New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-07
NOW ASSURED.
r1yALACTION IN THE SENATE
xrwIANDs HAWAIIAN RESOLUTION
PASSED BY A VOTE OF AZ TO Il.
inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIprSEJ
.A,ne,o, Julv G--The long fight IN the
49, o,,axat,on Of Hawaii came 10 an
49,. oe..rnoon with startling suddenness
~ ,,o, ennarent for the last ten DAYS 'ha'
ii ""u chic minority n the upper
,rorch oe Congress to defeat DY '''' .'''
residents programme of aosoF"'.'e ioi po'i'-
,oa, a,a military reasons os the hishest i'hpor-
- ,bs sovereignty Of the HAWAIIAN hepuo'c
vas doomed to hopeless iaiiu'e'
d.. :, srjte Of the evident useeSSness OF
e.~,sql,nc against the ineVi'ao'e 'i'e a"'i-a"-
.a.Ion,s, leaders in the Senate had Tor more
- .o weeks maintained a parliamentary
.,rn ~ obstruction and up 10 last night
.a s,u confident that they could stave OF
80, <or a week or ten days longer. AS has been
,o,eo,sdIv pointed out in these dispatches. how
o.er the opposition to annexation In the Sen
o,o has been almost wholly lacking IN deterrli-
nation ard coherence, and al the first real crisis
IN the contest. which came this afternoon, the
debate against time which 1t had been conduct
ing collapsed. Mr. White. Mr.. Pettigrew. and
Az ZONES Of Arkansas, the leaders OF the anti
annexation forces. found themselves about
o'clock to-day with their debating material
,rac,ically exhausted Mr.. Daniel. Of Virginia.
Mr. Faulkner. Of West Virginia. and Mr.. Spoon
tonal speeches against the Newlands resolution
but no one Of the three was ready to go on. and
rather than accept the odum Which I'D
necessarily attach TO ut-and-o out filbustering
against measure having more than two
thirds majority in both branches Of Congress.
they resolved to surrender at discretion and per-
nit vote Word passed around that the
contest would probably end before adjournment.
-, had bee
position that when the roll was called finally on
the passage of the resolution only sixty-three
Senators could be collected 10 record their vote.
The resolution. retaining the exact form In
which II passed the House of Representatives
and was reported by the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations adopted by H. votes TO
. exactly the proportion which would have
been required to ratify the long-pcnding an
rexation treaty. The division on party INES
shown by the final rollcall Is Interesting az II
dscloses an almost solid Republican Vot" III
favor Of the absorption II Hawaii. and curious
mosaic Of political elements IN opposition to that
significant though inevitable step in National
policy OF the forty-two Senators who support
ed the Newlands resolution ;hirty-two were ne
publicans two were Silveritcs. one was fopu-
list and six were Democrats
In this last group were Mr.. German. Of Mary
land: MessrS. Morgan ana ftttus VI |hi"'"-'
Money and Sullivan. of Mississippi. and Mr.. NC
Laurin. Of South Carolina. OF the twenty-ohe
Senators opposed to annexation fifteen were
Democrats two were Sound-Money Democrats
two were Silverites. two were Populists ana one
Mr. Morrill, Of Vermont. was Republican Two
other Republicans. Mr.. SpOoner. OF Wisconsin
and Mr. Thurston. OF Nebraska. were pared
against the resolution. while three Demo-
Mr. q New
ner of WASHINGTON and Mr.. Rawlng. or
Utah. and one Populist Mr.. Stewart. OF Nevada
were paired in favo- Of IT. Messrs. Harris or
Kansas and Hetfeld. of Idaho, two more Popu-
lists. who were absent and impaired, would have
voted in favor Of annexation. The sudden close
Of the fight against the absorption OF Hawaii
TIE only question Of importance left before Con-
gress is expected 10 precptate an adjournment,
and there is some prospect that both houses
vii, be in recess by the end Of the week
Cor proceedings in detail see page si1)