People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-03
MORGAN'S VIEWS.
The Alabama Senator Talks on His
Favorite Topic.
Three Great Propositions That Confront
This Country He Believes In Annexa-
tion-Hawaii Ripe Peach Ready
to Drop In Our Lap.
Senator Morgan Talks.

New YORK, Feb 81. - In honor OF
Senator Morgan, who sailed on the
New York Saturday, a committee of
well known merchants and others
gathered upon the deck of the Ameri-
can liner to wish the senator God speed
Replying to an address made by the
chairman of the committee, Mr.. Nor
gan spoke in part as follows:
1T is singular that at this time there
are grouped together three immense
propositions relating to the Pacific
ocean, the Bebring sea arbitration,
which also may be said to involve the
whole north Pacific, the Nicaragua
canal, in which | had the happiness to
be identified, because / knew a good
thing when saw it. and then, coming
upon us suddenly, the Hawaiian propo-
sition.
The three together must convince
all thinking men that there never was
moment in the history of this govern
ment, saving the period of our civil war,
when so much wisdom, courage, man.
hood and intrepidity, foresight and de-
terminedAmerican pluck were necessary
as just now We have come to a pivot
al point in American destiny-a mom-
ent when we must go back or forward.
We cannot take middle ground.
I'm thinking of the Pacific ocean and
our duty in connection with it, do not
want to see repeated what was perpe
trated upon us at the time we acquired
our independence. Though France was
at our back, we did not have the fore.
sight to acquire all that belonged to
US We did not take New Foundland,
the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Windward
islands, Jamaica and all the terri
tory known as Yucatan. Why
should a people of $4,000, 900 hold
against a people of 65,OOO,OOO all
these islands on which they
have spent more than 81 for every inch
of ground? Well, we cannot help it;
they have the islands and they never
give up anything that is good ] am
not criticising them. admire them. !
wish Americans to be as much like
them as possible-only more so.
Great Britain has already planted
herself in Australia and New Zealand
and is now approaching the Sandwich
lslands-that Gibraltar of the Pacific
Only recently she raised her flag on one
Of these islands, and at the present time
the Hawaiian government and our own
are protesting against that occupation.
Let me ask you, when they get there
and complete the chain, including Van
couver, Victoria, Hawaii, Hong Kong,
New Zealand and Australia, will we
not then see repeated in the Pacific that
miserable, despicable policy which was
perpetrated in the Atlantic, when there
was nothing left but for us to put the
eastern islands into the bill of sale-the
treaty?
with these three great questions
confronting us-the Nicaraguan canal,
Behring sea arbitration and Hawaii,
tde last ready to drop into our laps like
ripe peach-we have need of that
spirit of manhood and energy and en-
durance which was so suberbly devel-
oped when we were fighting one an
other, with 100000 men in the field.
Then we shall see the outcome of the
power and spirit of a great occasion.
Let us move to the front"