New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-24
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
THE REGULAR REPORT.
SENATE.
OPPONENTS OF ANNEXATION STILL TALK
ING AGAINST TIME

WASHINGTON. June 2S-At the opening OF TO-DAY
.os.on Of the Senate Mr. WHITE Dem Call re-
norted from the Committee on Commerce "'' Io'
49, ,ro,ec,lon Of American seamen and for the pro-
moi on of commerce - ,o>-pr
THE resolution offered yesterday ny MI 'o'',-"
Dem Ark. directing the committee 'n i -
lands 10 Investigate the official conduc' Vi oPe
AGENT G 4 NJ Schiierholz. ~no Is chareen "''n
,,,lauf,;,ly seizng timber was again oonS'ueleU
a ,o,erred IA the Committee on Contingent TX
penses ,.,o, ,ssolu,ion
A. / o'clock the Hawaiian annexation ieso,' .o
US laid before the Senate. and Mr. PEI il"hh"
fsu Rep : D. WAS recognized to continue MS
,neech begun yesterday He yieiden '''e "o'' ~
~, RAWIJNs Dem. TtahJ VINO discussed Inc
"' ,,. o,o,odie1 nv tho conferrees on the indian
'.ro,ris,ioo bin enabling the Indians 10 lease INC
,otr.ral lands Of their reservations unner oer'a"
Ccnd tons ,,,.. r.sol,
,,oo Mr. Petiigrew said that annexation "as De
,,,A.a hv the sentiment that II was the WahieS'
' -, tho I-ni,ed States 10 extend It's territory
=, no.. manifest destiny. ne said. that had com
,,,,,ed more crime and had done more 70 op"ess
the people than any other thing IN inc ns'ols y,
~. World Manifest destiny had ouH' INC 'e"'"
castles and gathered the serfs AROUND '"en'
us tho Justification Of tho strong for me piunoe'
', ,hs weak II was. ne maintained, manifest des-
-. hat had actnated Great Britain IN us ooH-
h.,dr,ent OF towns in Africa filed with women anu
children Ho declared that II the un.ted states
should annex territory into when II Cou'u ''o' "
troduce us form Of government the ie"eN ",,Is
such ACQUISITION OF territory ana peoP'e ~
cause the Government 10 deteriorate.
vtCApAnr-o ANAL RESOLUTION.
e, pe,,,erev Welded 10 Mr. MORGAN Dem
AIa) who secured the passage OF the lo"o""'e
resolution ....,,,,o~ -,
That the select committee on the conStIuEOn ,S Ua
the Nicaragua Canal is directed TO Mqure tng TO
he stock or securities OF tAe MaTt'He 80 YTics
under the concession OF sald repusn mands OF said
IenIblic connected with said ella ms Ana SAG e ,;
h,i'.e s1b.Sommitfee and to send for persons ana
papers and to administer oaths 10 tne W!a'e'e
fsied before said committee or suo-ooH'i"''ec'
pa.uu,rs nj. discussion Mr.. Pettigrew In re-
nnrse 70 INQUIRIES concerning distances across the
pacific said the distance from Puget oounu ~
Manila was thousand miles less thah from ca.
v,anciseo. via Honolulu to Manila In tnis par
O, his argumen, Mr.. Pettgrew crlucisea 'he -'u
m,nistration for not having sent reih'o'0e"e"'' u
Admiral Dewey at an earlier date - -.
=, resnonse n an inquiry from MI MANTLE
iran Nont1 as to whether vessels crossing the
Pacific did no; ordinarily take the route Via ROM
lulu on account OF the ocean currents MI 80
rev replied: AS a matter OF fact the co'nihe'Vo
lines do not take the Honolulu route Every YES
60, going from San Francisco 10 Japan goes
,rairh, across the Pacific unless il has TO go 70 'he
Hawaiian Islands. BY so doing the vesse's save
WI NJ Pettjgrew then made long argument, n
favor OF employing United States ports as coa''S
.tat,ors instead OF arnexiDg undesirable ianos ~
ne tronics in order 70 obtain port o. "hlCh 'ne
country had no; the slightest need .-, NJ
pst,rTsT. on account Of fatigue. yielded the MOOT
70 Nj MENERY Dem, La ~ho mace co"-
s,,,tio,al argument against annexation. >->
Nj McEnery yielded TO Nj Jones (pGP tee MeT on
can,,ngent EXPENSES the resolution authorizing me
Committee Ppc Lands 70 nvss aTien 'Ve Was so
Umad6ed as TO make the investigation discretionary
with the Public Lands Committee ana "e"
adopted. ..,o-o,oa renor, on
,,s hi 10 ra,i.y the agreement between the Dawes
cn-nission and the Seminole Indians. the House
eonferrees having agreed 20 all the Senate amend
rnents The report was adopted .,,o sa.
',. sos = m IRE Senate went into executive SEES
s,or and a. 5:55 o'clock adjourned.