The San Francisco call., 1898-06-20
.SP AIRING FOR
 ANNEXATION Friends of the Scheme
 HaraSSed. CHANGE THE PLAN OF ACTION JOINT RESOLUTION INSTEAD
 OF A TREATY. Great Activity of the Opposition h. dicates That the Senate Win
 No ho+;o,, TII,;o
CHANGE THE PLAN OF ACTION
Special Dispatch to The Call.

r WASHINGTON f'June 19.-The Ha- waiian question will again come to the front in the Senate during the present week, but under somewhat different circumstances from those which at tended it's presentation at the beginning of the session. The purpose was then, as it is now, to secure the annexation of the islands for the United States, but the effort at that time was to secure this result by means of a treaty, whereas the present course was through the instrumentality of a joint resolution. On the first occasion the matter was considered in executive session with the public excluded, while now the doors are to be thrown open and the world invited.
 What the outcome of the question may be, or when the vote may be reached, no one will undertake to say positively. The leaders on both sides are full of prophecy, but there is so much discrepancy between their orin- ions as to render it necessary to discard one in order to accept the other. The friends of annexation assert there is no possible doubt of their ability to pass the resolution, and say they have forty-six Senators, or one more than a quorum pledged to remain in the Sen ate until the question can be decided, while the opposing leaders declare that forty-eight Senators have assured them they will vote to adjourn in pref erence to remaining in session indefi- hitely for the consideration of the Ha- Waiian question.
 
 The supporters of the proposition ex- press confidence that action will be se- cured within ten days, while the op- position contend that it will be found to be impossible to secure vote dur ing the present session of Congress. The advocates of annexation declare that they will not make any speeches, leaving the opponents to occupy all the time to be consumed by this means. The opposition say they are willing to make the speeches if compelled to do so, but that if forced to do this they will insist that the friends of the meas ure shall maintain a constant quorum in the chamber. They also predict that the annexationists will find themselves compelled to participate in the proceed ings, as they expect to advance points which will demand refutation, or at least reply.
 In view of this generally contradic- tory condition one can only base pre- diction upon general conditions. There is no doubt, in the first place, that the annexationists have a majority In the Senate if vote can be reached. If a vote could be gotten now the result would be about 54 for annexation to 35 against in full Senate Of these fifty four Senators there are, however, quite a number who are not zealous and in whose minds all doubt as to the policy of acquisition of outside territory has not been overcome. These Senators, as a rule, are indisposed to remain in ses- sion for any length of time during the hot summer months to consider Hawa- ian annexation. Most of the Senators of this class are Republicans, and there are probably a sufficient number of them under normal circumstances to join with the Democrats to force an ad- journment. They find themselves con- fronted, however, with the request of the administration to remain and pass the resolution as war measure, and some of them are disposed to sink their own preferences in obedience to the Presidential wish.
 postponement until fixed day in the next session increases and many per- sons are predicting that this will be the outcome of the contest. A test vote probably will be secured Monday on the taking up of the resolution, as it will be necessary in order to get it up to displace other measures on the cal endar.