The times., 1898-01-14
Senator's Begin to See the CUES
tion in a New Light.
MORGAN'S GRAPHIC PICTURE
His Speech the Feature OF the Day
Replies to Many Questions and
Makes n Profound Impression
Mr.. TiIlman Rebuked-M Messrs.
Frye and Stewart Speak.

/ question, and the friends of annexation
are now hopeful that they will have
/ the requisite number of votes and be
able to ratify the convention without
1 difficulty. There is an unwonted conf
dence on their part.
Senators who have been thought to
be opposed to annexation are asking
questions that indicate they are begin
ming to see the matter in a totally new
light. The situation is clearing, and it
is the opinion of those best informed
that within the next ten days there will
be a clear two-thirds vote for the rati-
fication of the treaty.
The strong argument for annexation
made yesterday was by Senator Nor
gan. 1t was an entertaining and an in
structive speech, for the Senator dur
ing the past summer visited the islands
and spent several weeks among that
people. studying the situation and
sounding the sentiment of the natives
and the other population. He returned
to Washington primed with infOrma
ton, and no man better understands
how to use il than the Grand ole man,
eloquent
the remark that he was panied to learn
that the Senator from Massachusetts.
Mr.. Hodr, complained there had been
no written report from the committee
on the treaty. There was an abun-
dance of literature on the subject If
the Senator really desired it. Il have
little of it here said the Senator as
he reached beneath his desk.
Here is the Congressional report Of
three or four years ago, which is re-
p!etc with information" said the Sem
ator, and here is the report OF the
Minister OF Agriculture of the Hawaii
an republic Then l have here the re-
port of the Minister of Education Ah.
yes, here j have the report of the Min
lister of Finance. Let me see, yes, here
is the report of the surveyor general
of the island
In this way Mr.. Morgan went down
beneath his desk and brought up one
volume AT a time until he had piled
before him stack of literature a .cot
and half high. containing not less
than $1,000 printed pages, every word
of which was devoted to the Hawaiian
Islands.
Having thus afforded the Senator
from Massachusetts with the litera ure
he needs, / will now proceed WiLh my
remarks. continued Mr.. Morgan. and
llt NiIEil DtSdii StttNi hhlIl tlIlSl
tanned and instructed the Senate and
which was, when he concluded :or the
day. not more than one-third flashed.
Mr.. Morgan began with the country
more than a hundred years back and
traced it's history through the succeed
ing years. He told the Senate of all
the romance and poetry Of the little
realm about which it seemed to know
so little. and gradually led down to the
ion
which now confronted the United
States. The charge had been made that
the United States, in dealing with the
subject of annexation, was dealing
with the provisional government, with
interlopers, and not with the rightful
rulers and owners of the islands.
Il answer that question, said MIR,
Morgan. when I show the Senate that
for almost a hundred years the island
has looked to a stronger power for its
protection and its shelter. In 1901.
when Vancouver made his third visit
TO the islands the then King sent word
by Vancouver to his majesty, the King
of England. offering TO cede to that
government the royalty and power OF
the little kingdom. But Vancouver did
not return, and in absorbing these is
lands we are now doing only what it
was the wish of the King at the time to
do
For all of the last hundred years
continued Mr.. Morgan, that govern
ment has been anxious to have local
government, but under the super
vision of a strong power, and as early
as 1S43 the government of the islands
rendered to the United States the SOW
ereiSnty of the islands. That, said the
Senator, was a sufficient answer to the
statement that only the provisional
government was asking annexation
Mr. Morgan laid stress upon the fact
that this took place long before any
Queen had been dethroned. Before the
doctrine of lf-government had inocu-
lated the islands the fathers of the
Kings and Queens had asked for the
support and sovereignty of a great
nation and for the last fifty years it
had demanded the protection and SOW
ereignty of the United States and the
provisional government was but carry
ing out the wish of former Kings and
Queens.
For an hour the Senator entertained
the Senate with a description of his
visit to the islands. His word pictures
of the beauties of the place, the cnarac-
teristics of the people, the picturesque
ness of its scenery, the quafntness Of
its natives, the salubrity of its climate.
peace and fortress in mid-ocean in
time OF war, its harbor of refuge and
safety, held the Senate spellbound. On
ly when he began to touch the political
phase of the case was he interrupted
with questions.
In describing the people, he spoke OF
the men, who dressed in white, and the
women attired in flowers and Mother
Hubbards.
While eulogizins the natives, Mr..
Morgan contrasted them with the col
ored people of this country and spoke
of their fitness for the new conditions.
How many of them are allowed to
vctea'' asked Mr.. Tillman
How many of them are allowed to
vote i'm South Carolina?" asked Mr.
could reply.
You have crammed that down my
throat" retorted Mr. Tillman, hotly,
It'll you make me vomit-"
Mr. Mason, of Illinois, was in the
chair at the time and, rapping on the
desk for order, sagely replied: mo
vomiting here; if you wish to do that
sort of thing please retire to the cloak
rooms. The rest of us wish to hear the
of the Senator from. Ala
bama.''
Mr.. Morgan took up the question