The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14
THE ANNEXATION DEBATE
SENATORS STEWART, FRYE AND
 MORGAN FAVOR TREATY.

Euiogized as Intelligent and Docile--
 Frye on Commercial and Military Aspects
 What Cleveland Intended to Do.
 Washington, Jan. 13.-The senate did not make great progress with the Ha- Walian annexation treaty to-day. speeches were made but in every in stance the speakers announced that the remarks were merely preliminary to What they would say before the close of the debate. The legislative session opened shortly after o'clock with Sen- ator White on the floor, but Senator stewart interrupted and others cut the California senator out of the discussion. Those who spoke were Senators Stew art, Frye and Morgan. Senator Stew art 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 production of coffee He asesrted that the importa- tion of sugar to the United States from Hawaii would not be increased to any extent because the islands had reached their limit in the production of that ar ticle. 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 commercial and military aspects which annexation presented in favor of the
 United States. He called attention to the fact that some senators complained
 because no one remained in the cham Der and listened to the debate upon
 this important subject. He remarked that it was no wonder that senators fled to the cloak rooms when long
 speeches were read which contained much dry detail and were not argu-
 ments on the question before the sem
 ate. The senators should consult to-
 gether and discuss the matter, and ad-
 wise and then there would be full
 senate. Upon the merits of the case,
 he considered Hawaii as necessary to
 the commerce of the United States He
 devoted considerable time to review of
 the importance of the control of the Nicaraguan canal, which could not be maintained unless Hawaii was ours.A He thouht this was an important epoch in our history and if we did not annex the islands now we could not complain if they were annexed by any other na- ton.
 Senator Morgan made the speech of the day. He referred to a Statement
 made by Senator Hoar that the corn-
 mittee on foreign relations had made no
 report and he, Mr. Hoar, was without sufficient information concerning the subject of Hawaii and annexation. Canatns JnS | desk numerous memoranda of printed matter, including reports of the officers of the Hawaiian government and other
 documents relating to Hawaii. The senator from Massachusetts, said Sena- tor Morgan, is welcome to the docu-S
 ments and if he will give them the att | tention which he usually gives to pub-s | lie questions he will have all the infor-
 nation necessary on this subject. Set-7
 ator Morgan the went into 8 detailed
 history of the Hawaiian islands. He
 believed it was the intention of PresE dent Cleveland to have restored Queen Liliuokalani to her throne and after that action to have opened negotiations | for the annexation of the islands under her reign.
 l Senator Chandler asked what author- l 1Iy there was LOT lHlS dSScIlOus NlA
 Mofgan replied there was no special authority that such course would have l been in keeping with the logic of events. | Senator White asked if this treaty was l not trade with the provisional gov- ernment and what was to be done re- | garding the natives and their rights | Senator Morgan said that he had ans- wered the question in previous remarks.
 but he would review the subject. In the early part of the present century, he | said, Vancouver went to the island and l on his third trip the then king of the l islands, native said he would cede | them to Great Britain and acknowledg- | ed the sovereignty of England. Bul I Vancouver never returned. As to the l oft-repeated assertion that the United
 States was trying to absorb the islands.
 without the wish of he Kanakas, Sena- 1 tor Morgn said that for the last one
 hundred years the government and the
 people of the islands were anxious to secure the sovereignty of strong power and secure local self-govern- ment
 Senator Morgan described his visit to | the islands last summer, related hlsi personal observations and explained where the POflugueSS coulu Hot Noe4. He said that the Kanakas were a pic 1 turesque people who would be better on
 under a government by the United
 States. Senator White asked MT. Nor l gan why the islands were not annexed
 in 1S43 and how 1t was that the pro-
 posal for annexation had to wait until
 the islands were in the possession or
 the land grabbers who were trying to
 further their personal fortunes. Sena- tor Morgan said that if attention had
 been given to his remarks on the sup-
 ject of annexation in 1S4S, senators would have understood what inter-
 vened. The history of that time was in
 the documentary evidence which had
 been printed and discussed often before | He believed that the islands should have
 been annexed at the time. The reasons which existed then for annexation had
 multiplied a hundred times since An- nexation was best both for the peopie
 of the islands and for this country. 1 RHRGTARC