The San Francisco call., 1898-07-06
DEBATE ON
 ANNEXATION Hoar Against Territorial
 Expansion. BUT FAVORS TAKING HAWAII
BUT FAV0RS TAKING HAWAII
HIS SPEECH STYLED BY LIND
 SAY A PoETICAL APOLOGY.
Then the Kentuckian Argues Against the Taking of the Sandwich Islands, on Constitutional
 Grounds.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The debate on the Hawaiian resolutions continued to-day in the Senate. Three speeches were made. Hoar of Massachusetts in advocating annexation made not able appeal against any policy of gen. eral territorial expansion as sequence to the war. Lindsay of Kentucky op- posed the resolutions, directing his at tack principally against their constl- tutionalfty. White of California re- stunned his speech in opposition.
 Hoar said the sole question so far as 1t was vital was simply whether the United States would admit into immediate rela- tionship territory and people already in a situation that made them a part or the Union. By a long establsnea poncy fth Ha- out the will of the islanders by any other power. The United States already had Pearl Harbor and the pending propos1- tion only proposed to make that m .b posses nee- ple of Hawaii blessings which we ex- pressly declared they should not secure from any other great power He contend ed annexation would extend the domain
 "f believe" said Hoar. "that if we come out of this war without entering on the fatal folly of retaining far distant posses sions the world will be so impressed Wlth o1r strength that no nation will attack 
 us for a hundred years .
 'Hoar was proceeding to discuss the danger of making the war one oI con. T. onest and was sounding a warning against it. He spoke of the war being the act or a great nation, bearing relief to an op- pressed people, in accord with the spirit of a great nation that was actuaseo tio oy "a broader humanity lHdn lhaI "i1iNH " gardS only self. e"As an authority" said Pettus of Ala hama. 'does the Senator from Massachu- setts believe this country can take Cuba as it's own. or does the Senator not think that the United States is bound in honor to not do so?" ..
 not take Cuba unless it ceases to be the
 He said it would be a crime of the coun- try in the present war to go tartner nsis 6s 11an a matter substantially decided upon by the people of the United States long be- fore the war was thought remotely prob-
 "The starry emblem is no emblem of do. minion :" he cried. Tn time of peace let it not fly over conquered territory It Is the emblem of peace and freedom"
 Lindsay D) of Kentucky spoke when Hoar concluded. He complimented the latter's speech, saying the country, was well repaid for the Proo49gga%Sn 9ga ea cb 5ne setts Senator spoke. Tt was in the nature of a poetical apology for an act about to be taken which if not qnGGnstt"uona said
 
 Lindsay. land it was also patriotic pro- test against a policy of colonial expan-
 Lindsay then proceeded in opposition to the resolutions. He said that in refus- ing to recognize the Cuban republic and taking upon ourselves the authority to es- tablish a government in the island, we would make the Government dependent upon it's creator and ready to turn the island over to the United States. as 1t was now proposed to do with Hawaii. His argument was directed against the annexation resolutions on constitutional grounds.
 I.indsay's argument aroused more than usual interest At its conclusion White D.) of California resumed his speech begun many days ago, in opposition to annexation. He defended the opposition to annexation against charges of being unpatriotic, coming from individuals and the press White yielded shortly before o'clock, and Davis moved an executive session.
 At 5:14 D. m the Senate adjourned.