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i I OLUME LXXXII.-NO. 181. HAWAII'S LAST STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM STATESMEN OPPOSED TO ANNEXATION Pettigrew and Dubois Cheer the Hearts of the Hawaiians. SENATOR RICHARD F. PETTIGREW. '.'ILO, Hawaii, Nov. 19.— : The visit of fl:.a!or Pettjgrew of Bomb Dakota and / -^e::ntcr Dabois of Idabo has of ,rlte -en the subject of greatest interest, '- n»oie M f c:-»!ly on account >! the fact that both these well-known and influen tial men have come oat fiat-footed again*! the project of annexation. While Sena tor te: : grew, for reasons patent to all, has been more conservative than ex-Sena tor Dubois in his remarks on tlie subject, , still, what Hawaiians call his "raanao" is t very c ear. Neither of the men has spoken publicly ii this city, 'bat d:d so in Hilo, the Rainy City, upon two different occasions. Shortly after arrival in Honolulu from the Orient, Senator Pettigrew an 1 ex- Senator Dobois took passage for Hilo on the -te.-.mer K:usu, November 12.' F. S. . I)o1pe o the Survey Department and Colonel de La Vergne went along to see that the two men were we taken care of. Included in the party were also William Churchill, ex-American Consul-General to Apia, Samoa, and his wife. It seems that the a:ui-ann€iationists had a bie scheme on Land and as soon as Mahukona was reached the telephone was kept jingling in a most lively manner. Every place within a radius of thirty miles of Hilo was notified o; the presence aboard the Kuiau of the "two hie men" from the United States. When the gteanrser reached HiJo, all arrangements ha 1 been rsinde for a "Juan," or native feast, upon the return of the party from the volcano. The Kiuau landed her pas . tensers, the trip to the abode of the x co>». leas Pele was made and at 4 o'fl >ck tliess afternoon, party, upon which •lay afternoon, the party, upon which \ii eyes were turned, arrived back in the Kainy City. That night the "laan" was held in Waiakea, a suburb of Hilo. Besides the members of the party, there «ere present Messrs. C. E. Richardson, J. Campooll and J. T. Stacker, representative men of Hi!o, together with some fifty or more native Hawaiian?. A blessing was asked by Rev. Stephen L. Desna of the native churcb, and the feast began. All but Senator Pettigrew used their fingers. The * latter spied some shrimps jumping in a reckless mariner about his plate and used a fork to crush out such un looked for vitality a< well as to feed himself. The Hawaiians enjoyed watching the "haoles" dig into the poi bowl and then calmly be smear their faces. However, the embar rassment of tne initir.tory stages over, all Went well. fihe feoist over Mr. Churchill was called on to give a Samo&n song, which he did ruost gracefu y. his wife going through tiic; movements of the Sa.noan hula, which are made while seated on the floor. Next came a speech in Sarnoan., wiiicii several of the very old natives were able to un derstand. Just before breaking up ex- Senator J-U.bois wa3 called on for a speech. In answer he expressed gr-at pleasure at be in i; able to meet with the native Ha ii -.us socially and characterized this as 'he- most pleasant feature of his visit. He !!>!<! been investigating the matter of an nexation as it soloed in the islands and '-.I found that the Hawaiians theni »elves were not being given much of a %?/''*• He had not yet been able to learn l 1 thoughts of the Hawaiian^ in regard tola.ufxation. How?ver, it was his sin- j ce^ wish to tell all the Hawaiian! present, j bis toru pan ions in a most pleasant even- j ing, that, bo far as he understood public | sentiment in the United Slates and, for ther, in bo far as he was able :o direct that public sei timeni. annexation of Hawaii by the I niied States would never take p ace. He regarded the Hawaiians in the light of being entitled to make their own , Government for the free and independent ruling of tnemselvas. If they did so the Hawaiian* would receive the moral sup port of the United States in an effort of The San Francisco Call SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1897 -THIRTY-SIX PAGES. ? t-overnment of the Hawaiians, by the 1 Hawaiians and for the Hawaiians. In weii-chosen Hawaiiau an old native i expressed ;orm«liy iae thanks of the peo ple present for the 'hough ;s expressed by [ ex-Senator Diibois. They certainly were iin occor.i with what had JQSt Deen epoken. Senator Petticrew was then callel uron for a sreech. He took up the turead ( f ; argument where ex-Senator Dubois left ! ( ff. Tiie speech of ex-S-nator Dubois had | been as great a pleasure to