New-York tribune., 1898-01-28


United states of Amercs pretty near daughter and
The moment that The Nicaragua Canal mas peen
NeT4orN Is 900 as nes nr neaTer the near
est ports OF China 1900 miles nearer Japah' LVyy
miles nearer Australia. nearer Brillsn q li!ga, anu anu
200 mics nearer the western coast OF South Amer
lea. Npplause)
ADVANTAGE OVER GREAT BRITAIN.
Does not that give you advantage with the
Orient over Great Britain? over your com
petitors? Well, think Yankees can take advan-
tage Of all such things as those. Npplause ana
laughtorj Why look al It, The Suez Canal was
the child OF De Lesseps. and Great Britain refused
to act as godfather. But after the child was
IT, daughter and applause De Less'ps ohy
brought the West and the I;as' 10000 miles nearer
each other II has been said that ii brought them
100 miles nearer each other But snppose u Was Was
only GOO miles nearer; what was 'h' r'sIi6 s o & nc
mage passed through II. Last year 6tNvH lour-
nfihs Of It carrying ne b TSh W. m@S ye,r tSNt coYa
was completed Great Rritain's export to the Orient
IL spounted To- s7i c O6o gain OF 40 per
cent and the gain IN the rest or tne WoTiu r. was
only II per cent. applause. and cries OF Give us
Now. jus, look al :: from domestic point OF
view. because you are interested in domestic com
merce That canal would bring New York and san
Francisco and the mouth OF the Columbia ana ths
Puget Sound nearer to each other ny Ten thousahhu
miles 1t would shorten the distance from the
Columbia River to New-York by steamer from from
nfty days to twenty: IL would shorten me une
by sail 10 forty fifty days. II would reduce the
freight least It W%g TT,ng iI.o pscsn H%r
amounting according 70 our agTicutnral d s'atisu
n o" 9gndd % m billions maee o tee Of qRa Ra umbe MG%a
II would save every farmer in the Northwcst
s. on every ton Of wheat shipped ana an equal
saving on all classes Of freight.
! want this magnificent assemblage Of men TO
I.nited ertfe 10 persuade II at the earliest posi-
lie day 10 build this canal. Applausc)
TIE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.
Now. logically and naturally 1 come to another
imnorinnt matter that am interested in. There
is a treaty pending in the United States Senate
.odov for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands.
(.nplauss) You are business men, and am not
going TO sentimcn,aZe With YOU ! am not gong
TO urge that New-Ensland gave Christianity and
civilization 10 these people Ike our own; that their
constitution and their laws their schools and col
leges and their judclary are modeiled & afiSr @ars
that have been theiT su,roin n1ior p1 ny - Sew
COG hat is the property u the Hawaiian Islands?
,r,irtvNniuc million dollars. Who OWNS IL? Ameri-
cans 1v,, sos 90 OU Of it, Their commerce last year
e We enG{Sd @ M pea pear 's9' s pcr or M cent of
q There cleared from Honolulu last year l9l
Am@rcan ,IaG smSS from H thu United Kingdom and from
ali Europe only liS American ships. WY that
to-day daughter and applause) - ... u., -
You are hunting ror ,hr inite9 states senate
dncs not give a two-thirds vote I'm favor Of the an
e thsi If The treaty IS not ratified 10y The United
states Senate IN less than year INC hawalian
Islands VIII he uhctr '"c P-'''e'''"'' VI '''"'
Now take a litrle broader look at your foreign
comrre-cc THE London Times MY y"arS ago
e9id. "Whateycr nation holds the Hawaiian Isl
onds holds the kew to the North Pacific" What
does the key the North faciic lock up? The
door 20 the commerce OF ~ th,ntHn hHnS OF pe2pe;;
o,rice Of 40 novD Then yoi should exercise your
,nr usnce upon tho senate OF the nited States
70 heip US get the two-thirds vote there.
Admiral Dupont. forty-seyen years ago, was In
,es,ir.tinP the defcucss of our country. and he
made a report to the War Department. ana want
Ia r.ad TO YOU extract from that report.
., is irnIoeeihle 10 estimate too highly the value
and importance OF the Hawaiian Islands whether
in a cornmerc al or military point or vcw Should
wnuId prove the most important acquisition We
could make IN tho who'll Pacific Ocean. and an
acouisitlon Intimately cOnnect tod with
mcrcal supremacy I'm those seas"
What did co when tina; report was made
hands of those Islands They had been seized four
Tires once by Russia, once by England. and
twice by France. and We said to those three
tions thereafter keep your hands of from those
islands they under our prOt'rtiOn.' II forty
seven years ago they so important CONNER
clally ana stratege,icaly. how about to-day?
Why they are "A thousand times important
to us now than they were then. We have great
people or the Pacific shore 10 be defended great
wealth. treat Industries. China has Just awakened
| from "A sleep OF thousand years. japan has lust
arisen into the power OF great nation. CONNER
| cls wars are being carried on by Great Britain
Germany France and other nations and TO carry
on these wars successfully thov have taken c,erv
/ island in the entire Pacific Ocean except Samon
which Is protected-its autonomy 10y treaty be,
| Germany. and the Hawaiian Islands II you have
commerce IN the Pacific Ocean. where are YOU GO
| get your coal? Where are pou going 10 b1ve Sonr
naval stations' There IS but one SPOT I"ft in fbe
| Islands W ""'"''
| Now. your Nicaragua Canal which is certain ID
be buili; would more ihan tenfoid increase the
| into its western mouth In the hands OF an enemy