The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
MORGAN TALKS ON ANNEXATION.
The Senator Strongly in Favor of
the Treaty.


Washington Jan. 19.-The Senate die
not make good progress with the Hawaii
an annexation treaty to-day. Severa
speeches We're delivered, but in
every instance the speakers announced
that to-days remarks were merely pre-.
liminary to what they should say before
the close of the debates
Senator Morgan, Dem Of Alabama
made the principal speech OF the day, and
occupied the time of the Senate until u
adjourned. lie went into a detailed his
tory of the Hawaiian Islands from the
time of their first difficulty until the pres
ent tIae. 1t was the intention OF Presi-
dent Cleveland to have restored Queen
Lliuokalani to her throne. and after the
transaction to have opened negotiations
for the annexation of the islands under
her reign.
This assertion brought Senator Chandler
to his feet with the question as to what
authority there was for such an asser-
ton.
MIR. Morgan replied that there was no
special authority. and that he was eX-
pressing only his own opinion, and that
such a course would have been In keep
ing with the logical course of events.
Senator White asked if this treaty was
not a treaty with provisional governs
ment, and what was TO be done regard
ing the natives and their rights.
Senator Morgan said he had fully an
swered that question IN a previous por-
ton of his remarks, but he would review
the subject for the benefit of the California
senator In The early part OF the press
ent century, he said, Vancouver went TO
the islands and on his third trip, the then
king of the islands, native, said ne
would cede them TO Great Britain and ac-
knowledge the sovereignty of Great Bri-
tain. But Vancouver never returned. As
TO the oft-repcated assertion that the
United States was trying to absorb the
islands without the wishes Of the Kama
kas, Senator Morgan said that for the
last 100 years the government OF the al
ands and the people of the Islands were
anxious to secure the sovereignty Of a
strong power and secure a local self-gov-
ernment. Senator Morgan dwelt at great
length on his visit to the islands last
summer and related his own personal OBJ
servations and in reply to a question ex-
planned why the Portuguese could not
vote.
He then turned his attention to the Kan
akas. He said they were a picturesque
people, who would be much better off un-
der a government by the United States.
lie spoke of the ladies going barefooted
along the streets IN long loose gowns,
which he called Mother Hubbards," and
the men with little clothing, but yet strong
and manly looking fellows.
Senator White asked Mr.. Morgan why
the islands were not annexed In 1893 and
not allowed the proposal for annexation
to wait until the islands were in the
possession OF the land grabbers who were
trying to further their personal fortunes.
Senator Morgan said that II attention had
been given 70 has remarks on the question
of annexation in 1S43 senators would have
understood what had interviewed. The his
tory Of that time is in documentary evi-
dence, which has been printed and stated
often before. He believed that the Islands
should have been annexed at that time
and believed they should be annexed now,
and the reasons which existed then for an
nexation had multiplied a hundred times
since. What former authorities had re-
fused to do was no excuse what the United
States should refused to do, and said that
annexation was the best for the people OF
the slends and for this country.
Senators Stewart of Nevada and Frye or
Maine also supported the treaty.