him as it I ' seemed to be to them. Dutiois had ex- ! ' pressed the oninion thai a government cf I ' t c Hawaiians by the Hawaiians and for ! i the Hawaiians would receive the moral support of the United Statps. He wished :to say a few words in exnlanaiion of : this. So far as l,e could see, all necessary would te for tha United States to an | nounce to the world in tne proper j method that the Monroe doctrine was lookeo. upon as extending to iho Ha waiian Islands as an outlyer of the Ameri can continent. Thn doctrine, since Us promulgation by Monroe seventy odd year- ago, h.id provea sufficient. In all i that time not a man had been called into i the lied, not a cutlass h^d been sharp | ened to support it. As it hid been here ; tofore, it would be now. ih • doctrine ■ would be respected, and the Hawaiians conld govern themselves according to j their own sweet wiil. After the usual expression of t hanks and • hearty applause at the remarks of the I man from South Dakota ex-American : Consul Churchill made a short addrtss. : After the words of the two Senators he | cons dered it unbecoming fjr him to at j tempt to speak, since the subject had beerr iso completely covered. Just a fortnight | previous he had met for the last time j with his Samoan«. As all present were j Polynesians h? wished to speak from that i -tandpoint. In Samoa the Hawaiians were regarded as the children of Samoa. They knew when the Hawaiian! left them i and sailed from the ancient Savaii to the j present Hawaii. Thero had been a simi iar matter to face in Samoa a few years ago, when two of the great nations of the earth attempted to destroy the Sa moan Government by the Samoans. In this case the natives appealed to the j United Statei and the Government of : America said to the other Governments, j 'Thou shait not." That Polynesian peo ple, the parent of the Hawaiian?, is gov erned by its own K.ng and chiefs, :nd the United States Government keeps us re»> --| resentative there year in and year out to , see that no one interferes. Mr. Churchi 1 | 8 ated that he was of the opinion that j what the United States saw tit to do for a ! people to remo c and soj JittJe connected Mie wo-.iid be all tin more willing to do for a people so much more intimately con nected. Mr. Churchill clos»d his remarks I with an old Saaioan speech. As a result o: the luaw a meeting of the Hawaiians was caJed in Haili Church for '.) \. m. the next day, or about three hours j previous to tlie departure of the Kinaw tor Honolulu. The church was crowded, over 200 natives being present. Senator Pettigrew and ex-Senator Dubois both ad dressed the meeting. Senator Pettigrew then spoke as follows: "We came to your islands for the pur pose of ascertaining what the people who live to tins country thought nb >ut the question of annexation of the island-, and a!:o to see what we thought about the de sirability of annexing these islands, if we found the people wanted them annexed on the part of the United Kiates. 1 have tried to talk with every one who would talk with us on both sites of this aues t:O), and ascertain the views of your people. Much misrepresentation has been ' made in the United States with regard to how the native Hawaiian Joafce 1 upon this question. I had supposed when I came that many of your people were iv THE HAWAIIAN COMMISSION. favor of annexation, because it had been so repre*ented. but I have talked witii every one who would t«;k w:<h m« and I hare f;iiie;l totind a native Hawaiian who was no; opposed to annexation to the United Stales, ar.d in favor of your own Government. [Applause.] "It will do you no jrocd for me to Talk w:th you. U! course I think it may ao you more good for you to talk to me. That is what I came hera for. therefore it is unnecessary for me to make a speec.'i. I think you are ai! of one mini anyhow, and I think you. should have a voice in the matter of the government of these is.ands; that is a matter of ju-«iire priToTnrraimroTrffTroTmr^^ ji NEWS OF THE DAY. 3 £ Weather forecast for San Francisco: Fair on Sunday, with light, o< £ • variable winds. 3 KIRS! PAGE. | Hawaii's Fij»!it lor Freedom. ; 'SECOND PAGE. Sloan Rides Four Winners. Hawaii Puts Japan Off. Seal Herds Dying Out. THIRD PAGE, lone Boys Tortured. Spokane's Social Sensation. Discriminating Tariff Row. The Bear Has Sailed. FOURTH PAGE. Dreyfus Case Drags. Germany Jealous of England. Going Easy With Spain. Austria's Riotous Statesmen. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. A Servant of the Yellow. A Serious Situation. Thirteen Carloads of Paner. America's Responsibilities. 