The times., 1898-06-08
The President Determined That
Hawaii Shall Be Annexed.
WANTS CONGRESS In SESSION
Hr- Mckinley Does Not Wish TO
Carry the Whole Responsibility
of the War and Therefore OPP
poses un Early Adjoarnment-The
Hawaiian Question.

Complished fact before the adjournment
of this session of Congress. The Presi-
dent has determined that Hawaii shall
be annexed to the United States and
every day is pressing the Importance of
this subject upon public men with whom
he comes in contact. He has convinced
the annexationists in the Senate that the
opposition VIII certainly disappear If the
subject is properly pressed.
The recent statements of the President
has taken the wind out of the sails OF
those who have been seeking to prevent
annexation by proposing an early ad-
jCurnment of Congress. The President
has caused it to be well understood that
he does not care for an adjournment of
Congress. The Executive prefers that
/ Congress shall remain in continuous ses-
sion so long as the war with Spain is on,
or at most, that it shall take only
short recess from time to time. GER
tainly not more than one month apart,
/ The President intends that Congress shall
+ share with him the responsibility for the
! conduct of this war. There is no desire
on his part TO get Congress ''off his
hands,
This wish of the President has inter-
fered somewhat in the plans of those
who have been urging that Congress pass
the war revenue bill and go home. Those
who urge this policy in both houses are
simply echoing the sentiments of Speaker
1 Reed, who is animated by desire to ac-
compish in roundabout method what
he failed 10 accomplish through direct
I attack on annexation.
The men in the Senate who are following
closely in the lead of the Speaker are
Messrs. Aldrich and Hale For the past
two or three weeks both OF these men
have been suggesting the wisdom of an
early adjournment ana. 50 far IS they
have been able, have been working up a
sentiment favorable 10 that plan. Both,
however have been handicapped by the
I expressed wish of Mr.. Mckinley and
wherever they have broached the subject
among Administration senators they have
run counter 10 the will Of the President.
either Of these two senators would vote
against annexation if they were forced to
meet il on A straight vote. Why they pur-
sue the policy they seem to have mapped
out for themselves is a question the
friends OF annexation are unable to salts
factorily answer. The well-known friend
ship OF Mr.. Aldrich for the individuals
VINO comprise the so-called Sugar Trust
may account for his quiet opposition to
the Administration plan. for il is an open
secret that the Sugar Trust is bitterly op-
posed to the annexation of the Islands on
I account Of the interference such anneXa-
ton Will work with the profits Of the
Trust.
The agents Of that trust and the de-
luded friends OF the beet sugar people are
in Washington doing some missionary
/ work against annexation but they appear
/ 10 have lost that cheerful and confident
frame of mind that characterized them
some few weeks ago when they prOfessed
70 have had the situation in hand. The
Sugar Trust, which has hitherto been all
powerful in controlling matters of Iegisla-
( ton. has lost its grip on this subject and
is doomed to meet its defeat. Hawaiian
annexation is not the only thing that
alarms the trust which controls the sugar
product Of the United States and which
dictates the price Of every pound Of sugar
consumed in the country.
The new American idea which has seize
the people is fun of disaster for the trust.
In The possible possession Of the Philip
pines Cuba, and Porto Rico by the United
States is seen the downfall of this mo-
nopoly. These three islands import into
this country the great bulk of all the
sugars refined by the refnerics controlled
by the trust. and if they were to become
} United States territory the duties would
/ II.
rocal arrangement with Hawaii, and the
manipulation of legislation providing for
the customs duties would no longer be
possible. With the products of these ISL
ands taken out from under the control
of the trust, independent relineries would
have a chance 10 operate against the trust
and the people would have some relief
from this octopus. 1t IS what the future
promises that causes so much concern
= | II iE f1anr TIo.
waiian annexation. intending after it has
gainel a success there to take such steps
through the aid Of its congressional
friends as will force an abandonment OF
the present reciprocal treaty which ad-
mits Hawaiian sugar free of duty, and
thereby. remove one of its chief com
petftors This is the secret of the Sugar
Trusts opposition to Hawaiian annexa.
ton and the solicitude Of its friends or
this subject and the questions of taxation
involving the trust which have been in.
serted in the war tariff bill
: There is however, in the Senate
strong band Of senator's, who, uninfiuenc
| ed by the peculiar arguments of the trust
| have determined that the wishes of tn
/ American people shall have expression
in legislative enactment and they hav
i. ! arrayed themselves against the powerful
trust in the fight that is about to begin
| The House has succeeded in remoVin!
the shackles that Speaker Reed forge'
about it and will this week dispose of tn
| Newlands resolution of annexation.
! matters little what reasons suggested t
the Speaker the necessity for his capt.
ulation. II the Speaker believed the gam
he played so unsuccessfuIly in the Hous
had been made certain in the Senate h
was counting without the power of tn
President and the determined men VIII
viii oppose him in the upper branch o
the Federal Legislature.
The President has informed the leader
in the Senate that he wishes annexation
to succeed at the earliest possible mo
ment r. after a fair trial, he finds tina
it cannot, then he has said that ne Wi
seize the islands a military necessit
and secure through the power of Nigh
what otherwise could have been secure
in a much more satisfactory manner
The annexation would be Just as com
plete, and having seized the islands. Con
4 gress would be compelled subsequent
e to deal with the subject. anyhow Fo
( this reason the stubbornness of Mr.. Rec
q and his followers is the more unaccount
e able. But the President does not expec
e TO be forced TO this latter resort.
e Messrs. Lodge, Davis. Foraker, Cullon
: and Frye, aided by Mr. Morgan and sucl
: Democrats as are in favor of annexation
: have served notice upon the other sid
j that there can be no adjournment unit
2 Hawaii has been annexed. This resolu
d ton is to be carried out even though
/; require a campaign of flibustering to ac
d complish it. Chairman Davis, of the For
eign Relations Committee is confiden
; that annexation will be successful at thi
;, session and he says that the Senate wi
: remain in session until the resolution