The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-07
OPINIONS AMONG CONCRESSMEN
Senator Morgan Hopeful
For Annexation.
Pfeffer Says Prompt Protectorate
While Others Think Matter VIII
Wait Some Time.
WASHINGTON. D. c., November IA.

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President Mckinley will handle the
| Hawaiian question with just as much
vigor as did Mr.. Harrison when he was
| President of the United States. This,
at any rate, is the assertion of Major
McKinleys friends, who claim to have
| information regarding his views on an
issue prominent during the closing
days of the Harrison administration
and an issue that has brought trouble
without end to Mr.. Cleveland Mr.. Nc
Kinley heartily favors the plank in the
last Republican platform, which de-
clared:
"The Hawaiian Islands should be
controlled by the United States, and no
foreign power should be permitted to
interfere with them
1t cannot be ascertained here, how
ever, whether Maj Mckinley will put
himself definitely on record regarding
Hawaii until his first message is sent
to Congress. Then, it is said, he will
deal with this question in no uncertain
way. 1t is firmly believed if the Ha-
waiians make the proper overtures
Mckinley will declare for annexation
| 1t is believed to be a certainty that he
will favor a protectOTate over the ISL
| ands. He can do no less than this
and make good the pledge in the Re
publican national platform.
Just at present, however, other is
sues are OVershadowing the Hawaiian
question in Washington. Now that the
trouble over the Venezuelan boundary
is settled the Cuban situation is next
of international Importance. Then,
the Republicans are scheming to settle
certain domestic affairs which are Civ
ing them concern. Little Hawaii may
have to wait longer than some people
have hoped to get attention from the
next administration. There are few
public men in Washington today who
can be induced to talk about the next
administration probable policy in
dealing with Hawaii.
Senator Morgan is a member of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons. He dictated the following to
correspondent, in which he gives vent
to some opinions of unusual interest:
Il have no way of ascertaining the
views of the incoming administration
on the Hawaiian question, other than
what | have gathered from prominent
gentlemen in the Senate and others
outside of Congress. see no reason
why the Republican party should re-
fuse to follow the precedent estab-
lished by President Harrison on that
subject.
1.-The reasons for the annexation of
Hawaii are stronger now as far as the
United States are concerned, than they
were when President Harrison made
a treaty for that purpose and the rea-
son for the autonomy of that Govern
ment are stronger now than they were
then, but those people seem to desire
annexation more than ever. l do not
see that anything has occurred to drive
the supporters of Mr.. Harrison's policy
into opposition to their clearly eX
pressed and oft repeated wishes.
The party that anneXes Hawaii to
the United States will do as much for
our progress in the commerce of the
Pacific as Jefferson did for our interior
growth by the Louisiana purchase. l
cannot conceive of a party processing
to be American that would hesitate to
grasp great opportunity, unless some
question of more vital importance and
near home should postpone the annex
alton of Hawaii. | shall look to that
union in the near future with entire
confidence, yet if | were a citizen of
Hawaii, | would prefer the indepen-
dence of a separate Government"
Senator PETER of Kansas had this to
say:
"Of course, I am not in the conf