their :-hort fingers anl
worn nulls. They told of poverty, of work, cf
contact with the soil they claim. The woman
wiio presided had said a few words to the people, when all at once Isaw a thousand curious
eyes turned upon me.
"Whajt is it?" I asked the interpreter.
"What did she say?"
He laughed. "'A reporter is here.' she
says. She <ays to the people, 'Tell how you
teel. Then the Americans
will know. Then
"
they may
listen.'
A remarkable scene followed. One by one
rose and in a sentence or two
in the rolling, broad voweled Hawaiian made a
iervent profession of faith.
"My feeling," declared a tall, broad-shouldered man, whose dark eyes were alight with
men and women
"If the great nations would be fair they sober, brown faces were all aglow with excited
would not take away our country. Never will interest.
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1 consent to annexation !"
1
watched
and listened.
sat and
"Tell America Idon't want annexation.
I
Ihad
asked a prominent white
At
Honolulu
Queen,"
my
want
saii the gentle voice of a
man to give me some idea of the native
woirnn.
character.
"
''That speaker is such a good woman," Hawaiian's
won't"resent anything," he said,
They
interpreter.
murmured the
"A good Christian,
contemptuously.
Thsv haven't a grain of
honest, kind and charitable."
ambition. They can't feel even envy. They
"Iam against annexation myself and all care for nothing but easy and extremely simple
my family."
living. They have no perseverance, no back"Ispeak for those behind me," shouted a tone. They're unfit"
voice from tar in the rear. "They cannot come
Yet surely here was no evidence of apathy,
in they cannot speak. They tell me to say, of stupid forbearance, of characterless cringing.
'No annexation. Never.'"
These men and women rose quickly one
"Iam Kauhi of Kalaoa. We call it Middle after another, one interrupting the other at
Hilo. Our club has 300 members. They have times, and then stanaing expectantly waiting
sent me here. VVeaie all opposed to annexa- his turn too simple, too sincere, it seemed to
me, to feel self-conscious or to study for a motion—all—all!"
He was a young rmn. His open coat ment about the manner of his speech, so vital
showed his loose dark shirt; his muscular body was the matter to be delivered.
swayed with excitement. He wore boots that
They stood as ail other Hawaiians stand
came above his knees. There was a large with straight shoulders splendidly thrown back
white handkerchief knotted about his brown and head proudly poised. Some held their
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—
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"I am so sorry.
I—cannot speak Ingli'.
!can un'stan'."
"Yes," went on Mr. West. "They call
us savages all kinds of names. We are not.
We n-ad and write. Yes, more of vs comparing, you know read and wiite than in Senator
Morgan's own birth Slate— Alabama, is it? I
am so sorry Senator Morgan did not come to
Hilo with your party. If he wou^d come here
as a judge— if he would hear both sides— we
would benefit from it. Your country has
wronged us cruelly. Cleveland himself said so.
What could we do wiien the United States soldiers were landed in our streets four years ago ?
Let the United States right the wrong now—let
her not do more wrong."
"Would you prefer the present government
to annexation ?" Iasked.
"The present government cannot last.
They know that themselves."
"But in time, supposing the islands are not
annexed, don't you think that the natives will
become reconciled and and take the oath
of
"Never."
And a quick-spoken Hawaiian word and a
—
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—
—
"
They turned to leave.
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Ihad to wait a short time in Mrs. Nawahi's littledrawing-room, where Ihad gone to
The president of the
see Mrs. Campbell.
Women's League, by the way, is the wife of
that James Campbell, the wealthy Honolulu
planter, who was kidnaped by Oliver Winthrop
(now in San Quentin) and held for ransom in
San Francisco last year.
Every door and window of the room where
Isat was curtained freshiy in white. The mat-
Hawaiian:
"
"Boast not thyself of to.-morrow.
"W ithout Christ there is no salvation."
As 1 entered, the bell on the foreign
church, up on cne or ihe beautiful Hi:
was striking ten. The place was packed with
ting floor was brightened by a large square of
a checkered pattern, with broad shining plaits.
—
And this is really all Inoticed, for Mrs. Campbell entered, and I cared to look at nothing
else.
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n, two years ago, the most interesting
speaker cf the Woman's Congress. But Mrs.
Stetson's pose is ihe most artistic of poses— a
pretense o', simplicity. 1 his Hawaiian woman's
thoughts vere of her subject, not of herself.
There was an interesting impersonality about
her delivery that kept my eyes fastened upon
her while the interpreter at my side whispered
gestures:
sion of—
"We are sorry that you are going back so
soon," Mr. West said with pathetic courtesy.
"We should like to show you the country."
!looked after the two men as they walked
down the tree-bordered path with an aching sort
of sympathy. They are so weak ; their opponents are so strong.
The strongest memory I have of the islnds is connected with tne hall of the Salvation
Army at Hilo, on the island of Hawaii. It's a
. ::de little p:ace, which holds about 300 peop>,
uld think. The rough, uncovered rafters
show above, and the bare walls are relieved
by Scriptural admonitions .in English and
embarrassed or timid, or self-conscious or
assertive?
No airy of these. Her manner had xhi
simple cirectness that made Charlotte Perkins
upon the veranda of the pretty new notel at
Hilo.
It was Henry West, a half-white, whom I
had seen at the meeting"Of course not.' 11 answered. "Who said
they were."
"Why, a Boston paper— just lately said so.
Ha\e you met Mr. Keakolo?"
David Keakolo and I exchanged bows. He
is very dark and his hair and mustache are
gray. He has a prominent nose and large, dark,
expressive eyes. I had noted him particularly
at the meeting, for he was the one man present
in a dress suit and he spoke often and animatedly. He smiled now, and said, with a profu-
the negative.
.
—
"They are not heathens— not cannibals, you
see," said a voice behind me as Istepped out
glance from Keakoto's black eyes emphasized
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:s, and outs:de btocu a patient crowd unole to enter. It was a women's meeting, but
The women
there were many men present.
were dressed in Mother Hubbards of calico or
and wore saiior hats wnite or black.
The men were in coats and trousers of Americr.n make.
'
Pre?^
parted and two women
walked in, both very tall, dressed in handsome
.:.free-flowing train d gowns of black crep
aided in black. 1hey wore black kid gloves
Old large hats of black straw with black feathers. The taller of the two a very queen in
dignity and repose wore nodding red roses in
.her hat, and about her neck and falling to the
waist a inng, thick necklace of closely strung,
Jeep-red, corai-iike flowers, with de;kate lems
rsed.
This was Mrs. Kuaihelani Campbell, the
president of the Women's Hawaiian Patriotic
League. Her companion was the secretary of
the branch at Hilo.
It was almost pitiful to note the reception
of these two leaders— the dumb, almost adoring
•indness in the women's eyes; the absorbed,
close interest in the men's dark heavy faces.
After the enthusiasm had subsided the minuter of the Hawaiian church arose. He is tali,
bionde, fair faced, thre. -quarters white, as they
say here. Clasping: his hands in front and
looking down over the bowed dark heads before him he made the short opening prayer.
He held himself well, his sentences were short
and his manner was simple.
There is something wonderfully effective in
earnest prayer delivered n an ancient language
with which one is unfamiliar. One hears not
words, but topes. His feelings, not his reason,
are appealed to. Freed oi the limiting effects
nf stereotyped phrases the imagination supplies
the sense. Like the H -i-r.-w and The Latin the
Hawaiian tongue sterns to touch the primitive
sources of one's nature, to strip away the complicated armor with which civil;zation and
vorldliness have dotheJ us and to leave the
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istrument, a
mm's deep voice, to play upon.
The minibtfr ciosed and a deep murmuring
"Alien" from the people followed.
I watched Mrs. Emma Nawahi curiously as
she rose to address the people. !have never
hearc two women talk in public in quite the
same way. Would this Hawaiian woman be
—
The Voice of the Native
— What
1 love my
There is —
"This is my feeling: —
nothing underhand, nothing deceitful in enthusiasm.
—
our way our only way of fighting. Every- country and 1 want to be independent now and
body may see and may know of our petition.
forever."
We have nothing to conceal. We have right
"And my feeling is the same," cried a
on our side This land X ours— our Hawaii. stout, bold-faced woman, rising in the middle of
Say, shall we lose our nationality? Shall we the hall. "Ilove this land. Idon't want to b:
be annexed to the United States?
annexed."
