The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-07-28
SENATOR MoRGANs SPEECH.

States Senate by Senator Morgan
on July 3rd, in relation to Hawaiian
affairs, brought up during the dis
cussiou of an amendment to the
tariff bill to give notice for the abro-
CATION of the Reciprocity treaty. As
stated yesterday the amendment
was defeated by a vote of 81 to II:
Mr.. Morgan-Mr. President, this bill
came over from the House of Repre-
sentatives with a proposition in 1t toI
exempt the Hawaiian treaty from the
operations of the repeal of the duties Oh
sugar. In doing that. the House OF
Representatives, l suppose, followed a
statute which was enacted on the 81 OF
March, 1891, as follows:
THAT nothing in the act approved
October 1. 1890, entitled An act to
reduce the revenue and equalize duties
on imports. and for other purposes,
shall be held to repeal or impair the pro
visions of the convention respecting
commercial reciprocity concluded Janu-
airy 30, 1915, with the King of the lia-
waiian Islands, and extended by the
convention proclaimed November o.,
1887; and the provisions of said conven-
ton shall be in full force and effect as If
said act had not passed"
SO that, after the passage of the Nc
Kiney law, which admitted sugar free
into the United States, and of course
admitted it free from Hawaii. it was
provided that nothing in that Act con.
tanned should be construed as in anywise
affecting the convention which had
been made with Hawaii and extended
for second period of seven years. The
conscience of the Congress of the United
States seemed to feel some reproach that
they had dealt with the Hawaiian
Islands, then kingdom-and doubtless
being more tenderly regarded at that
time by some gentlemen than it is now
that it is republic somewhat with
cruelty and improperly and unbecom.
ing legislative tyranny.
The Senator from Maine Mr.. Frye
said moment ago that we should not
have dealt with any other power in the
world as we have done with Hawaii
After having made convention Of reel
procity, without repeating that conven
ton and giving notice Of its termination
we passed law by the Congress OF tn,
United States taking away from thai
little kingdom all the benefits of that
convention OF reciprocity, whilst still
holding on to those advantages which
Hawaii gave to us in admitting oui
goods into those islands duty free
very large, extensive and valuable list
The Congress of the United States
therefore, evidently seemed to thinl
that it was necessary to put upoi
paper i'm the form of statute som
apology for this act of rude Outrag
upon that little kingdom. Therefore
they enacted the statute which | hav
lust read to the Senate. The statute ha
been entirely meaningless so far as praC
tical business is concerned; that is t
say, we have not permitted Hawaii t
have advantage of either the bounty i
the Mckinley act or the advantages tina
she claims under the treaty. We hav
robbed her of those and have gone o
in the assumption OF our superiority
based upon nothing in the world bu
our want of consciousness and our pc:
session of strength. That is the stu
alton.
The people who are referred to by tn
Senator from Texas Mr.. Mills as BEN
foreigners and as being sugar trust i
Hawaii are as respectable citizens as an
in the world. They went mostly fror
the United States; some of them wer
born there of American parentage. The
have contrived to civilize those Island
and beautify them, TO improve them i
way that would cast credit upon an
people in the world, and dare say tina
there are few spots in the United State
to-day which have higher degree c
culture than Honolulu and its surround
ings, and other towns of Hawaii.
That has been the work of American
who have gone there-the missionar
people first, and their successors. A
high a state of education per capt.
obtains in Hawaii as obtains in an
State of the American Union; | Nigh
say higher state, for there is not
child 10 years of age in Hawaii who ca
not read and write in the English lar
guage.
All that could be done by the geniu
and enterprise of American people Ina
been accomplished in the Islands G
Hawaii. The great sugar estates i
those Islands are not held and owned b
a sugar trust. Thirty million dollars an
more have been invested there by tn
people in properties which are of yer
great value, the production of whic
has all come to the United States, whic
has built up "A carrying trade betwee
Honolulu and San Francisco and othe
ports of the United States which is a
most exclusively American. 1t is il
deed the only foreign carrying trade i
the world that we have under on
national control-a very valuable carry
ing trade and one that our seamen o
the Pacific have found to be very muc
to their advantage.
Now, we did not make any bad ban
gain with Hawaii. We made bette
bargain with Hawaii than was mads i
any Of the reciprocity treaties that "
have expressly preserved in this pre-