New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-05
OPPOSING ANNEXATION.
SENATOR WHITE FINISHES HIS SPEECH
AGAINST THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
HE ASSERTS THAT TTID DOLE GOVERNMENT is
FRAUD AND THAT THE ISLANDS ARE NOT
FOR Defence

DESIRABLE FOR Defence.
n,..h,,o,o, Feb 4-senator White concluded
bis three days speech in opposition TO the annexa-
,,or of Ha All in the executive session OF the SEN
ate TODAY At the beginning OF to-day = speecn
no made some additional points against 'he a'aI'a
huiv OF Hawaii for defensive purposes saying TINT
I, 10 five hundred miles from the OUTSIDE EIahus
~ the group to other islands. This fact ne sAlu
demonstrated that numerous points must De
e,,,rded from hostile assault, and that a powerful
navy would be required to accomplish TINS ana
that this immense expenditure Will pe "'thoI'
heuaht 10 American defenses on the continent "'
declared that as soon Hawaii was acquired II
would be contended that American domains snoulu
he extended to other islands. and the counu!
r.o,,l6 Anou, embark upon the foreign acquisition
hue,ness involving an outlay Of hundreds OF mill
ions OF dollars
He then took up the question Of labor, contehd-
ING that the Chinese and Japanese are reCc'N'"7
sI5 a month without board. He ridlcu'ed inc pr,
,ons,o,, ma, the AngIo-Saxon race could lao'r III
Hawaiian sugar fields. and demanded TO Kho" why
If they could. there was no such wh"e iaooi -
tho islands now He read from recent cohSu''i
rerort to show that the coffee business was a. 80
nroblena teal. and that even in TINS WoIk I"'
receive only s5 a month without board ne W
,ounced the master and servant regulations no"
IN force ir the islands as a species Oh s"N'' ~
said that coffee must be produced IN conn
.,,b the lowest grade Of peon toers. ana 'ha' ''o
time uoud never come when a farmhahu oH ",
o.. plantation would receive the "hi'e '"'-'
wages Ao,a the
ua also asserted that the Japanese hA'o
same right to come into the uniteo "'"'19 "a =
30 o,ber foreigners and that while CONTRACT Ia
~ - oil kinds are excluded still there Is No
1.a,,a - tho entry Of the ordinary 'aP'''
,ohorar who complies with the general ii'i',e
,aws and SAID that II annexation W" =.
ohort Oriental labor would stu dominate '"' '
uation in Hawaii A., .Aa. trade
w. so,o,,co5 as absurd the assertion that oaIe
~ ,,,ad from, the United States II anneNa-
- ,efaa,ed and said that even Win 'i
res.nt treaty out OF the way the h""a"A II
AZ business with this country; tha' VIZ" - w..
1yir1o,. hill was In force they stlu uHleu W, -.
r-nited States He compared the CROWNS eo,r
$3.50, - ,ha, q, Hawaii showing that co''o''' 49,
1"'''- ~ ..,,,-oo NJ iron and steel were fast oc-
-, he Japanese market He sai M !; n =" a
ever was any necessity OF h9dig @,' WIS enough
wan lhe Pocsa, there were any valuable asT'Cui'
nral possibilities 20 justify anne aIlT}n government
Mr. ma ma was irregular and fraud he ssn
f. was universally conceded ina ,id he citizens
ns't he countrv in case OF annexation ana con,
ended that they should be consu'' ~ adrrission
from tne snow; that the Constitution provided 70.
annexation and the spec'hc ques.io" ,Sat whatever
Wa ~ hs rule as TO barbarous tribes or portSs
Of territory held by monarGhies. ar ma is cai
sd md when the people have never had an np
,,nrenniy 10 vote on the Constitution or on L!e ~,
p of sdmission that no affirmative action couIi
be taken This Governments Bed on tne
the people could NOT he SAID AFFORD % .sibIe 70
a large number of persons who would be ENGINE ~
ctizenship against their Will. He read from Judge
Ccoiev and several other writers in support OF nls
views and declared again that the entire pow.
bahind the throne the sugar com pinatl0h OF
Tan.au whose personal interests had. ne said al
WAYS been consulted regardless Of the erect on INC
public. -, . ,,-o.,ao,. mol. IN COM
inc ~ Washington and asked wnat would nave
ian thought OF the taste Of the Prince OF Wales
had he come here al the time that the treaty OF
a~bitration was under consideration for the puI-
nose of influencing action. He reviewed al lehgln
The general policies and theories OF the GoVernmert
and declared that the question above all pol,
tics and that 1t step which, II taken couu
not add 10 our glory increase our wealth. OF 10
REGARDED as an evidence OF our honesty.
Senator White quoted at length from a speech
made In the Senate IN 1894 by Senator TurIle IN
which the Indiana Senator said that however de-
sirabla the acquisition OF the Islands might be the
United States could afford 20 take them ny
stealth by any process OF furtive legerdemain or
gilded larceny sprung from the Dan1lt maxim iHlS-
He'd ne DOliCy OF success.