"Aole lua. Aoie loa."
"This birthplace of mine Ilove as the AmeriIt didn't require the interpreter's word to can loves his. Would he wish to be annexed
make me understand the response.
One could to another, great .t land?"
read negation, determination in every intent,
dark "f
'Never!' they say," the man beside me
they say. 'No! No!'
muttered. "'Never!'
"
They say
But the presiding officer, a woman, was
introducing Airs. Campbell to the people. Her
large mouth parted in a pleased smile as the
men and women stamped and shouted. She
spoke only a tew words, good-naturedly, hopefully. Once itseemed as though she were taking them all in her confidence, so sincere and
soft was her voice as she leaned forward.
"Stand firm, my friends. Love of country
means more to you and to me than anything
else. Be brave; be strong. Have courage and
"Iam strongly opposed to annexation. How
dare the people of the United States rob a people of their independence?"
"I want the American Government to do
justice. America helped to dethrone Liliuokalani. She must be restored.
Never shall
we consent to annexation !"
''My father is American : my mother is
pure Hawaiian. Itis my mother's land 1 love.
The American nation has been unjust. How
eouid we ever love America?"
"Let them see their injustice and restore
the monarchy!" cried an old, old woman, whose
dark face framed in its white hair was working
pathetically.
are you going to do with ME?
throat, and his fine head, with its intelligent
eyes, rose from his shoulders with a grace that
would have been deerlike were it not for its
splendid strength.
''I love my country and oppose annexation," said a heavy-set, gray-haired man with
a good, clear profile. "We look to America as
our friend. Let her not be our en-:my !"
"Hekipi, a delegate from Molokai to the
league, writes: 'I honestly assert that the
roughened, patient hands clasped, some b?nt
and looked toward me, as though I were a sort
of magical human telephone and phonograph
combined.
1 might misunderstand a word or two of
the interpreted message, but there was no mistaking those earnest, brown faces and beseeching dark eyes, which seemed to try to bridge
the distance my ignorance of their language and
their slight acquaintance with mine created between us.
preat majority of Hawaiians on Molokai are
I verily believe that even the most virulent
They fe ir that if they of annexationists would have thought these
opposed to annexation.
become annexed to the United States they will Hawaiians human ; almost worthy of consideralose their lands. The foreigners will reap all tion.
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the benefit and the Hawaiians will be placed
" in
The people rose now and sang the majestic
a worse position than they are to-day.'
Hawaiian National Hymn. It was sung fer"Iam a mail-carrier. Come with me to my vently, a full, deep chorus of hundreds of voices.
district." A man who was sitting In the first The music is beautifully characteristic, with its
row rose and stretched out an appealing hand. strong, deep bass chords to which the women's
"Come to my district. Iwill show you 2000 plaintive, uncultivated voices answer. Then
Hawaiians against annexation."
there was a benediction, and the people passed
"Istand— we all stand to testify to our love out into the muddy street.
of our country. No flag but the Hawaiian flag.
As Isat watching them, suddenly Iheard
Never the American !"
a timid voice murmur:
There was cheering at this, and the heavy,
"You willtek this from me?"
Imagine a very tall woman, a full commanding figure dressed in the sheerest of lacetrimmed white lawn. The wreath of orangeflowers on her black hair and the orange lei
about her neck were exquisitely becoming, and
the loose gown's graceful flow and full train
gave a charming feminine touch to this woman
whose sympathies have placed her in so unconventional a position. Rut Mrs. Campbell is
anything but a new woman.
''Do you women expect," Iasked her, '*to
be rewarded for all your work? Do you look
forward to being permitted to vote ?"
The president of the Women's Patriotic
League laughed outright. •
"Why, we never thought of that. lam
working for my people. That is all. When
they are righted, when they are content, 1 shall
be satisfied. You were at the meeting to-day.
Did it not interest you? There are such meetings ail over ths islands. The natives are far
But
apart. It is hard for them to get together.
they all think alike."
Her voice is exquisitely low and full and
lazily deep. She speaks slowly, but without a
trace of accent. Her manner is gracious and
her face is soft, creamy, brown-tinted, with
proud lips and languid eyes. She iooks Hawaiian, but hers is an idealized type.
"Tell me, does your husband approve of
your work ?"
"Oh," she answered, smiling. "1 could 1
would do nothing without hi* approval."
'"Are all families— native families united
on this annexation question?"
"Yes ;1 think so. Nearly all."
"Suppose a Hawaiian
" woman's husband in
favor of annexation
"Itis unlikely."
"Well, if it were so, would she continue to
work in your league? C ulj she oppose annexation openly and actively?"
"Oh !" Mrs. Campbell leaned her head
upon her large, shapely hand, upon which the
"Oh, that would be very
diamonds glistened.
hard. But— if 1 were the woman— yes, Ishould
work for my people anyway," said Mrs. Campbell, decidedly and witii pretty inconsistence.
"You see, they are "
so poor, so helpless. They
need help so badly.
"And are there no native Hawaiians in
favor of annexation?"
She shook her hdad slowly.
"Imet a woman at Hana, on the island of
Maui. She was."
"Wasn't she in the Government's em-
—
—
—
ploy?"
Mrs. Campbf II spoke quickly for the first
time.
THE SAX FRANCISCO
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temperament.
Mr. Cannon has talked to me about annexa
tion, ar.d be ib cue of the few men I
have.niet
"whose judgment in the matter is unbiased, orifar-seeing.
When Mr. Cannon and Imet at Inquisition
P.;- t I asked h:m, in a purely formal spirit,
whether he was in favor of or opposed to annexation. 01 cour:-e, I
knew, but Ididn't know of-
action on the most interesting poir. ts at issue.
On their return in the evening from sundry
inspections and receptions a band concert and
dance were tendere l to them at the Hawaiian
Hotel, but they were tempted from tho-e lionors
to the more congenial delights of a genuine
Hawaiian Itian and a well-regulated hula kui at
the handsome residence of Hon. John A. Cuminings, ex-Minister of Foreign Aff&irsunder the
monarchy, and ar Hawaiian gentleman famed
lor his princely hospitality in the good old days
when dollars ebbed away as rapidly as the
nplets of the signing Pacilic slip from the coral
ficially.
Mr. Cannon looked thoughtful.
"It's a serious question," he began. "Itinvolves an entire change ot the policy of our Government."
"Yes, I know. But nre you in favor of or
'
Ojrpo'-ed 10
a change?
sucn
1
Mr. C;inn n's rosy face, framed in his white,
shojt beard, became quizzical.
"This isjustthe opportunity," he said with
en gayety, *for me to tel! that story I
prom.-' \u25a0!. to tell you about the EJmunds bill. You
iiiuit know that Cannon of Utah my namesake
"
but' no relative
1' wnsn't annexation, but it was interesting,
and Ilistened till a boai put off fro:,, the Claudine, and we ail went ashore to look at plantations.
Mr. C.innon and Imet at Inquisition Point,
there told me a deliphtf r.[ little romance
and he
- boyhood
amon? the Quakers.
When the
s-tory was finished he noted regretfully that the
dinner-gong bud sjunded. Another time we
would talk iurther.
Wp did.
Wo met again, and Iheard about
the exciting -cene in the Home (Mr. Cannon
taiks learnedly of the "forty-ninth" or the
"nfty-third," and all one can do is tc look wise,)
•xtien Speaker Keed, who was not then Speaker,
came so near being taken into custody by the
Sergeant-at-Arins for resisting auhori;y in declining to resume his seat at the Speaker's
command.
Imust have heard all the penis in the
repenoire of the chairman of the Appropriation
Committee before Irealized thst crafty Mr.
Cannon was not going to talk for publication,
Jor very good reasons, which he explained to
me, also not for puolicaiion.
'\u25a0But, you know, Mr. Cannon," Iprotested
at last, "when you were delivering that speech
in the Australia's saloon
that last night at sea
before we reached Honolulu, Senator Morgan
—
Bruited
grimly as fa« /listened,
closely, and he said, 'There go
watching you
" Cannon commitring himself to annexation.'
Inever should have told Mr. Cannon this
anticipated the result; for it shattered all
hna I
my Jof'y, patriotic ideal?, it shocked r.iy sense
of the Congressional fitness of things, ami it ap-
SPANISH
CABINET
RESIGNS
Azca.rra.ga. Requested to
Temporarily Hold
His Post.
