Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-25
Senator White Wants Three Weeks
Notice Of the Taking Of a Vote.
Senator Morrill, Gives His Reasons for Opposing
the Treaty-NO Chance Of
Vote Yet.

Senator Pett1grew, this being the
third instalment of his remarks
upon the subject.
Senator Pettigrew devoted him
self today largely to the admins
tration of President Dole, show
ing how the Government of Queen
Liliuokalani had been over
thrown, and to a presentation of
his views of this Governments
participation in the revolution.
He contended that the downfall of
the Queens Government was due
to a comp racy on the part of
Minister Stevens, representing the
United States, and few citizens
of Honolulu, of whom President
Dole was one, who we're backed
by the marines from United
States battleship.
Pettigrew read letter from
Hon. j. o. Carter, formerly of
Queen Liliuokalani's privy coun
oil, giving his views of the revolu
ton. Pettigrew also contended
that the passage of the Mckinley
tariff law had been the direct
cause of the revolution by which
the Queens Government was
overthrown, the motive being to
secure the bounty of 2 cents per
pound on domestic sugar which
that law provided. He quoted a
letter from Minister Stevens say
ing that the provision for this
sugar bounty had ruined the
sugar business of the islands un
less they could be annexed to the
United States, and cited other
authorities to maintain the con
tention.
Pettigrew discussed briefly the
character of the present popula-
ton of Hawaii, He said that two
thirds of lie people there We're
males and that this fact applied to
all nationalities, including Ameri
cans and other Anglo : Saxons.
This circumstance, he conteIded,
went to show that the Apglo-Sax-
on does not go to Hawaii, as he
does not to any tropical country,
to make a home. The man capa
BILE of selfrgovernment, he said,
must wear woolen clothes part
of the year and for some months
feel the frost in his blood.
Summing up, Pettigrew said
that the opponents of annexation
claimed to have established four
points. They have, he said, shown,
first, that the route to the Orirn,
via the Aleutian Islands was 1000
miles shorter than that via Homo
lulu; second, that no battleship
coaling on the Hawaiian Islands
could reach the United States 10
condition to fight and that on tl,is
account the possession of the isl
ands would be an element of
weakness rather than of strength,
which was in opposition to the
theory that the islands were neces
sary to defense; third, that the
commerce of the islands, which
had been claimed to be one i'm
portant reason for their annexa-
tion, was constantly declining and
was less than that of an ordinary
county OF the United States; fourth,
that one of the Aleutian Islands
would afford more secure foot
ing and a shorter route for cable
to Asia than would the route via
Honolulu.
At the close of his three days.
speech Senator Pettigrew was
cordially congratulated by many
OF the Senators, including some OF
the other side, upon the thorough
ness with which he had gone into
the subject and the ability with
which he had presented the oppo-
sition to annexation.
Teller made brief statement
calling Pettigrew's attention to
the fact that the United States
Minister was not the only repre-
sentative of foreign Government
who had recognized the Dole
Government. Pettigrew replied
that this was true, but that the
recognition of the other Govern
ments had not come until the day
following the Queens abdication,
whereas Minister Stevens recog-
milton had been before that time.
Senator Proctor of Vermont
followed with brief speech in
favor OF annexation. He devoted
himself exclusively to the military