Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-14


Arizona, against the resolutions.
The House passed bill appropriate
ing $f73,151 to pay the Behring sea
award.
Before proceeding with the Hawaiian
debate the House, today, passed Senate
bills granting American register to tne
steamships Victoria. Olympia Arizona.
Columbia. Argyl,Tycoma and Arcadia.
NeWlands. Sill, New, then addressed
the House in advocacy of the anneXa-
ton of Hawaii. He was Interrupted
by Cannon, Rep. H., who presented
and asked unanimous consent for tine
passage of an emergency bill to appro
pirate $473, ISL, now carried by the sun
dry civil bill to pay the Behring sea
award, but Bland. Dem. Mo. objected.
Cannon explaining the necessity for ac-
ton, said the time for payment would
expire. Friday and the sundry civil bill
would not pass before that day.
Proceeding NeWlands contepded that
constitutional warrant for anneXing
the islands as proposed, existed. bus
without entering upon exhaustive ar
gument he assumed that if the gov
eminent could acquire Florida and adj
jacent islands and Louisiana territory
by purchase, Texas by annexation, CAT
ifornia by conquest, could acquire Hal
wall by gift.
NoWlands said the Hawaiian and
Philippine questions were improperly
connected by some. when by nature
and import they We're distinct the Phil
ippine question involving a policy Of
territorial expansion TO which he OBJ
iected. Wilde all involved in the Hawai-
ian question was purely one Of territo-
rial defence and commercial expansion.
He suggested the disaster that prob
ably would have resulted to America
had Spain been 4 powerful naval ma
ton with Cuba and Porto Rico a. bases
Of operations against the Atlantic
coast. Without Hawaii no naval pow
er. h. said, could attack the Pacific
coast as necessary re-cOalinS would Ae
impossible.
NeWlands commended it would be in
suffcrablc arrogance upon America
part to insist upon the continuance Of
Hawaiian Independence after refusing
to accept the responsibility of its gGV-
eminent and h. predicted the islam Is
would go to some other power in the
near future if we did not take them.
lie said Pearl Harhor was held only
by treaty and American control could
be terminated at the viii of either
party" He predicted a great growth
of American merchant marine and cor
responding increase of the navy in
Pacific waters. The great commercial
fight would be for The trade of the
orient and Hawaii would prove 4
powerful aid to America in securing
her proper share.
Bell, Col, followed, opposing the
resolution. He attacked The existing
Hawaiian republic as being undesirable
ana the offer Of the islands for
annexation as being made by q few in
utter disregard Of the wishes of the
majority of the people. Bell argued
that the population WAS undesirable
and that the location of the islands in
the tropical Cline made it unlikely That
Il people resident there would ever be
desirable as an element of American
citizenship. The conduct Of American
missionaries and others who have gone
to Hawaii was attacked as having re
suited in successful conspiracy to de
prVe the natives of their property and
self government. The existence OF
leprosy in the islands was commented
upon as a drawback to annexation
Ben also said that the annexation Of
Hawaii would be accepted by the world
as virtual abandonment OF the Mon
roe doctorine, conceded to European
powers.
Pearson Rep, n. c., said that the
Hawaiian annexation would be impor-
tant and essential in case the United
States should hold the Philippines. take
its proper share of the developing COM
merce in the East build and propose to
control the Nicaragua canal or pro
vide property for defending its west
ern coast against possible attack
Pearson depressed to speak OF the re-
union of the country as exemplified IN
the present war emergency
Henry. Rep. Ind, spoke for the
resolutions on the ground Of stateG4c
value. He declared that Dewey, after
his victory at Manila, would he beyond
the possibility of aid from home We're
the Hawaiian islands controlled by
hostile hands No ships bearing troops.
no battleships could pass to the Philip
pncs without touching at Hawai- tor
more coal. The islands would he waltz
able to an enemy and disastrous to the
United States should an enemy desire
To operate against the western coast
Bland, Dem. MO. protested against
urging annexation as Il necessary Wa
measure and begged the House to
p2rec in what promised 10 be mad
course Of Wild LEGISLATION under the