Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-10-22

he not rather by argument and
otherwise try to gain over the OBJ
position to his side. 1t is moth
Ing for United States Senator to
argue for days and days on his
side of the question and Senator
Morgan alone could use up a
month in telling the others what
he knows about Hawaii.
The writer maintains that such
nasty action as the ratification of
the annexation treaty in De,em-
Der Is contrary to all precedent
aud therefore need not be looked
for.
From the time the first conven-
tlon met at Topeka to consider
the formation of the State of
Kansas it was nearly six years
before the Act of Congress finally
admitting it was passed on Janu-
airy 20, 1861.
1t took two years and half to
get West Virginia made into a
State and nearly three years for
Iowa.
The formation Of the State of
! Nebraska will be of interest as
showing to what length such
legislation may be delayed. The
first proposition to form State
government in Nebraska was sub
mitted to the people for ratifica-
ton in March, 1860, and defeated.
An application for an enabling
act was made to Congress on
January 16, 1864, and the Act
approved April 10, 1864. just
before the final adjournment of
Congress an Act was passed to
admit Nebraska as a State on
July %, 1866, but the bill was
pocketed by the President and
never heard of afterward. A
second Act to admit passed Con-
eress in January, 1867, and was
vetoed by the President January
30. On February 8, 1867, the
Act was passed over the Presi-
dents veto and finally on March
l, 1867, after nearly seven years
of hard work in Congress
Nebraska was proclaimed State.
Other examples might be cited
but are unnecessary. The only
instance of any haste being
shown in creating a State is that
of Nevada, which was admitted
on October 81, 1864, by procla-
nation of President Lincoln as a
war measure, without waiting for
the passage of an Act of admis.
sion.
Again, the constitution of the
United States states that any
treaty may be ratified by vote
Of two-thirds Of the Senators
present. Suppose that the vote is
very close, and this is believed to
be the exact situation, sickness,
death or other unforeseen &C.
cidents may delay vote for
weeks, and should every Senator
be in the very best of health it
may be many long day before
the requisite two-thirds vote is
assured and the Republican
leaders will dare to allow such an
important matter to 60 to vote.
In the event of the treaty being
rejected, there is no doubt that
either Senator Morgan's bill or
the Joint Resolution will be taken
up at once, either of which
may safely be set down as
taking twice as long in reaching
final vote as the ratification of
the treaty.
While it cannot be doubted that
annexation will be accomplished
in some form or other during tho
life of the coming Gong ress every
thing points to the conclusion
that it will not be done with a
rush and that several months of
next year may elapse before its
finality. If these Decem Der en-
thusiasts who are so sure that an
nexation will come in that month
will let the general public into
the secret of their inside informa-
ton it will tend to help business
by letting the people know that
the question is settled; otherwise
their assurances of December an
nexation are only tending to un-
settle it and make it worse than it