Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
OPPOSITION TO ANNEXATION.


Chicago Chronicle: One evil corrects au-
other The disappointed Hawaiian annexa-
tionists In congress Will revenge themselves
by welting the Cuban jlngoes over the
sconce
Philadelphia Record: After a coant OF
noses the promoters of Hawaiian annexation
have deemed 1t unsafe to push the cousd-
Grafton of the treaty upon the Immediate
consideration OF the senate They cannot
muster the requisite two.thirds vote, This
is a compliment to the senate
Springfield Republican; The hopes OF the
Hawaiian anncNa,ionists now rest entirely
upon the passage of some such measure as
a Joint resolution modelled after that proyid-
ing for the annexation Of TeNls, but not
specifying that Hawaii should come in as
state. Can It pass? The more closely the
situation is studied the less the possibility
appears. Texas WIS forced In under the whip
and spur by the slave power, which felt In
desperate need OF more territory In which
tho peculiar Institution Of the south might
expand. The forces behind Hawaiian an
neXation cannot begin to have the energy and
dcggedness OF purpose which characterized
tho slavocrlcy in the oose OF Texas.
Indianapolis News: The United States Is
at peace, and in spite Of heated political
wrargles and the oft-repoated prediction THAI
wo are going to "t1e demnition bow-wows"
we are astonishing the world with our prog
ress in commerce, in manufacture, ia
art, in literature. Our best energies hnve
been spent on our country we have had 80
colonies TO foster no foreign cntanglemCuts
to hinder us, ne country, alien to our con-
| ttuent to, defend. Why should we depart
from the policy of our fathers? The voice
of the dead, whose blood sanctifiei this
soil warns us to be humble, to be content
| with our glorious heritage Shall we, for the
| sake of q leprous colony, urged thereto by
! commercial greed, disregard the warning?
| Shall we leave forever the rold to which
| the founders of this nation pointed us and
| en.er upon the crooked, troubous path
! along which mcnarches and republics alike
have met humiliation aud destruction?
Philadelphia Ledger: Before congress met
we We're told that two-thirls OF the senator's
were ready to vote for the Hawaiian treaty
| and for bill providing for arMeNation on
| Wednesday 1t was announced that German
and Pettus had Joined the anneXatonists and
then according to their own coumt, they were
six short of a two-thirds vote. The oppo-
rents of annexation desire an open dGcus-
| slCr Of the question, beiug cocndent that IL
the debate shall be made public the measure
will be killed through the influence OF popu-
lar opinion. They are probably right in
this, Tor it is quite certain that the annexa-
ticuis!s have no honest ground to stand upon.
The argument is all against the annexation OF
di'r,nt Islands, peopei by aliens, who are
not even in racial sympathy with Americans.
No advantages can accrue to the United
States tAat are not obtainable without annex
aticn; hut there are many disadvantages. 1t
would cost as much to- protect Hawaii as TO
! gWrd the entire coast line of the United
States. The Islands would become fuvor-
lite fed for setting up pocket states and
there would be the greatest difficulty in
framing general laws, particularly tariff acts
fitted to the needs of both this country and
| Hawaii.