The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-25
NEVER FOR ANNEXATION
is ASTONISHED AT SENATOR
MORGAN'S IMPRESSIONS.
A PfRvERsIoN OF NATIONAL MISSION
The Mission sof Our Nation is to Build up and
Make Great Country Out of What
we iIready Have Instead Of
Annexing lands.

Princeton, n. j., Jan. 24.-"It is one
of the strangest things of these strange
times, chat my position upon the Hawai-
ian question should be misunderstood"
That is the way ex-President Grover
Cleveland expressed .sImsclf when shown
the statement of Senator Morgan rela-
tive to his position in the Senate
to-day. In order that there could be no
misunderstanding of his position ON the
part of the public he authorized the fol
lowing statement to the Associated
Press:
Il do not believe in discussing matters
of this kind AIS II private citizen. / do
not care, however, to be misrepresented.
II will therefore say that ever since
the question of Hawaiian annexation
was presented i have been utterly and
constantly opposed to it. The first thing
| did after my inauguration in March,
1893, was to recall from the Federal
Senate an annexation treaty. then pend
ing before that body. l regarded, and
still regard the proposed annexation
OF these islands as not only opposed to
our national policy, but as a perversiOn
our nation is to build UP and make IL
great country out of What we already
have, instead of annexing islands.
Il did not suppose that there was any
one in public life who misunderstood
my position in this mattel. 1t had been
said that | was partial to the former
monarchy and desired to see it restored
to order THAT ] might treat with it for
the purpose Of annexation. How could
/ Euve had such an idea, if regarded
annexation as contrary to our national
policy. The sitme answer can be made
to the statement that my opposition to
Hawaiian annexation was based merely
upon dissatisfaction with the treaty
pending before the Senate at the time of
my second Inauguration. / was OpsSed
to annexation as such.
"In regard TO the Hawaiian monarchy,
aside from any question of anneXabi on,
and without haIbOring any previous de-
signs of restoring that monarchy. | in
veStigated the relations of our repTesen-
tatiyes to it's overthrow. This investiga
tiCn satisfied me THAT our interference
in the revolution of 1893 was disgrace
full. l would gladly, therefore, for the
sake of our national honor and our
cOuntry's fair name, have repaired that
wrong.
I'm regard to the Cuban question,
my position was fully made known TO
Congress in the various messages in
which the subject was discussed. was
opposed to the recognition of the bellig
erency OF the island, and my position
was perfectly we'll known. Indeed, so
very unnistal2able were my views ON
the subject that / was time and again
Threatened by frenzied men and women
with dire calanities to ibe visited upon
myself and children because of what
they saw fit to assert as my enmity to
the Cuban cause.
my position on AL the questions was
made perfectly clear in the official docu-
ments of tine time, and there can be
no possible mistake.
at is very difficult for ME to under
stand Senator Morgans evidently wrong
impressions i'm regard to my position.
Indeed, it is one of the strangest things
of these strange times that my position
in these matters should be called into
question"