The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-20
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QUESTION OF ANNExATIoN.
The Senate to Consider the Hawaiian
Matter To-day.


Washington, June 19,-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
islands to the United States, but the
effort at that time was to secure this
result by means Of treaty, whereas
the present course is through the in
strumentality Of joint resolution. On
the first occasion the matter was con-
sidered in executive session with the
public excluded, while now the doors
are to be thrown open and the world
invited.
What the outcome may be no one will
undertake to say positively. The lead
ers on both sides are full Of prophecy,
but there is such discrepancy between
their opinions as to render it necessary
to discard in order to accept the other.
The friends of annexation assert that
there is no possible doubt Of their abil-
ity to pass the resolution and say they
have forty-six senators, or one more
than a quorum, pledged to remain in
the senate until the question can be
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declare that forty-eight senators have
assured them that they will vote to
adjourn in preference to remaining In
session indefinitely for the considera-
tion of the Hawaiian question. The
supporters Of the proposition express
confidence that action will be secured
within ten days, while the opposition
contend that it will be found impossi-
BILE to secure a vote during the present
session of congress.
The advocates of anpexation declare
| they will make no speeches, leaving the
| opponents 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 If
forced to do this they will insist that
| tain a constant quorum in the senate
| chamber They also predict that the
annexationists will find themselves
| compelled to participate in the proceed
! ings as they expect to advance points
which will demand refutation or at
| least reply.
| There Is no doubt, in the first place,
that the annexationists have majority
| in the senate If a vote can be reached.
If a vote could be gotten now, the re-
| suit would be about fifty-four for an
nexation to thirty-five against it in a
| full senate. OF these fifty-four sena-
| tors there are, however, quite a num-
ber in whose mind there is doubt as to
| the policy of annexing the islands at
| the present time The senators, as a
| rule are indisposed to remain in ses-
| sion for any length of time during the
| hot summer months to carry Hawaiian
| annexation. Most of the senators of
| this class are republicans and there
| are probably sufficient number Of
them under normal circumstances to
| join with the democrats to force an ad-
journment. They find themselves con-
| fronted, however, with the request Of
| the administration to remain and pass
the resolution. The gossip as to the
| probability Of postponement until a
! fixed day in the next session increases
and many persons are predicting that
this will be the outcome of the con-
test. A test vote probably will be Sc
cured Monday on the taking up of the
resolution as it will be necessary to get
it up to displace other measures on the
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