The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-07-09
ADVANTAGES or ANNEXATION.
Views of Representative Spalding ON
the Subject.

Representative Spalding of Mich.
gan. who introduced resolution IN
the House in the Fifty-fourth CONF
rcss providing for the annexation of
| Hawaii. is very much interested in The
progress of pending events i'm Congress
| looking to that end. Gen. Spalding is
generally credited by his colleagues
with being in close touch with the
! administration upon the Hawaiian
policy. In conversation with Star
reporter today, Gen. Spalding talked
upon annexation. He said:
SIN the Fifty-fourth Congress I IN
| troduced a joint resolution looking 20
! the annexation of Hawaii. The RESP
| luton was drawn almost exactly like
! the joint resolution for the anneNa-
| tion of Texas. inasmuch as it gives the
President sufficient power and scope
/ to adopt the best methods of anneXd-
! ton. | believe now that the President
and the officers in authority in the
State Department are trying to throw
| the protecting arms of the great Re-
public of the United States around oar
little sister Republic sitting midway
in the Pacific ocean. The islands CON
| shutting the territory of the Hawaiian
/ Government. formerly the Sandwich
| islands. are extremely fertile. but their
| value to this Government is not in
| their fertility, but as an outpost in
case of war for the defense of this
continent. Their strategic position is
stations for our navy in case of war
| they are absolutely necessary, hence
our Government has always looked
with favor on the requirement of a
| harbor by purchase to be a place IF
/ refuge and coaling station in case
of war.
Mature has placed these islands -
outposts of this continent. and to SUI
| render them to other nations would
! seem to be almost an act of treason.
| Our foreign trade is assuming i'm
mense proportions. II is the duty If
| the general Government to protect.
/ foster and care for this great ira lie.
\ navy thoroughly equipped was
necessary to even police the seas, but
| the seas could not be -policed without
coaling stations, as a modern ship IS
1 of no value without coal
'ln 1912 President Tyler sent a mes
sage to the Senate of the United States
relating to the Hawaiian islands. Fill
more in 1850 reiterated the statements
made by Tyler in favor of the anneNa-
ton or protection of these islands by
our Government. Franklin Pierce in
1854 desired the annexation of Hawaii
and authorized the negotiation of the
treaty of annexation of 1854, but said
treaty was not confirmed by the Sen
ate. President Buchanan in 1919, as
Secretary of State, stated that English
or French control of Hawaii would he
| highly injurious to the United States.
! Would it be any less injurious to have
Japan control these islands? The an
neVation of Hawaii was favored by
President Grant. President Arthur
was in full sympathy with the Amcri-
canizing of Hawaii, and President Har-
rison caused an annexation treaty to
be negotiated in Hawaii, which was
defeated by the Senate.
'There are some who object to the
admission of Hawaii believing that
admission as a State is necessary to
annexation. This is not the case. 1t
could be admitted and held as a Ter
ritory or a protectorate. Hawaii is
anxious for annexation. The govern
ing classes are of our own kith and
kin, the mixed classes that are there
are largely laborers on sugar planta-
tions, etc, and they will cause us little
or no trouble in legislation. The pre-
carious condition of the present Gov
eminent requires speedy action. I
have the utmost confidence in the
genius of the President of the United
States to foresee the peculiar condi-
tions and to hasten an amicable ar
rangement by which the Hawaiian
islands will be placed entirely under
the control of the United States Gov
eminent. Washington Star.
REASONS WHY CHAMBERLAIN'S
CHOLERA AND DIARRHOEA