The San Francisco call., 1898-01-31
Pettigrew Will Attempt to Make a Telling Speech
 in Open Session.
INTENDS TO SCORE DOLE
And Show the Utter Folly of Taking in the Distant Hawaiian
 Islands.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House.

Washington, Jan. 30.
 The Senate proceedings for the week will open with a speech by Senator Pet tigrew, dealing with the Hawaiian question, which will be delivered Mon day. Beyond this speech it is very diff ficult to forecast the outlook for the week. The diversion occaSioned by talk ing up the Teller bond resolution has left the Senate in a somewhat disor- ganized and unsettled condition, and with no pre-arranged programme. Sen ator Petugrew's speech will be made during the morning hour, and the prob abilities are now that at it's conclusion, or at least at 2 o'clock, one of the gen. eral appropriation bills will be called up The army and the legislative ap- propriation bills are already on the cal endar, and the consideration of the agricultural bill has been completed by the committee. so that it will be reached on Monday. The probability Is that the army bill will be the first of these mea- sures to receive consideration, though there is some disposition to displace 1t with the legislative bill. Senator Ali son, chairman of the Committee on Ap- propriations, said to-day that it was dppTOpTldllOn bills considered in advance of other measures, and if he adheres to this de- termination the week may be largely taken up with them. So far as can be seen now, there are few features in the bills already reported calculated to arouse discussion. There is a feeling in certain quarters that the army bill should be amended by provision for the increase of the army, and if such a change should be attempted it would give rise to very spirited debate.
 In view of all the possibilities for debate and delay involved in these seri- ous measures, it seems quite improb- able that the Hawaiian treaty will re- ceiVe much attention, at least in exec ut1Ve session, during the week Still Senator Davis, Chairman of the Com mittee on Foreign Relations, an- ? nounceS it to be his purpose to move an executive session for the consideration of the treaty on Monday; but it is pos Sible that he may be influenced by pressure from Senators who have other measures requiring immediate atten- tion to postpone this motion for a few days. He does not, however. admit such a probability. There is a growing impression that the friends of the treaty feel that their safest course is in delay, and this is the explanation of the tactics so far observed with refer ence to it. There is excellent founda- tion for this surmise. They have made a very thorough canvass of the Senate and have not been able to discover where they can get more than fifty eight votes, whereas to ratify the treaty they will have to have sixty They feel that even some of these fifty eight are not entirely reliable. In view of these circumstances they realize that nothing is to be lost by an informal postponement, especially when it comes naturally through the pressure of other business, and some of them believe that everything is to be gained by that course.
 Senator PettIgrew's determination to discuss the Hawaiian question in open session will have a tendency to take the direction of the ratification resolu- tion out of the hands of the Foreign Relations Committee, and it may prove to be the opening wedge to a discussion of the whole subject in open session. His resolution declares it to be con- trary to the traditions of this country to acquire any territory so situated as to require navy to protect it. This Is a basis broad enough for the dis cussion of the whole subject and 1t is understood to be Pettigrew's imeption to enter very fully into the question of the condition of affairs in Hawaii. He will deal with MT. Dole's visit, and will undertake to show that that gentle : man was never elected President; that the Constitution of the present Gov ernment of Hawaii was never submit ted to the people of that country. and that, in fact the whole Government is irregular. It is possible the objection may be made to discussion of such sub jects in open session in view of the pen dency of the treaty, and Pettigrew not allowed to proceed except behind closed doors.
 It is the intention of the House lead CTS to offset as far as possible the ac- tien of the Senate in passing the Tel Ter resolution by killing that declara- tion of the sense of Congress, regarding the payment of the Governments coin bonds in silver, on Q nay and aye vote