SUMMONS TO SENOR
SAGASTA.
Believad the Libaral Leader
Will Ec Asked to Solve
the Crisis.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
TO-DAY.
Weyler's Recall and Cuban Autonomy Talked Of— Woodford
and Tatuan.
. MADRID, Spain. Sept 29.—Tue Spanish Ministry to-day tendered its resignation which was accepted by the Queen,
but ber Majesty. asked <;t-!ieral .\zcarraga
10 con ti!>ue in cilice untii a solution of the
cri-is is found.
Her Majesty will summon the leaders
of the various parlies acd the presidents
of ih^ chambeis, to-morrow to consult ato the situation, fc-enor Sagasta h»s been
telegraphed for, and it is believed th»t
the Liberal leader will be a;ked to form a
Cabinet.
The Ministry, whose resignation has
ju9t been announced, was constituted as
ioilows:
Prime Ministerand Minister for War, General
Axcarrag'a.
.I)uister ior Foreign Affairs, the
Mircello
de
Te van.
Duke o:
Minister of Marine, Kear-Adinlrp.l Don Jose
M. i'.eranger.
Mi-uster of Finance, J. Y.Don Juan Navarre
Bevcrtor.
Minsur of Commerce and
.
Agriculture, Don
Auri-1ano Liueres Rives.
Minister of the Colonies, Don Tomas Caa-
tcllani.
Minuter for the Home Department, Don
Fernando Cosgayon.
Un«t«d States Minister WooUford, the
Duke o: Tetuan and the President oi the
Senaie, the Marquis Paso de Lamarrezed,
held a Ung conierence to-day and General
\u25a0Woodfoid presented to General Azcar-
Waikiki.
Senator Morgan and Congressman Berry
haveestabli<he<i themseives a-; favorites in many
-vay3. The Senator carries his years becomingly
and pleasantly, ever. :o '.hose who disagree with
iiis outspoken advocacy of a closer union. It
was amusing, however, to note his zeal on Bunwith some
day last, when in conjunction
"missionary" annexationists
he visited the
fcunday-iicliool children of Kswaibao Church,
the oldest and principal church of the Hawaiians.
He earnestly poured forth to the wondering ears
ol the little dots ot Hawaiians the sterling :niv.mtaces of annexation to the United Stales.
They gaz'.-ii open-eyed at him, but failed to appreciate the value of this Sunday-school lesson.
Ttieir parents were duinfounded and astonisi.e d
at the political effusion on a Sabbath day, and
sjihls at
Mrs.Emma Nawahi, Secretary cf Hilo
Branch, Hawaii Women's Leagu:.
preci;. bly flattened mv bump of reverence.
The gentleman
word in reply.
from Illinois sail not a
He winked.
Miriam MiCHE'
LISTENED TO BUT
A SINGLE FACTION
How the Visiting Congressmen
Conducted Their Hawaiian
Investigation.
consideraiion of the rights, interests and sentiments of its legitimate owners.
Even an unfortunate mortgwgor bas an equity of redemption
of bis fee-simple.
It is as unjust, as it will prove to be unwise
in future considerations of the Hawaiian question, to accept a3 true the statements made by
the annexationists
and their press that all
Americans in Hawaii, the majority of foreigners
and a very large proportion ot Hawaiians are
incorruptible and stalwart annexationists at
heart and that the only anti-annexationists are
a few foreigm-rs hungry for lost offices, influence
and patronngt' and an uninriuentul number of
ignorant and misguided natives misled by
mischief-makers and misinformation.
Itis incorrect also to allege that all antiannexationists are royalists scheming for the
restoration of the monarchy, for quite a number of tuem are in favor of an independent repub ie on the basis of the American republic
until sueli times as the peope have boen educated up to the value of a closer associuiun witti
Provisional Government Officials Gave
Them no Opportunity to Feel
the Popular Pulse.
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 2^,— All is
in Honolulu.
There aro no exciting ele-
quiet
in poiin"c< or diplomacy to disturb th«
ca'.m leisure of our lives. We have quite a powerful fleet in the harbor— the Uniteil States
ment*
steem^iif'S
Fen:iin;jt<>n
and Philadelphia, U. M.
raa-. and the French cruiser Dv Guoy
Trou n— hut they take more interest in regattas
and pleasure than in politic--. So far the honors
stand easy between the Bennincion ana the
to th<« Hawaiians and the Democratic party their
political party shou.d they ever be annexud and
ever be given a vote. It is this desire for a vote
that worries the Hawaiian. He lias been init, and he doe* not
tru~te»i with it and he valu -s
wish to lose it. It, is not improbable that if he
were granted the right to vote on the quest
|
ra.a the members of the United States
jof the Cabinet officials here are comlegation.
!pleiely in the dark. Secretary Sherman
Owing to the Cabinet crUis the Cuban does not believe that it will materially
pour paries have been postponed.
affect the relations of Spain either
It is said that Senor Sagasta is in favor toward
Sates
or
to
the
United
of superseding Captain- General Weyler i Cuba, which seems to indicate an exand of granting autonomy to Cuba Imme- pectation on hia part that when the Cabidiately
net is reorganized it will be found to be
SenorGamozo willprobably be Minister | still of a Conservative tendency.
of Foreign Aftairs in the new Cabinet.
On 'he other hand, hitrh officials in the
administration expect that the Liheral
BOLVTIO* OF JHE CRISIS.
j Cabinet, under the leadership of the
Sairasta, will be erected on the
Iteprndn Upon th« I'olicf TorenrA the | veteran
r., t,l Stot't.
ruins of the Azcarraga Cabinet. If this
LONDON, Eno., Sept. 30.— A dispatch should be the case, tne future is held to
full of promise
for Cuba.
for
to toe Daily Mail from Madrid says: The be
solution of the crisis depends upon the it is recalled that the Liberals have not
to
opposition
policy toward the United States.
Liberal hesitated to expr«ss their
politician? declare that they will stoutly the great expenditure of human liie and
vast treasure in the effort to carry out the
resist America's pretensions.
Genera. Azcarrapa, in a long interview irepressive Conservative programme for
with the Queen Regent to-day, explained the conduct of the war.
It is not believed that the Liberals are
the situation. Itis believed that he asked
her Majesty if she was ready to confirm prepared to go to the length of promising
the Government in necessary powers in Cuba frerdom, but from the expressions
view of '.he altitude of the United States? of the leaders of the party it is hoped that
In the interview he mimm on ed the they are -willing to grant so liberal
Cabinet. The meting was attended by a measure ot b»me rule and autonthat
omy
to
the island
of SpanSer.or Reverter,
the excommunicated
ter of F nance, and Senor Concavon, | ish sovereignty nothing would remain
Minister of the Interior, both of whom save a shred in the way of a few prefertendered rheir resignations. Sijortly after ential duties and, perhaps, the power of
the Premier tendered the resignation of . appointing some oftirials corresponding
to the Governor
General of Canada,
the entire Cabinet
named by the British crown.
>O HVBPHISt.
HAbftl>GlO.V.
FILIItU^TEIIS CAPTVHEIi.
The Important Incident JHteu»*ed in CVHAN
IIlit Hearing*.
twenty- Ktght nf Hi- far It/ Snid to Have
Item t Tee tiled.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 29 -The
news of the Spanish Cabinet crisis was
NEW YORK, N. V., Sept. 29.— A special
first brought to the attention of the offi- from Havana, via Key West, says:
C;ip aia Jose Monasterio and a com-'
cials of the State Department and diplomatic officials throu b the Associated !pany of marine artillery embarked sePress bulletin from Madrid, and up to a ( cretly in the gunboat Nueva Espana some
late hour to-night from no other source j days ago and left Havana in the tight.
It was rumored that the authorities had
was any information on the subject forthheard ot the destination of a filibustering
coming.
