The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-29
COMMITS HIMSELF IN FAVOR OF
ANNEXATION.
Senator Morgan's Strong Argument
Secretary Wilson Says the Islands
Will be Profitable.

CThe ship S. =. Hitchcock arrived
this morning with the San Francisco
papers of January 18th and 19th.)
NEW YORK, January 1S.-There is
no surprise here over the fact that c.
p. Huntington is in favor of annexa-
! ton. The gentleman was seen at 10
o'clock tonight and asked concerning
his views on Hawaii. He was not in
clined to talk at length. but in what
he said he was entirely frank.
while annexation might effect Ger
| tain local interests" he responded to
direct question, still as an Ameri-
can citizen | believe we should control
the Islands,
WASHINGTON, January 1s.-The
Washington Post thinks that vote
on the Hawaiian treaty will not be
reached in the Senate for three or
four weeks yet.
Senator Carter, the chairman of the
Census Committee, gave notice to the
Senate on Monday that he intended
to insist upon the disposition of the
bill providing for the appointment of
director and thirty-one other en-
ployes of the twelfth census.
In response to an inquiry from Mr..
White of California, Mr.. Carter said
he had no desire to displace the Ha-
waiian treaty, but thought the cen
sus measure could be passed promptly.
Senator Davis was quoted yester-
day as saying that he did not believe
the vote of the treaty would be taken
for Il month
WASHINGTON, January 1S.-Seua-
tor Morgan occupied the attention of
the executive session today in the pre-.
sentation of his views upon the sub
jects of annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands. This was the second install
ment of the Senator's speech, and
when he concluded. a few minutes af-
ter o'clock, he had not reached the
end. He spoke for about three hours
today and his speech was a general
presentation of the Importance of the
Islands to the United States. He also
dwelt especially upon the military i'm
portance of the Islands, quoting Gen.
Schofeld and Capt Mahan at length
in support of his position that the is
lands were a natural outpost for the
United States and necessary to the
protection of our western coast and
of our general commerce in case of n
war.
Mr.. Morgan predicted that if the
United States did not take advantage
OF the present opportunity to acquire
the Islands. there would be war be-
tween this country and. some other
power within ten years. 1t was not,
he said, within the bounds of possi-
blity, in view of the present Euro
pean competition for territory in Asia.
that the Hawaiian Islands should he
allowed to remain Independent for any
length of time after the United Sta,es
should announce a determination not
to make them a part of American ter
ritory.
The Senator displayed a number of
large maps. from which he contended
that the Islands were in the roadway
of commerce between our western
coast and the Orient, and said that all
ships whether laden with the articles
of commerce or munitions of war
must pass them in going from and to
this country and the ASiatic coast.
and thus. he said, the nation which
controls Hawaii will control the COM
merce of the East. In closing he said
that failure to annex the Islands now
meant inevitable bloodshed. and the
responsibility for that bloodshed
would rest upon the Senate for its
failure to perform its duty at this
critical hour in the history of the two
countries.
WASHINGTON , January fire
plying to resolution of inquiry. Sec
retary Wilson sent today to- the SEN
ate statement concerning the pro-
duction of sugar in this country and
his opinion of the effect of the impor-
tation of Hawaiian sugar on the pro-
duction of beet sugar in the United
States. He gave the average impor-
tation of sugar to this country for the
past seven years as Sl01, ,575,293 worth
and the Hawaiian importation was
$9,973,924. He concludes that Hawaii
will not seriously compete with the
sugar production of the United States
and says that "when the people of the
Islands come to consider the possibil-
ties of coffee production it will be
found that they will have a monopoly
with which no state in the Union can
interfere"
Mr.. Wilson also expresses the opin-
ion that Hawaii would he very pro-
fitable acquisition, because of its fine
fruits.
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