The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-06
AGAINST MORE TERRITORY.
HOAR VOICES HIS ANTAGONIST TO
TERRITORIAL EXPANSION.
TO the Annexation of Haw aii-rhe
United states Ought Not to sup
port . Large Army and Navy.

WASHINGTON, July a-Hcar Of Massa-
ehusetts had the floor on the Hawaiian
annexation resolution today. He found a
ground for objection in the arguments ad-
TanceG by the advocates % annexation,
and In this connection stated his general
antagonism 10 any policy OF territorial
expansion. saying:
If this is 10 be the first step in a policy
OF dominion over barharous archipea-
gos. IL We are TO join with Europe in the
plumber of China and the pillage OF Africa:
II We are 10 be governed in part by peo-
pie 10 whom the Declaration Of indie
pendence Is a stranger. or IL We are TO gov
ern people with whom life and property
are not sacred. then We should shun the
proposition.
He denied. however, that the PROPOSE
ton involved the evils TO which he ailud-
ed. The desire now for holding all eoun-
tries taken incident 10 war was but a pass
ing inclination and would fade away when
the war should end. Eoar said the sole
question so far as it was vital was simply
whether the United States would admit
into immediate relationship territory and
them part of the Union. by a long-estab-
lished policy. Hawaii could not he taken
with or without the Will OF the islanders
by any other power. The United States
already had Pearl harbor, and the pending
proposition only proposed 10 make that
possession more secure and extend to thu
people OF Hawaii blessings which We ex-
pected they could not secure from any
other power.
hal
out of this war without entering on the
fatal folly of retaining far distant posses
sions, the world will be impressed with
our strength that no nation will attack us
for hundred years.
He ridiculed the argument that the an
nexation OF the islands and their population
into the United States would dehase this
countrys institutions and work injury 10
American labor, and pointed out that the
territory of the islands was well nigh In
definite as compared TO the country's do
main, and the population of Hawaii was
not equal to that OF third-rate city.
Hoar proceeded to discuss the danger of
making the war one OF conquest, and
sounded warning note against it. He
spoke of the war being the act OF a great
nation bearing relief 10 an oppressed peo-
pie, in accord with the spirit of a great
nation that was actuated by a broader hu-
manity than that which regards only self.
As an authority" said Pe,tus of Ala
bama, does the senator from Massachu-
sets believe this country can take Cuba
as its own, or does the senator not think
that the United States is bound In honor
To not do sou
The United States" replied Hoar. "can-
not take Cuba unless it ceases to be the
United States"
He further said 1t would be a crime for
the country In the present war 10 go fur
Their than the annexation OF the Sandwich
islands-a matter substantially decided up
on by the peopiee of the United States
long before war was thought remotely
probable.
The starry emblem is no emblem OF do
minion.' he cried. I'm time OF peace let IL
not ny over conquered territory. Ii is the
emblem of peace and freedom"
Hoar said that he did not want large
armies or a great navy or an enormous
debt or increased taxes: and the president.
who had earned the love OF the country
FOR his firmness in his refusal TO rush pre-
maturely into war. would, Hoar said, show
the same devotion and resolution wnen
peace should come to prevent the blot on
the character OF his country by unconsti-
tutional acquisitions
Lindsay OF Kentucky spoke when Hoar
concluded. He complimented the iatter.s
speech, saying the country was we'll paid
for the prolongation of the debate TO a
point where the Massachusetts senator
spoke. 1T was in the nature OF poeticaI
apology for an act about to be taken
which. II not unconstitutional, was GER
tafnly extra-constitutonai. ami IL WAS also
a patriotic protest against policy of CO.
ionial expansion. Lindsay's argument
aroused more than usual interest
AT its conclusion White OF California re-
sumed his speech. begun many days ago.
in opposition 10 annexation. He defended
the opposition to annexation. White WELD
ed shortly before o'clock. and Davis
moved an executive session
At 5:l4 p. m. the senate adjourned.