Itis surmised that Miniser Woodford's expedition and was quietly preparing to
failure to cable the department wa^ at- sciz«! it. The greatest secrecy was obtribntab:e to tho fact that it was after served. Tne tunboat waited quietly in
Qightlatl in Madrid oefore the news be- the Bay of Corrientes, Pinar del Rio.
ame known
It \a Impossible to ascertain how the exIt cannot be. said tha: the event caused pedition was captured or the name of the
Espana letitrned
-urprise among the officials of the
State liiibuster, but the Ntieva
Department, or among the members of to port Jast night, briiiLriiif:in one ilotchUie diplomatic corps in Washington.
kiss gun, UK) shells and cartridges, twelve
A careful inspection ol the cablp news cases of Manser cartridge*, six cases ol
for tne Zilenski gun, 808
foi the pa.-t few weeks had left the general ammanition
of cartridges lor Remington and
impression that the Cabinet erected in
Mauser rifles and four boats.
i:aste after the assassination
of Premier
The (•fliei&is assert that the expedition
Canovas could not be expected to survive was only intercepted whe:i the cargo was
long.
landed and that the ni n escaped. Owknowledge of
T:iere were several reasons for this ex- ing, however, to the evident
pecUtioa, but perhaps the principal one the authorities some days belore the gunand the unusual
was the belief that tlie dissensions among boat whs dispatched
reticence concerning so great a
the supporter.- of the Government cause. i official
Spanish coup it is feared the whole expeby the personal encounter between the j dition was ma-sacred.
Duke of Tetuan, Minister of Foreign
From reliable authority it was learned
Affairs, and one of the leaders of the las; night that tweniy-eisrht oi the party,
including several American artillerymen,
dissident Conservatives, had not been sent
down with the cannon, were taken
h-aied, but had beet? bridged over only prisoners
and summarily executed. It is
temporarily.
impossible to verify the latter statement,
The dissident Conservative* at the time though many things combine to show
insisted upon the resignation of the Duke grounds for beiievnn: tije siory.
as a condition of their further support of
Hunt a Hrcwr for a Town.
the Government.
CHATTANOOGA, Im., Sept. 29.— A
As '.he Government depended not upon
a homogeneous part7.bat ratner upon a number of residents and propeny-owners
union of variout eerncnts generally op- mad* application in Chancery Court here
to-day for \u25a0 receiver for the town of
posed t<- liberal ideas for its rxistence,
this was a tnreatenirig condition, am! a Lookout MouniHin. The applicants in a
bill charge insolvency and
crisis was averted only througii the stren- sensational
mismanagement
an<l fraud on tne part of
uous efforts of the Conservative leaders.
the offic.als. No election for town oilicers
As to what is to follow the resignation has been held in tight years.
I
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\u25a0
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the great republic.
Then. ag;:in, it must not be assumed by
those who desire to judge impartially, that the
fiat of the Government of Hawaii, as to-day con-
stituted, represents anything approaching
the
willof the English-speaking cosmopolitan population of Hawaii, in which is included the
Hawaiians tiit-ra^ive?, as well as the larger proportion of the Portuguese.
Itmustal-obe remembered
by the impar-
tial ihat as this is a one-sided fight of the enormously wealthy against
the comparatively
powerless and poor, it is vary unwise
to
accept the capital of Honolulu, with its
centralization of influence of Government patronage,
political
its
press leagues and clubs, as the mirror of the sentiment ot the nation.
By the census of 1890, taken in the late King
Kalukaua's reign, the population of the
an IsUiids was 59,0:0 and the regisiered voters
13,:<93. In 1894, with an increased population
and under the Provisional Government, at the
election for delegates to the constitutional convention tue registeied voters had decreased by
two-third a, amounting in the aggregate to only
4177, and why? Simply because only that number of men qualified to vote would take the
oath
to openly support the
Government of the day, it
being regarded by the other 90w voters as being
a government bas d on fraud and
established in
power by the i,legitimate acts of an American
diplomat and the power of naval forces of
the
United State*.
Then cam.: the greater test vote in 1896 for the
general election and with a larerly
increased
population. O.ie wou ! naturally suppose
that
a government, under a republican form of constitution, modeled expressly for themselves and
the people of the country by men most intimateiy acquainted
with the requirements of
their own peopie, would have a stili stronger
support than before, more especially
as the constitution had created a special class of
voters
who were practically the gun-carriers of
the
infant republic,
being specifically termed
"special service" men. But the result showed a
Still further decrease of supporters instead of an
increase, far upon this occasion only 3196 registered, and of these only 2017 were eligible to
vote for Senators; or, in other words, be possessed of unincumberei property of the value of
not less than $3000, or be in receipt
of a money
income of not Its* tn an $1200 a year. And this
election, too, it must be borne in mind, was
for
the express purpose of consummating annexation, and the Legislature elected
thereat passed
resolutions in favor of annexation and paved the
way for the reappearance of
the treaty of annexation, and it was the Senate
then elected that
day
the oiher
ratified it.
Hawaii"
Mrs. Nailima, Fre:?ident Hilo Branch
of Hawaiian Women's League.
annexation he would return the compliment by
voting aye if he could be cleariy convinced that
he would ba regarded, as lie was formerly and is
to an extent now, as the equal of the white man
socially and politically.
Congressman Cannon -has also won the respect of the Hawaiians, for they have an idea
that whatever may be h;3 personal convictions
he will act impartially an Istraightforwardly
for the best interests of buii countries.
Horace
Wright.
DOLE IS LOSING
HIS FOLLOWING
unfavorably compared the political Senator with
their ancient teachers who had taught ihrai to
honor and reverence the Lord's ay and keep it
holy to him. They at once summed up t he
Senator ;»•< an insincere Christian, and one, who
like a lawyer, is more Interested in his special
ca.-e in hand than the very strict rules of law
aud equity.
Congres-man Berry baa gained the hearts of
the Hawaiians, not merely on account of his
handsome and manly s;ature alone, but principally because he openly admitted to the Hawaiians at, Hilo that he was a nersonal friend
and warm poll.ical ndrnirer of President Cleveland and a sterling Democrat. Now, it 1^ perthat the political incidents of
haps unfortunate
iletn i-^od
the pa?' have made Giover Cleveland i
3
1807.
people, the majority ot the foreign element, as
well as the autiiorities. Itiinot exactly just
that because Hawaii is an exceedingly tempting
morsel to be gobbled up by a superior power it
should be taken surreptitiously and without due
j
—
c::;a. and
30,
rice plantations to public buildings, schools,
churclns and museum. They have seen everything there is to admire and everything that
shows up Hawaii's progress in its brightest
phases. But they have not seen the people nor
h.ive they had the opportunities of ascertaining
the undercurrent of oppositian. Itha* throughout been a one-sided inspection control ed by
Qovernmeni officials and the moneyed leaders of
the annexation party.
The most memorable events durincr their
sojourn here have been the handsome rec ptioa
tendered to them by the ever-hospitable United
States Minister, and their visit yesterday to
I'eari Harbor and its neighborhood. The rec plion was not as largely attended as was anticipated, and even the efforts of the Chief Justice
and Government officials tailed to induce the
Hawaiians to attend in any number. It was
not even spontaneous on the part of the annexationists, but it was undeniably a very pleasant
affair for our visitors, who. after discharging
their social dunes adjourned to a famous watering place to continue theirevening's en jovmeni.
Itis unnecetsary to say that ttie visitors enjoyed themselvps immensely, and while they
were loud in their praises of ihe country and all
that pertained to it, and extremely affable in
corrobora:ion, they were aiscreetly reticent in
regard to their personal convictions and future
—
kindly
SEPTEMBER
Comas and to-riay the Fbiladelphias and Benningtons try conclusions in a cuuer race.
It was intended to have had an international
roass-meeting last eveninc In opposition to annexation for the benefit of the Visiting Cong essmen, but it was wisely decided to postpone it on
account of the numerous engagements
the^e
Gentlemen had to fulfill. Senator Morgon and
ihev have ha 1 no leisure moments since their
arrival. Ithas been one succession of hasty inspection of everything in sight from sugar and
"Are you opposed to any lurther annexation of territory ?"
"No. Now, I'd tisht for Cuba. She's near
to us for one tiling. Besides we wouldn't b"»
wroneing a lot of peacefu 1, intelligent native-."
"IiDie natives petition, as they 3ay they intend to almost unanimously, will the administration lgnorp it ?"
"Ob, a Repubiican will do anything!"
Ilooted vp one has to look far up to meet
Mi. Berry's eye ami reminded ttie Kentucky
giant that this was Inquisition Point.
\u25a0•I don't care," he said. "Our Government
is to blame for Liliuokalani's dethronement
no
question about it. The least we can do is to indemnify her; pension her and the next one in
line of succession.
"For annexation will come sure. A man of
•r Morgan's character, with tne reputation
ts for sincerity, will have a michty influence in determining ihin;;s. A:.>i Morgan's as
devoted to ami x.i ion a-— as a Keniuckian is
to— to that which Kentuckians are said to be
fondest of."
