Arizona republican., 1898-02-08
Passage by the House of the
 Capitol Building Bill
ALL RIGHT IN THE SENATE
Hawaii Occupies the Most of
 an Executive Session
Denial of Rumor that the Treaty is to be Abandoned in Favor of a Scheme of Annexaton by Legis- lation.

Washington, Feb. 7.-The hoTse to- day passed bill ratifying a bill of the last legislature in Arizona au- thorizing the issuance of bonds to the amount of s1OO,GOO for the erection of a capitol building at Phoenix. There was no opposition to the me- sure and ArizonanS now in the city claim to have canvassed the senate with he re- suit of discovering that TO opposition will be encountered there.
 The house also passed the military academy bill today with only one inn portant amendment. The debate on he measure was desultory and touched a variety of political topics. AS passed, the bill carries $453 3,54O, being s260,O32 less than the amount carried by the current law. A bill to limit. the period of refunding the certificates of deposits of 1879 to December 31, 1899, was passed. To- morrow the house will take up the Aldrich-Plowman election case
 MOSTLY ABOUT HAWAII.
 Washington, Feb. 7.-An amend ment of more than ordinary import ance and significance at this time was proposed in the senate today by Mr. Morgan of Alabama to a resolution offered few days ago iby MT. White of California MT Whites resolution declared that it WAS the right of the people of Hawaii to maintain their own form of government and thalt the United States ought in nowise inter fere with it. MT. Morgan's amend ment provides distinctly fer the an- nexation of the Hawaiian islands, de claring that the present government has a right to make such cession to this country.
 The presentation of a memorial pre- pared by the late Admiral Wonder elicited some interesting statements regarding the history of the fight in Hampton Roads between the Monitor and the Merrinac. The senate was in executive session during the re. mainder of the afternoon.
 At the opening of the executive ses- sion today Senator White asked Sen ator Davis, who is in charge of the treaty of annexation, if there was any truth in the report published today, that the treaty was to be abandoned and annexation secured by legislao.on as an amendment to an appropT iation bill. He added that if such was the intention of the friends of the treaty he thought change from an executive to an open session might as we'll be made now as later.
 Senator Davis replied that there was no foundation for the report tha. there wias any intention of taking ul the question of annexation in any shape different from that in which il is at present before the senate. H. said the air WAS full of rumors about the treaty which were unauthorized
 Senator Teller of Colorado occupied the entire four hours of the executive session in discussing the Hawaiian annexation treaty. During his speecf MT. Teller took occasion to say tha he should have been glad 10 discus. the treaty in open session and to thi! remark he added an opinion that Jh, time had almost come when the ques ton of annexation should be debatet on a bill looking to legislation by bot houses of congress ra.ther than on tn basis of treaty. While he though there might be a bare possibility o securing the sixty votes necessary t ratify the treaty he conceded that un der the present circumstances 'thi was exceedingly doubtful and b thought the sooner the facts were TX ognized and a change of front mad the better it would be from all poilt his point and it was suggested b some senators after the cl SC of th executive session that the committe on foreign relations would conside the advisability of making this chang of policy at it's next meeting to 1 held on Wednesday of this week.
 Senator Teller advocated the rat;t cation of the treaty, passing his re; sons for this position upon the grou1 that the annexation of the islands w:
 in the interest of OUT commerce al
 in line with our national policy f
 the past half century. He devot,
 himself very largely to replying to t
 objection that had been raised to a
 quiring islands because of t
 domination of the native race.
 we should elect to make the islands
 part of the United States, the Anne
 can people," said he, would at on