The record-union., 1898-03-10
HAWAIIAN TREATY.
CONSIDERED IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION BY TIE SENATE.
AniS--x.Aent Offered by Senator
Bacon That 1t BE Submitted
to Vote of the Natives.

| WASHINGTON, March 9.-Acting in
| accordance with the instructions of the
Committee on Foreign Relations. Sen
ator Davis to-day moved an executive
| session of the Senate for the purpose
of taking up the Hawaiian annexation
! treaty. After some amendments had
! been considered he moved that the
/ treaty be taken up, and that the Sen
ate should proceed to the consideration
/ of the amendment offered by Senate.
! Bacon providing for the submission u
| the treaty TO a vote of the electors OF
/ Hawaii. This amendment is as fol-
/ lows:
THAT this Act shall not be operative
/ and OF binding effect upon either the
/ United States or the Republic of Ha-
waii until the same shall have been
eonsented to and approved by the ma
! jority of the voters voting at an elec-
ton to be held in the Hawaiian IslanoS,
at which election all male natives of
said islands of the age of y years,
and all naturalized male persons of the
said islands Of the age of u years.
shall he duly qualified voters, The
said election shall be held at a time
and in the manner and under the reg
ulations to be prescribed by the Presi-
dent Of the United States
Senator Bacon objected to immediate
consideration of his amendment. say
ing he had not had notice of intention
of the committee to have it taken up
at this time, an6 that he desired some
opportunity to prepare himself for the
presentation of the reasons for sub
mitting the treaty to a popular vote
Of the Hawaiian people He proceeded
to say in general way that he thought
the Hawaiians should be consulted in
q matter which concerned them 80
deeply as the complete change of their
Government, and to show that they
were opposed to annexation he referred
to a petition protesting against an
nexation which had been signed by
10000 natives OF the islands. and which
he said had been presented to the SEN
ate by Senator Hoar He referred to
the Massachusetts Senator's attitude
in reference 10 the treaty. and said
that it must have changed since his
presentation OF this petition.
This remark brought Senator Hoar
to his feet with a declaration that there
was nothing inconsistent between the
presentation Of the petition and his
support OF the treaty.
II Senator Bacon then asked for adGi-
tional time, and also put the question
to Senator Davis whether it was the
Intention Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations TO press the treaty to a vote.
To this inquiry Davis replied that he
was not prepared TO say what course
the cor'mittee would pursue with re-
gard TO vote on the treaty beyond
the fact that they did not want to de-
prive Senators who might wish to
speak of an opportunity of doing SO.
He also said that While he was willing
to submit TO what appeared TO be the
popular desire that the Senate should
adjourn after the passage of the $50
00o0Go defense bill he would again
tomorrow, If opportunity offered. move
an executive session of the Senate for
the purpose Of going on with the treaty
and that he would pursue these tactics
from day TO day or as far as would
permit
The Senate then adjourned until to-
morrow.