Ihave not beer able to decide whether the
Hon. J. G. Cannon of Illinois luoks more like
the older, more respecttui prints of Uncle Bam
or like the poet Wnittier. His face is shrewd but
kindly. H- speaks deliberately very deliberately but gracefully, and he made by far the
best speeches on *he trip. He is an animate
< ongressional Record, with the immaterial
ihmgs left out and the material ones brightened
and made human by his quarter century of
Washington pubkc life and by his pnilosophical,
—
CALL, THURSDAY,
Gradual Falling-Off in the Number of Voters Who Take the
Oath of Allegiance.
Proof
That the Masses
Will Never
Become Reconciled
to the
Present Conditions.
HONOLULU, Hawaii. Sent. 22.— Itis very
unfortunate thai an impartial judgment has
been prevented in regard to the annexation of
Hawaii through the mi<-s:atempnts of the newspapers and correspondents
personally interested in annexation. By beclouding facts and
harping on tho preat gain the union of Hawaii
will be to the United States thry have practically
ignored the true sentiments of the Hawaiian
EXPERTS IN A
BATTLE ROYAL
only unencumbered
property of the value of
$1000 or a money income ol $600 a year, i. c., $50
month,
a
Jess lhan the pay of an average while
laborer. With a population of 109,000, and with
oerning metacarpal,
sessamoid and tembones.
Previous to Dr. Allport's testimony
Professor .). A. Weisner cave evidence in
support ol Dr. Riese's testimony in connection with ihe experiments with human
bodie- made in the vat in the Luetgert
facory early in the j.resent montn. His
testimony was of a corroborative character.
Attorney
Deenen smilingly de-
clared to-night that r.-ofes ? or Dorsey
woul !settle t lie question as lo the identity of the bones beyond a question when
nexi he appears on the witness-stand.
Lietgert and bis lawyers were well
sr>.; slied with the showing made, and exJii'ipe Vincent said he could not, see the
necessity of Luetgert'a noing on .the wit-
seven islands. So that it is perfectly legitimate
to assume that baring the two years o; the administration of the Government by President
Dole and his Cabinet, with the ii^hi in favor of
annexation waxinz hotter and :.otter each day
and apparently more nearly reaching its end,
the Government and the cause of annexation
had lost 500 supporters, or about one-sixth,
from their immediately previous registration,
ana 1790 votes, or about one-third; from the
Provisional Governrnt?nt registration of 1894.
But perhaps these figures, showing the
diminution of the BUpDOrt of the Government
as a Government, and more especially :;s the
"people's" champion for annexation, become
more remarkable and lurceful in their suggestion when it is staled that an oilicial of the
Annexation Club inform- :l me the other day
that there are upward of 6000 names on the rolls
of the Annexation Club, and ye' scarcely onethird of that number tound it sufficiently interesting or patriotic enough to register. A fair
analysis of the 2(>87 voters would be: Governmeat officials, taK-.ng the oath of allegiance and
re^irieiinn as in duiy bound, 1200; tbe Govern*
nierft am.v, o"U; Annexation Club men, nonofficials, 800, and the average voter desirous of
keeping his name on the register and careless
whether be vo:es or noi, tn<j other 387. The
Island of Oahu, including Honolulu, could ualy
raise 8;6 votes, so that a laige number ot Government employes, military men and Annexation Club members must have ne^n ,:<-r 1 el to
.
their duty.
Horace Wright
NO
GOLD WAITING
AT ST. MICHAEL
poral
State's
Fighting Over the Bone
Found in the Luetgert Vat.
But what shall be said of the last registration for the election for representatives, whici
will take place on the 29 h Inst? The
property
qualification for a voter for a representative is
Mr. John Richardsor, Mat*?, H. I.
special efforts made, only 2887 votes were repistereil throughout the width and length of the
Human.
BAY i>lATc BtPUBUCANS.
Meet in Convention and Renominate
Their Lid State Ticket by
Acclamation.
—
Prosecuting
Attorney Says He Will
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 29.
The ReSettle the Issue to the Jury's
publican State Convention of MassachuSatisfaction.
setts nominated
candidates
for State
ofß »a to-day. There was a large attendance of delegates, and the plans of the
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 29.— Hog or hu- State Committee lor the conduct of the
session as perfected at previous meetings
man? That is the issue in the Laetgert Were carried out.
ca-e at present, and according to the view
The following nominations were made
of the case adopted by the jury is the f.ne by acclamation:
ot delendant like yto be. Ifbo:.-, he will, Governor Roger Wnloott.
Lteutenaut-Gi.vernor— W. M. Crane,
in all probability, go free; ifhuman, there
(secretary— William Olin.
is no telling wnat will happen to him, or
Treasurer— X. }'. Hnaw.
Auditor—
\V. Kirnball.
rather what may nol happen to him. The
Attorney-General
M. Knowlton.
defense proved to- iay that the bone which
foregoing
Tne
are all renominations.
Dr. Pirsey, the osteologist oi the Colum- I Colonel A H. Goetting
of Spr.nc;f3el.l was
bian Museum, declared was the lemur of a I the temporary chairman.
In th •? permabein^, of a woman
human
and of Inent organization H. B. Hopkins of
a woman of delicate physical
struct- Worcester wa made chairman.
Colonel Melvin O. Adam--, chairman of
ure, as was Mri. Luetc-r', is nothresolutions, pr rented
ing but the bone of a tie. It came I the committee on
j the committee's report, which was
from a hop of deiicate organization, so adopted.
said the ex pen for the defense, but it was
The platform stands for a firm but modnothing but a hop for all that.
The femur | crate iorei^n policy, an extension of the
was rather small for the usual run of merit system of civil service and more
hogs, but this was a small-bone ihoir, an l stringent immigration and naturalization
laws.
declaration ot the financial
there was no doubt of the origin of the plank isThe
by inference in favor of the told
bone.
standard an.i consists of a rhetorical arThe witness who declared all this for raignment 01 .Bryan, Pi-b< and Altgeld as
the defense was Dr. W. H. Allport, pro- "exponents of free stiver.''
fessor of descriptive and comjarative
tin- ir% Sacramento.
anatomy in the Northwestern University.
SACRAMENTO, Cau, Sept. 30.—Fire
He declared in the most positive mariner
hat the femur whs that of a bos and that robbed Sacramento of two of its big buildw.-i-) no chance
being mis- incs and about $17,000 worth of property
of
—
there
tat-n in the
his
matter.
Dr. Dorsey. who proved for the State
th.it the femur was that of a woman, was
in the courtroom when Dr. Ailport was on
the stand, and bis f ice flushed when the
expert lor the delense declared that the
boiie came from a hog.
The declaration of Dr. Allpnrt clearly
defines an issue between himself and Professor 1) irsey. They ;'.r> sho respective
leading experts of tie defense and the
prosecution.
Both pride hrn selves on
their reputations, and a battle royal will
be the result.
Dr. Allport drew pictures of what he
said represented a human femur and a
hog's femur, and explained to the jury
the difference between them. Tne difference was principally in the socket of the
early
this
morning.
The lire started in Adam Bergman's
jickle factory on L street, near Seventh,
and within a few minutes the whole building, a two-story frame structure, was in
names. So rapidly did it burn that Busman and his wife and child barely escaped with their
live.--.
Tnen it spread to M. P. Smith's brick
stable, and that was soon in ruins, with
'50 tons of hay bnt recently stored mere.
One hundred and fifty vehicles, all the
horses a-.id all the harness were saved,
however.
Bergman's loss will reach $7000, all of
which is rovered by two recently issued
policies. Smith lost nearly $10,000 and
had tio insurance.
The building was destroyed and the
flames licked up the factory stable in the
rear, with all the horses, two wagons and
hip joint, nccording to the witness, lie a lot of harness and hay.
or
of
joint
declared that the knob
end
the
Th« loss ol this property drove Smith
lemur in evidence was much smaller than 0 : i f his niinu, and lie w:;s, taken to a
that of the nverupe person, and that un- saloon nrar by where he bad to be put
doubtedly the bone was the lemur of a under restraint
:mall-boned hog.
The tire started a few minutes after 1
To-morrow Dr. Allport will be cross-ex- o'clock. No one knows the cause. At2
amined after he has testified lurther con- o'clock it was under control.
but the river was not. expected to re onam
open longer than between the Ist and loth
ol
October.
