It was tle "Dole oligarchy" or "f amily compact " that had usurped all power to itself and now desired to be perpetuated in power under the protection of the United States. Second. I believed. as I now believe. that by making these islands a part of the United States we bring the. cheap Asiatio laborer into direct competition with the American laborer. To bring under our own flag 40.000 Japanese contract laborers and 25.C00 Chinese contract laborers means to limit to a considerable extent the opportunities of our own American laborers. Later developments and conditions confirm very strongly my first views on this subject. But annexation is an accomplished fact. and we are now confronted with the problem to provide a good Territorial form of government for the islands.
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