The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-24
ONLY THE BEGINNING
Senator Pettigrew Says An
nexation of Hawaii.
ROTTEN AND CORRUPT
Would Lead to Never End
ing and Fatal Complications

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senate of the Hawaiian annexation ques-
ton was interrupted today by Mr.. Raw
Inns of Utah. with a speech in which he
criticised vigorously the provision emood-
led in the conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill which acknowledges the
right Of Indians TO lease mineral lands
on their reservations. He declared that
It was a far graver matter than the an
nexation Of the Hawaiian Islands. as 1t
would involve the cession to the Indians
! of the mineral rights in the territory ex-
ceeding fifty million acres Of land, not
! including the territory of Alaska. He
| charges that spectators had obtained
| already leases to much of these lands,
committee were adopted theetaointhrdlu
| and If the provision proposed by the
! committee were adopted the government
would lose tens of miIlians of dollars.
It was ! o'clock when the Hawaiian
resolution was called up and Mr. Petit
grew Of South Dakota resumed his speech
in opposition, addressing the senate for
| about two hours. In the course of his
argument, which was a forceful and inter
esting speech, having made a personal in
vestigation Of the subject. he maintained
that the harbor of Miska, on the island
of Great Kiska, owned by the United
States, would make much better coaling
station for our navy than Hololulu, and
it was in more direct line from this
country to the Philippines than the Hawa-
ian islands and more than a thousand
miles nearer.
Mr.. Pettigrew said that annexation was
defended by the sentiment that 1t was
the manifest destiny of the United States
to extend it's territory. 1t was manifest
destiny, he said, that had committed more
crime and had done more 10 Cypress the
people than any other thing in the history
of the world. Manifest destiny had built
the feudal castles and gathered the serfs
around them. 1t was the justification of
the strong for the plumber of the weak
He declared that If the United States
should annex territory IN which we could
not introduce our form of government
the reflect action of such acquisition of
territory and Of people far inferior to
our own would cause our own govern
ment to deteriorate.
Mr.. Pettigrew yielded to Mr.. Morgan
who secured the passage of the follow
ing resolution:
THAT the select committee on the con-
struction Of the Nicaraguan canal is d.
rected to inquire into the claims of the
Republic of Nicaragua relating to the
stock or securities of the Maritime
Canal company under the concession of
said republic to the Niciraguan Canal
company and any demands of said re-
public connected with said claims. And
said committee is authorized to conduct
such investigation by sub committee and
to send for persons and papers and to
administer oaths to the witnesses called
before said committee or subcommittee
Continuing Mr.. Pettigrew maintained
that questions Of annexation involving
an entire change in traditional policy of
the government ought not to be forced to
consideration a such time as this LET
US fight out the war upon which we are
all agreed said he land then at the
close of the war we can discuss the policy
Of imperialism in the full light offacts."
Although he had not concluded his
speech, Mr.. Petigrew, on account of IA
tigue. yielded the floor to Mr.. McEnery
Dem., Lao who presented a constitutional
argument against annexation.
Mr.. McEnery said that the conditions
in Hawaii after annexation would be an
exaggeration of the condition in the south
during the days of reconstruction. 1t
would be overrun. he declared, with GRIM
inals and with social and political adven-
turers. There would be on the island
carnival Of crime and debauchery that
Ia m nd
our government. Very soon. he thought.
Hawaii would seek admission as state,
and "thls rotten borough. oriental, igno-
rant and corrupt. will be sending repre-
sentatves here to assist in the election
of president Of the United States"
This annexation of Hawaii, too, will
be only the beginning of the extension of
our territory" he continued. THE Phil
ippnes viii follow. then Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Canaries and the remaining
colonial possessions OF Spain. And very
shortly we shall have an excuse to wrest
the Azores, the Madieras and Cape Verde
Islands from Portugal.
Foreign complications cannot, in these
circumstances. be avoided. Already we
are facing foreign troubles in the Phil
ippines. The result viii be that this |
country will become an armed camp. In !
stead of having $4,000 at Chickamauga, !
Tampa and Mobile, every village in the ,
land will have Its troops ready TO repel a /
foreign foe. We VIII be worse off even /
than Germany, where every hamlet IS &C. /
cupied by a soldiery. We will become !
weak and exhausted by continual war"
A. this point Mr.. McEnery yielded the |
floor and Mr.. Pettigrew presented a con- /
ference report upon the bill TO ratify che |
agreement entered into between the |
Dawes commission and the Seminal In !
dams, the house conferees having agreed |
to allow the senate amendments. The re-
port was adopted.
At SOS the senate went into executive |
session and al $50 adjourned.
In the House
Washington. June Sat today's ses- |
sion Of the house further agreements /
upon the eundry civil bill were reported
from the common conference and adopted !
and further conference upon the remain /
ing points IN difference was requested /
a large number OF bills OF minor import
ance were passed and sixry-three pension !
and relief measures we're disposed Of I
pursuant to the recommendation reach
ed last Friday u committee OF The whose
Bills were passed extending the time for
the construction OF bridges across the Co.
lumbia river by the Oregon and Wash
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