The age-herald., 1898-01-14

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 | hone of securing a reversal of the. vote on
 the horse book proposition tomorrow, but | those who favored another edition of that
 niece of agricultural literature, resisted the l motion. but on an aye and nay vote, III 1 to IA the house adjourned at 5:40 p. m. | IN THE SENATE.
 | Washington. Jan. 13.-Among the meas | ures reported to the senate today was the nension appropriation bill. It was placed 1 on the calendar. At the conclusion or the
 ,nornine business the immigration bill, the unfinished business, was taken up, and MT. Caffery, of Louisiana, was recognized
 for speech in opposition to the measure. 1 F,uloeies in memory of Senator Harris, l of Tennessee, which were to have been pre- 1 sented today were postponed at the request 1 of Senator Bate on account of the absence | of his colleague, Senator Hurley. They will
 not be offered until after the election of
 senator by the legislature of Tennessee. | The senate did not make great progress
 with the Hawaiian annexation treaty. Sev-
 eral speeches were delivered. but in every
 instance the speakers announced that to-
 days remarks were merely preliminary. 1 to what they should say before the close l of tho debate.
 Morgan Principal Speaker. l Senator Morgan, of Alabama, made the 1 principal speech of the day, and occupied
 the time of the senate until it adjourned. He went into detailed history of the Ha-
 waian Islands from the time of their dis covery to the present time. He believed l 1t was the intention of President Cleve- | land to have restored Queen Lilioukalani l to her throne and after that transaction | to have opened negotiations for the annex | ation of the islands under her reign. This assertion brought Senator Chandler | to his feet with the question as to what | authority there was for this assertion. | Mir. Morgan replied that there was no | special authority, but that he was express | ing his opinion, and that such a course l would have been in keeping with the logic | of events.
 | Senator White asked if this treaty was nent, and what was to be done regarding | the natives and their rights?
 Senator Morgan said he had fully an- swered that question in previous portion of his remarks, but he would review the subject for the benefit of the California senator. In the early part of the present century, ne Sdlu, NdncouNeT WeHt to tHe islands, and on his trip the then king of the islands, native, said he would cede them to Great Britain and acknowledge the sovereignty of England. But Vancouver never returned. As to the oft-repeated as- sertion that the United States was trying to absorb the islands without the wish of the Kanakas, Senator Morgan said that for the last one hundred years the govern
 ment of the islands and the people of the islands were anxious to secure the sover- eighty of strong power and secure local government.
 Morgan Describes His Visit. | Senator Morgan described at considerable length his visit to the islands last summer and related his own personal observations.
 and in reply to question explained why the Portuguese would not vote. He then
 turned his attention to the Kanakas. He
 said they were a picturesque people who
 would be much better off under a govern ment by the United States. He spoke of the
 ladies going barefooted along the streets
 in long loose gowns, which he called
 ''mother hubbards," and the men with lit-
 tie clothing, but yet strong and manly
 looking fellows.
 Senator White asked MT. Morgan why
 the islands were not annexed in 1S43 and
 how it was that proposals for annexation
 had to wait until the islands were in the possession of the land grabbers, who were trying to further their personal fortunes.
 Senator Morgan said if attention had been given to his remarks on the subject of annexation in 1S43 senators would have understood what intervened The history of that time was in the documentary evil dence which had been printed and discuss ed often before. He believed that the islands should have been annexed at that time, and believed they should be annexed now, and the reasons which existed then for annexation had multiplied a hundred times. What former authorities had re- fused to do was no excuse why the United States should refuse now, as it was evident that annexation was best for the people of the island and for this country.
 Senators Stewart, of Nevada, and Frye of Maine, also supported the treaty.
 Resolution Cuba. A
 Senator Cannon, of Utah, presented tkt following resolution, which was adopted:
 Resolved, That the president is request ed. if in his opinion 1t is not incompatible with the public interest, to transmit to the senate at his earliest convenience a state- ment showing what measures are in force by this government in the Island of Cuba and in waters contiguous thereto, to pro- tect the lives and property of American citizens now dwelling in Cuba"
 At 450 the senate adjourned.