Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-11
ANNEXATION RESOLUTIONS
The Consideration Of the Treaty Is
Becoming More Complicated.
SenetOrS PettlgreV and White Introduce ReSo-
lutiOnS 10 EmbarraSS the Situation and
Commence Talking Against Time.

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Senate today Pettigrew introduc
ed the following resolutions:
Resolved, That it is contrary
to the interest, policy and tradi
ton of the people of the Uuited
States to acquire any territory so
situated as to require a navy to
protect it,"
The object of this resolution is
to take the direction of the ratIfi-
cation resolution out of the hand
of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee, and it may prove to be The
opening wedge to discussion of
tue whole subject in open session.
The basis of the resolution is
broad enough for the discussion
of the whole subject, aud it il
unde'stood to be Pettigrew's in
tention 10 enter very fully into the
question of the condition of affairs
iu Hau ali.
On february 3 Pettigrew gave
notice that he would tomorrow
speak upon his resolution declar.
ing it to he the policy of the Uni
ted States MT t. acquire territory
to defend which navy would be
required.
Hale anticipated, he said, that
the proposed speech of the Sen
ator from South Dakota would
trench upon a matter properly
being considered by the Senate IN
executive sess on. If it should so
trench it would be violation of
the Senate rules, and he wanted it
under TODD that the objection
would be raised.
Pertigrew said he thought it
would be time enough to objecr
when it became evident that he
was violating the Senate rules.
During the debate on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill Cul
lon yielded to White of Califor
uia for the introduction Of this
joint res luton: r--..
"Res"lved, That of right it be
longs wholly to the people of the
Hawaiian Hands 10 establish and
maintain their own form of gov
ernm-nt and domestic policy;
that the United States ought in no
wise to iuterf, re Herewith, and
that any intervention in the poi
tical affairs of these islands by
any other government will be re-
grrded as an act unfriendly to the
United States"
The resolution was passed by
the Senate on Nav 81, 1894, bav
ing been reported by Turpie OF
the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions. White asked that the reso
luton lie on the table.
On February 3 Senator White
said, after introducing his resolu-
ton for non intervention in Ha
waiian affairs by other powers,
that he would call the resolution
up the next day aud ask the Sen
ate to pass it without debate. He
added that it was his opinion that
our intention to defend the indie
peDdence of the islands has been
made sufficiently clear in the
past, but that it would do no harm
to reafiirm the doctrine by Con-
gressional declaration at the pres
ent time.
Probably the most significant
occurrence of the day was the fact
that Senator Morrill,, who has,
during his entire career, been ex-
ceedingly conservative on the
question of executive sessions of
the Senate, took a position in
favor of optn n sessions on the Pet
tigrew resolution. He gave as his
reason the fact that the speeches
for and against the treaty were Ii,
able to be unevenly reported with
the press excluded from the ses
sion.
Mr.. White did not conclude but
was to continue his speech the foI-
lowing day.
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