Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-04
IN TINE SENATE.
PctsiJrew Gives His Reasons Why Hawaii
Should Not Be Annexed.

passed as follows:
Amendatory to the law regarding
fraudulent affidavits in pension and
bounty land cases; to pay the owners
| of the ship Achilles for, expenses in
Cured in rendering service to the
wrecked American ship Arabia.
Pettgrew, s. d., then resumed his
speech upon the Hawaiian annexation
resolutions. the proceeding parts of his
| speech having been delivered 10 days
since.
He reiterated and elaborated his re-
ply to the argument that Hawaii was
necessary as coaling station in trans
Pacific shipping, contending that Una
| laska and others of the Aleutian group
afforded superb harbors. and route
! to Manila 800 miles shorter than that
| by way Of Honolulu.
! He said had the northern route been
| taken the troops enroute to Manila
would have been heard from at Yoko-
hama two weeks after embarking, and
| then they would have been long since
in the Philippines, whereas a full
| month had passed without word
from them, because they had been sent
hundreds of miles farther through
| tropical disease producing seas.
Pettgrew said annexation was not
desired by a majority of Hawaiian citi-
| Zens. and it would be out of accord
4 with the spirit of a Democratic gov
| eminent to annex against the will of
the majority.
Hoar endeavored to secure consid-
GRAFTON of the bin to allow volunteer
soldiers to vote, but Pettus, Ala. OBJ
jected saying he/was determined in
his opposition to ii. Hoar then gave
notice that he would move to take up
the bill at the earliest time after dis
n0SAl of the Hawaiian resolutions
The Senate then passed, with amend
ment, the House bill to increase the
force of the ordnance department.
Davis objected to the transaction OF
, further business. and Pettigrew re-
sumed.
Turning to the Republican members
constituting the major part of annexa-
ton support he criticized them for their
silence. charged them with being bull
dozed'' into keeping their lips closed
when a great question was before the
Senate. The administration. he assert
n cd, had demanded that anneXa ton he
dtCbIIi I'llSiltN anu senators We're Sc
under its control that they dared not
open their mouths for fear they would
1 cause delay and incur the President g
dspleasure
I'VE Will talk here all next week 9
said he. after repeatedly defying the
= annexationists to speak but we do not
q expect to smoke you out because you
fear you may lose the appointment OF
! | n briG2dicr general
, He said the sugar trusts interost
! | WAS with annexation. We all know
; what senators on this floor have beer
in the past" he declared, friends OF
the sugar trust. and now every one OF
, them is in favor of annexation. THAI
in itself is sufficient answer to thci,
! miserable contention.' .l
Speaking of the advocacy of the
resolutions by certain papers he said
Their caGerncss would indicate thai
they would not only receive Il part o
the RENTED duties from annexation
but were now partaking of contingcn
Y foes"
. He then spoke Of the revolution ii
, Hawaii as the result of a conspiracy OF
The part of n few Americans.
In reply to the contention that an.
neXation would not affect the Ameri.
can beet sugar industry, PettiercW
:, said Hawaii raised enough sugar t.
supply ali of the United States west Of
the Missouri river, and would do s,
for all time to come.
. Recurring to the interest of the SUI.
gar trust in annexation he pointed on
that the greater control of raw sugars
\ the trust could command the more inn
possible would it be for successful
competition to be developed. The
trust. it was contended. imported only
raw sugar, and it was to secure greater
FL advantage in this regard that the
- trust sought annexation.
d At this point Hale of Maine present
. cd a partial report of the conferees up,
on the general deficiency bill which
was adopted without debate. In re-
+ sponse to a question from White, Cal
r he stated the chief matter yet in dis
e agreement was the amendment pro
viding for a commission to settle the
Pacific Railroad Indebtedness. and
9 White announced that no concession
h by the Senate upon that matter as to
Z the railroad interest could be reached
! without very much greater delay than
q perhaps any one anticipated.
Z PettisreW resumed. Discussing the
> establishment of the present Hawaiian
republic, he said: The American flag
went up in Hawaii in dshOnor, it came
down in honor, and if it goes up now
again it will go up in infamy and
shame and this government will join
the rohber nations of the world
I PettiSreW said that textile manu-
facturers in Hawaii, with skilled
Japanese labor employed at 20 cents
, per day would eventually ruin the
t New England manufacturers. He
stated That the President was lobbying
through Congress the resolutions of
annexation. and but for him it would
not enlist any appreciable support.
PettigreW dSgresscd to ask unani-
nous consent to have published as a
Senate document a volume written by
Senator Stewart of Nevada of "a pages,
entitled AN Analysis Of the Money
Question"
Gallinger, N. H. objected, and nearly
half an hour was consumed in a fruit
less effort to have the objection with
drawn.
Pettigrew yielded to White, Cal On
the latter Welding. n number of Drjyat4