The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-08

which has prevailed Tor a hundred
years OF %uneXampied prosperity, This
country will support a population OF
600, 100000, hence this would be a break
in our past policy"
ave ought not to interfere in the
quarrels and broils now going on in
Hawaii. would impress on you that
out OF a population Of 10000, less than
5000 are in revolt; these are the only
ones who want annexation, and they are
in it for the purposes OF speculation and
personal agrandisement, 1t is un-
American TO interfere"
~ also want to say to my good
brother that the United States is not in
tho real estate business. Ii the United
States wants more land, mere land or
territory, let her go over the Canadian
border, and acquire 6S,0O0 miles up
[ there, or down into Mexico, or We
might bring Wetzel county into this
glorious Union, or perhaps Webster
county could be annexed. II territory
Is what is wanted. take contiguous ter
ritory. Go down on the Atlantic coast,
where there is a number OF islands OF
greater advantage to this country"
The speaker rldiculed the idea OF Ha-
waii as q sentinel guarding the proposed
Nicaraugan canal, and said the guns
would have to be OF long range 10 reach
across the forty.hve hundred miles be-
tween the two places.
"Fhe acquisition would be q draw
back in many ways, II would require
all our army and navy to watch out for
vessels OF other powers anxious to wrest
the island from our grip,
"There is nothing in the argument
Rs to our large interests in the islands.
They can be maintained without annex
alton. 1t Is said Great Britain will take
the islands il we do not, We don't in.
tend to let them take them, Lot the
islanders continue to govern them
Selves"
"If we annex we must assume n debt
Of S ,250,000. Do you want to pny it2
Ii SO vote for annexation. Then we
must pay $4,000 q year to tho de-
throned queen. Just think OF that,
$3.50 a day. Why, you can employ the
most accomplished lady in Wheeling
for $3.50 q month. Then again we must
give $4,000 to the little brown prin-
cess who has come over to see us.
That's over $1,000 q pound. and she
isn't worth 10000 cents."
Mr.. AtEinson's time limit having
nearly expired, he went over other
grounds, briefly including the argument
that 1t is against the Monroe doctrine,
unconstitutional, loprosy, increase OF
navy and army, etc.
MIR. HART's REPLY.
Mr.. Hart then replied to the argu.
ments OF his opponent, his colleague,
Mr.. Alex. R. Campbell, not being pros
Ont,
81 feel indebted to brother Atkinson
tonight for the comic and revised edi.
ton Of tho Arabian Nights but of
course l did not expect him to deal
with facts" For the sake OF tho argu.
ment, presumably, ho has misquoted
the Monroe doctrine. He processes to
quote from the common understanding
OF that doctrine among the people.
This might be all right, but in the alb
sence OF Mr.. Monroe, who could not be
present on account OF circumstances
over which lie had no control, l have
to challenge it, in the face Of the writ
ten history, which l don't think it is
necessary to again read.
'In twenty minutes it ia not possible
to reply to such q mass Of inaccuracies
as my friend has presented. He has
told you OF moro ,spooks and demons
than any book on demonology ] aver
read. i}
"What is the dominating element in
the islands2 Not Claus Spreckels. The
dominating element is Anglo-Saxon,
and, above all, American. The mon.
archy is the de facto government. What
is the government to-day? The pro-
visionat government, to which there Is
no opposition except from the royal
family. Mr.. Atkinson talks about tho
little brown woman She couldn't get
into n Of her own sugar hogsheaGs.
The royal party is only after tho best
bargain it can make. II we arc not in
the real estate business, VIC are not in
the business OF restoring overturned
monarchies.
Il do not claim the people are the
most desirable, but in tho main they are
docile and tractible. There arc not rs
many Chinese there as in the United
States. Statehood would not necessarily
follow annexation, as is seer in the case
OF Alaska. The leprous colony would
not become nearer San Francisco by
reason Of annexation"
The speaker referred to the map
showing the circle Of sentinel like Brit
ish possessions that circle the globe,
and menace us at many points. He
contended we should not invite on the
Pacific what we submit to on the At
lantic coast. IIe said England only
wanted an opportunity to establish a
p~roteCtorate or anneXt should this
country not take advantage Of the pres.
ent opportunity. His opponent had
said that Hawaii should be let alone,
but the time for independent govern
ment there had passed, and il the
United States does not annex, England
will.
He quoted opinions OF various noted
public men, including Presidents Tyler,
Fillmore aud johnson, and two OF the
most brilliant and brainiest secretaries
Of state this country has seen, Webster
and Blaine. The Importance in n
sIIateRlC why OIL tne5e lsluHuB nus nlWAyH
boon recognized,
Mr.. Blalno's opinion expressed short.
ly before his death was as follows: II
consider the acquisition OF these islands
Is OF so great Importance, that l cannot
conceive ofsuch n protier being refused"
Nh. cowDEN SPEAKS.
Mr.. Cowden, OF the negative. thcn
followed in a speech of twenty minutes
that was "chuck full" of good points.
Hc said Mcssrs. Hart and Atkinson had