The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-11-27
HAwAIrA's ANNEXATION CERTAIN.

New York. Nov. "a speclal to the
HyTt'id from washington says:
HawNil Win be- annexed TO the United
staies during IN. coming SESSION of con-
greSs. This is one X the certaintles of
the session. Senators and representa-
t.vcs. both adyOcaEns and oppcne4s. who
have thus har arrived in Washington.
are rracic,liy unanimous on this ques-
tion
President McRinley's message will
strongiy urge upon tn. senators eartv
ratihcation OF the annexation tre-ity and
I, viii he me Of th- first topics brought
up In the executive session. ssnator Caf-
fiery. % Louisiana, who Will oppose an
n"Natlon tn any form. sasd:
Il ann radically opposed 10 tn. annexa.
zion ot any more territory to the United
States think II is foreign to the best
policy We Gun pursue TO extend the limits
or our Jurisdiction to other regions Of the
earth far remote from our national boun-
dariec', All the acquisition OF territory
now included in In the United States. ex-
eepting Alasln, WIS the natural result OF
powerful impulse TO extend our dominion
from oceOn to ocean b,arween the British
possessions on the north and the Latin
people on the south. Now that this has
long bccn accomplished and the entire
included region emalglrlted, with its
population N Intelligent sympathy with
the constitution and institutions which
exist under II, the policy OF territorial
annexation should rest, can see no rea-
son or adVtrtage in reaching out 600
miles into the Pacific 10 take in little
group OF aiecn islands which aro not geo
graphically allied to this continent ana
the acquisition Of which Can do little for
ms beyond constituting an outlying naval
station which We are already able to es-
tahllsh there without annexation. Tnat
their territorial extent is small does not
prevent their annexation from constitut-
ing dangerous precedent for the addi-
tion of alien people,
Cuba is 50 much nearer 10 us than
Hawaii that she is almost a part OF us
geographically but her people are MS
alien to US as II they lived in the Anti
podes, The annexation Of Hswaii would
serve as an argument for the
acquisition of that island also The an |
ncgNtion Of Spanish America and more |
Of Spanish America would then follow. |
all Of which is foreign to our policy. as |
I understand II, I acknowledge the ex-
istence of a powerful element in the SEN
ate in favor of annexation of Hawaii. but
can see no reason IN following it's leader
ship"
Senator Cockrell Of Missouri Is also
opposed to the treaty. though he believes
Hawaii will b. annexed by legislation.
probably during tho next st ssion He
said
81 doubt very much II the necessary
two-thlrls Of the senator's win be found
In favor Of ratizcation of the treaty when
the time comes to vote. expect. rather
to see the Islands become part of the
United States ny cn act of congress In
the same manner in which we acquired
Texas. An annexation treaty could not
be passed aA thar time but legislation
to annex the republic was easily passed
Tho conditions appear to me to be sim
Ilar in the case of aHwai do not
know in what political status Hawaii
may become part of the union, but
she would he probably not be endowed
with statehood Immediately. Provisional
OF some kind will probably
be established at first"
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana said.
THE ratiftcation of the treaty win be
du-ing the coming session
without serious opposition The whole
subject Is thoroughly understood In all
Its phases, has been thoroughly discussed
for years. and there Is a practical unan-
unity Of feeling both here and In Hawaii
In favor of annexation. I anticipate the
speedy ratification Of the treaty."