The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1897, Page 1

Call 1897—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. PI;ICE FIVE CENTS. .0 I‘\IT‘ LA\\\II —‘\() 18 SAN FRANCISCO, HAWAII’S LAST STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM STATESMEN | HAWAIIANS OPPOSED TO | TO BATTLE ANNEXATION FOR LIBERTY Arrival of the Native Com- mission En Route for Washington. SUNDAY MOENING, NOVEMBER 28, Pettigrew and Dubois Cheer the Hearts of the | Hawaiians. | I ) & \ }’ ARG 11 ‘ ‘ ;,E\ATOR RIC MRD F. PETTIGREW Haw Nov. 19.—The visit of | g of the Hawai -;'1:, by the > and for the Hawaiians. In well-chosen Hawaiian an old native expressed jormally the thanks of the peo- | W EX-SENATOR DUBOIS OF IDAHO. ‘Hawasii bas sent four of her representa- | said Mr. Richardson. *“‘Scnators Du Boise ple present for the thoughis expressed by ex-Senator Dubois. They certainly were in gccord with what had peen n callel upon the turead of r Dubois left 1ator Dubois had to him t s had ex- pressed the opinion thata government of t.e Hawaiians by the Hawaiians and for the Haw would receive the moral support of the Ur i States. He wished to say a few words in explanation of this. Sofaras liecould see, all necessary would be for the t es to an- nounce to the world in the proper i 2 taken care of. | method that the Monroe doctrine was | v were also William | looked upon as extending to the Ha- rican Consul-General | Waiian Islands as yer of the Ameri- | I | can continent. The doctrine, since its nexationists | Promulgation by Monroe seventy odd | d as soon as | year: ago, had provea sufficient. In all ed the telephone wgs | that time not a man had been called into | ost lively manner. | the fieid, not a cutlass hed been sharp- | radius of th ened to supportit. As it had been here- | d o: the presence | tofore, it would be now. Th: doctrine | wo big men” | would be respecied. and the Hawaiians States. When the | Coula govern themselves according to | all arrangements | their own sweet wiil. n o or native | After the usnal expression of thanks and favor of annexation, so represented, but [ have taiked with every one who wouid talk with me and I have faiied tofind a native Hawaiian who opposed to annexu | United States, and in favor of yourown Government. you more good WiILLIAM AuLD JOHN RICHARDSON THE HAWAIIAN COMMISSION. : “I <hell tell what [ have seen and what | Honolulu, entertainea by white people, Weather forecast because it haa been | comes up. [ opposed to what you want aone, but [ am not n'\pfl“ed toin” [Appiause.] “It will do you no gocd for me to talk Of course [ think it may ao | for you to talk That is what [ came hera for, therefore it | is unnecessary for me to make a speech. I think you are allof one mind anyhow, and I think you.shou!d have a voice in matter of the government of these | ; that is a matter of justice tion, so early in the testimony to | sentiment of these people. understand how Americans who for San Francisco: variable winds. Qmmnmwumnm‘ammmnxrx NEWS OF THE DAY. [('r»nl app’ause.] ng ure the remarks of ex-Senator | stand how they can spend one day in | Fair on Sunday, with light, | I have heard in the Senate ot the United | secing none except while people—I can States this winter when the question | understand why they, being great men 1 should do that even I were | and patriots, can go off to theirown coun- try ana be in tavor of annexing these | | islands to th+ United States. I can under- | wHonnlmn be entertained at the club, to We are vers much pleased to meet so | lunch, and driven arouna through the | many native people, and this demonstra- | city by the rfficials of this republic—this | orning, is sufficient | grand republic of yours—and then go away | ny unbiased mind as to the | in favor of annsxing these islands. Ican readily | ‘‘Senator Pettigrew, who, by the way, are | is very modest, but who will be your lovers of justice and patriots can come to | great champion in this fight, is a born ! the Hawanan Island+, spend a moanth in |investigator, and wanted to ascertain through personal cobservation what the | feelings of your people were on this | subject. In my judement no fair man who was not actuated by personal con- siderations of some kind could go among the people of tnese islands and then deliberately go back to the great | American people and suy to them: ‘We, beforeannexation isconsummated. Thess | men, forming a committee unique in the | history of modern nations, have arrived in San Francisco. On Monday they will | proceed to Washington. The commitiee consists of two full-| | Hawaiian Patriotic League. There are, | which differs only in its opinion.on iccal | aiter acquiring our rights of