Congressional Visitors At Hawaii

Tlie distinguished Senator and the several Representatives in Congress wlio, on tlieirowii motion, have visited Hawaii are reported as pleased witli the people aud country, and :is impressed by the fact that all the forces tliat liave reclaimed tlie islaud frorn barbarism and that prevented it from relapsing are desirous of annexation to the Uuited Staten. It is to be hoped that tlie report is true. It is likely to be true, for it hardly is possible for a sane or unprejudiced person to visit Hawaii without learning that it is a country in which the best forces maintain themselves with soine difficulty against the worst. It was said that imposiDg dernonstrations against annexation were to be made during tlie visit of the Oongresamen. The desire doubtless, wasstrong, but its accomplishment lias not been realizad. It must have made itself plain to a few brainy residents of Hawaii who desire a restoration of the inonarchv or a protectorate bv .Tañan that a parade of their adherents would damage their cause. After the visitors liad seeu and talked witli the men who control tlie trade and direct the education of the republic, aud who give the hirh tone and color of moráis and culture to the society of the island, it would have been an unprotitable contrast had a mass meeting of natives and Japanese been called to listen to the barangues of adventurers in politics. The absence of display of anti-annexation feeling was due to the prudent cowardice of the leaders of the antiAnierican party. The Hawaiian question now is the most urgent. When it is out of tlie way, and Pearl barbor is well improved and fortified, the United States will feel nmch more free to insist upon and to enlarge the applications of the Monroe doctrine to all countries lying in the Western hemisphere.- ínter Ocean.