The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-14
POSITION OF NEwLANDs
WANTS HAWAII, BUT NOT THE
PHILIPPINES.
Bland Declares That This Country Is
"on the Brink of Despotism,' and
Opposes Policy of Conquest-An-
nexation Not Necessary As a War
Measure

granting American registers to the
steamships Victoria, Olympia, Arizona,
Columbia, Argyle, Tacoma and Area
dia.
Mr.. Newlands (Sl. New then adj
dressed the house in advocacy Of an
nexati0n. The pending resolutions
were introduced by him. He was in
terrupted by MIR. Cannon (Rep. Ills.),
who presented and asked unanimous
consent for the passage of an emery
ency bill to appropriate $417,151 now
carried by the Sundry civil bill, to pay
the Boring sea award, but Mr.. Bland
(Dem., Mo- objected. Mr.. Cannon
said that the time for payment would
expire Friday and the sundry civil bill
would not pass before that day.
NEWLANDS FOR ANNEXATION.
Proceeding, Mr.. Newlands contended
that constitutional warrant for annex
ing the islands as proposed existed, but
without entering upon an exhaustive
argument he assumed that If the gov
eminent could acquire Florida and adj
jacent islands and the Louisiana terri
tory by purchase, Texas by annexation
and California by conquest, it could
acquire Hawaii by gift Mr.. Newlands
said the Hawaiian and Philippine is
lands were improperly connected by
oN1AAC' wien ~ I4dbtRl = anu lIllppIL lIGy
were distinct, the Philippine question
involving d policy of territorial ex-
pansion. to which he objected, while all
involved in the Hawaiian question was
purely one of territorial defense and
commercial expansion. He spoke of
the Importance of insular control, as
appreciated by all great powers, and
argued for the control of Hawaii as a
base of supplies and naval operations.
He suggested the disaster that probably
would have resulted to America had
Spain been a powerful naval nation,
with Cuba and Porto Rico as base OF
operations against the Atlantic coast
Without Hawaii. no naval power. he
said, could attack the Pacific coast, as
necessary. recoaiing would be impossi-
bic.
Mr.. Newlands contended it would
be 'inSufferabe arrogance" upon
Americas part to insist upon the con-
tiEuance of Hawaiian independence
after refusing to accept the RESPONSE
bility of its government, and he pre-
dicted the islands would go to some
other power in this near future if we
did not take them. He said Pearl har-
Dor was he's only b. treaty and Ameri-
can control could be terminated at the
will of either party. He predicted
great growth Of the American merchant
marine and corresponding increase of
the navy in Pacific waters. The great
commercial fight would be for the trade
of the Orient and Hawaii would prove
an aid to America in securing her
proper share.
OPPOSED BY BELL.
Mr.. Bell (ColoI. followed, opposing
the resolution. lie attacked the exist
ing republic as being an oligarchy. and
the offer Of the islands for annexation
as being made by a few and in utter
disregard of the wishes of the vast ma
jOrity OF the people who reside IN the
islands He contendeG for the right
of all people to be governed in accord
ance with Their will.
Continuing, Nj Bell argued that the
population was undesirable and that
the location of the islands in the tropi- !
cal climate made it unlikely that a peo-
pie resident there would ever be desir- !
able as component of American citi- !
zenship- The conduct Of American !
missionaries and others who have gone /
to Hawaii was attacked, as it had re- I
suited in d successful conspiracy to de- |
prive the natives Of their property and /
government. The existence of |
leDrosy in the islands was commented /
upon as a drawback to annexation.
Mr.. Bell concluded by saying the an !
neXatiun of Hawaii would be accepted /
as Il practical abandonment of the
reaching out and an establishment. of |
American institutions beyond the boun- |
daries within which the Monroe Coo
trine originally applied, and that the /
latter could not occur without recipro-
cal rights being conceded to European
powers.
Mr.. Pearson (Rep., n. c. advocated
Mr.. Henry (Rep., Ind) spoke for the
resolutions, or the ground of strategic
value. Illustrating this value, he de-
clared that Dewey, after his great vic
tory at. Manila, would be helpless and
beyond the possibi of aid from
home, We're the Hawaiian islands con-
trolled By hostile hands
BLAND'S OPPOSITION.
Mr.. Bland Oem., MOI followed in
opposition, directing his remarks to a
plea for delay in disposing OF the Ha-
waiian question until after the conclu-
sion Of the war. Re protested against
urging annexation as a necessary war
measure, ard begged the house to
pause in what seemed, and what prom
ised to be a mad course of wild legts-
lation, under pretenSe of il being es-
sential to the proper conduct of the
war. The very fact, he said, that the
government was sending out eXpedi-
tons and withdrawing all ships from
the California coast showed how abso-
lutely secure was that coast, and how
unnecessary was the present emergency
upon the part of the friends of annex
alton.
Touching upon the ultimate disposal
Of the Philippines, Mr. Bland said the
United States could not sell them to
another power, because no right, Sc
cured from the people of the islands,
TO sell existed the islands having fallen
merely as an incident to the war in the
control OF the United States, and being
held simply 10 hasten peace and aid in
terms.
He opposed the retention of the
Stands as undesira BILE, launching upon
4 policy of colonial development and
entailment. He hoped in !
he end for the independence of the I
Philippine people.
MENACED BY DESPOTISM.
Concluding. he declared that this j
was on the brink of despotism, ;
md about to set out on policy of i'm
)erialism as n result of a movement l
to free the little island of {
cuba.
In brief speeches Mr.. Barrows (Rep., | |
Iass.) and Mr.. Stewart (Rep) spoke {
or the resolutions, and Mr.. Smith /
DEM, Ariz.) in opposition.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick (Htep., Pa argued In z
upport of the power of congress to l
mex the islands. &
Mr.. Mann (Rep., Ills) spoke for the t
esolution. 7
At the conclusion of Mr.. Mann's i
peech, upon request Of Mr. Cannon, c
he house passed the emergency bill, !
ppropriating s473,l5l TO pay the Bering G
ga award, which will be due June IL. I
At SIS o'clock the house adjourned.
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