The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-15
EIGHT HOURS u DEBATE
Many Representative Discus
Hawaiian Annexation.
GR0SvENOR LEADS OFF
Tho Vote Will Re Taken 1t 8 O'Clock
This Afternoon and the Resolution
win Receive the Support OF All
but ~ Republicans.

comprising the afternoon and evening
sessions OF the house to-day. were de-
vote1 20 debate on the Newlands' reso-
luton for the annexation OF Hawaii.
Twenty speeches were delivered, most
Of them being brief. A vote will be
taken at s o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
and In order to give time for speeches
which members desire to make. the
house agreed to meet at 10 o'clock to-
cording to estimates TODAY. will re-
ceive, with the exception OF not more
than ~. all the republican votes, and
will enlist the support of from Is to 20
democrats and members OF other BAR
ties.
A few private bills were disposed of
and the Hawaiian debate proceeded.
Mr.. Grosvenor, rep, Ohio. was rec
ognized first, and. introducing his re-
marks. said the pending question was
not one Of party politics, and he would
not appeal to any of his republican col
leagues who might oppose
to go contrary to their convictions and
support annexation as a party project.
Arguing for the constitutionality OF the
proposed annexation. he commended the
~" NoS ~
general welfare" clause OF the consti-
tuition. Replying to the claim that
Hawaii Is unnecessary as a naval or
commercial point in Pacific transit be-
cause Unalaska, on h Aleutians. now
American property. 10 q route 500 miles
shorter than the Honolulu route, Mr..
Grosvenor presented a letter from
Commodore Melville, in which. he said.
while the Unalaska route was the short
err, the dense and long continued fogs,
the ice foes and the storms at and of
Unalaska, and the absence OF
in the Aleutians made the northern
route unsafe and Improbable for mer-
chant and passenger ships. Proceed
ing. he ouched lightly the suggestion
tina American labor, with its vigor. In
telligenoe and energy. would be affected
by the slight competition which 1t would
meet at the hands of the Asiatics In
the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr.. Grosvenor said he advocated the
resolutions upon q ground entirely sep
arated from n war emergency. He
saw In the near future a wonderful de-
velopment in the OF the East'
and In order 10 provide for h western
part OF the country to secure q just and
profitable share of that wealth OF COM
merce, this halfway house upon the
highway OF the Pacific was essential.
The member was eloquent in his de-
tense of the Hawaiian people against
charges of ignorance and ~barbarfty, and
referred In terms that brought general
applause to the attitude of that repub-
lie in ignoring all neutrality law and
standing out against the world to give
American soldiers a resting place In or
der that they might 60 on to victory at
Manila. He denied that the intelligent
natives of Hawaii were opposed to an
nexation.
Mr.. Richardson, dem, Tenn, followed
In opposition to the impending measure.
laying down the general proposition h a
only s~elf-interest should be considered
In contemplating any step affecting the
government. and from that point OF
view alone would he treat annexation.
Mr.. Richardson said he was a firm be-
lever In the Monroe doctrine. and want
ed its integrity to be preserved, but he
was convinced that annexation would
he a step that would end u~navoidably
in the abandonment Of the doctrine.
Mr.. Cochran. DEM. Mo-, In a speech
replete with comparisons with the poll
sies OF the countries Of Europe, argued
In advocacy of colonization, no con-
quest. Failure to annex these islands.
Mr.. Cochran said, would be to invite
war. for In five years. left to the pres
ent condition of the population, the
government Of Hawaii would be revo-
~iutionized and the country given over
to pagan control. The Philippine ISL
ands formed an entirely different prop
~osition, and he protested vigorously
against the foisting Of that proposition
at this time to strangle a righteous is
sue.
Mr.. Pearce. rep. Mo-. disputed the
contention that Hawaiian annexation
marked the beginning of a policy of
colonization contemplated by this
country anywhere. He denounced that
IL the question were brought up In con-
government there.
Mr.. Howard. dem. Ga. In a speech
occupying more than an hour. oppos-
ing the resolutions. elaborated on the
principal arguments advocated by the
opposition and devoted much time to a
careful review of American diplomatic
relations with Hawaii. He denominat-
ed the dominant government In Hawaii
as the government of sugar., for sugar
and by sugar"
Mr.. sulzer. dem. N. Y, and Mr..
Hamilton. rep. Mich. in brief speeches
supported annexation.
MI. S~hafroth. sill. rep. Colo, conclud-
ed the afternoon debate. He opposed
the resolutions. At SIS q recess TO {
o'clock was taken.
At the evening session few members
were present and but a few scattered
occupants OF the galleries looked on
the speechmakers. Those Who a d
dressed the house were Messrs. Bar
nam. rep. Cal: Sperry. rep, Conn.
Bromwell. Ohio: Hilborn. rep, Cal.
Showalter. rep. Penna.: Slower. rep.
Mich: Devries. dem, CAL. Packer
rep. Penns.; Davidson. rep, Wis.
Gibson. rep. Tenn. for: and Messrs
Crumpacker. rep, Ind: Kitchen, dem.
N. c.: and Broussard. dem. lows
against the resolutions. The house ad.
journed at IL o'clock.