Connecticut western news., 1898-02-03
DEBATE IN CONGRESS
THE SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
 ON HAWAIIAN TREATY.

Up the Annexation M-asure-Its Friends
 Think It wm Pass-House Debates In-
 dustrial Conditions.
 Washington. Feb 2.-No business of importance was transacted by the sen- ate in open session yesterday. The fea- ture of the session was a statement made by MT Clark (Rep) of Wyoming. as matter of personal privilege, con- corning his vote in favor of the Teller resolution. He maintained that his vots was in no way inconsistent with his Republicanism and declared that he would not permit anybody to read him out of the party, as he was satisfied the masses of the party would not convict him of political heresy.
 The condition in the senate respect ing the Hawaiian annexation treaty has greatly improved. and the friends of the treaty, including Senator Davis, chairman of the foreign relations com mittee, are confident that 50 senators, whose votes are necessary for two thirds majority, will vote for ratifica- ton. Confidence In the changed condi- ton Is found in the determination of the friends of ratification to press forward the treaty to a final vote.
 This feeling was shown when the pro- ceedings of the senate on the treaty in executive session were opened. Senator Thurston made a motion for the post Ionement of further consideration of the treaty until the 1st of March. The motion was not discussed at length and was voted down viva voce.
 Those who took part in the debate were Senator Platt of Connecticut. who opened with a carefully arranged argu- ment in favor of annexation. Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota replied to this speech, and Senator White of Cali fornia also made speech opposing an- nexation.
 House Debates Industrial Situation.
 The house devoted most of the ses- sion to the District of Columbia appro- priation bill. During the debate MT. Simpson (Pop) of Kansas attempted to show from clippings from Maine papers that there had been no return of pros- perity in the lumber industry in that state. He also attacked New Jersey as the home of the trusts.
 Mir. Dingley (Rep.) of Maine, in reply, declared that the Maine papers were full of evidences of the improvement in the lumber industry. The clippings quoted were exceptions. It was, he said, another proof that gentlemen on the other side could see the speck on the barndoor. but could not see the door.
 MT. Pitney (Rep.) of New Jersey de- tended his state. He declared that New Jersey had been trust ridden because for years it had been under Democratic domination. The Democratic legislature had knocked down legislation to the highest bidder. Laws were to be had by those who had the price. The last crowning infamy of the Democratic legislature was an attempt to carry out the mandates of the coal combine by which the price of coal was to be ad- vanced S1 per ton. But at last, said MT. Pitney, the wise. patriotic people of New Jersey had risen in their might and swept the Democrats from power. They had elected as governor last year a gentleman (Attorney General Griggs) who had now been called to a larger sphere of usefulness in McKinley's cab inet.
 MT. Handy (Dem.) of Delaware, as an evidence of the lack of prosperity, read a letter from a friend in Philadelphia who said he had counted 240 unem- ployed persons who on a single day wis ited a charitable soup house in Ken sington.
 MT. Adams Rep.) of Pennsylvania. in reply, declared that the report of the factory inspector of Pennsylvan sh w. ed that 125 900 more persons were em- ployed in the factories now than at this time last year. As to the soup houses in Kensington. they fed 30 900 unem- ployed under the free trade tariff