The San Francisco call., 1898-02-08

to take advantage of the opportunity now offered, some other people wouid in all probability assume the position or control, which naturally and tradition ally belongs to the United States.
 Taking up this line of argument, he said that ever since the days of Weo- ster and Marcy a majority of the peo- pie of this country had believed that the Hawaiian Islands should be ana would some day become an lnteSIdi part of the United States. With the struggle that was about to begin ln the Orient for the possession or new terri tory among the European powers Il. was indeed a short sighted man, ne stated. who would contend that fia- waii, occupying so important a location as it does, in the middle of the Paclnc Ocean. could be left untouched py some of the land grabbing nations or the Old World. Under the present GIT cumstances it was absurd TOT lnls ooF ernment to try to maintain system oA control without taking actual possess sion. G.
 He controverted the position of Sen ators Pettigrew and White that the American could not labor in the Ha- waiian Islands He quoted weather statistics to show that the temperature on the islands coasts ranged rom % oe- grees to SS degrees during the yedi' which, he said was far from oelng ah oppressively hot climate. Farther m land it was still cooler, and on the mountains frosts were not infreQuent If the white men of this country were not impressed with the islands. Teller thought they would make an excellent location for the colored people of the Tinted States who might desire 10 leave this country, and would find con- genial employment in the sugar plan tations and coffee fields of Hawaii
 Teller also discussed the contention that the Hawaiian group was not on the most direct line of travel between the Western Hemisphere and emma or Japan. Any vessel which might come around the Horn or cross the Isthmus of Panama in the case or the construction of a canal, would almost certainly take these islands in on it's way to Yokohama, Shanghai or any other far eastern port. Furthermore, the islands were a great convenience as a coaling and good supply point to Ves- sels plying the Pacific Ocean.
 Taking up the question of the neces- sity for the defense of the islands and of the maintenance of the large fleet In their waters In case Of annexation, ne said that this was a mere bugaboo, and was without foundation in fact. All that would be necessary would be to fOrtify Pearl A-arbOr TOT lhe pIoeec- ton of coal and military stores in times of hostility. With all our stores of this character located at one spot, as they could easily be, and that particular spot strongly entrenched and well armed, there could be no need to guard other portions of the islands, for 1t was not to be supposed that any hostile na- tion would for mere sentiment send a fleet thousands of miles across the wa ters in order to attack and destroy any defenseless communities there simply because they were subject to the Gov ernment of the United States.
 Teller went extensively into the his tory of the islands from 1880 to 1850 to show that both Englishmen and Frenchmen had forced treaties of ces- sion out of the rulers of the islands. Senator Teller was frequently inter- rupted during the delivery of his speech by Senators White, Pettigrew, Gear f and others.