Petition shows overwhelming opposition to annexation
The Maui
News printed my
letter
today in response to Ken Conklin's earlier
letter
(which I missed when it was printed April 9, but noticed it the other day on the
Oiwi
blog - Kalani has some commentary there as well, and a letter from
Pat Kean).
They edited out one paragraph from my letter, which helps put things in perspective:
"Keep in mind that these signatures were gathered in about two weeks! And in a time when communication and transportation were obviously quite limited. Today, with all our modern communication and transportation, if signatures of even 1% of the population were gathered over several months that would be considered a substantial show of support for an issue."
They edited out one paragraph from my letter, which helps put things in perspective:
"Keep in mind that these signatures were gathered in about two weeks! And in a time when communication and transportation were obviously quite limited. Today, with all our modern communication and transportation, if signatures of even 1% of the population were gathered over several months that would be considered a substantial show of support for an issue."
The Maui
News
Letter to the Editor
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Petition shows overwhelming opposition to annexation
Kathy Corcoran did overstate the number of signatures on the 1897 petition opposing Hawaii’s annexation as 99 percent (Letters, April 5), but Kenneth Conklin misleads in saying that only 18 percent of Hawaii’s population signed (Letters, April 9).
According to the kingdom’s 1890 census, there were 48,107 citizens, including 40,622 being pure or part aboriginal Hawaiian. The petition opposing annexation had 21,269 signatures. Another petition supporting restoration of the monarchy had over 17,000 signatures, but this one has not been recovered so how much overlap there may have been is unknown.
Conklin implies that signatures were gathered under “strong pressure,” but a Sept. 30 article published in the San Francisco Call reported movingly on the passionate enthusiasm of the signatories.
Conklin also implies that the rest “refused to sign” the petition, which is, of course, ridiculous. Petitions are samples of the population, and it is totally disingenuous to try to claim that those whose signatures didn’t appear on the petitions supported annexation. In fact, the San Francisco Call article says that of the entire population of about 100,000, including alien residents, “not 3 percent have declared for annexation.”
The plain truth is that annexation was overwhelmingly opposed by Hawaii’s citizens, and in fact the petition helped prevent the treaty of annexation from ever being ratified in the U.S. Senate.
Scott Crawford
Hana
Letter to the Editor
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Petition shows overwhelming opposition to annexation
Kathy Corcoran did overstate the number of signatures on the 1897 petition opposing Hawaii’s annexation as 99 percent (Letters, April 5), but Kenneth Conklin misleads in saying that only 18 percent of Hawaii’s population signed (Letters, April 9).
According to the kingdom’s 1890 census, there were 48,107 citizens, including 40,622 being pure or part aboriginal Hawaiian. The petition opposing annexation had 21,269 signatures. Another petition supporting restoration of the monarchy had over 17,000 signatures, but this one has not been recovered so how much overlap there may have been is unknown.
Conklin implies that signatures were gathered under “strong pressure,” but a Sept. 30 article published in the San Francisco Call reported movingly on the passionate enthusiasm of the signatories.
Conklin also implies that the rest “refused to sign” the petition, which is, of course, ridiculous. Petitions are samples of the population, and it is totally disingenuous to try to claim that those whose signatures didn’t appear on the petitions supported annexation. In fact, the San Francisco Call article says that of the entire population of about 100,000, including alien residents, “not 3 percent have declared for annexation.”
The plain truth is that annexation was overwhelmingly opposed by Hawaii’s citizens, and in fact the petition helped prevent the treaty of annexation from ever being ratified in the U.S. Senate.
Scott Crawford
Hana
Posted: Wed - April 20, 2005 at 01:44 PM
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