People
Tug Holyoke Arrives at
Port Townsend From
the Yukon.
at St. Michael are well provided
with tue necessaries of life for winter add
many of them are engaged in building
boats which will be operated on the river
next si a on.
NEW TO-DAY.
ness-stand.
One Declares It Is That of a
Hog, Another That of a
from Dawson after the tv: mailed very
littie will be brought down before me
river opens and the boats gut down next
June.
Travel from Pt. Michael up the Yukon
was still going on when the Holyoke left,
Brings Denial of the Report
That Much Bullion Came
Down the River.
Grave Fears for the Schooner W
J. Bryant. Lost by the Tug
During a Storm.
PORT TOtt NBBND, Wash , Bspt 29.—
The tug Holyoke arr.ved to-night from
St. Michaels, having left there on September 11 with the sciiooner \V. J. Bryant in
tow.
On the 'Ail of the month, while off
Kndiac island, a heavy storm prevailed !
and the tag was forced to heave to for a
Deriod of twenty-eight hour*.
During the storm the hawser which
connected the schooner to the tug parted :
and the Boboonw went adrift, nor con d
those on the tag afterward see her.
While it is not thought the Lryant has
been lost, grave fears for her safety are
entertained. She carr.ed a crew of «even
men and two passengers, the latter two
bfinc Engineer Turner and wife of the
Eliza Anderson.
The reason given for the probable safety
of the Bryant is that she was known as
one oi the bpst sea boats of her tonnage in
the North Pacific waters.
She is of fifty-fire ions measurement
and for many ye:irs was u-ed as a pilo
boat off Cape Flattery and the Coluaibia
R:ver bar.
Captain Ciinger of the Holyoke says the
Bryant may be expected lo sail up the
straits at any time.
Captain Thomas Powers of the Eliza
Anderson returned from Dutch Harbor
on the Holyoke. He indignantly denies
the report that the E.iza Anderson will
leave her bones where she now lies
but Bays the old craft will be on the Sound
and A aska run next season, and that a
scarcity of luel is a.l that prevented him
bringing her back to the Sound now.
He says the Anderson never leaked
enough water to drown a rat, and that all
the passengers who weDt north inher will
verify his story.
T!ie Holyoke people say that the report
that there are three tons of gold at
St. Michael awaiting shipment to tin
in
Sound
the
steamer
Portland
is untrnp; thnt unless ti>e e"!<l arrive I
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SATURDAY,
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NIGHT
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2
a schoolteacher," Iadmitted.
"Ah! 1 thought so. You see, the Government will employ no one who does not swear
"She was
allegiance- Even the schoolteachers— women,
you know— must take the oath. Why, take a
p ivate business firm. If a native goes into a
store and asks for a clerk's place, if he wants
work—no matter what kind—if he will swear to
be loyal to this Government (a -Government
which he hates, which he has had no voice in
making, which he hopes to see overthrown) he
can get work. Ifnot, he must do without He
cannot get work. He cannot vote, fcvervthing
is closed against him. Think of it. Isn't it a
great, a wonderful sacrifice by a whole people
for the sake of principle?"
"But how long will the natives holdout?
How long can they ?"
"Forever. Living is easy in Hawaii. No
one starves' here. The natives will never
change/
Do you
"How about the exceptions?
others resent a man's swearing allegiance?"
"No. It—it isn't quite the same— our
feeling for him— as it was before. But they
aie to be pitied, these poor people, who are
"
given such a hard choice. And besides
She paused.
—
"Ye-?"
Mrs. Camp'rell leaned forward now. She
had been lying lazily back in the large cane
\u25a0
rocking-chair.
"This. In their hearts they do not swear
allegiance. In their hearts they are with us.
Do you think that the present Government
could rely upon the, native police if it came to
ing against their own people?"
It wasn't a question. Mrs. Campbell's
voice and manner had become almost energetic.
1 turned back after 1 had gone down the
stairs rind over the long cobble-stone walk, to
look back at her. She was standing at the
door in her cool, loose white gown, the orange
leis on her haughty head and about her
;
c a gorgeous string of d?ep flowering topaz; her large, soft brown hands were
dispeo. and her sleepy, dark eyes were lit up
in a smiling farewell.
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The Portuguese driver was waiting at the
gate, and as soon as 1 was seated in the car-
. he turned roi nd ::nJ said:
"'Well, what Ma'am think of the country?"
Ma'am thought the country was unspeakably lovely, and she proceeded to expatiate
upon its beauties.
The boy listened with a
patience that was uncomplimentary.
Evidently
scenic de;crip;ion bored him. he shrugged his
CALL. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
30,
Kalua, a Circuit Judge," Mr.
Richardson said, promptly.
"Judge
"Yes."
"The native Hawaiians who favor annexation are of two classes: Those who are in the
Government's employ and dare not do otherwise, and those who have some personal grudge
against the former Government; those who expected more than they got. I believe you
Americans call them soreheads."
We both laughed at this and then Iasked
him if he intended to sign the anti-annexation
"And how do the lower classes of the natives feel about it?"
"Oh, they're more obstinate than those
who are better informed," he said smiling.
"They'll never change."
"And do you think your petition willbe
heeded?: 1
"It should be. The United States can
make no pretense to friendliness for the native
Hawaiian, no pretense to honesty or fairness if
we are disregarded."
"Of course," I said, "legally the present
Government has the right to turn over the
—
republic—"
"The republic ! A strange republic where a
handful of men are absolute and the great mass
of people are disfranchised :where soldiers are
on guard before the executive building and the
guns stand ready in the basement to be trained
upon the people."
"What is the sentiment of the natives on
Mauir"
"What is it all over the islands? No native not in the Government employ is reconciled
to annexation.
And if the United States
cared'enough to have a secret ballot taken to
find out the sentiment of the Hawaiians, not
twenty natives would
* vote for
* annexation."
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repeated.
i
"No!" I
"Wait a minute; this is what Imean :SoM I
nation is bound to annex the islands, Tfc \u25a0
can't exist independently. They (the native*™
should be permitted to say to what nation they
pre er to be annexed. But Itell you they can'G
exist as they are."
"But you haven't an«w>red the question
the real question," said Mr. Loudensiaeer with
a chuckle.
"Oh, that New Jero'v man," exclaimed Mr.
Tawny, wrathfuiiy. "We'll have it out," he
said lo me as he walked away, "when you're
throuph with him."
Mr. Loudenslaner laughed iike a boy; bm
be grew sober Immediately when Iturned to
Dim and said:
••Now, Mr. Loudenslaser, :"t's your turn."
The Congress-man fiom New Jersey lit &
cigar and pulled at it thoughtfully for a
moment.
"Well, Idon't know. I'm not prepared
really to give my views on annexation,
lwill
say, though, that I'm more in favor of it now
csrue.
T
c
neop'e
seem
than Iwas when 1
really American in spirit, and I'm amazed at the
tie
fertility, the \ roductiveness
of t
Islands. I
had no idea of the extent of productive iand."
"Do you think annexation willCJine?''
"Ye-es. Everything at present points (hnt
way. Of course, this Doint mu^t be taken in:o
have bien
consideration
the annexationista
louder in their expression oi sentiment than the
anti-annexatior.isas have. That r;v< s one the
impression that trie party in favor of nntiexnlion is stronger than that which is against. The
time will come when both sides must be heard
in debate."
"How do you think the United States willbe
benefited by annexation?"
"There is no Lenelit solar as commerce is
concerned.
In my opinion, the only benefit will
be in the po-session of a strategic pomt an important naval sta ion. Buteven thenlquest.ua
whether the cost of it all will not exceed tha
gain to the United State?. Itinvolves s decide<Lw
change in Governmental policy. If th« next^
'
should be wholly opposed.
step is to be Cuba I
Tawny
that if the
"Do yon believe with Mr.
United Siates does not annex the islands some
to
other nation will?"
"~So, Idon't."
"Then, if the islands could remain as they
"
that," he repeated. "Isaid now listen, Lou- are
. :
"In that case, if the United States could bs
denslager, and you may just chance to pet a
thine straight for onee I
said that there is no assured that things would remain as they are
question in ruy mind that ultimately coffee will that no nation likely to become inimical would
be raised as successfully on these islands as have the islands— it would be belter, in niv
wheat is now in Minnesota. If you're not sure
judgment, not to liave annexation; better for
that you quite understand, Harry, I'll go over
us and better for Hawaii, to<% There's Berry.
