Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-13
WELCOME TO A FRIEND
SENATOR MORGAN EXPECTED 70
ARRIVE TOMORROW.
viii Investigate eur Political. Com
mercisl and kocial Conditions
win Relation 20 Annexation.

So far no steps have been taken
looking to a public demonstration
in honor of the expected arrival
OF Senator Morgan tomorrow and
probably none will be, as it is
understood that the distinguished
statesman wishes to visit us in his
capacity as a private citizen and
not as the champion of Hawaii in
the United States Senate. He
will be met at the wharf by Mr..
and Mrs. Ballou and escorted to
their new home. Senator Nor
gan is a cousin of Mrs. Ballou
and, with his two daughters who
accompany him, will be domiciled
at the Ballou residence during
their stay In this city.
While the Senator has given
out that his visit to Hawaii is on
ly in search OF health and recre-
alton there is little doubt that he
intends to quietly conduct q
thorough investigation of the
political, commercial and social
conditions existing in the Islands
with relation to their proposed
annexation by the United States,
and that the data thus collected
by him will be- laid before his
colleagues in the United States
Senate. His inquiries into the
Hawaiian situation are likely to
be of vast importance to it's citi-
zens. Whatever conclusion he
draws from them will carry weight
with both Senators and Repre-
sentatives on account of his wide
knowledge of affairs and his
known integrity.
Speaking OF the Senator's pro
posed visit to Hawaii the San
Francisco Examiner says: Just
how long Senator Morgan will re-
main on the islands cannot be
learned. The duration of his stay
will probably be determined by
what he sees and hears after be
has reached Honolulu. His re-
port on the dual mission which
brings him West will be awaited
with interest by all classes of citi.
zens, for the Hawaiian and Coast
improvement questions are vital
ones to the people of California"
The same paper in speaking OF
demonstration of welcome to be
given the Senator on his arrival
in San Francisco says:
1T is fitting that California
should manifest its sense of obi
CATION to Senator Morgan by such
means as is in its power. Senator
Morgan has been the most con-
spicuous champion of the interests
of California in the recent sessions
of Congress, He was under no
special duty to the people of this
Coast. He represents the State of
Alabama, which is far removed
from the aggressions of the South
ern Pacific. His interest was
merely that of the people of the
United States, yet he was inspired
by sense of public duty, and
entered with amazing vigor into
the fight against the Funding bill
and the contest to save the Gov
ernment's interests in the Pacific
railroads. Huntington. in all his
career, never met so keen and
masterful an opponent, and the
merciless cross examination to
which the Southern Pacific mag
nate was subjected by Senator
Morgan in the Committee on
Pacific Railroads was effective in
showing up the fraudulent charac-
ter of the claims made in behalf
of the company. Senator Morgan
followed up this opening by a
vigilant aud energetic defense of
the interests of California and of
the Government in the disposition
of the Pacific railroads."