Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-02
Unimportant Session of the
the Senate.
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY
Senators In Favor OF the Measure Confident
1t VIII be Ratified. Politics Injected
Into The Debate on the District
or Columbia Elll.
GBY Telegraphl

OF Wyoming. aS a matter- OF personal
privilege. concerning his vote in favor
of the Teller resolution. AIr. Clark had
received & dispatch from statements
published in eastern newspapers to the
effect that Henry G. Hay, chairman of
The Laramie county Republican COM
mit'tee. had resigned because of the
woes cast by the Wyomi ing Senators
tor the Teller resolution. Mr.. Clark
| stated that SO much had been said con-
corning the votes OF WINNINGS Sena-
tors and as to THE significance of those
votes that he deemed DIT Wise to make
statement. He expressed surprise
that the motives and designs of those
voting for the resolution should have
been impugned. He said that THE ait
tempt made to commit the Republican
| party to u line of policy never laid down
and never contemplated by that party
and the further effort to- read out Csf
the party those Repu bltoans who voted
for tbs resolution woald fail. AS for
himself. he declined most emphatically
20 be read out of the Rep ublican party
and was satisfied THAT the MASSES of the
party would never convict him of po-
E'tical 'heireSy on account. of his vote.
Mr.. Clark thought that the Democrats
ought, in view of their record, NO have
supported the Nelson amend nlent pro-
vd:ng that gold and silver coins should
be maintained at "a parity He thought
that the vote he had cast was stain
On his POLITICAL parity honor. and his
vote for the Nelson amendment was
cast as a protest against silver mono
matallisrl. He felt that h.is vote was in
| :.ne With the Republican, policy out
lined at St. Louis.
The resi,lu.ao of MI Pottigrew, of
| South rnkcta. declaring it to- be the
| policy of the United States not to &C
| Quire territory to defend which a navy
would be required. went over until to-
morrow ait the request OF the author.
Nj. MORGAN resolution presented
yessetyiaE calling upon the President
| for correspondence and Information re
| alng to arbiti'atlon cf the British
| seizure clallns was adopted. The Sem
ate t.lelr at 1910 P. M, Gn motion OF
Mr.. Davis, chairman OF the foreign re-
session. AT AIS p. NJ. the Senate aid
| journed.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 1.-The condi-
ton IN sthe Senate respecting the Ha-
Waiian annexation treaty has greatly
| improved, and the friends of the treaty.
l5tneludtng Senator Davis, chairman, of
tississs are
confident tiNat SIXTY SENATOR'S, whose
| V'o'tes are necessary for q. 'two-thirds
majority,will Vote for r.atifi cation. Con-
| fdence in the changed condition Is
| found in the determination of the
friends of ratNfi cation ITO press forward
! the treaty ITO 4 final vote. This feeling
Sera'.a in the treaty in executive SEES
| s.cn today was opened. Senator
| liAUr,stCcA made motion for THE post
| ptina.Eent of further consideration of
the treaty until THE last of March The
! I1OlttCn WAS not discussed at length and
Was voted down viva voce. Senator
| PlaiIt, of Connecticut. opened the debate
With a carefully arranged argument i'm
favor of annexation. de spoke for
about AN hour and a half, and dealt
81,
acquisition of the islands from "a COM
mercLal point of view He conrended
| THAT our commerce would in all cases
follow our civilization and urged that
we should use every legitimate method
to extend our trade 18th outside n :'tions
| AIS by pursuing this cause lit would
also extend our ins'o!it u:iUns and ideas
| of government. The Hawaiian islands,
| ne regarded as essential to the COM
| ma nd eff the traffic on the Pacific ocean
No natirn i'm the worlds history had
ever become prosperous or really great
that had not ass.idicusly built up its for
| isn commerce.
| Senator Plaut charged that THE sugar
trust was opposed to annexatic He
! said that money was being used to de-
feat annexation. He did not charge. The
| said. That there was amy effort to cor
| ruri Congress. but he Thought some in
| ;s-res's had been uniuly influenced
Mr. Part spoke at some length upon
the overthrow of the monarchy and
the establishments OF the republican
form or government now In existence.
| Senator Petit grew took the floor as
Soon as MIR. Pratt had concluded, de
| voting himself especially 40 replying to
| the Connecticut Senator $ remarks con-
cernng the present gov eminent OF the
! islands. He ngade a careful analysis of
| the constitution under which tire Dole
| government exists, showing that it had
been adopted by wtslat he termed an al
| Legged Constitution convention, COM
posed he said, of ninstean members,
| one OF whom WAS DR. Dole, who had
been members Of the commit tee on safe
lty which played such IA prominent part
during the revolution. and of eighteen
other delegates. He argued that while
| these latter delegates had been elected
| by what was called "A popular vote such
Wties, net the case. OF $4,000 persons en-
| ilsled tor suffr'a sc he asserted THAT only
| 1000 had voted for them. This cGnVen-
| ticn of thirty-seven persons thus
| chosen mad adopted the constitution
and it had never been submitted to a
popu1ar vote. Mr.. Pe'ttigrew dwelt up
anthe fact thaIt Mr.. Dole had been a
aDember of this convention and said
lthut gentlemen had himself elected
President of the Republic. and that in
doing so he had practically arranged
| the matter SO ais to Insure his perman-
ence in office. He them attempted to
! show how the matter was practically
N the control of Mr.. Dole and Of the su-
gar growers. Senator White. of Call
| 6Irn.a, also spoke in opposition 30
she rat!fica tiOn treaty. His was in the
| main constitutional argument intend
| I'd ITO show THAT the annexation OF ter
| rtory which wnlld require navy to
| defend it had been from the beginning
loppC&ad to our theory of government.
Mr.. White read LIBERAL extracts from
| Secretary Sherman g book in which the
secretary dwells upon the unwisdom Of
| Iraaking the islands a part of the United
States. and he lard special stress upon
The sacretary's, remarks in the latter
part of his book to the effect that he
hoped there would be no further effort
to annex the islands during his life
time.
Senator White had mot concluded his
argument when the Senate adjourned
He took occasion to remark in reply to
Senator Plaht's statement THAT the SUI
gar trust were opposed to the treaty