Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-27

member I am entitled to whatever indi'
| vidual cpinlohs1 may have, but as an othc!a
l must mus; be ugpfs5uiIced in what l say" ~.
! President Bryan requested the various dele
! cations to hand ig~the namss of candidates
! for vice presdenH and Committeeman, In
! forming the 'ctuyention that each state was
! entitled TO a vice president. motion was
! made and carried that the executive commit
! tee b empowered TO fill all vacancies where
states were rRpt sepresented in tn congress.
The following. resolution was introduced by
| committee composed of t. 7. keatur, chair
man; William Johnston and Andrew ]. Kellar
Resolved, That the thanks of the congress,
| are hereby eNtepded to Hon. George E
/ CaGnon, Its retiring president for the fan
/ ana impartial manner in which he presided
over It's deliberations, and for the dis
| tnguished services he has ever rendered II
| advancing all the interests of the entire
! trans mississippi section of our grea'
| country.
Before the resolution was put President
| Bryan took occasion to express his hearty
| sympathy with Il. He said that IL he retired
! from the office as Mr.. Cannon did he would
feel that the height OF his ambition had beer
| reached
The resolution was unanimously passed or
rising vote, which was called for.
| F. NJ. Richardson introduced a resolution
| declaring in favor OF the initiative and the
| referendum. which was turned over to the
| committee on resolutions.
motion was made at this moment (
make the order Of business at 1880 O'Clock
| this morning the matter OF choosing the time
and place for holding the next meeting oi
the congress The motion remained without
a second, for II appeared to be the sentiment
of the body that various cities should b.
| given an opportunity of putting in bids A
number Of delegates arose and declared that
| they desired to have time to arrange Offers
which would be made to the congress as In.
| ducemsns for holding the congress in the
| cities which they represented.
| MIR. CRAIG TALKS HAWAII
At the conclusion Of this preliminary bust
ness President Bryan announced Hugh
| Craig of San Francisco. whose topic of dis
cussion was Hawaii" Mr. Craig opened
! his address by giving the congress an idea oil
| the Importance and size of the islands OF
which Hawaii forms but one OF a group. ii
| said that they were situated 1000 miles from
| California and 5000 miles from the opposite
| coast of China. On the American side of the
| ocean they commanded, In commercial
| sense, a coast line of some $500 miles in
| length, and therefore their commerce had
! become a part Of the Pacific coast interest.
| California, of which state Mr.. Craig is a
| citizen, had obtained such a large part OF
| this commerce that the island people, to all
| ntents and purposes, had become a portion
| Of California people.
| AS an instance of the controlling interest
| the Americans had gained in Hawaiian COM
| merce Mr.. Craig mentioned the fact that 90
| per cent of the business was transacted by
| Americans, and that Of Hawaiian ships fully
| 80 per cent were owned by Am rcans, and
the rest by citizens Of Honolulu The annual
| imports and exports of the islands amounted
| to SIS, 1000. 900 annually. OF this amount 9S
per cent of the exports were talk n by Amer
| ca and ~ per cent of the imports were
American products. Mr.. Craig attributed this
American commercial supremacy to the reel
prccity trsaty which this country made with
Hawaii in 1875.
Mr.. Craig isafB the largest island of ths
group is Hawaii, %but the most business is
transacted on the island of Waho, on which
Honolulu was sssituated. AS an example of the
progressiveness VT this city Mr.. Craig men
toned the fact k1lat 1t possessed university
which had an endowment of $4,000 900. It
was presided over by the best American pro-
fesscrs that could be obtained. and its edu-
cation was carried on on the lines laid down
in the United States
PEOPLE. WHO LIVE THERE
The population of the islands is in the
neighborhood of 100000. OF this number
35 900 are natives, 1000 half castles IS 900
Jeps, from 1900 to 5000 Chinese, 5000
Portuguese, 5000 Europeans and 8 0G0 immi-
grant Americans and 1000 Americans born
on the Islands. The 1000 Americans own d
fully rs per cent of the property of the is
lands, which, 5g improved and unimprovei
plantations, ainYnntea to $4,000, 900. Cali
fornians owned s22 900 900 of this. Mr
Craig laid emphasis on the assertion that this
property was not obtained by spoiation. but
by purchase. He said that in consequence
the natives had respect for Americans, be-
cause their property Transactions with other
white men had previously been Of an entirely
different nature In conclusion he said.
Ever since Hawaii became a republic It
has been knocking upon our doors for adms-
sion TO the union, and will continue TO knock
until it gains admission. The islands have
been offered to us. and We can have them
whenever we wish. The present government:
is modelled on ours. and there need be no
clash If they are annexed. The greatest OBJ
lection seems to. be the admission of Chi
nese and natives to citizenship, but no one
asks that they be admitted
TOOK UP RESOLUTIONS.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Craig's speech
President Bryan announced that none of the
other speeches on the program would be de-
livered, as there was other business TO come
up before the congress. This business con-
sisted of the consideration Of a partial report
of the committee on resolutions Thereupon
Governor Prince of California handed batch
of resolutions approved by the committee to
the secretary.
The first resolution read was regarding the
annexation Of Hawaii and the construction of
an ocean cable between the islands and
California;
Whereas, The commerce of Hawaii is al
most exclusively with the Pacific coast
states of the United States. and the island
republic is re-eminently an American col
ony, and.
Whereas. The president of that republic
has voiced the sentiments OF his people
in the following language, viz: I'VE shall
therefore continue the project of political
relations with the United States as a CON
spicicus feature of our foreign policy, con-
fdently hoping that sooner or Ia ter it will
be crowned with success TO the lasting ben
eft of both countrleS;"
Resolved, That the Transmissssippi Com
merc!al co c9ngress resPeetfully calls the at
the patriotic sentiments of these our
countrymen at Hawaii and recommends the
adoption of such legislation as will make
the Hawaiian ISLANDS part of the Amer-
can system, to foster the close relations
now existing commercially and socially be
spectfully recommends tho construction OF
a submarine cable from the Pacific coast
of the United States to Hawaii under The
control and supervision of the government
of the United States.
AS soon as the resolution was read Hugh
Craig obtained the loor and briefly urged the
delegates to support 1t. F.. w. Richardson
arose and requested that the resolution be
divided. He said that he was heartily in
favor of the construction of a cable between
the islands and 4 bis country, but he was op-
posed to tine apnexatiOn OF the islands. lie
considered that tfe aRnexation would furnish
The president decided that the resolution
could be divided, but Mr. Craig ended the
difficulty by saying he was willing that all
portions of thesrssolution which suggested
the annexation of tho islands be stricken out
In consequence the words "as will make the
Hawaiian islands, part of the American
system" were crt ont and so amended the
resolution was unanimously adopted.
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