Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-14
STILL ON HAWAII.
Mr.. Morgan Offers Documents to
Senator Hoar.
An Endeavor IN tne House to Head Off
the Free Distribution Of Seeds
Defeated.

washington, Jan. I5.--lue senate ulu
not make great progress with the
Hawaiian annexation treaty today.
Several speeches were delivered, but in
every instance the speakers announced
liminary to what they would say before
the close of the debate. The executive
session opened shortly after L o'clock,
with Senator White on the floor, but
Senator Stewart interrupted, and others
cut the California senator out OF the
discussion. Those who spoke were Sem
ators Stewart, Frye and Morgan.
Senator Stewart supported the treaty
and was the first senator to discuss the
question of sugar in connection with
the subject He said all the sugar lands
were now occupied, and that little was
left except lands available for the pro
duction of coffee. He asserted that the
importation of sugar to the United
States from Hawaii would not be in
creased to any extent, because the ISL
ands had reached their limit in produc-
ton. For this reason the producers OF
beet sugar and of cane sugar need not
be alarmed. Senator Stewart eulogized
the natives as intelligent and docile. He
said there were many of them in Cali
fornia, and that they were we'll regard
ed there.
Senator Frye spoke upon the COM
mercal and military aspects which an
nexation presented in favor or the
United States.
Upon the merits of the case, he con-
sidered Hawaii as necessary to the com
merce of the United States. he de-
voted considerable time to review of
the Importance of the control of the
Nicaraguan canal, which could not be
maintained until Hawaii was ours he
thought this was an important epoch in
our history. and if we did not annex the
islands now, we could not complain II
they were annexed by any other nation:
Senator Morgan made the principal
speech of the day He referred to a
statement made by Senator Hoar tnat
the committee on foreign relations had
made no report, and he, Mr.. Hoar,-was
without sufficient information concern
ing the subject of Hawaii and annexa-
ton. Senator Morgan then piled upon
his desk numerous printed volumes, in
Guiding reports of the officers of the
Hawaiian government, and other docu-
ments relating to Hawaii. The senator
from Massachusetts, said Senator Nor
gan, is welcome to these documents, and
If he will give them the attention which
he usually gives to public questions, he
will have all the information necessary
on this subject.
In the early part of the present CEN
fury, Mr. Morgan said, Vancouver went
to the islands, and on his third trip the
then king Of the islands, native, said
he would eede them to Great Britain
and acknowledge the sovereignty of
England. But Vancouver never re-
turned. As. to the oft repeated asser-
ton that the United States was trying
to absorb the islands without the wish
of the KanAkas, Senator Morgan said
that for the last 100 years the govern
ment and the people of the islands were
anxious to secure the sovereignty of a
strong power and secure local self
government
Senator Morgan described his visit to
the islands last summer, relating his per-
sonal observations. He said that the
Kanakas we're a picturesque people,
who would be better off under govern
ment by the United States
IN THE HOUSE
Washington. Jan. 13-The house to-
day completed the consideration Of the
agricultural appropriation bill in com
mittee of the whole, and then adjourned
on the motion of those who opposed the
printing Of another edition of the FAM
Gus horse book"
Inere was the annual hight over the
question of free seed distribution to the
farmers. but the effort to strike out the
appropriation failed as usual, the ma
jority against it being 1856. One of the
important amendments adopted pro-
vides for the inspection of horse meat
for export purposes in the same way
that the meat of cattle and other ami
mails is now inspected. There was a
lively row over motion to print an
other edition of the "horse book" to
cost $105,000. Chairman Wadsworth and
the members Of the appropriation com
mittee resisted it, but it was carried by
narrow margin in committee of the
whole
A motion to adjourn was successful.
thus leaving the fate of the amendment
still in doubt.
During the debate today some very
caustic criticisms Of the proceedings in
the senatorial election in Ohio, from Mr..
De Almond of Missouri, called forth a
warm defense Of Senator Hanna from
Mr.. Mahany rep, n. ", who eulogized
the Ohio senator as the man who had
overthrown the bosses of the republican
party in 1896