The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14
DEBATING HAWAIIAN QUESTION.
Annexation Discussed Pro and Con in
House Yesterday,

OEDAI IN0 7AVAiIHN QUES lON.
Annexation Discussed Pro and Con in
House Yesterday.
Washington, June 13.-The debate upon
the Hawaiian annexation continued today
in the House, ten speeches being made.
Very little interest was manifested either
upon the floor or in the galleries, few oc-
cupants of the latter being present and
the attendance upon the floor hardly ex-
ceeding at any time forty members. A
night session will be held tomorrow even
ing to afford opportunity for many men,
bers to speak, to whom otherwise it would
be impossible to give time before the vote.
Wednesday, The speeches made today
were by Messrs. Newlands, Silver of
Nevada; Pearson of North Carolina !;
Henry, Republican of New Jersey; Kirk
patrick, Republican of e Pennsylvania,
Mann, Republican of Illinois; Henry, Re-
publican of Indiana Barrows, Republi-
can OF massachusetts,; Stewart, Republi-
can OF North Carolina, and by Messrs.
Bell, Populist of Colorado; Bland, Demo.
crat OF Missouri, and Smith, Democrat
delegate of Arizona, against the resolu-
ton. The House passed bill appropri-
ating. S473 ISL to pay the Boring Sea
award.
Washington. June 13.-Before proceed.
ing with the Hawaiian debate the House
today passed Senate bills granting Anne
rican registers to steamships Victoria,
Olympia. Arizona, Columbia, Argyle
and Arcadia.
MIR. Newlands. Silver. of Nevada, then
addressed the House in advocacy of the
annexation of Hawaii. He was.inter-
rupted by Mr.. Cannon, Republican of
Illinois, who presented and asked unani-
nous consent for the passage of an emer-
gency bill appropriating $478,l51, now
carried by.l the sundry civil bill to pay
the Behring sea award, but Mr.. Bland,
Democrat of Missouri, objected
Mr. Cannon explaining the necessity for
action, said the time for payment would
expire Friday and the sundry civil bill
would not pass before that day.
Proceeding, Mr.. Newlands commended
that constitutional warrant for annexing
the islands as proposed, existed. but
without entering upon exhaustive argu-
INIT he assumed that if the government
could acquire Florlda3 and adjacentiisl-
ands and Louisiana territory by purchase.
Texas by annexation, and California, by
conquest, it could acquire Hawaii by
gift
~ Mr. Newlands said the Hawaiian and
philippine questions were improperly
connected by some when by nature and
import they were distinct; the Philip
pine question involving a policy of ter
rltorlal expansion to which he objected
Whlie all involved in the Hawaiian ques-
tlon was purely one of Janitorial defence
ana commercial expansion. He suggest
60 the disaster that probably would have
resulted to America had Spain been q
powerful naval nation with Cuba and
Forto Rico as bases of operations against
the Atlantic coast Without Hawaii no
naval power, he said, could attack the
Faoiflo coast as necessary recoaling
would be impossible
hr. Newlands commended it would be
lnsuHerable arrogance upon Aneri-
CO part to insist upon the continuance
OF Hawaiian independence after refusing
10 accept the responsibility OF it's govern
ment and he predicted the islands would
go to some other power in the near future
u we did not take them. He said that
Pearl harbor was held only by treaty and
american control could be terminated
at the will of either party. He predicted
a great growth Of American merchant