Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-01
uRuiNa ANNnxAr10N.

BAN FRANCigCJ, Jan. 81 "A special
meeting OF the San Francisco Cham.
ber OF Commerce was held this after.
noon 10 consider the question Of the
annexation u Hawaii. The following
resolutions wern presented:
Whereas, The Chamber OF Com.
mercc Of san francisco has been re-.
liahly Informed Of IA revolution aud the
establishment OF provisional govern.
mont on the HwGiiau Islands ana a
deifactO government ~ now seeking
annexation 10 this United Staios.
And,
Whereas, Tho commercial relations
now existing between the two coun-
tries are close and important, Hawaii
having become one Of the most vRlu-
able commercial cen.era In the Pacific
ocean with n promise Of greatly in
creased value to the American inter-
eats OF the United States, ami It, Pa
ciilc cOast commercial intereste de.
mnnda that no European power shall
OUtain power over tho Hawaiian H..
lands TO our detrlmont And,
Where's, The present conditions
there Involve the probability OF dis.
aster 10 the lives aud property OF
American cilizens, therefore, be It
Resolved, That tho chamber OF COM
mercs halls with satisfaction the
friendly oder made by the Hawaiian
government ~ code the islands 10 the
uuitOd States and urges upon the
United States government prompt nc.
cepiancs Of tue proposed cession, thus
~ once Obtaining psacsahle and hon
Orable possession, insuting stable
government, protection OF life and
property ana the prep undertaking. lniiu-
Uuce OF the United States In the grow
ing commerce OF tho Pacific ocean.
Resolved, That our government n
urged TO promptly augment the naval
fOrcos " tho United States al tho
Hawaiian Islands, pending the dis.
turbci political condition thore ex'
isling.
Captain w. l.. Merry supplemented
the report by saying that tue commit
tee had Investigated tue conditions at
Hawaii, anu It was the opinion OF lie
memberh that annexation was un.
ayoidabe. Ho referred 10 the sltua-
tlOu OF Hawaii from stfategelic point
OF view, aud said that with the open
ing Of the Nicaragua canal the nation
that possessed the Sandwich Islands
would hold the Key 10 the Pacific
ocean. Added to this was the COM
mcICln. Je4ltill.
William r. Coleman called attention
10 the fact that Americans had made
the Sandwich Isles all that thoy are.
He said that stratogstioalIy, COM
meroially, eoclally anu politically the
islands belonged to America. America
had not reached for them, but had
waited until ia tho fIlness OF time
they should fall Into Its lap. Any party
that would refuse the gin now that 1t
had been offered would be- eternally
damned.
Ex-senator Williams referred to the
argument that such annexation was
outside tho policy Of the nation and
cited the annexation OF Texas ard
California ~ precedenA which dis
posed OIL that objection. The Hawaiian
treaty OF reciprocity he sail, had given
America "A foothold on the sandwich
lslAuds which this country would never
loss and with the Nicaragua canal
this position would make America mis-.
tress Of the Pacific. There was more
tonnage OF American commerce be-
tween this country aud the islands than
uf all other nstions combined. IL was
inevitable that America must control
the commerce OF the world and 1t
would have 10 begin working towards
the position nature intended II should
occupy.
The resolutions were then adopted
unanimously. II was decided 10 tele.
graph this action TO the President OF
the United States and the meeting sd.