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[Great app'anse.] Foliowing are the remarks of ex-Senator Dubois: "We are very much pleased to meet so many nat:v n people, and this demonstra tion, so early In the morning, is sufficient testimony to any unbiased mind as to the sentiment of these people. I can readily understand how Americans who are lovers of justice and patriots can come to the Hawaiian Island', spend a month in J Launching of the Maul, Murder on tco Cuiter Rush. FOURTEENTH PAGE. Ghost Hoise at Richmond. Baltimore Beats All-America. FIFTEENTH PAGE. Phelan Tells Two Stories. News From Across the Bay. SIXTEENTH PAGE. Society Events. SEVENTEENTH PAGE. Novelties of Fashion. EIGHTEENTH PAGE. The Theaters. NINETEENTH PAGE. Fraternal Si cieties. News ol the Mines. TWENTY-SECOND PAGE. Births. Marriages, Deaths. T WEN T Y- T H LED PA G E. Commercial Inielli ence. T W EN TY- FOU RT B PAG E. Oakland Milk Ordinance Jobs. Prize-figiiters in Good Trim. Dr. Hall in a Luxurious Cell. Bennett Fights Extradition. TWENTY- FIFTH PAGE. 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Honolulu, be entertained at the club, to ; lunch, and driven around through the j city by the ' fricials of this republic — this I grand republic of yours — and then go away j in favor of aniifxine these islands. "Senator Pettigrew, who. by ihe wny, ! is very modest, but who will be your i ereat champion in this fight, is a born i investigator, and wanted to ascertain ! through personal observation what the i feelintis of your people were on this subject. In my judgment no fair man who was not actuated by personal con siderations of some kind could go among the people of these islands and then deliberately po back to the great American people and to them: 'We. a.ter acquiring our rights ot property in thi-. beautiful land, now ask you to aid us in taking them away from these people against ihfir will.' "You'may have been faulty in the admin istration of your Government; you may have committed many acts of injustice. I think that if that is so that the last four or five years will have had a chastening ef fect udm you. I believe that you will learn much from this experience; these trials and tribulations jou have gone through. So far as I am concerned, unless I mistake human nature, you will be a much better Government after this than you were before; but whether you are or not, this is your land, it belongs to you; and so lons as you are fair, so long as you treat those whom you have invited to come among you with fairness, these lands belong to you and you are respon sible to your God an>l yourselves for tne way in wh.ca you take cure of them. [Ap plause.] "The people of the United Siates are fair and just. They are working out the greatest problem cv r presented to civili zation. They stand between Europa and Asia. "With this tremendous taskjwhich they have imposed upon themselves, you can easily see that the best thought, the best energies, the host ability of all men who are worthy to be American citizens must be devoied to workins out the salvation of our own country. They have very little opportunity to study q<:es;ions wh ich do not strictly concern them, and in con sequence in regard to this matter, which is vital to you, our people as a rule are not informed at all. As Senator Pettierew most truthfully re marked, there is a very general im pression throughout the United Stptes that the Hawaiian people themselves desired to become a portion of tne United States. Ai I said, they are essentially a fair and just peopie, and tliey are working out tliis problem of Civilization; and in my judgment when they understand what the people here want, they will not turn aside irom their great task to go 5000 miles to rob a kind and gentle and humane people of their land. [Great ai> plan *c. ] '•We are glad to have had this oppor tuniiy of meeting so many of you, and our advice would be this, and this only: Do all that you can to inform the people of the United States ot what you your selves want, then you can re t content Continued on Second I'age HAWAIIANS TO BATTLE FOR LIBERTY Arrival of the Native Com mission En Route for Washington* EX-SENATOR DUBOIS OF IDAHO. Hawaii has sent four of her represents- i tive men to plt-ad wuli the iJniied State before annexation is consummate. These men, forming a committee unique in ihe history of modern nations, have arrived in Snn Francisoo. On Monday they will proceed to Washington. The conimiuee consists of two full blooded Hawaiians and two half-Hawaii- j ans. The leader of the delegation is Mr. j James K. Kaulia, the president of the I Hawaiian