The herald., 1898-01-19

the Hawaiian annexation treaty. tn
census bill ought not to be delayed s.
long as that. The necessity for effect
ling the preliminary arrangements TO.
| taking the census is evident to all Sen
ators.
1.-THE CensFs Committee cannot lool
with equanimity upon a possible della,
| of thirty days. My opinion is that W
shall make progress with the treaty b.
| promptly disposing of the census bill
| the consideration of which will requirl
! only few hours"
| Mr. Davis, however, insisted upon his
motion.
| Mr.. Carter tlen wanted a time fixeo
for voting on the census bill, but at thu
request of senator Faulkner, who
spoke for the Democrats, agreed to post
pone his request until tomorrow morn
ing.
The Senate then, at 1:10 PM, went
into executive session and at 4:45 ad
journed.
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Senato,
Morgan occupied the attention of tn,
senate during the entire time of tn.
executive session today in the presenta
tion of his views on the subject of an.
neXation of the Hawaiian islands. This
was the second installment of the sena
tors speech, and when he concluded, O
few minutes after o'clock, he had mo-
then reached the end. He spoke foi
about three hours today, and his speech
was a general presentation of the i'm
portance of the islands to the United
States. He dwelt especially upon the
military importance of the islands
quoting General Schofield and Captain
Mahan at length in support of his posi-
tion that the islands were natural out
post of the United States and necessary
to the protection of our western coast
and of our general commerce in case OF
war.
Mr.. Morgan predicted that if the
United States did not take advantage
of the present opportunity to acquire
the islands there would be a war be-
tween this country and some other
power within ten weeks. 1t was not, he
said. within the bounds of possibilities
in view of the present European compe-
tition for territory in Asia that the
Hawaiian islands should be allowed to
remain independent for any length of
time after the United States should
finally announce their determination not
to make them a part of American ter
ritory.
Does the senator from Alabama
mean to say" interrupted Senator Pet
tigrew, that the Hawaiian govern
ment would voluntarily seek protection
of some other power and thus forego the
great advantage those islands now en-
joy in their reciprocity arrangements
with the United States, which results in
our remitting to them annually not less
than $4,000, ,OO0?"
To this question Senator Morgan re-
piled that the reciprocity treaty had
been negotiated for the purpose of CIV
ing this country cheap sugar. He said
that it had been of greater benefit to
the United States than it had been to
Hawaii, because it had accomplished it's
purpose of making cheaper one of our
great commodities and one of the ne
cessties of every household. We want.
he said, not only sugar from Hawaii.
but cheaper coffee as well, and that and
many other necessary articles could be
grown on those islands.
The senator displayed a number of
large maps, from which he contended
that the islands were in the roadway of
commerce between our western coast
and the Orient, and said that all ships,
whether laden with the articles of COM
merce or the munitions of war must
necessarily pass them in going from and
to this country and the Asiatic coast,
and thus, he said, the nation which con-
trolls Hawaii will control the commerce
of the east. In closing he said that fail
ure to annex the islands meant inevi-
table bloodshed, and the responsibility
of that bloodshed would rest upon the
senate of the United States for it's fail
ure to perform it's duty at this critical
hour in the history of the two countries.