The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14

marine and q corresponding ;noxo. 80
the navy in Pacific waters An III Oh
commercial fight would be for t Inc great
of the Orient and Hawaii wonIS que 0faue
powerful aid to America in secnri prove no "a a
proper share. A0i
MIR; Bell Of Colorado followed. onnos-
ing the resolution. He attacked M Opus oIs
isting Hawaiian republic as ha ii,e e1 *
oligarohy ana the offer Of the islandgs an a.
annexation as being made by a fo1,. 20 aoI
disregard of the wishes of the mo To-, ~ U'is
the people Mr.. Bell argued that tha ~. VI
ulation was undesirable and thai az p1 y
cation of the islands in the tronics1 Wy ~
make it unlikely that people res1dant
there would ever be desirable ae ~, -
ment of American citizenship. The ' o 11o
duct of American missionaries ana oh
ers who have gone to Hawaii was attoct--
ed as having resulted in succescfI'I1r,
oonspiring to deprive the, natives of tbai,,
properly and government. The er-
istenoe of leprosy in the islands was
commented upon as q draw back tn an =.
nexation. MIR. Bell also said that tbo
annexation of Hawaii would be accented
| by the world as virtual abandonment Of
| the Monroe doctrine concededS by Euro-
pean powers.
MIR. Pearson, Republican of North Caro-
| lima, said that the Hawaiian annexation
| would be important and essential in case
the United States should hold the Phil
ippines In the east, build and propose
to control the Nicaragua canal Or private
property for defending it's western coast
against possible attack. MIR. Pearson
digressed to speak of the reunion of the
country as exenplitied in the present war
emergency.
Mr.. Henry, Republican of Indiana.
spoke for the resolutions on the ground
Of strategic value. lie declared that
Dewey, after his victory at Manila, would
be beyond the possibility of aid from
home were the Hawaiian islands con-
| trolled by hostile hands. No ships bear
| the Philippines without touching at Ha-
wall for more coal The islands would
be valuable to an enemy and disastrous
| to the United States should an enemy de-
sire to operate against the Western coast.
Mr.. Bland, Democrat OF Missouri.
protested against urging annexation as a
necessary war measure and begged the
House to pause in what promised to be q
mad course of wild legislation under the
pretense of its being essential to the
proper conduct of war. Hs declared
that this country was on the brink of
despotisln and about to set out upon @
policy of Imperialism as result of a
movement inaugurated to free Cuba.
In brief speeches, Mr.. Barrows, Repub-
lIoesu VI AaSSsCuuSebtS, anu MI. stewart,
Republican of New jersey, spoke for the
resolutions. and Mr. Smith, Democrat OF
Arizona, in opposition.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick, Republican of Penn
sylyan1a, argued in support of the power
of Congress to annex the islands.
Mr.. Mann, Republican of Illinois, spoke
for the resolutions.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Mann's speech
upon the request of Mr.. Cannon, Repub-
lican of Illinois, the House passed the
emergency bill appropriating s473, ISL to
pay the Behring sea award, which will
be due June II.
II want to ask the gentleman from
Illinois," interrupted Mr. Sulzer, Demo-
GRAFT of New York, ''if he does not think
we got the worst of it in this award. y
sob WE'LL" replied Mr. Cannon, sit Is
not necessary to discuss that. Many
times I have seen judgements rendered
when did not think theL, proper, and
l had to take it out in cussing tho
court, but l have noticed the Judgements
stood just the same"
''That's it, and I want an opportunity
to cuss the court" said Mr.. Sulzer. ~
believe that award was an injustice to the
people of this country"
At SIS o. M, the House adjourned.