Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-11
STICK TO THE FIGHT
What the Friends of Hawaiian An.
nexation Say.
NO SENATE ACTION, NO ADJOURNMENT
Reeds Yielding a Discouragement
to Senate Opponents.
EXTRA SESS ION THREAT

Now that the friends of Hawaii have
overcome the opposition in the House and
the annexation resolutions are under con-
sideration, they determined to stick
to the fight until the question has been
permanently disposed of by Congress The
vote yesterday and the determination with
which 1t stood against the consideration
OF any other matter proved the opposition
in the House to be numerically weak In
the Senate the majority in favor of annex
alton is relatively large. The supporters
of the administration in this matter are
now thoroughly organized and IL Is deter
mined that there shall not be an adjourn
ment of Congress until the resolutions have
been voted on by the Senate The opposi-
ton hoped that Mr.. Reed would be able to
hold the House in check until all other nee
essary business had been disposed of and
that an adjournment resolution might be
adopted before the Hawaiian resolutions
could be got before the Senate The state
of business now does not admit Of such a
course. The Hawaiian resolutions Will be
adopted by the House before any other
business can be transacted and there will
be ample time after the resolutions go to
the Senate TO get them through the COM
mittee and ready for consideration before
the remaining appropriation bills can be
disposed Of SO as to admit of adjournment
Moreover, the supporters of the adminis-
tration in the House have determined not
to adopt an adjournment resolution until
after the Senate has voted on Hawaii
AS they are a large majority OF the
House. their holding 10 this determination
Will preclude the possibility of adjourn
ment But should the contest be prolonged
until they were worn out and ready TO give
up the fight, they would still be confronted
by the purpose of the President to call an
extra session, sEould . premature adjourn
ment occur.
In the Senate.
Some of the senators and representatives
who called en- the President today gave him
considerable encouragement assuring him
that IL the advocates of annexation, sup
ported by the administration. maintained
firm attitude the opposition would haze
To give way. Some very determined men,
persistent and hard fighters. have got to he
cchtended with. but it is a tradition in the
senate that 4 small minority, however de-
termined, cannot hold out long after they
have ceased to receive secret encourage
ment from the lukewarm and Indifferent
nexation say that when IL is made mani
fest that under no possible circumstances
will the majority permit Congress TO ad-
1ourn without voting on this question the
hiiausterers will have to give way The
principal danger in fight of this sort lies
In the action of men VINO, being professedly
with the majority, discourage the contin-
uance of the tight, and argue that the ma
Jcrlty cannot accomplish this purpose and
should give way before an infiexible minor
ity.
1t Is understood that there are few men
in the Senate VINO give this lukewarm sup
pert to annexation, and who may secretly
assist the minority by repeatedly advising
as the contest proceeds that compromise
should be adopted and the question be per-
mitted to go over until next session Ii is
by such methods this that the sugar
trust expects to be aided by such of its
friends as may not be willing to come out
into the open. The danger from this quar-
ter, however is lessened by the fact that
the administration and its supporters, who
are sincere in this matter, and can RELY on
a majority in both houses, equally sim
cere, are determined to carry the fight to a
finish. and not TO hearken to any advice
to this purpose, whether inspired
by weakness or ulterior motives.
Reeds Yielding Discouraging.
The fact that so great a champion as
Speaker Reed has been compelled to yield
is very discouraging to the anti-annexa-
and takes a good deal of the
spirit out of them, while encouraging the
to confidence in its power
when ffrmness is shown. The admnistra-
ton and its supporters do not intend to be
nisled or influenced in any way by specious
arguments in favor of postponing the con-
sideration of Hawaii until the whole ques-
ton of colonial policy, involving the Philip
pines and Porto Rico, as well as Hawaii,
can be considered together.
The hold that Hawaii is not dependent
upon the adoption or rejection of colonial
policy, ard that it is a question at present
with US. demanding immediate settlement
and must be settled without waiting for
anything else.
The senator's who are opposing anncxa-
ton maintaining bold front, and in
sist that they viii keep the Senate from
the resolutions if they have to
remain here until September. They say
that they are prepared 10 carry the fight
to an extreme. and it is intimated in some
quarters that they receiving encourage
n ent from men who are not known as op-
pcnents to annexation. All possibilities in
his direction are taken into consideration
,y the President and his supporters,
Ind If the filibusters want to prolong tho
session the burden of doing will fall
IN them, and the majority, 1t is insisted,
\ ill not be swerved from its purpose. So
title is the administration alarmed by the
hreat of prolonged session that it is the
policy of the administration forces them
selves to prolong the session as long as