Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-22
WAIIAN CABLE
Threats of a Veto on Account of the
Amendments.
MIR. CLEVELAND'S SENSITIVENESS
Annoyance at Opposition to His
Hawaiian Policy.
EXTRA SEES SION T A L K

President Cleveland is said to be i'm
pressed with the idea that the republicans
are greatly alarmed at the prospect of an
extra session of Congress. He is, there
fore, trying to play upon this to prevent
legislation on appropriation bills which
do not meet with his approval. In addi-
ton to the threat made through some of
his friends that he will veto the sundry
civil bill if it contains any legislation
which will restrict in the issuance of
bonds, a similar threat is being used to
defeat the Hawaiian cable amendment IN
the consular and diplomatic bill.
Sensitive About Hawaii.
The President is more sensitive about
his Hawaiian policy than any other mat
ter. Any movement that looks as IL II
were aimed toward the annexation of
Hawaii or which does not accord with the
policy which he has put in force, i'm
mediately excites him. The adoption of
the cable amendment by the Senate, it is
said caused him a good deal of irritation,
and he is now using all his influence TO
prevent the acceptance of the amendment
by the House. The democrats have been
given to understand that the President
would regard the support of this amend
ment as an act OF unfrienuIineSS toward
the administration.
Threats to Democrats.
Those democrats who voted in the House
in favor of concurring in the amendment
did so with the knowledge that they were
guilty of great offense to Mr.. Cleveland.
Many are restrained from a natural in
clination to yield to the Senate by the GER
| tanty that their doing so would put them
in disfavor at the White Hovse. The oppcsi-
tion pf Mr. ('laNe1anl n the ca blp DrOlpct
is further enforced by a very strong in
| tmation that if the amendment is retained
he will not approve the bill. Whether he
will actually go this far may be doubted.
but the threat is being used with the idea
of compelling the Senate to yield and per-
nit the amendment to be stricken out in
conference.
As to an Extra Session.
Mr.. Cleveland appears to eXaggerate the
terror which the threat of an extra session
has for the republicans While generally
they would prefer not to be called back tC
| Washington between sessions, 1t does not
appear that they would be willing to make
any considerable sacrifice to avoid 1t, and
there are few who would actually like tC
have an extra session called. Mr. Cleve'
land has much more to fear from an extra
session than have the republicans. 1t would
be Inconvenience and an annoyance to
Congress to meet in the spring or early
summer, but their plans are too we'll laid
for them TO fear being drawn into any per-
picking political question during the extra
session.
One Thing to he Done.
The session will, if called, be made much
more annoying to Mr. Cleveland. One of
the first steps which would be taken by a
republican House and the anti-admnistra-
ton Senate would be to begin the investi-
cation into the alleged shortcomings and
blunderngS of the administration. Several
very active republican Senators are eager
for an opportunity to disclose through an
investigation, step by step, ali the details
of the items of the administration policy.
an imperfect knowledge of which has eX-
cite, general criticism. Mir. Cleveland will
have to confront this if he calls an extra
session.