The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-30
IN FAVOR OF ANNEXATION.
sENITOR TELLER'S SPEECH ON THL
HAWAIIAN QUESTION


the Tive OF Jefferson Down to Buchanaa
-Thc Pruyi-iouni Government an Exi-t-
In. Gov-rnmert winch Could Not 10
ovrrtbrcwn Or Questioned by the Uoited
state.-ChsudIer 90 New Hotk PoiIdcs
w,sHtNGToN, Jan. ~ Tho petitions against
the Wilson Tarir bill presented in the SEN
ate this morning. we're from all iarts OF
the country. some that we're presented
by Mr lIoar tRrr. Mass were character.
lied Nv hn 40 cries OF agony against that
uGsaucttle J. ubominahle menace till was
INTRODUCED by Mr. Iioar giving the United
states District Judges the right ON petition.
and after hearing. to order tho restoration to
the rolls of a pcns.ouer who has been dropped
or whose pension has been reduced.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Stewart
tNcp, New declaring It to be tho sense OF the
Senate that the Secretary Of the Treasury has
NO legal authority to issue and sell bonds as
proposed. The Senate. he said. ought at least
to express ts opinion on the subject and he
gave notice that he would ask action on his
resolution tomorrow.
Tho Hawaiian resolutions we're then taken
up and Mr.. Teller Ron. Coll addressed tho
Senate. lie criticised some OF the phraseoogy
of tho resolution reported from the Com mittee
on Foreign Relations. hut intimated that he
would. nevertheless. vote FOR it. He dill not
like the phrase de factu government" and
said that there was really no difference be-
tween q do facto government and a do Juro
government.
Mr. Iasco Dom. Tla.l Inquired whether Mr..
Teller made any distinction between pro-
visional government and permanent gov
ernmont
Mr. Teller said that he did not A provisional
government was as much n government as
pthar II iuh ln ua N thia hat
the Government was supposed to be organized
for a temporary purpose; but the Provisional
Government was Government. and every
Government in the world which had had re-
latons with Hawaii recognized it as n Govern
ment The dealings OF the United States Gov
eminent with the Provisional Government
were actually the same as IL the Provisional
Government had existed from time iinme-
mortal" The question how il came into ex-
istence was not question for this Govern
ment or for any other Government. II It came
tionary Governments did come, more or less,
that was not a vice which followed
After recognizing the Provisional Government
OF Hawaii. the United States Government was
precluded from raising any question as to the
tured to say That this was the only case-in
modern times, at lcastuwheIe a Government
Government, and with which diplomatic rela-
tons had been established was attempted to
which had recognized IT.
The Hawaiian Government. he added. was
not nquestion for the senate to determine. |
Nobody In this country believed that the Ha:
waian Government was about to be interfered |
with. Public opinion was ayerse to, the de- |
struction OF that Government, founded. pro- |
tSose oy Wbsn h on States
was founded, in order 70 put a monarchical |
6n In r. piScs E.sTypUdy under
the Hawaiian Islands there would he free |
aud liberal Government established there,
the anneNnti on VI those Islands. and he con- |
fessed that he was somewhat inpatient with |
as he did. lie had been taught to believe
from his boyhood that the annexation OF those |
n"ma unSer n some form 9 1f Sovsrnmest or R
some way. There had not been an Am erican
Secretary OF state for seventy years who had
sire and the desire OF his Government to bring
the people Of the Hawaiian Islands into closer
And now" said AR Teller. when these
Islands offer them selves to us. and when there
dissenting voice that dared TO make Itself |
heard, we are told that we cannot take them:
was established in some improper manner. !
and. second, because Ii is contrary to the pol |
10 o. as tns
ritory not contiguous to our own, Mr.. Presi-
dent 4, that is not true Il nsys, has been true:
been time in our history when the policy OF
our Government has been announced as
territory so acquired must be contiguous to
the land over which the United States flag
Mr.; Teller said that the Democratic party
had been the party OF acquisition OF territory
that II il was not 80 to-day. il was fecsusa il
surrendered is judgment Ia this case 20 the
Hs insnG fdr tGS cases Ss 81 the AZ
then referred to the efforts OF the Democratic
Administration under President Pierce 70 OBJ
American Ministers to England, FRANCE. and
laid it down that 1t was TO the interest OF the
| nited states TO possess cuba. and that. II
t. IT would he the highest duty Of the
! nited states Goyernment to take 4;
hat Il Tas coSA rSo to 'd the aaon
poIiG,g OF this country to acquire territory not
that great island pass into the hands Of Great
Britain SgpPose Great britain, Mr.. Teller
was sometimes said she proposed TO DO did
ANYBODY believe that the American people
flag over that Island suppose Germany at
tempted It. did anybody believe that the
man nag float over that isiandi In his iudg-
ment there you'd be such an uprising against
u That the Government OF the United states
more would be compelled to see that no rival
OF the United States should build forts to com:
Mexico.
Mr.. Teller declared himself in favor OF the
annexation of tho Hawaiian Islands, in favor
Of the annexation OF ubs; and In favor OF tho
annexation of Canada. He expected 10 see in
a few years the American flag floating from
the extreme north to the line Of Mexico. He
eApected to see II floating over the Islands OF
the sea, not only those In the great Gulf. but
In the West Indian seas He expected to see
JanadA come into the United states by its own
consent and approval. 1t was very desirable
10 the Canadian people that they should be-
come part and parcel OF the American ReDub-
lie. II they did not choose TO come. the United
Ntates would never get them. But II the Unit
ed states could manage Affairs So that ID would
ultimately be to the Interest Of the Canadian
people to become a part OF the United States |
they would gladly do so.
In conc usion he declared that he would vote
Tor the resolution reported by the Committee
On Foreign Relations. even II he could not
have struck out OF IL the clause declaring il I'M
Wise and inexpedient to consider at this lime
any subject Of annexation OF the Hawaiian
Islands
The resolution having exhausted its right to
consl Iteration in the morning hour, was. under
the rules. placed IN the calendar. from which
i can only 10 taken N mott aud hy ma