property in | blocded Hawaiians and . two half-Hawaii- ans. The leader of the delegation is Mr. James K. Kaulia, the vpresident of the besides, Mr. David Kaau Kalani, ihe leader of the second Hawaiian society, | matters from the Patriotic League; Mr. | William Auld, who 1s the possessor of | | considerable property on the island of | | Oanhu, and Mr. John Richardson, a lawyer from the island of Maui, whose command | of English, as well as his ability as a law- yer, makes him the spokesman of the varty. '\lr. Richardson and Mr. Kaulia were interviewed by THE CALL yesterday upon their mission. “We are going to Washington. said | Mr. Richardson, ‘‘with the hope of induc- | | ing the President and the Commitiee on | Foreizn Relations to listen to our side of | the question. From documents in our possession we think we can convince any fair-minded man that the great majority | of the natives of Hawaii are opposed to | tive men to plead wiib the United State: | and Pittigrew, who came up on the sama steamer with us, hav:spent ten days on the islands. They see and aumit the in- jastice that would be done the Hawaiians if their country were taken from them. Senator Du Boise says that he hasn’t met one native Hawaiian who is in favor ot annexation, and he went as far as the island of Hawaii. He didn’t “emain at Honolulu.” “In case, though, of annexation, what will the Hawaiians do?"" “There wiil b+ trouble.” Mr. Richardson spoks very seriously. “If the people of the United States take Hawaii the natives will have to be kept down by forc as they are now. **We hope to convince your Government that the Government cf the Islands was overthrown by means of American warsbips; that the preseat is not a repre- sentative Government,and that the Ha- waiians will never bereconciled to the loss of nationality. “The members of the administration | are doing everything in their power to | brinz about annexation. If thy learn m t they are not likely to succeed in this they will try anot..er. They will do : they did before—du clare that their hves and property ar- in danger and ask tuat the American fliz be raised. And we know, we Hawauans, that if tha' tlag goes up agaim it will never come cown. “But what will you doabout it?’ Mr. this beautiful land, now ask you to aid us { gnnexation. If, from our showing, the | in taking them away from these people | United States is not assured of this fact, | Ricnardson was ask-d. against their will,’ we shail ask that a vote be laken.” S St ansusred detedmns “You'may have been faulty in the admin- | © w4 secret ballot?'” | istration of your Government; you may | Mr. Richardson threw open his arms. | have committed many acts of injustice. “It doesn’t matter. Even if the ballot { Itoink that if that is so that the last four | be open the very men who have refused FIRST PAGE. Hawaii’s Fight for Freedom. SECOND PAGE. Sloan Rides Four Winners. Hawaii Puts Japan Off. Seal Herds Dying Out. H THIRD PAGE. Ione Boys Tortured. Spokane’s Social Sensation. Discriminating Tariff Row. The Bear Has Sailed. SEVENTEENTH PAGE. AL L | Novelties of Fashion. Dreyfus Case Drags. | e ten Tl Germany Jealous of England. EIGHTEENTH PAGE. ; The Theaters. Going Easy With Spain. NINETEENTH PAGE. Launching of the Mani. Murder on the Cuiter Rush. FOURTEENTH PAGE Ghost Hoise at Richmond. Baltimore Beats All-Awmerica. FIFTEENTH PAGE. Phelan Tells Two Stories. News From Across the Bay. SIXTEENTH PAGE. Seciety Events. f the arty from | heartv appla; at the remarks of the | anded her pas- | man from South Dakota ex-American the abode of the | Consul Churchill made a short address. and at 4 o’click | After the words of the two Senators he pon which | cons dered it untecoming for him to at- X in the | tempt to speak ace the subject had been so comjletely covered. Justa fortnight r £ » was beld in | preyious he nad met for the last time E E NEW TO-DAY. or five years will have had a chastening ef- | to sign our memorial will vote against an- | fect upon you. I believe that you will | nexation.” | learn much from this experience; these “Then some Hawaiians have refused to | trials and tribulations yoa have gone | sign the petition against annexation?”’ { through. So far as I am concerned, unless | Mr. Kauwia, who had sat lstening I mistake human nature, you will be a | quietly, his grave face and dark eves | much better Government after this than | turned upon his more vivacious colleague, 4 you were before; but whether you are or | spoke now. not, this is your land, it belongs to you; | ‘‘Nearly twenty-one thousand Hawaii- and so long as you are fair, so long as you | ans have signed the memorial we are| Austria’s Riotous Statesmen. treat those whom you have invited to|taking to Washington. The men, the | p o0 rerief for skin-tortured babies and SIXTH PAGE. Fraternal S cieties. come among you with fairness, these | hutives, who have refused to sign, tell U3 | rogt for tired mothers in a warm bath with News of the Mines. lands belong to you and you are respon- | that it would hur: their business or | Curicura S0AP, and a single application of Besides tke | W1th his Samoans. As all present were | , there were present | Polyne:ians he wished to speak from that | son, J. Campooll | standpoint. In Samoa the Hawailans ve men of Were regarded as the children of Samoa. : v or more | They knew when the Hawaiians left them native Hawaiians, A blessing was asked | and sailed from the ancient Savaii to the by Rev. Stephen L. Desha of the native | pre:ent Hawai. Thero had been a sim. | churchb, and the feast began. All but |Iar matter to face in Samoa a few years | enator Pettigrew used their fingers. The |20, When two of the great nations of ied some shrimps jumping in a | the earth attemupted to destroy the Sa- reckless manner about his plate and used | moan Government by the Samoans. In a fork to crush cut such unlooked for | this' case the natives appeaied to the | vitality a« well as to feed himseif. The| United BStates and the Government of | Hawailans enjoyed watching the “‘haoles” | America said to the other Guvernments, | 1to the poi bow! and then calmly be- | “Thou shalt not.”* That Polvnesian peo- | ear their faces. However, the embar- the parent of the Hawalians, is gov- rassment of tne initiciory stages over, all | ernea by its own King and chiefs, :nd the wer ited States Government keeps 11s ren- The ve there vearin and year out to A Servant of the Yellow. Tiad ; But th Th 1 1 1 economical treatment 3 i v v f . | were aided to our petition. ut they are he only speedy and ec A Serious Situation. Births, Marriages, Deaths, way 1n wh.ch you take care of them. [Ap pe for itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, and Thirteen Carloads of Paver. TWE -alp, and blood. America’s Responslbilities. acy Exposel. Pencil Studies of Alphonso XIIIT Personals. | plause.] with us in feeling, and as John—Mr, “The people of the United Siates are | Richardson—says, if it comcs to a vote, fair and just. They are working out the | they will for:et every other consideration, greatest problem ev r presented to civili- | and remember only that their country is zation. They stand between Europe and | being taken from them.” pimply humors of the skin, @tmum NTY-THIRD PAGE. Commercial Inielli-ence. TWENTY-FOURTH PAGE. Oakland Milk Ordinance Jobs. v t over Mr. Churchill was called PTIN . | Prize-fighters in Good Trim. Asi “Your committee has been sent to on to give a Samosn song, which be did | See that no one interferes. Mr. Churcki:l SEVENTH PAGE. Dr. Hall in a Luxurious Celt. “With this tremendous taskfwhich they | Wasiington by the Hawaiians.” most fu.y, his wife going through | 8'ated that he was of the opinion that | Avother Advance 1n Lumber. Bennett Fights Extradition. have imposed upon themselves, you can “Yes, we four hA\'e been chosen to | Iswithroughontihewod. PorrenDRreaxy Camu: movements of the Sa:uoan huta, which | What the United States saw fit to do for a | Eddie Foy and a A\I"mlmnn. TWENTY-FIFLR PAGE, easily see that the best thought, the best | speak for Hawaii,’ said Mr. Richardson. o fl;‘::‘:[’.}:fl‘fe&" by Humor -malled fres, fiade while seated on ¢hs floor. Next |Peovle tu remote and so; little coniected | TheDEvHLHEIChchEe) Restoring California Missions. enervies, the best ability of all men who | ““The natives have subscribed liberally to Eivintet sl Gurea '\ ea speech in Samoan, which several | sie wouid be all ths more willing to do | EIGHTH PAGE. The Siege of Faris, E are worthy tobe American citizeus must | the fund which pays our expenses.| BABY BLEMISHE THHGCRA SOk of the very old natives were able to un- | for a P e so much moreint nmtelv(un- | To Reack Klondike Easily. TWENTY-SINTH PAGE, be devoted to working out the salvation | Maui, the island of Maui, is the leader in | T nected. Mr. Churchill closed his remarks | Black Jack Captured. & S gl | of our cwn country. They have very little | tpj, At first the Hawailans wouid not opportunity to study quesiions which do | pelieve that there was really danger of not strictly concern them, and in con-!annexation. Bui on Maui—Maui is a | sequence in regard to this matter, which | ynit on anti-annexation sentiment — we | is vital to you, our people as a|jpgisted that a dele-ation be sent. You | Greatest of Human Monsters., TWENTY-SEVENTH PAGE. Deeds Toat Terrorized France. TWENTY-EIGHTH PAGE. Reminiscence of Lincoln. San Jose's