Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-06
INVITED INTO Union
Resolution in Congress Inviting
Cuba to Become Part OF
United States.
Plan TO Grant the Island Ulti-
mate Statehood With ALI
Privileges.
Newlands, Author Of the Reso.
luton, Makes an Explain
atory Statement.

Washington, Feb. 6.-RepreSentative
Newlands of Nevada, of the ways and
means committee. who was the author
of the resolution for the annexation OF
Hawaii, yesterday introduced Joint
resolution inviting the republic of Cuba
TO become a part of the United States
first as territory and then as state
of the union, to be called the state o.
duction of duties on the present crop OF
Cuban sugar, III consideration of Gu
bas granting preferential rates to the
United States. The resolutions confine
the % per cent reduction of duties to
the period prior to Jan. 1, 1903. The
provision as to annexation is as fol-
lows:
That in the meantime the republic
of Cuba is invited to become part of
the United States of America. and her
people to become, citizens of the United
States, with the assurance that Cuba
will be entitled at first to territorial
form of government under the consti-
tuition and laws of the United States.
with a delegate in congress to repre-
sent her people, and that ultimate
statehood will be granted when. In the
judgment of congress, 1t is advisable TO
admit Cuba. including such other West
India islands belonging to the United
States as may he deemed advisable. as
a single state in the union, to be called
the state of Cuba
Mr. Newlands, in explanation of his
resolution. said:
"All those who have appeared to voice
Cuba's needs and requirements have
Indicated that an invitation to Cuba of
annexation would be accepted
Annexation by force would not be
justified. 1t must be accomplished, If
at ALL by the free act of the Cuban
people At present there is no ma
chinery in Cuba by which the popular
will can be tested, but the Cuban con-
stitufion has been adopted.
oThe Cuban congress will meet in
February. Cuban government will be
organized, and the United States will
then leave the government and control
of the islands 10 Its people. Cuba then
will be In a position to express her
will. and Ii is only necessary to tide
over the present emergency by tenn
porary measure such as ! have intro
duced, reducing the duty on Cuban SUI
gar one-f fourth for one year and invit-
ing Cuba to become part of the
United States under a territorial form
OF government, under the constitu-
ton, her people to be citizens, not
subjects, with the assurance that ulti-
mately statehood will be granted.
"By coming into our political union,
Cuba will secure Immediately the high
large market for varied products.
Those products will not threaten on,
sugar industry SO seriously as they
would under reciprocal trade arrange.
ments for the reason that the restricted
labor laws OF this country will apply
and will raise the cost Of production to
such an extent as to prevent over
stimulation of her industries, while
her supplies will be bought in the high
protected markets of this country in
stead of in the cheap markets of the
world much prefer political union.
for that involves the best kind of com
mercial union that can be established
between the two countries.
such annexation is entirely in line
with the traditional policy of the coun-
try. When the time for statehood
comes, Cuba, Porto Rico and other
West India islands in our possession
can be incorporated into the union as
one state, thus doing away with the
danger of misrepresentation in the
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