Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
HAWAII N THE HOUSE
No Chang II the Policy Of That
|. Body Regarding the An.
r. nsxation 1rsaty.
kEb AAss HOT TAnuuEw GROUND,

eDeetals - That E0eet Are IietSous-Whsn
tie senate 0sss Ihre.sh the House VIM
1sgis. Aaybs-Tsller Talks for The Treaty
-Qesseisa efNasivs Righta To h Settled
ssse. whea the Kanakas Are Ceea and
Deod-0srmsnys Latest.
washington. Feb. 9. - There IL no
present purpose in the house Of repre-
sentatives to consider the Hawaiian
question. and the house leaders saw
tnere has been no change whatever in
the disposition to allow the senate to
act on the subject before making any
move In the house. Speaker Reed would
make no public comment on published
reports that he had changed his views
on Hawaii and was now in favor OF
prompt action on a Joint resolution an
nexing Hawaii. The report caused much
comment among Members. ard to those
VINO made Inquiries Of the speaker he
replied with much emphasis that the
report was unwarraated and false. The
Hawaiian subcommittee which has
Snarge OF all joint resolutions af-
fecting Hawaii has not held n
meeting. Its members are ac-
auaint.ng themselves with the gen.
.ral subject. SO as to be prepared TO deal
with the question " 1t becomes neces.
sary for the house to take 1t up.
Teller Takes the Floor on Hawaii.
Ihe senate Is going right on with the
DEBATE. An amendment was proposed
In the senate yesterday by Morgan to
the resolution offered a few days ago by
White of California. Whites resolu.
ton declared that IL was the right Of the
people OF Hawaii to maintain their own
form OF government. and the United
states ought n nowise TO interfere with
IL Morgans amendment provides dis
unetiy Tor the annexation of the Ha-
waiian islands. declaring that the pres
eni government has a right TO make
such oession to this country. This might
bring up sharply the issue as 10 VIII,
are the people of Hawaii, which has
oniy SO far been touched upon. Teller
MADE the Hawaiian speech Of the day
Yesterday. He remarked In beginning
That the time had almost come when
the question Of annexation should be
DEBATED upon q bill looking to leSisla-
ton by both houses Of congress rather
than upon the basis Of the treaty. While
he thought there might be a bare posst-
bility OF securing the sixty votes neces-
sary to ratify the treaty he conceded
that under the present circumstances
this was exceedingly doubtful.
hann'Sa Question Il settling ITSELF
Davis. however. who has charge of
the bill. said there was no intention of
changing the situation and that the de-
bate would proceed upon the treaty.
Teller intimated the approach Of a
complete settlement OF the question
about the rights Of the natives In re.
plying TO the objection that had been
raised to acquiring the islands because
Of the domination Of the native race.
he undertook 10 show that there was no
foundation for this criticism, or IL there
was such foundation now il need not.
he said. Icing continue to be an essential
factor Of the situation. because the
kanakas were rapidly. dying of as a
result of their commingling with outside
races. Which would settle the matter
as to them at any rate. Another OF
Teiiers arguments In favor Of annexa-
ton was that the islands would make
an ideal location for the colored people
OF the United States who might desire
to leave the present territory Of this
country.