The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-19
WELLINGTON r. BURT'S TREACH-
EROUS MEMORY.
His Statements of Today on Imperialism
Resolutions He Introduced in the
State Senate Seven Years
Ago.

Wellington r. Burt, the democratic
nominee for congress who is attempting
to defeat Congressman Joseph w. Ford
ney for reelection. is showing very
bad memory. In his recent speech in
this city Mr.. Burt said, 1T was policy
that was enstamped upon the memory
of every man in the country that we
wanted no colonies, we wanted no
foreign lands. Is there man here but
what has been taught that from his
boyhood days? 1t is one of the things
we never thought could occur"
Evidently Mr.. Burt does not know
what the record of his own party is on
acquisition of foreign lands" or else
he does not think that the democratic
platforms had any part in "enstamp-
ing" much of anything that they might
contain on the memories of the men of
the country in the days before the civil
war The fact is however that the
democratic platforms of that day con-
tanned planks in favor of the acquisition
of Cuba which even today Mr.. Burt
would probably still consider as coming
under the term foreign lands" But
there is even greater evidence of Mr..
Burt's forgetfulness.
In spite of the fact that it had been
one of the things impressed on the
minds of all from their "boybood days"
that we wanted no foreign lands and
that it was one of the things that 1--WE
never thought could occur" Mr.. Burt
managed to think of it. and that not so
very many years ago either. In fact
Mr.. Burt succeeded no longer ago than
the Sd of February, 1898, in putting
himself on record as an expansionist OF
the first water, and to make it all the
more in point at the present time, the
territory which he wished to annex at
that time was away out in the Pacific,
we'll out towards the islands which are
now causing the democratic party so
many pangs-of remorse over the course
which the Spanish war forced this
country to take and the position we
now occupy there.
The resolutions, which were passed,
are as follows;
Whereas. The Hawaiian Monarchy
has lately been abrogated, and the pro
visional government now existing IN
lieu thereof has sent commissioners tC
| Washington to communicate with OuI
government, with view of having the
| Hawaiian islands annexed to the United
States in territorial form of govern
ment, and
Whereas, About three .fourths of the
property on said islands belongs Il
citizens of the D. S., and considering
the important position occupied by
these islands, the need of the natives o
such islands for republican form o
government. and the necessity ant
great Importance to the u. ). of con
trolling this great crossroads of tn
Pacific"
RESOLVED, by the Senate 1.-THE Hons
concurrinp) That our Senators ant
Representative in congress be and ar
hereby requested to use all HONORABLE
me ans to cause the u. s. Government
to accept the overtures of the Hawaiial
Commissioners, and by proper treat.
or otherwise, to annex the HawaiiaI
islands to the u. s. as one of the terri
tories thereof, il in their judgment 1t 4
thought best to do SO.
RESOLVED, That copy of the allow
resolutions he sent to each OF the Mich
igan senators and representatives a
Washington.