Editing William McKinley (section)

====Hawaii====
[[File:Annexation Here to Stay (edit).jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Newlands Resolution|Annexation]] of the [[Republic of Hawaii]] in 1898]]

During the war, McKinley also pursued the annexation of the [[Republic of Hawaii]]. The new republic, dominated by business interests, had [[Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii|overthrown the Queen]] in 1893 when she attempted to restore the powers of the monarchy by nullifying the [[1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom|bayonet constitution]].{{sfn|Gould|p=48}} There was strong American support for annexation, and the need for Pacific bases in wartime became clear after the Battle of Manila.{{sfn|Gould|pp=49–50}} McKinley came to office as a supporter of annexation, and lobbied Congress to act, warning that to do nothing would invite a royalist counter-revolution or a Japanese takeover.{{sfn|Gould|pp=49–50}} Foreseeing difficulty in getting two-thirds of the Senate to approve a treaty of annexation, McKinley instead supported the effort of Democratic Representative [[Francis G. Newlands]] of Nevada to accomplish the result by [[joint resolution]] of both houses of Congress.{{sfn|Gould|pp=98–99}} The resulting [[Newlands Resolution]] passed both houses by wide margins, and McKinley signed it into law on July 8, 1898.{{sfn|Gould|pp=98–99}} McKinley biographer H. Wayne Morgan notes, "McKinley was the guiding spirit behind the annexation of Hawaii, showing&nbsp;... a firmness in pursuing it";{{sfn|Morgan|p=223}} the president told Cortelyou, "We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is [[manifest destiny]]."{{sfn|Morgan|p=225}}