The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-20
HAWARS ANNEXATION
To Be Pressed in the Senate the
Present Week.
SOME CONFLICTING OPINIONS.

Friends OF Annexation Assert That
They Have One MoreThan a Quorum,
Statement That Is Denied by the
Anti-Annexationlsts
Washington, June 20-The Hawaiian
question comes to the front again in
the senate during the present week,
but under somewhat different circum-
stances from those which attended its
presentation at the beginning Of the
session The purpose was then, as 1T
Is now. to secure the annexation of the
islands to the United States, but the
effort at that time was to secure this
result by means Of a treaty. whereas
the present course Is through the in
strumentality of joint resolution
On the first occasion the matter was
considered in executive session with
the public excluded, while now the
doors are to be thrown open and the
world invited. What the outcome of
the discussion may be, or when vote
will be reached. no one will undertake
to say positively. The leaders on both
sides are full of prophesy. but there is
such discrepancy between their opin-
ions as to render it necessary to dis
card one in order to accept the. other.
The friends of annexation assert that
there Is no possible doubt Of their
ability to pass the resolution and say
they have 4G senators. or one more than
quorum, pledged to remain in the
senate until the question can be de-
oidad, while the opposing leaders de-
<In laf occurred
them that they will vote to adjourn in
preference to remaining in session IN
definitely for the consideration OF the
Hawaiian question.
The supporters of the proposition ex-
press confidence that action will be Sc
cured within ten days. while the op-
position contend that it will be found
to be impossible to. secure a vote dur
ing the present session of congress. The
advocates of annexation declare they
will make no speeches, leaving the op-
ponents to occupy all the time to be
consumed by this means. The opposi-
tion say they are willing to make the
speeches If compelled to do so, but
that if forced to do this they will in
slst that the friends of the measure
shall maintain a constant quorum in
the senate chamber. They also predict
that the annexationists will find them
selves compelled to participate in tn,
proceedings, as they expect to advance
points which will demand refutation,
or at least reply
In view of this generally contradic-
tory condition one can only base pre-
Giction upon general conditions. There
Is no doubt, in the first place. that the
annexationists have a majority in the
senate If q vote can be reached. If
a vote could be gotten now the result
would be about 54 for annexation to
35 against in full senate. OF these 8
senators there are, however quite n
number who are not Jealous and in
whose minds all doubt as to the policy
of the acquisition of outside territory
has rot been overcome. These SEMI
tors as rule are indisposed to re-
main in session for any length of time
during the hot sumner months to con-
slider Hawaiian annexation. Most of
the senators of this class are Republi-
cans, and there are probably SuiH-
c!ent number Of them under nornEl
circumstances to join with the DeHG-
Gratis to force an adjournment. ThB
find themselves confronted, howeydr.
with the request of the administration
to remain and pass the resolution asip
war measure, and some of them ere
disposed to cinli their own preferences
in obedience to the presidential wish
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