New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13
ANNEXATION LOOKED FOR.
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faith of the permanency Of these treaties. The
United states would be obliged to throw away dne
shall be granted ' to to other countrss the United
ssas n1 aTSo4 and So%
AL those rights to England or any other na'1m o
every policy enunciated by successive Presidents
from Tyler to the present time me .fea ahs ,wo
nations the greater part being ships OF the United
states He said that % per , cent o the p CON-
Guided by saying that abrogation would be an in
justice and an injury to this Nation .,,, .,oxs
o h Of G se sa
OF his proposition which originally presented I'd
for svns the ha%aaS
Senator Thurston's suggestion he modified :he
30 as to the rate b IN se
might be negotiated in the future
SENTIMENT FOR ANNEXATION.
Senator Thurston announced himself to be de-
cidcdly In favor Of abrogaton, though he was, he
said. believer In the wisdom of annexing the Ha-
wallan Islands to the United States. He said that
II the present arrangement. which gives the Ha-
waiian Sugar Trust annual gratuity OF S.oOWO,
was 20 be continued in connection with the gratu-
ity Yesterday voted to the American trust, whch
amounted to not less than 100000 year, II would
be utterly impossible to defend the course of the
Republican party. lie said he had made his cam
paign last fall largely on the charge that the
Democratic party had sold out to the trust, and
he did not view with equaniny the present pros
pect with regard TO Republican legislation ne
contended that Hawaiian sugar. being the product
of cheap Oriental labor. 80 long as II was admitted
free of duty would render the growth OF the beet
sugar industry In this country Impossible.
Senator Hoar asked IL he did not believe that an
nexaton would practically the same erect.
TO this Mr. Thurston replied that annexation
would bring so many advantages or another cnar-
acter that he would forego any scruples ne mS Snr
have against the free admission or sugar IN orner
to the islands whole. 90
Senator Wellington also characterized the IA,
waian sugar production trust, and denounced
the sugar schedule a whole. He urged an I'M
mediate vote and expressed the hope that the
treaty would be abrogated proper notice
There were frequent references In the caucus 10
the probability Of a new treaty for the annexation
OF Hawaii. and It seemed 10 be generally under
stood that such treaty was among the possipiil-
ties in the future. There appeared, however,
to be no definite Information as to the details ana
the references were general in character. NO one
assumed 10 speak for the President on this point,
but so far as anything was said. 1t was apparently
ba sed upon the suppostion that the President was
prepared TO enter into negotiations looking 10 plac
ing the islands under the protection or the stars
and Stripes as part Of the United states. Senator
FRYE referred once twice to the possibility OF an
neyation, and Sena Thurston and Nelson. VINO
strenuousy opposed the continuance OF the present
treaty in effect announced themselves as prepared
to consider favorably the question OF annexaton on
the theory that arrangement FOR consondation
on that basis would be reciprocal, whereas they
contend that the present treaty Is entirely one
sided I'm it's advantages. Senator Thurston con-
tended that the best way 10 insure annexation
would be through abrogation OF the existing treaty.