Do you want Berry?"
it again."
But the Congressman from New Jersey, with \u25a0~; Berry was wanted. The Congressman from
Kenttickv, w.th hi< gray head bent to permit h:«
an opera bouffe gesture, referred Mr. Tawny
to me.
G feet 7 inches to lind standing-room between
decks, approached, and Jar. Luudenslager walkea
"Now, then," continued the Minnesotan,
"there are other products, many others. This
off, saying:
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petition.
"Certainly," he answered.
At Honolulu I met Mr. James Kaulia, the
president or the Hawaiian League. Mr. Kauiia
is a thoughtful-looking man, with a brown
mustache and very serious, dark eyes. During
our interview on the hotel veranda ,he smiled
only once, and that was when he spoke of a
man as a "P. G."
"P G.," 1 repeated, wondering what in this
land of vowels the term might mean.
"Yes, P. G. Provisional Government—
you understand?
We call those "natives who
take"the oath of allegiance P. G's.
And you people feel bitterly toward the
P. G.s, do you? An American told me that a
Hawaiian never resents anything."
IS9T.
Meeting of Natives at Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Thursday, September 16, J897,
Protest Against Annexation.
—
p!v r iiad taken two Impressions on one plate.
league."
about
your
"Tell me
—
It is the face of the native Hawaiian
"In every district all over the islands
—
— a dark that
throush the enchanting
redthere are meetings, one a month. Once a year
—
!o<>k-;
in November delegates from every district meet
here in Honolulu."
"How many signatures have you to your
petition ?"
"Seven thousand."
"And how Inns; has it been in circulation?"
"
"Since last Thursday, September 16.
"And are you confident that all natives feel
as you do?"
"Iam sure. The feeling is the same from
Kaena to Hiio."
Which translated means from the Sierras to
the sea.
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So here's a people pleading for grace at the
hands of a gre;;t republic. Here's a tiny drop
of mercury begging forbearance of the enormous globu'e that threatens to absorb it.
Poor Hawaii ! Siie seems like a supplicating dusky maiden holding out beseeching hands
to a great, swaggering brother nation.
"1 believe I'll take your land, Hawaii,"
blusters the United States, like a big bully.
"I pray you, Brother Jonathan, let me
keep it ;it is mine."*
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scpne
brown, sphinx-like fnc<\ The Jaree head is set
finely upon a strong, full neck. The forehead is
broad, witn projecting trows. There is an
orie :t:il width across the chet-k bones, a wi!enostr ifd, straight nose, a large, thick-lipped determine: mouth, that is not loose, and a full,
broad chin. The expression is bold, but wistful,
and m .he dark, somber, veil-opened eyes
f
there is a question :
"What are you coing to do with me?'
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Miriam Michslbok.
IT MAY NOT BE
JUSTICE, BUT—
Views of Members of the Congressional Party Who Favor
Annexation.
Defend Their Position on the Assumption That Brute Strength Maketh
All Things Right.
Ithas been siid that tli're is no hospitality
in thfse degenerate modern money-m "king days
HONOLULU, Hawaii. Sept. 22.— "1t make
like that of the white people on these islands.
jne Jaugli," said cue vi the Jadirs of the CongresSoda, life, lam told, is delightful here.
Busis.onai \ arty, "tb five hew seriously pcope take
ness hours are short. The climate forbids the
this Congressional outing. "Why, we hacin't the
exercise oi and gradually saps one's energy.
vaguest idea of coming to Hawaii till we arrived
Men have leisure for social intercourse, and tUe
in San Fiancisco.
Tnis is anything but official
corui.arauve scarcity of pleasurable occupation
business.
These
men
' are out hero to enjoy
in tiiis isolated place iitduces a readiness to
themselves; that's all.
make the most of society that refuge of tlie un\u25a0\Vl', they seem rather interested in the
fortunate leisure class.
subject," Isaid.
Everybody who is anybody in Hawaii
"Ou, I've been on too many junketing trips;
knows everybody Hse. Ttie small white population, cut off f rim the rest of the world, l;ving you can't tell me anything about Congressional
excursions."
in the midst of the most conglomerate assortIhaven't bad the lady's experience, so my
ment of races, controlling the wealth, all ofiisimplicity may have led me to judge incorrectly,
cifil and social positions, with a superfluity of
At any rate, it seemed to me thai wherever these
service in the black man or the brown or the
men went and in a werk they saw more of
yellow (or any combination and all shades of four
ths islands th;m most people see in a year— they
these colors), has evolved a civilization delightquestioned c!o?e!y and pertinently, and thay acfully luxurious, exqui itely refined.
Many quired a
store ot information.
things are dear in Hawaii, but human labor is
On the Australia coming down we had annot one of them.
nexation and antianni xation for breakfast
Some of the bungalow* in and around Honolunch nnd dinner. People read booka on Halulu are models of cultured taste, almost perfect
waii, looked at Hawaiian views, made moro or
specimens of what may be accomplished in the
less successful attempt? at Hawaiian pronunciaart of living—givea a tropical climate and a
tion. While the women lying in the steamer
Bwarm of inferior human workers.
chairs discussed the subjpet lazily, tentatively,
There are estates hire, a traveler tells me,
indifferently, the sound of men's voices raised
which are rivaled in beauty, luxury and comin excited argument came tumbling down from
pleteness of appliances for bodily comfort only
the hurricane deck or mounting from the suiou
of
Haytian
the
by the home*
planters.
below.
The visiting Congressmen from the United
For this Question of annexation, I
find, is
States Gpeak delightedly ot the gracious hospi- not one which men can discuss calmly, if an
tality of the people of tbe islands. They are
annexationist suspects one of being opposed to
charmed by the bountiful provisions made for bis scheme of tilings, he attribute* to one all the
their entertainment, by the generousspirit which
graces and ciiarms with which an ardent secesanticipates every desire and completes every unsionist endowed the aboliiioiii^t in 1861. In
spoken wish.
Hawaii the question ha9broken up families, es"There isn't a man among them who doesn't
tranged old friends, nnd given to society a pecuconsider himself responsible for the weather,
liar tender .«uscept;biiity which makes a disafor the condition of the roads, Tor the success of
greement upon island politics the preliminary
the affair— whatever^ may be."
to social and business failure.
very
pretty. There ia a charm about
Itis all
Ihad talked with the representatives from
life here which soothes the senses and dulis the
the United State* at various stages of their
easy
not to tbinlc, not to struggle.
spirit. It is
Hawaiian experience.
But it was principally
Itmust be very pleasant to drift with tbe tide of off the coast of the island of Hawaii, the beautouhomie (especially when rowing against it is
tiful, that they spoke to what Mr. Cannon of
so disastrous), to become a member of this small
Illinois calls "the newspaper ear."
class of cultured, wealth y men and gracious
Mr. Tawny of Minnesota walked bravely up
idle women.
to Inquisition Point— as ihe little passageway
In the South before the war, in France bein the fore part of the Claudine came to be
called, from the numerous Dewspaper interfore the Revolution, society attained its hiirhest
development, of which this island society is an
views held there.
By the way, Iwould strongly recommend
inferior copy in miniature. But this perfection
is
a flower a sort of century
this particular spot to the interviewer, for only
of civilization
two or three peopie can rind room to stand
plant that blooms but rarely and for very brief
here— an important fact, because Hawaiian* are
periods. Itis a brilliant, marvelously shaped
parasite which twines about an.l kills the plant so deeply interested in the annexation question
!hat nourishes it. Itrequires conditions which
that to their ears the sound of a discussion on
take years 10 bnilu up, and which, in the very
this topic is like a bugle to a warhorse.
nature of things, cannot endure. For it means
So '.he Hon. Mr. Tawny, the Hon. Mr.
many
Loudenslager
by the few; it
of New Jersey and myself stood
the subjugation of the
means the enjoyment of the concentrated esand gazed at the wonderful panorama, and
pleasures
by a small minority.
sence of life's
talked politics.
Material en joyment, too, is a commodity. The
"In the iirst place, why are you in favor of
supply is limited. And that a hundred may
annexation, Mr. Tawny?"
