The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-24
COTTON BAG
GINC FREE.
Populisis aud Silver Rspub!iosrs
Vote 70 Take ;his Tar OF
The Farmer.
ANNEXATION or HAWAII.



WAsHIx"To>. II. G. Jan. "a -
The antitrust Ameram.nt ta tho
tArif ball. oser,d by Senator P.ui.
grew, Vas defeated by . vote oi
thiriy+t~o TO thirty ave. Tb.
Amendment, IN substance. PROVIDED
that whenever Il Vas proven rLa,
the nAnufacture aud sale oi Ary
product vAs controlled by . trust thai
similar articles saoald he slloscl o.
come into this country free OF da,y
To compete With the trust articles.
This amendment gave tho k~pabi,.
cans . great Deal cf trogbl. IL
they allowed III. amend n~ni TO pass
u would embArrass the sagar Trust
and \ lot OF concerns ,ha, con,riba,.
heavily TO tho kcpubhoaa r,mps,xn
fund ~ they voted against ito
amendment tho admitted :hai -. Y
were the defenders ard surpottt.s
Of trusts. In short. the Republic, %
we're simply terrified. aud held fo
quent caucusses. tryiag 10 hnd som.
SAy TO escape the spparen' deadly
d lemmA that faced them. For some
strange and unAccoppt.ble reason.
S-nstor Morgan came TO their relief
When the Republicans were f.roed
into . corner aad the aye and nay
vote was Abou; To be taken On IA.
amendment. Senator Morgan arose
to speak. Before he ai,er.i 4 . sipgl.
sentence Senator Hanna ond . nun
ter OF other Republican Senators
went over near TO where n. ~as
standing aud took seats near hun.
This WAS something they had never
done before, and excited no liiii. sur
prise, but when Senator Morgan str
ted that he was opposed To truss. but
that this amendment vas uneonstI-
tutionAl In his opinion. then Senator
Hanna and all OF the Republican
trust magnAtes bowed their heads in
approval and the MYSTERY WAS -r
planned. piery: How did these H.
publican Senators know IN ndvAnc.
what Senator Morgan WAS going 90
sayf The same men Who have na
often left the cha mber when Senator
Morgan WAS pleading for the ConEtI-
tuition and the rights OF the people.
| and sneeripgly referred 10 his argu-
ment rs rot, were greatly delighted.
ard showed great venerAiion for the
Constitution when Senator Morgan
held il up as q shelter for the trusts
to hide bs hind. We do not impeach
Senator MOrgan's honesty or sinceri-
ty in taking the position that he did d.
but his course WAS certainly strange.
and it Was the only thing that saved
l q b.
the most embarrassing situation that
they ever faced. In the next cam
paign, every Republican senator
when attacked for voting against
this amendment will point TO Sens
tor Morgan's statement and hide bee
hind IL. IL Senator Morgan thought
this amendment Was not in proper
shape then he should have used bis
great ability, and legal and cons'i-
tutionAl knowledge to have perfect
ed IL, or offered in its stead an ameI d
ment that would have been constiiu-
tional and at at the ssme time un-
covered the trusts as far rs possible.
We submit that Senator Morgan
cannot explain bis failure TO do this.
THE EASNExATIoS oF HAWAII.
Oa last Thursday President Nc
kinley suddenly sent TO the Senate
q copy OF a treaty which he bad ar
ranged for the anne xafion ~ the
Havaiian Islands TO the United
States, with . message urging th.
Senate to ratify the same. Why was
this message and Treaty sent 90 the
Senate at this particular iime' Ii 10
understood that the treaty will not
be pushed 30 a vote until next ses-
SION OF Congress. There in room for
the belief that IL was done in the in-
terest OF the Sugar Trust. II -
known that q number OF kspublica,
Senators, led by Senator Nelson. OF
Minnesota, have been denoun, ing
the Sugar Schedule and also de-
noupcing the provision in the tariff
bill which gives . bounty Of eight or
nine million dollars . year 10 the
Hawaiian sugar planters. There
. fore il seems that this message ia,
sent in As . counter irritant or rather
to draw attention from the hgh'
that these Republican Senators are
ms king and 20 get them IL posnbls
: to agree for the Sugar Schedule q
stand ~ IL is.
However, there 10 some' hing mor'
= in this proposed annexation o'
Hawai- than TO secure the passag'
of the Sugar Schedule in the pend
ing tariff bill. At the next session
Of Congress the treaty will no doub
Z be pushed TO . vote, and il may b
I rat. fed. Ii - hard, however, TO ~
. any good reason for anne1ing thess
] islands. There are certainly rea
. sons . hundred times as strong foI
: sunexing Cuba. yet the adninistrs
/, ton has Just announced its polio,
/, With reference TO Caba TO be, no
!, annexation, but to try TO urge th'
!, Cubans to remain under the domi q
:, ion of Spain and occupy the sam
relation to that country that Canadl
now does to Great Britain. W
could annex Cuba under the Aonro
dsetrine. that il, by pursuing the do
nestle policy which has guided th
fl airs Of our government from III
= heRinnipg. IL We annex IN
Hawaiian Islands, then at on-> :aea
!, islands become our weakest point Q
y defence. and the first point Of attae
, from our enemies. We must at one
= build Q feet - powerful - that (
y England and be ready TO compel
= with the great Naval powers Of u
world, or else lose these islands d
80 minute England or any OTHER Nav
4 power desires them. 1.-Two have
~ 20 to such trsmsndopI expense Z,
cs army, forti6eations and navy
4. hold these few i96gniaeant islsnd
~ then Why not b6eoms Q country