Queer Mayor. TWENTY-NINTH PAGE. with an old Samoan speech. “I'ry 1o Lynch a Citizen. Thorne’s Story of Crime. NINTH PAGE. | Money for San Pedro. i Two Powers Grabbing Land. | 3 e breaking up ex- Senator ! Dubofs was called on for aspeech. In | ASaTesultof the luaw a meeting of the | r he express:d great pleasure at be- | Hawaiians was cailed in Haili Church for | e to meet with the native Ha- |9 4. M. the nextiday, or about three he Jurs | NI acterized this as | Previous to the departure of the '\\\" s10st pleasant feature of his visit. He | 107 Honolulu, The church was crowded, been investigating the maiter of an- [ OVer 200 natives being present. Senator | tion as it stood in the 1slands and | Pettigrew and ex-Senator Dubois both ad- that the Hawaiians them- dressed the meeting. rule are not informed at all. As|gnow the natives didn't believe it poss bie | Senator Petticrew most truthfully re-|inagthe United States would annex the | marked, there is a very zeneral im- |jgjands, knowing the opposition of xl\e‘ pression throuchout the United Stetes| Hawaiians. They wouidn’t believe that | that the Hawaiian people themselves | i}, ;neg could go so far.” COPPER RIVETED OVERALLS Submarine Boat Goes. | Sireet Peddlers, TENTH PAGE. | Tale of Two Women. ot being given much of a Senator Pettigrew then spoke as follows: = He had not yet been able to learn | **We came to your islands for the pur- | . ghts of the Hawaiians in regard | pose of azcertaining what the people who b atio; However, it was his sin- ve 1n this country thought about the ! <h to tell all the Hawaiians present, | question of annexation of the 1slands, and his Tompanions in a most pleasant even- | al=o to see what we thougnt about the de- | Footpads Aguin at Work. Racing at Oakland Track, Senator Parkins Talks. ELEVENTH PAGE. The Press on Annexa:ion. The Tower of Babel, THIRTY-FIRST PAGE. Uncie Sam’s Veterans. Tue Pibdiic Scooois, THIRTY-SECOND PAGE. desired to become a portion of the United States. As Isaid, they are essentially a fair and just peop'e, and they are working out this problem of c.viiization; and in my judgment when they understand what the people bere want, they will not turn *‘And what is their opinion now "’ “Now they are thoroughly awuk« to the danger. Bat they are ho peful——"" 1 “The United States cannot,’’ inter- | rupted Mr. Kaulia, “if it has any regard | for justice, annex our country, after our | | SPRING BOTTOM PANTS Decline of Barbary Coast. Editorial. : g TWENTY-SECOND PAGE, 3 | sible to your God and yourselves for tne | j2opardize their positions if their names CUTICURA (ointment), the great ing, that, s as he understood public | sirability of annexing these islands, if we | TWELFTH PAGE. aside irom their great task to go 5000 | protest. We have come ‘to make known | ten the United States and, far- | found the veople wanted them annexed | Miss Berry in Opera. THIRTY-THIRD PAGE. miles to rob a kind and gentle and | pow the natives feel in the matter. I| i +'ho wan able to diect that | on she part of the Diittod Staten’ rbans | Queer Methods in Schools. | Book Reviews. bumane people of their land. [Great ap- | yried 10 see Sens tor Morgan when he wns’ LEVI STBAUSS & co public n annexation of Hawali | tried to talk with every one who wou!d Boots and Williams Make Up. THIRTY-FOURTH PAGE. plause.] in Honolulu. Twice I wrote asking him by the Unie s would never tuke | talk with us on both sides of this ques- Mr. Walk and His Friends. Lovs’ and Girls' Page. “We are glad to bave had this 0ppor- | when he could see me, when he could SAN FRANCISCO. Thomas Post Candidates. Jack O'Brien Suspected. led '!Aelh ians in the | t:03, and ascertasin the views of your | ed to make their own | people. Much misrepresentation hasbeen | e free and independent | made in the United States with regard 1o If they did so the | how the native Hawailan looked upon ve the moral sup- | this question. I huad supposed when I States in an effort of | came that mapy of your people were m‘ THIRTY-FIFTH PAGE. tuniiy of meeting so many of you, and | jjsten to us—ne had listened long to the | Personals, News in General, L O e te i thie ONIY: | annexationists—but I received no answer. | THIRTEENTH PAGE. THIRTY-SIXTH PAGE. sl s © PEOD'e | The patives are very bitter in their dis-| Debut of Miss Bistiop. Local News. of the United States of what you Your | g, of him, for trey know how deter. | l“ms want, then you can re:t content | ninohe is on annexation.’” 20200029202922222902292822222222228. Continued on Second Page | “But there is considerable opposition,’ ruling of tremsely Hawaiians would port of the United Every Garment Guaranteed. g o o o £ E News of the Water Front. THIRTIETH PAGE.