The Arizona sentinel., 1897-06-26
VYASHlNGTON LETTER.
Troro Our Eecular Correspondent.

l " ASHINGEON, June Z1OH, 1o0I .
 The Territory of Hawaii. How
 does that sound? IL is going to be
 the next addition to Uncle Sam's
 family, lis now known, although no official statement has been made,
 that treaty for the annexation of
 Hawaii will be sent to the Senate
 in the near future, probably before the close of the present session of Congress. There is very little, if any, doubt of the ratification of
 that treaty, as the sentiment of the Senate, regardless of party is over
 whelmingly in favor of the annexa-
 ton of Hawaii; but owing to the
 difficulty of keeping a quorum of
 the Senate in Washington after the
 tariff bill has been passed, the
 treaty will hardly be acted upon
 until the regular session of Con-
 gress, even if sent ill at this session.
 President Mckinley will return from his trip to the Nashville ex- position tomorrow, and the White
 House, which has been quite desert- ed by all but the sight scorers while he has been away will again take on ar air of business.
 The attempts of some of the Democratic Senators to explain that they are not protectionists, they have voted for protection for the products of their states, have been more or less ludi crous. Senator McEnery, of La., is the only one of them who has come out squarely for protection, although a number of them have voted for it in particular schedules. He said in reply to the taunts of Senators Jones, of Ark and Vest,; "Considering the vast interests Louisiana has in rice and sugar, the output of her saw mills, her salt and sulphur mines, is there any reason why the Demo cratic party of-my state should not be committed to protection? Not high protection, but protection as is consistent with revenue neces- sities. This, also, 1 believe, is the doctrine of the Republican party. Call it what you will, protection, revenue duty with incidental pro tection, or anything else, large amounts must be raised, and there is no reason why the industries of the South should not be protected"
 The Democrats took advantage of the agreement of the Republican Senators to shorten the tariE deoate as much as possible by not making speeches or taking part Ill con to make a number of statements concerning the sugar schedule which has been adopted by the Senate, that they must have known were untrue. The only one of their statements that any at ,ention was paid to was that as serting that she new sugar schedule would give the American sugar re- liners more protection than the schedule for which 1t was substitut. cd, and that was only replied to in- by Senator Allison, who stated that the new schedule would give the American sugar refners less protection than the one aban- doned, and that it would be shown by indigputa ble evidence as soon as a statement now being prepared by experts could be completed. Senator Allison's word was enough for the Senate which adopted the new schedule.
 The object of the Democratic Senators in talking to deley pro gress on the tariff bill is obvious. It is estimated that every day the bill is delayed means loss to the of at least $100.000 ! duties, and the more that is lost in that way, the better prepared will