The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-23
TO CHEcKMA1E REED.
Scheme 10 Secure Action on
Hawaii and Cuba.

Washington, JAN 22.--The fate of the
Hawaiian treaty Is etlu In doact- Inc
friends OF annexation claim stXty-three
votes, or three more than the two thirds
& required for ratification. To secure this
number they count five Democrats who
have hiterto declared in opposition, but
whose support, it is said, viii oe forth
coming when the vote is taken. AT the
Same time. Senator White. the leader of
the opposition, yesterday suggested to
Mr.. LAWS, the chairman of the foreign re-
lations committee, that u day be fixed
for taking the vote. Mr.. Davis declined
to entertain the proposition, claiming
that there was several Senator's WHO yet
desired to debate the question. The offer
of Senator White to meet the Issue and
Mr.. Davis refusal were taken yesterday
to indicate that the opponents of the
treaty " ere confident while its friends
were by no means sure that they are IN
position to submit to n test.
Should the treaty fail of ratification
and the anneXationists be compelled to
resort to the passage of Senator Morgan's
bal, the opposition Of Speaker Reed in the
House world, it is felt, still leave the final
disposition of the matter in doubt. A
plan was advanced yesterday, however,
by which Mr.. Reed can be checkmated
and vote in the House secured.
gan's bill as an amendment to the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
when 1t is taken up in the Senate. A
point OF order that the annexation
measure is not germane would unadoubt-
eddy be made, and the Vice President
might sustain the objection. The custom
of the Senate, however, allows wide lati-
.tudo in the matter of legislation upon
appropriation bills, and the Vice Presi-
dents decision could easily, and in line
with numerous presidents, be reversed
by majority vote There is. without
question, q ma jority in the Senate in favor
of annexation, and majority vote would
override the Vice. President and add the
Morgan bill to the appropriation meas
ure. The subject could be made ger
name, it is said, by moving to strike out
the appropriation for minister to the
Hawaiian Islands and inserting clause
to annext the islands.
If the Morgan bill can be added to the
diplomatic bill in the Senate ard be sent
to the House, there is no way in which a
vote upon concurring in the Senate
amendment can be avoided in the latter
body. A separate annexation bill W ould
have tn run the gauntlet of the foreign
affairs committee, and might slumber at
the foot of n lengthy calendar. A Senate
amendment would have to be voted in mr.
voted out when the appropriation bill
was returned to the House.
In the same way majority of the Sen
ate could deci he to insert in the dplo-
matte bill an amendment recognizing the
be|ligerency of Cuba, and this would
bring the Cuban question tefore the
House. If both the..Hawaii and the Gu
ban amendments should be adopted and
the bill go to the President, lie would be
placed in an awkward dilemma. Ee
would undoubtedly veto the diplomatic
bill if it.contained recognition of the
rbelligerency of Cubn, on the ground that
this is an executive and not legislative
function, but as he cannot veto any one
clause of bill without vetoinY all, his
adverse action would also be.,disastrous
TO Hawaii.
1t is expected that before the diplo-
matte bill con es up in the Senate the sit
uatlon regarding the treaty will have
cleared to a degree which will demon
strate.the best course to pursue. AT pres
ent nothing has been decided upon. In
the meantime, the opponents Of annexa-
&ion announce their intention Of contest
ing the passage of the diplomatic bill to
the last ditch, if it is to be made the
vehicle for accomplishing annexation.
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CATOGNI.