Patriotic League. There ar?. | | besides, Mr. David Ka.au Kalani, the leader of the second Hawaiian society, which differs only in it^ opinion on lecal j S matters from the Patriotic League; Mr. \ i William AuM, who is the possessor of j j coiibiiierab.'e property on lhe island of j ! Oahu, and Mr. John Richardson, a lawyer J from the island of Maui, whose command of English, as well as his ability as a law | yer, makes him the spokesman of the Darty. Mr. Richardson and Mr. Kaulia were j interviewed by The Call yesterday upon their mission. "We are going to Washington," said Mr. Richardson, "with the hope of indue- j ing the President and the Committee on Foreign 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 annexation. If, from our show np, the j United States is not assured of this fact, we shail a^k that a vote be laken." "A secret ballot?" Mr. Richardson threw open his arms. "It doesn't matter. Even if the Dallot be open the very men who have refused to sign our memorial will vote against an nexation." "Then some Hawaiians have refused to sign the petition against annexation ?"' Mr. Kaulia, who had sat listening I quietly, his grave face and dark eves I turned upon his more vivacious colleague, spoke now. "Nearly twenty-one thousand Hawau ans have Signed the memorial we are taking to Washington. The men, the natives, who have refused to sign, tell U3 that it wouid him their business or jaopardize their positions if their names were a»ided to our petition. 13ut they are with us In feeling, and as John— Mr. Kiuharason— >ays, if it conns to a vote, they will for.ci every o: her consideration, and remember only that their country is being taken from them." "Your committee has bsen sent to Washington by the Hawaiians." "Yes, we four have been chosen to speak for Hawaii," said Mr. R:char.lson. 'The natives have subscribed liberally to the fund whicii pays our expenses. Maui, the island of Maui, is the leader in thi- 1 . At first the Hawaiians wouid not believe that there w;is really danger of annexation. Bui on Maui — Maui is a unit on anti-annex.tiion sentiment — we insisted that a dele-ation be sent. You know the natives didn't believe it doss bie that the United States would annex the island?, knowing the opposition oi the Hawaiian?. They wouldn't believe that things could {.'O so far." ''And what is their opinion now?" "Now they are thoroughly awak • to the danger. But they are ho peful " "The United States cannot," inter rupted Mr. Kaulia, '"if it has any regard for justice, annex ooru r country, after our protest. We have come tti make known how the natives fee! in tho matter. I tried losee Senator Morgan when he was in Honolulu. Twice I wrote asking him when he could see me, when he could listen to us— he had listened lons to the annexationists— but I received no answer. The natives are very bitter in their dis like of him, for they know how deter mined he is on annexation." "But there is considerable opposition," PRICE FIVE CENTS. said Mr. Richardson. "Senators Dußoisa and Fittigrew, who came up on the same steamer with n3, bay? spent ten days on the islands. They see and admit the in justico that would be done the Hawaiian-, if ' their country ,were taken from them. Senator Dii Boise says that he hasn't met one native Hawaiian wno is in favor of annexation, and he went as far as the island of Hawaii. He didn't remain at Honolulu." "In ca^e, though, of annexation, what will the Hawa Mans do?" "There will b- trouble." Mr. Richardson spok« very seriously. "If the people of the United States take Hawaii the natives will have to be kept down by fore — as they are now. "We hope to convince your Government that the Government of the Islands was overthrown by means of American warships; that the present is not a repre sentative Government, and that the Ha waiians will never be reconciled to the loss of nationality. "The members of the administration are doing everything in their power to brills about annexation. If thy learn that they are not likely to succeed" in this way they will try another. They will do as they did before — di clare that ilii-ir lives and property ar- in danger and ask time the American fl i-t 'be raised. And we know, we Hawaiian?, that if tha - flag goes up asain it will never tome down. "But what will you do about it?" Mr. Ricnardson was asked. "We will tieht," he answerpd deterrnin NEW TO-DAY. Instant relief for skin-tortured babies and rest for tired mothers in a warm bath with Cuticura Soap, and a single application of Cuticuka (ointment), the great skin cure. 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