The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-06-20
HAWAHS ANNEXATION
To Be Pressed in the Senate the
Present Week.
SOME CONFLICTING OPINIONS.

Friends of Annexation Assert That
They Have One NJ oreThnn Quorum,
II statement That Is Denied by the
Anti-AnneNationist
Washington, June 2O-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 it's
presentation at the beginning of the
session The purpose was then, as it
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 a Joint resolution.
on the first occasion the matter was
considered in executive session with
- 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 a 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 as senator's, or one more than
q quorum, pledged to remain in the
senate until the question can be de-
cided, while the opposing leaders de-
cleare that As senators have assured
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
win 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 viii in
sst that the friends of the measure
shall maintain a constant quorum in
the senate chamber. They also predict
that the annexationsts will find them
selves compelled to participate in the
proceedings, as they expect to advance
points wfEch will demand refutation,
or at least reply.
In view of this generally cOntradic-
tory condition one can only base pre-
diction upon general conditions There
is no doubt in the first place, that the
annexationists have a majority in the
senate If a vote can be reached. If
a vote could be gotten now the result
would be about 81 for annexation to
35 against in a full senate. OF these 81
senators there are, however, quite a
number who ere not jealous and in
whose minds all doubt as to the policy
of the acquisition of outside territory
has not been overcome. These sena-
tors as a rule are indisposed to re-
main in session for any length of time
during the hot summer months to con-
slider Hawaiian annexation Most of
the senators Of this class are Republi-
cans, and there are probably a suffi-
cent number of them under normal
circumstances to join with the Demo-
Gratis to force an adjournment. They
find themselves confronted, however
with the request of the administration
to remain and pass the resolution as a
war measure, and some of them are
disposed to sink their own preferences
in obedience to the presidential wish.