The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-15
PETnGREN Winds Up
His Three-Days Speech OPP
posing Annexation.
ANTS CASE Is ALL IN
Even His Opponents Admit a
Strong Presentation

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE Senate de-
voted almost four hours in executive ses-
sion today to the consideration OF the
Hawaiian treaty. The principal speech
was made by Senator PettigTew, this
being the third installment of his remarks
upon the subject.
Senator Pettigrew devoted himself To-Day
largely to the administration OF President
Dole, showing how the government Oh
Queen lilioukalani had been oVerthroWn'
and to a presentation of his views OF this
governments participation in the revolu-
ton.
He contended that the downfaH OF the
queens government was due TO a conspir-
acy on the part OF Minister Stevens, repre-
sent.rg the United States, and few citl-
zens OF Honolulu, of whom President Dole
was one, who were backed by the marines
from a United States battleship.
AFRAID OF WRONGDOING.
He argued that at that time there was
queens government. except the United
States marines, and said the senator,
IF the islands were as rich as the dream
OF avarice; were their acquisition as desir-
able as that of Louisiana, We could not
take title from a government set up there
by ourselves. without submitting the
question of annexation to a vote of the
Hawaiian people. To do this" he con-
tjnued vita emphasis, would be an in
ieFnational crime which would place US
on a Level With Great Britain in her sub
lection of the weaker nations of the
earth, which would be an abandonment
of the position and policy of our govern
! nent from its earliest history"
4 government, he said, which declares.
! as does Ibis government in it's constitu-
| ton, that 'all governments derive their
| Just power from the consent of the gov
! erped." could not afford to depose a
| friendly government, set up a usurping
| government IN it's place and then acquire
! title 70 the country without first obtain
| ing the consent of the people of that
! coupry
Mr.. Pettigrew read a letter from Hon.
J. :. Carter. formerly OF Queen Liloukal-
ants privy council, giving his view of the
revolution.
s SUGAR THE MOTIVE.
Mr.. Pettigrew also contended that the
passage of the Mckinley tariff law had
been the direct ca Use OF the revolution
! by which the queens government was
overthrown, the motive being % secure
the bounty Of . cents per found on CO.
nestle sugar, which that law provided
He quoted a letter from Minister Steven.
saying that the provision io- this sugar
bounty had ruined the sugar business OF
| the islands unless they could be annexed
to the United States, and cited othe,
| authorities to maintain their contention
Mr.. Pettigrew discussed briefly the cha r.
| acter of the present population of Hawaii
He stated that two-thirds of the people
| there were males, and that this fact ap-
| piled to all nationalities, including Amer
leans and other Anglo -Saxons. This cir.
custance. he commended went to show that
the Anglo-Saxon does not go to HAWAII
as he does not to any other tropical coun.
try, to make a home. The ran capable
f self-government, he said, must weal
wooden clothes part of the year and r.,
some months feel the frost in his blood
FOUR POINTS OF THE ANTS.
Summing up, Mr.. Pettigrew said thai
the opponents of annexatiO claimed Il
have established four points They had
he said, shown, first that the route to thu
Orient via the Aleutian islands was on,
thousand miles shorter than that Via Hon
olulu; second, that no battlesh;p, coalin.
on the Hawaiian islands, could reach thu
United States IN condition to fight, anC
that on this account the possession O.
the islands would be an element of weak
ness rather than of strength. which wa.
in opposition to the theory that TIT
islands were necessary 20 defense: third
that the commerce of the islands, which
had been claimed 20 be one importan
reason for their annexation, was con
stantly declining and was less than tha
of an ordinary county in the United
States; fourth that one of the AleutiaI
islands would afford more secure foot
ing and a shorter route, for a cable I,
Asia than would the route via Honolulu
At the close of his three days speed
Senator Pettigrew was cordially concrat
ulated by many of the senators. includinc
some Of the opposition. upon the thor
| oughness with which he had gone int.
the subject and the ability with which h
had presented the opposition TO annexa
ton
OTHERS BESIDES STEVENS.
. Following Mr.. Pettigrew, Senator Teile
made brief statement calling Mr.. Pet
tigrew's attention 70 the fact that III
United States minister was not the onl7
representative of a foreign governne1
who had recognized the Dole government
Mr. Pettigrew replied that this was true
bue that the recognition Of the other gov
, ! err r7en+S had mt come until the day fol
: lowing the queens adbication. wherea
Minister Stevens recognition had beel
= before that time
UNCLE SAM ESTOPPED-
Senator Proctor Of Vermont followe
with q brief speech in favor Of annexa
. ton He devoted himself exclusively 1
the military phase OF the question H
cited the fact that England has strongi
fortified posts al along our Atlantic sea
board beginning with Halifax and takinl
in the Bermudas and she West Indies
He also called attention 10 the stronI