The San Francisco call., 1898-05-19
TWO REPORTS
 AS TO HAW All House Committee For
 Annexation. A SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION FOUR OF THE MEMBERS
 FAVOR IT. Some Logical Arguments Advanced in Opposition to Acquisition of
 the Islands by This
 Country.
FOUR OF THE MEMBER
 FAVOR IT.
Special Dispatch to The Can.
Call Office, Riggs House,

Call Office, Riggs House,
 Washington, May IS.
 Chairman Hit has presented the majority report of the House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs in favor Of the annexation of Hawaii by joint resolution. It states that the propos1- tion is not new to either Government. For fifty years it has been apparent that so small and feeble Government must be merged with a stronger power.
 The report states that there Is no undue pressure on the part or the United States as a great power; no surprise to any one; no possibility or objections by other governments. It IS simply the obvious result of the natural course of events through long period of years, thus completed with the cor dial consent of the sovereign powers or both governments. The only question involved is whether the proposed pos session of the Hawaiian Islands would be advantageous to the United States:
 The strategic importance of the isl- ands is then discussed, also the risk of delaying acquisition, as there IS dan- ger of the islands falling under Japan ese influence and control. American commercial interests would be pro- noted and action, the report says, would do away with foreign compl1ca- tions over the islands. A brief argu- ment is made upon the subject Of ac- quiring territory by legislative act, ana 1t Is declared that there Is nothing in the constitution to prevent such acQul- sition. In conclusion the report says:
 The acquisition of these islands does not contravene our national policy or tradi- tions. It carries out the Monroe doctrine, which excludes European powers from outlying islands, but does not limit, the United States; and this doctrine has been long applied to these very islands by our Government. As Secretary Blaine said, in 1881, the situation of the Hawaiian Islands, giving them strategic control of the North Pacific, bring their possession with in the range of questions purely Amer1- can.
 The annexation of these islands does not launch us upon a new policy or de. part from our time-honored traditions of caring first and foremost for the safety and prosperity of the United States.
 The minority report on the Hawaiian annexation question, signed by Messrs. Dinsmore, Clark, Williams and Howard against annexation and offers substi- ute resolution practically establishing a protectorate over the islands.
 It declares that the Hawaiian people have not been consulted, nor have the American people, charging that the OuIy nope LOT dcliOn IS uuueI tIe cry of war emergency before the people can be consulted. The other counts specified against annexation are that annexation in the manner pro- posed is unconstitutional; the islands are too remote and furnish too much additional coast line to be defended; the population Is not racially nor religiously nor otherwise homo genous with our own; political domin- ion of the islands is not commercially necessary; the islands are not from a naval or military standpoint necessary to our defense; and, admitting that it's foreign occupation would be dangerous to us, and that there exists single nation willing, in the face of our re- peated diplomatic declarations of our position, to incur the dangers of war with us in order to seize or hold them, this danger may be met when the first overt act or open demonstration shows it's actual existence, or may be pre- vented by the passing of the minority resolution heretofore cited.