The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

secure all five of the doubtful Senators they can only muster fifty-siX votes, or four less than two-thirds.
 The Pest says: Unable as yet to command sufficient number of votes to secure the ratification of the Ha- waiian annexation treaty in the Senate, the friends of the treaty have appealed to the President to throw the weight of his influence into the scale in their behalf The appeal has not been made in vain. From this time until the vote Is taken the influence of the admins tratiOn will be eXerted in undisguised fashion in support of the treaty. Pres sure is already beginning to be applied. The announcement in the Post yester- day morning that Senators Thurston and Gear had decided not to vote for the treaty because the annexation of Hawaii and the consequent develop ment of a large sugar producing do main would materially interfere with the beet sugar industry of Nebraska and Iowa, alarmed the friends of the treaty and sent them in post haste to the White House. Senator ElkinS. who is the representative of the administra- tion on the floor of the Senate in con- nection with annexation, informed the President early yesterday morning that
  ThurstOn and Gear were unfortunately true. and he urged the President to use every effort to bring them back into line
 This the President promised to do and when a short time afterward both Thurston and Gear appeared at the White House, they were closely pressed by the President for the reasons which influenced their action. The result of the interview is. of course, not known, but it was stated last evening that Mir Thurston would, in all probability. sur render to the Presidents influence and vote for the treaty.
 ''Mr. Gear however. took notes of Senator Davis speech in executive ses- sion yesterday and evidently intends to prepare a reply to MT Davis an- nexation argument. The friends of the treaty are by no means hopeful and some of them are now looking forward to the consideration of the Morgan re- solution, by which annexation can be secured upon a majority vote.''
 The length of the debate is still un- certain, but it is generally expected it will continue through next week. At the end of that time, If the canvass of the Senate indicates that further eff fort to secure ratification would be use less. vote will be taken and the treaty dropped. time being saved by the prompt consideration of the proposed act. Senators Teller, Morrill,, Petit grew. FOraker, White, Kenney, Nor gan and several others are all prepared to make speeches, but ten days of talk ought to exhaust the list. Up to the present time nothing has been said in secret session which could not have been uttered in public. There has been no private information disclosed, no state papers read, and no dire predic- tions uttered. Tn the open sessions, which will be necessary when the Nor gan bill is taken up, the whole ground of discussion will have to he traversed again, while the appropriation of s4,- GOO, 900 to pay the debt of Hawaii will also excite a lively controversy.
 The Senate did not make great prog ress with the Hawaiian annexation treaty to-day. Several speeches were delivered, but In every instance the speaker announced that tO-day's re- marks were merely preliminary to what he would say before the close of the de- bate.
 The executive session opened shortly after l o'clock, with Senator White on the floor, but Senator Stewart inter- rupted, and others cut the California Senator out of the discussion. Those who spoke were Senators Stewart, Frye and Morgan.
 Senator Stewart of Nevada supported the treaty, and was the first Senator to discuss the question of sugar in con- nection with the subject. He said all sugar lands were now occupied. and lit tie was left except lands available for the production of coffee. He asserted that the importation of sugar to the United States from Hawaii would not be increased to any perceptible extent because the islands had reached their limit Tn tho rarn1r1pfinr nf hot rf For this reason the producers of beet sugar and cane sugar need not be alarmed. Senator Stewart eulogized the natives as intelligent and docile. He said there were many of them in California, and that they were well re- garded there.
 Senator White interrupted to asI; why, if the Kanakas were so well thought of, they had not been consult ed on the question of annexation. MT. Stewart replied that throughout their history, up to recent years they had been anxious to have their country become a part Of the United States.
 Senator Frye spoke upon the com mercial and military aspects which an- neXatiOn presented in favor of the i United States. He called attention to the fact that some Senators complain ed because no one stayed in the cham Der and listened to the debate upon this important subject. He remarked that it was no wonder Senators fled to the cloak rooms and committee rooms when long speeches were read which contain ed much dry detail and were not argu- ments upon the question before the Senate.
 The Senators should counsel together and discuss the matter, debate and ad- wise, and then there would be a full Senate at all times and the information sought would be brought out. On the merits of the case he considered Hawaii as necessary to the United States. He devoted considerable time to the i'm portance of the Nicaraguan canal which could not be maintained unless Hawaii was ours. Senator Frye thought this was an important epoch in our history and if we did not annex the islands now we could not complain if they were annexed to any other na- tion or if any other nation should take them.
 Senator Morgan of Alabama made the principal speech of the day and occu- pied the time of the Senate until 1t ad- journed. He will continue tomorrow He began by referring to a suggestion ] l.,v