The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-17
HOT Shot FIRED At SPAIN.
House IS DIVERTED FROM DEBATE
On HAWAII.
Gposven0r Denies That President
Mckinley HISS Attempted to Se-
care Adjournment Of Congress
Norton of Ohio Asks About War.


subject before the house. Was practically
lost track OF n the debate today. As on
yesterday. NUMEROUS topics were cIs-
cus=ed. ku; today for the trst ,4rne the
sNihan-S.a3ixn situation, which had been
keps IN the Background heretofore forged
10 tire front. Cochran OF Missouri brought
the que...on INFO the arsnaa and III the
course OF the debate that followed, Gros-
senor % Ono took occasion 10 deny en-
phatlcaliy the stories afoas 10 the effect
That the president 6es~rsd an early at-
journraeHt OF congress IN order thai he
might effect Il settlement withou; con-
g-ession%. interference
The subject OF Hawaiian anne xatiou also
came IN for more attention today. III
Jams OF Mississippi. Adams OF pennsyi-
van.a and Berry OF Kentucky al members
of lle tose-gn affairs committee. made
speeches on the subiect. the former in
opposition and the latter in favor OF the
proposition.
Tie house passed a bill extending the
time in which the Arkansas. Texas &
Mexican Central railroad may Construct
branch through the Indian territory.
The house then went into committee OF
the wHo.e and resumed The consibera. on
OF the p-stOi!ice q ppi 0prIat.or hi
Williams of Mississippi was frs, recos-
nlzed. ard ia i speech Of forty minutes
replied 10 the speech made by Tawney yes
A~&Nar III d f4At<fiilGs4 3IEflt&S si0Es
Williams is member Of the foreign al.
fairs committee ard his remarks received
close attention. He directed his attack
particularly against the contention OF
Tawney that the traditional policy CT this
government vas not opposed TO anaexa-
lion. He thought there was no occasion
for alarm, even If IL were true that Il We
should not take the sand some other
country would. the idea Of the foreign
ownership Of a group Of islands a.0Uo miles
from our shores having no terrors for
him. He said the Hawaiian islands were
now IN the control of a carpetbag
olgaFchy. The states OF the South had
undergone 4 bitter experience At carpet
bag government and did not desire 10 IT,
dorse Il anywhere.
The Hawaiian isiands would be a men
ace instead OF a safeguard to the United
States. lie asked his friends who recent
y played in the international chess match
against the British parliamentary team
what they would think OF acc pting a
pawn n the middle OF the beard from
their advsrsaries on condition that they
should defend IL throughout the game.
Great Britain had given pawn for peace
in the shape of Canada, Why should We
weaken our already strong position? This
country already had a race problem
To take the Hawaiian islands would be
20 annex another race problem and pay
81 coo coo for the privilege OF doing II.
In It's r mote effect Williams sad he re-
gard0.i the correct settlement OF this
question az more important than all Others
before the American people. The cur
rency question. the coinage question. thu
tariff question. al important qaeStons In
themselves. II settled wrong could be
considered and settled right. But the
mistaken step OF Hawaiian ann Ration
once taken could never be retraced The
Amer can people would never give up one
foot Of territory they one possessed. ex-
cept after sacrifice great as 10 break
down the national pride.
Adams Of Pennsylvania. alSo a member
Of I'd foreign affairs committee. replied
10 w liams. pursuing much The Same Inc
Of argument advanced by Tawney yester-
day
Lewis 81 Washington declared that Ha-
wal. wou'4 rot he annexed az this session.
rcr would We go 20 war Wi'h Spain.
The administration. said he is trying
10 sc bow close il can 80 10 ;he line Of
wa HitEo0i crossing. in the ho:e that
under the cry r "a -rt0-,srn fpe p q ~
tho approach rg ConEr' se'cral elections
may foryet III II wrongs and ray to IS
support
Cochran e Missouri I'm commenting on
Inc existing situation declared that thos@
who s.o0d r'ose to the stock leaders In
London and Nv York eocr7cd 20 he more
powerful than The Uni - States and the
so'cmn Voice % the American peoD.e.
which for n 0n'ts had hee~ CRYING out for
the recoeniti1u 81 the Curar bel aerAnts.
Stock i3et.ng On iwo continents had so
FAR proved % 30 -, only actual snterven-
ton H. Cuban Affairs.
DO YOU net boifave We should reoor-
nize I've independence OF Cuba? asked,
Sulzer Of Nsx York
II do NOS" rep4 Cochran The reeog-
TiIl9o of btllgerrDcy would clothe the -
sal - tlt> " ti& s3.1il1. tI1f Nv to s.p.s1f5 -