Jive as un aristocracy, tens of thoufands must
"Because of the commercial and military
advantages
be denied pleasure aua profit and liberty.
to the United Staces." answered
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handsome Mr. Tawny, pushing back his cap, an
evidence of interest on his part. "We are going
One's memory of these beautiful islands deto be benefited immensely, for every year will
pends a great deal upon what side of Hawaiian
add to the commercial wealth of the islands.
life one has seen.
sugar industry out of the question,
"If you come to Honolulu for a short visit Leaving the
I
consider that the production of coffee here
to a friend, say (and your friend, of course, beultimntely is assured, and will be as profitable
longs to the smart set) you will carry back with
as is the wheat crop of Minnesota.
And
you the happiest memory, tlie prettiest picture
"And Idon't agree with you," interrupted
of the place and the people. You willretain a
Loudenslager's
good-natured
voice.
series of vividlycolored impressions of moun- Mr. "Oh, you
you don't agree with anybody,
tains, sea, shaded streets and cool, spacious,
Jersey,"
laughed
Congressman
the
from Minnecharmingly decorate<t salons. You will rot soon
sota.
forget how beautiful a scene is a great garden
you mean to say I'—Mr1'—Mr Loudenslager
"Hut
do
of tall tropical trepes, covered with drooping leaned over the railing and
pulled his cap forsprays of crimson flower?, where the electricward, which is his way of showing that be
is
lights look like other flowers of diamonds. The
"
interested "Do you mean to tell me
men in white duck and the women inlace"1
wasn't
telling
you anything, Loudenslatri.nmed diaphanous gowns walk about and talk
and luugh and listen to the sweet strains of the ger.""That's all right, isn't It?" inquired Mr.
Lounative music, and the soft evening air is acaress
denslaper, turning to me. "Very well, then.
and the plashing of the Southern Sea accomNow, Tawny, when yon say that the coffee crop
panies it all like the bass chant of a lull-toned
in Hawaii" is as assured as the wheat crop in
chorus.
Minn
you
go
But if
to the islands as I
did—if you
"Ididn't say that." Mr. Tawny's very dark
see and hear wh v I
ilid tehinu and above this face would have looKed pugnacious Jf it hadn't
picture you will see another, aa if the photograbeen for hia smiling dark eyes. "Ididn't say
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MISS MIRIAM MICHELSON, Special Correspondent
"The Call" at Honolulu.
shou!ders.
Every nationality h»s the trick of
some o'her nation in this mince-pie or peoples.
know," he said at last. "But
"Yez I
what ma'am think going to come of the coun-
—
of
Mr. Kaulia's face looked forbidding for a
moment.
"I
guess Iguess he don't know us. We
Hawaiians hate (the word was pronounced with
try? Iguess they're" he nodded toward the such deliberation as to give it extraordinary
emphasis), we hate the P. G.'swhen they arehotel where some United States Congressmen"
had been delivering speeches to all Hilo
I are realiy in favor of the Government. But
guess they're going to take this country. An' there are very few— very few, who are not
ma'am (he turned squarely around now whiie really with us. Take the police now, who have
sworn allegiance, cf course. Some of them
the horse plunged along through the muddy
have signed our petition against annexation.
town), what ma'am think 'bout these natives?
I'm sorry these poor natives. They got. no Not "th; head man, you understand."
Isn't that rather unwise ?
money. They got no land. They can' do
"Oh, the Government willnot find it out."
nothing. 1 like see this country belong the
"But if Ishould publish the fact?"
natives— ittheir country. What ma'am think ?"
"The Government will say it is not true."
But ma'am had come 2000 miles to find out
"Oh!—Well, tell me, how many Haother people's opinions ; not to express her own.
*. *
waiians, native?, willsign your peti ion?"
"Thirty tnousand, including boys over 15."
The most interesting native Hawaiian I
"There aren't many more than that in the
met on the islands is John Richardson, a lawisland?."
yer. He came on the Claudine at Wailuku,
"Not one thousand more."
when the little steamer was on the return trip
"Willany white men sign?"
from Hilo, whither she had gone specially so
"Some. Yes. But of course a white man
that Uncle Sam's representatives might see the
must exp?ct to suffer in his business, and— and
volcano, the plantations— in short, all the sights,
in society, you understand whit 1 mean— if he
in a short time.
takes sides against the Government."
Mr. Richardson is of medium height, heavily
"And if the United States annexes despite
built. He is very dark, and his black side your petition?"
whiskers are slightly gray. His eyes meet one
"Then it will be a seizure. That is all.
squarely, his chin is strong and decided, his Here! There are 2800
voters registered for the
English is excellent and his manner is serious
next election— the end oi this month. Of those
and courteous. He is quick at getting the drift 2800, 1000, according to the Government's
own
of one's questions, and my short talk with him, iigures, are what we call the Citizens' Guard;
sailing
away
we
were
while
from Maui and
200 votes more are the soldiers' votes and 1200
past Moiokai, interestei me more than any other
more are the Government officials. That leaves
interview 1 had (for busintss purposes) on the
only 400 outside votes. You see?"
islands.
Mr. Kaulia opened his hands wide. The
"I met a man, Mr. Richardson, a native native Hawaiian has not a very mobile face,
Hawaiian, at Kalului, 1 think it was. It was but his gestures are as expressive— particularly
something beginning with a "k," anyway. He
when his English is not fluent— as a Frenchwas in favor of annexation."
man's.
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MRS. KUAIHELANI CAMPBELL, President Hawaiian
Women's Pa'riotic League.
climate, this wonderfully rich soil is capable of
proiucing unlimited quantities of widely different foodstuffs. As to the military advantage*,
now. If we don't take these islands Japan
will
"
within ten years. Or England may
"England can't and England won't," declared Mr. Loudenslnjier.
"Now, look
" here, Loudenslager, if you jump
in again
"Th? gentleman from Minnesota ha 3the
floor," remarked the interviewer.
"Thank you. We need this post, in my judgment, as much to prevent other nations from
forbidding our coaling here a3 for any uU;e:
reason. Incase of war ail our commerce on the
Pacific Coast would be at the enemy's mercy,
and thi3 commerce grows daily more valuable.
These islands are of vast importance they are
the key to the commerce of the Pacific. There
is no valid reason for our hesitating. Why, if we
could get Cuba without war with Spain ifCuba
were to ask for annexation, I'd say yes to that,
too."
"Then, if you alone had to decide this que»tion, you woulrt annex the islands?"
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"Undoub;edly."
"And the feeling of the natives in the matter—aren't they to be considered?"
"Oh, yes, yes; but Ibelieve the natives favor
annexation."
"That hasn't been my experience," Isaid.
"Personally 1 have spoken to perhaps 100 natives on the various islands. Indirectly 1 have
ascertained the sentiment of thousand?. Now
suppose it were proven to you that
they are
sticngly opposed to annexation, would that
change your views?"
"No." Mr. Tawny's pleasant voice had a
decided ring.
"I'llleave you alone with Berry. It's not so
much fun teasing him as itis an earnest fellow
like Tawny."
Iasked Mr. Berry, who is on the House Committee on Foreign Relations, whether he thought
the islands would ba annexed.
"Yes, Ibelieve so," he answered. "Ithink
the administration is bent upon it. And let me
tell you something: No matter what these men
may say to you, you'll find every Republican of
tbeni march up lilc-.> a little man and give his
vote for annexation when ;he administration decides upon its policy. It doesn't matter what
they may happen to think, of course."
The Congressman from Kentucky is the one
Democrat in tbe party. He's a man of enor-
mous strength, of unfailing good-nature, eiceeiingly kind and generous and with a youthful heart that makes Ms crisp white hair and
beard seem out of keeping.
"Are you in favor of it?" I
asked.
"That depends. If Japan were to try to take
ihtse islands I'd shout Hands off!' But that
isn't me main point. The thins is this: Idon't
see how tne administration can ignore the
wishes of the natives. I
tell you, my sympathies nre with these poor people. They are such
a fine race, and here ihey are practically dispossessed of their property and threatened with an-
nihilation.
"Of course, I'll admit that the natives are
not tit to make the best uso of tho islands. But
it's this way: Smith, say, owns a lam near me.
Igo to him being a big fellow— (Mr. Berry's
gray eye.- twinkled) and say, 'Smith; you're not
running your place <:s it should bo run. lean
do more with it make more money out of it.
On the whole, Ibeiieve I'JJ take it away from
yon.'
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