The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-27
BOAST OF FILIBUSTERS
OPPONENTS OF HAWAIIAN ANNEX
ALTON BETTING THEY WILL WIN.
Confident Congress Will Be Forced to
Adjourn without Vote on the
observation-disclosures Law Ruling.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 26-The Hawaiian
fight will be resumed in the Senate to-mor-
row. Spokesman of the filibusters are boast
full tonight They are saying that, as a
betting proposition, it is ten to one that
Congress will adjourn without coming to a
vote on the question. They base this
judgment not on their own strength, but on
the belief that there are enough weak
kneed, neutral or secretly hostile senators
in the majority to break a quorum and keep
it broken after the money bills are out of
the way.
An Associated Press dispatch says: There
are rumors floating about the Capitol that a
vote will be reached or an agreement for
final adjournment had towards the end of
the week, but no confirmation of them can
be secured from the leaders on either side
of the controversy, so that, in the language
of Senators Jones and Davis. they appear
to be ''illusory." The proceedings late Sat-
urday afternoon and the admissions of SEN
ators who oppose annexation indicate quite
clearly their purpose to resort to dilatory
tactics, while the appearances on the other
side are that there must be more pressure
brought to secure vote. I'VE have suffi-
cient number of speeches engaged to insure
our going on for three weeks said Senator
Jones, of Arkansas, in discussing the out
look. He added, as he stated in the Senate
yesterday, that he was willing to fix a day
next session for a vote, but that he would
not agree to vote during the present session.
He said that in case an effort was made to
extend the daily sessions into the evenings
the friends of the resolution would find it
necessary to maintain continuous quorum.
Senator Davis, who is managing the con-
test for the anneXationists, said that he
would insist on IL o'clock sessions, and he
also expressed the opinion that it would be
necessary to extend the daily meetings into
the evening. 1--WE have demonstrated our
ability to maintain quorum" he said, land
we have abundant assurance of the willing
ness of senators to remain here indefinitely
to insure the enactment of this legislation.
Consequently we do not find it necessary
to accede to the proposition to let the mat
ter go over until next session even with
day fixed for vote"
The opposition counts on the appropriation
bills consuming considerable time next
week. There is general consent that the
conference report on the Indian appropria-
ton bill shall be taken up Monday, and that
it shall be followed by the general deficiency
bill The annexatiOniSts proceed upon the
theory that with the appropriation bills all
out of the way and nothing standing in the
way of adjournment except the Hawaiian
question it will be far easier to secure a
vote, while the anti-anneXationists welcome
the introduction of these conference reports
as affording new subjects for consideration
The opposition has received considerable
encouragement from the return of Senator
Allen of Nebraska, from his home from
the recovery of Senator Caffery from an ILL
ness which threatened to interfere with his
capacity for speechmaking, and from the
fact that Senator Butler has manifested
willingness to alter his determination not
to speak. All three have now given assur-
ance that they may be counted upon for
speeches, and all are capable of making
"leng talks" Senators White and Pettgrew
also expect to continue at considerable
length, while shorter speeches are expected
from Messrs Clay Tillman, Jones, Berry,
Bate, Roach Lindsay Pasco, Chiffon and
other Democratic senators and from Senator
Spooner, Republican 1t is intimated that
the discussion may become acrimonious and
that some of the annexationistS may be
drawn into it. The outlook therefore is for
a week of long speeches and increased hours
of daily sessions. 1t is possible these may
result in an early vote being reached,
though the prospect is not now very bright
for speedy winding up of Hawaiian af-
fairs.
Nothing of importance is likely to come
before the House this week. Conference re-
ports upon the sundry civil, Indian and Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bills prob
ably will be submitted and the conference
report upon the bankruptcy measure, which
the Senate has adopted, will be considered.
sured. Mr.. Hull, from the committee on
military affairs, will insist on consideration
of a number of bills made necessary by
war demeands notably one to increase the
force of the Ordinance Department. The
situation in the House is such that final
adjournment could be reached easily within
a very few days should the Senate dispose
of the Hawaiian resolutions. Henceforth,
therefore, the programme in the House must
be largely one of waiting on the Senates
conclusion respecting annexation.