The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13

paid SIS, 00G, coo only for the Louisiana
purchase yet in tariff remissions on
sugar alone there had been paid $31, :
100000 for Pearl harbor. He said that
the gift OF $S,500,000 that would be given
to the sugar trust under the present
bill had better be given as a bounty to
the sugar producers Of this country,
which would soon enahle this country
to produce it's own sugar, as Germany
and France were doing.
Senator Nelson said that an attempt
had been made to show that the sugar
trust was trying to have the treaty alb
rogated.' This was contradicted by the
fact that the senator from Maine
Frye), the most earnest advocate Of
the retention of the treaty in the pre-
Vtous caucus, had moved that the diff
ferential in favor of refined sugar be
made Nc, the highest differential adj
Vocated by any one. Senator Frye en-
phatically resented the inference of the
Minnesota senator, and said the two
subjects could in no instance be cou-
pied together in that way.
Senator Frye said that the house nro.
vision was ample on the Hawaiian n
question, with an additional provision
negotiations for modification of the
treaty He stated that President Nc
Kinney was prepared to enter on such q
negotiation, and added that the Ha-
WaNans were willing to meet him half
way in the work He made a. vigoroue
defense of the treaty, and Of the policy
or maintaining the closest sort Of re-
lauons with Hawaii, which had been
settled and governed by Americans.
Senator Davis also spoke i'm defense
OF the treaty, going into a detailed ar
gument to show that the relations he
tween this country and the Hawaiian
Islands should be maintained on the
present reciprocal basis. He especially
deprecated the effort to practically ah-
rogate the treaty in any but the pro
scribed form of proceeding in such
cases. Mr.. Davis went into the rela-
tons between this country and Hawaii
at some length and contended es-
pec1ally against an effort to legislate
upon the subject in connection with the
tariff. He held that the president
| should be empowered to act in the mat
ter and that, beyond this, no action
| should be taken. In the meantime the
existing treaty should be continued in
| full effect. 40
In discussing the treaty of 1876. SEN
ator Davis said that Pearl harbor
was special consideration given BY
| 'NNA' AOA WIllC1 we gave no oQutVa-
lent, and another special consideration
was that Hawaii agreed not to dtspose
OF territory or grant any special nriv.
| 1lege Of reciprocity to any other mower
| The value of these considerations bad
| increased from the date Of the treaties
| This government could not allow anv
| foreign government to acquire Hawaii
1t was necessary for the United states
| to control it, He entered upon tbs
| geographical position Of the islands
and the strategic Importance of them
| to this country. The Hawaiian islands
were destined to be an entrepot an(
| clearing house, to a great extent. OF
the enormous commerce Of which the
| Pacific ocean is destined to be the
| scene. He said that since the treaty.
| American capital had been going "a
| the islands, and that they were des-
| tined to become American could not
be doubted. In fact, Hawaiians could
become citizens without losing their
American citizenship. IF we abro-
| gate the treaty absolutely by statute
we are guilty of bad faith" he added
| American capital to the amount OF
$50,000,000 had been invested in the
faith of the permanence of this treaty
| IL the United States were honorable, II
| should be obliged to give back Pear
harbor, and allow Hawaii to trans
fer these rights to England or any 9th.
er nation. The United States would be