The National tribune., 1898-07-07
D0IpGS Of CONGRESS
Abstract of the Important Pro
ceedings.

| The Hawaiian annexation resolution
was debated on June q and % in the
Senate. On the latter day Mr.. ifaffery, OF
| Louisiana, argued to show that the in
terests of the American Sugar Refining
| Company are not better subserved by
having Hawaii as it is than by having
Hawaii annexed.
Concerning the formation of the de-
facto Government of Hawaii, Mr. Gallery
declared there was never anything like it
in the history of nations. Some man. he
said, read a proclamation. When he be-
gan to read IS or 80 people were present.
and by the time he concluded perhaps Geo
had gathered. No Government was ever
made so easily" said he, Cor elevated
so quickly
Within half an hour" said Mr.. CafTerv
Minister Stevens had acknowledged that
the revolutioniSts had Ovcrthrown the
regularly -constituted Government The
interior purpose OF the revolutionists from
the start, said Mr.. Gallery, was annex
atomic the United States lie said all
the conSpIratorS were sugar men and the
tarlh law then in operation in the United
States was inimical to- their interests
In the House the conference report upon
the bankruptcy bill, which was adopted
Friday by the Senate, was accepted
The House also amended and PASSED
the Senate bill to increase the efficiency
OF the Subsistence Department Of the Army
1t gives the CommisSaries of Subsistence
the rank OF Colonel; limits the number to
oe asSiened to Y; provides that two
CommISSarIeS of Subsistence. detailed as
assistants To the Commissary- General.
shall have the rank of Colonel. and
authorizes the addition to the Subsistence
Department during the present war OF
eight Majors and II Captains.
In the Senate on June 20 Mr.. MORGAN
offered an amendement to the general
deficiency bill providing for a commission
consisting OF the Secretary Of the Treasury.
the Secretary OF the Interior and the
AttOrney-GeneraI, with full powers To
settle the Indebtedness of the Govern
ment growing out Of its assistance in the
construction OF Pacific railways
The second part of the amendment
provides that the funds acquired by the
Government for the settlement of Pacific
railways be applied to- the construction of
ship canal through Nicaragua
MI. Morgan said ii was evident that the
Nicaragua canal was going to be built
and built very soon. The people Of the
United States had discovered that =
waterway through Nicaragua was abso-
lutely essential To this country as a pro-
lection to our coasts and as o promoter of
commerce.
MIR. Morgan said that the great fund
n
Structlng ranS-cOntinental railway lines
might well be employed by this Govern
ment IN constructing the Nicaragua canal.
He referred to- the fact that the Atlas
Company had been granted by Nicaragua
important concessions in the San Imam
River and Lake MlanaGua
He did not doubt that the Atlas Conn
pany expected to receive the concessions
winch the United States were about to
lose through delay in taking action.
Mr. Morgan urged that immediate action
should be taken by Congress upon the
Nicaragua canal which he regarded as
one OF the most important questions that
had confronted Congress for many years.
In conclusion, in order to escape the point
OF order against the amendment. he with
GREW that part OF 1t relating to the Nicar-
aqua canal.
The following amendment, suggested bv
MIR. Hale, was adopted
For purchase, by condemnation or other
wise, of not less than 800 acres of land at
not exceeding $50 per acre in Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands, for a coaIing and repair
station, $40 600, and for dredging the bar
III SAID harDor, to secure q channel of not
less than 10 feet in depth, S105 900; in all,
81 Is, 600.
The general deficiency bill was passed |
In the House Mr.. Hull called up a bill to |
give the Secretary of War the discretion of |
permitting any church or religious sect to |
erect house OF worship on the West |
IOilt military reservation.
Mr.. SuiZer N. y, ID. }, in urging the bill |
said all Professionals worshiped there i'm |
chapel owned by the Government. and |
the purpose OF the bill really was to give |
the Catholics the right to build their own
chapel.
The biz under consideration " said Mr.. |
Bailey, expressly does not institute any
denomination or church at West Point |
but 1t expressly allows any church to in |
stitute Itself there for the worship of God |
according to its own creed" In response
to an interruption he said: "A Govern
ment that maintains bar-room within |
its Capitol and refuses the right for any
church to build its own church on the |
reservation where its soldiers are trained
Is q disgrace.
The bill was paSsed-133 to 25
In the Senate on June 20 during the |
Hawaiian discussion Senator Bate spoke |
in opposition. Senator Tillman said he
believed that it was unconstitutional TO
acquire territory by Joint resolution, but
an arrogant majority was however press
ing forward it's purpose without regard to
constitutional obligations or to oath of
office.
Senator Tillman also said 1.-THE Philip
pines are already densely populated with
races Tor winch we have no affinity or
liking. 1t is the same with Porto Rico.
and in some degree with Cuba But we
have already one perpleXing and haraSs-
ing problem right here at home, and that
must give us pause. l mean the negro
question. The wisest craftsmanship is
unable to foresee the final result of the
presence in the same Commonwealth of
two distinct races, each possessing the
same rights under the law. but one of
which is superior to the other IL we are
not to witness the blocking of the wheels
of progress and condition of mongreIism.
decentralization, and retrogression. such
as is appalling to every lover of the Anglo
Saxon race, we must settle this question
wisely and Justly.
Can we afford to enter upon scheme
of colonial expansion by conquest with
the inevitable result that we will inCorDo-
rate another million and a half of negroes.
10, 000, 600 Malays, nigritoS, Japanese and |
Chinese, to say nothing of the hundreds |
of thousands of mOngrcls OF Spanish |
blood, imbued with Spanish thought and |
action.
But lest be misunderstood I wish TO |
say that | sympathize with the white
men who live in Hawaii; that would not |
leave them to the tender mercics of the
cOlored races, who outnumber thein. that |
am ready to vote for treaty annexing
these islands, and even under protest To
vote for this resolution with the Petit
grew amendment added, though | prefer
the other as the legal and constitutional
method OF annexation, if | can get this
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