Arizona republican., 1898-01-20
Whether Arizona Gets Statehood
 in This Congress
CALLED UP NEXT WEDNESDAY
Senator Morgan'S Speech on
 Hawaiian Annexation.
The Cuban Insurrectionists in the House Butting Their Heads Against a Stone Wall. A Second Defeat Scor~d Yesterday.

! Washington. Jan. 19.-The house committee on territories today, after concluding the hsaring of argum nts, fixed on next Wednesdays meeting for vote on the statehood bills of 1 Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona.
 THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
 Washington, Jan. 19-Senator Mor- gan continued his speech in advoeaey of the ratification of the Hawaiian ] annexation treaty in the executive i session of the senate today. He alt with the agricultural and commercial i possibilities of the islands, With the ! character of the present governmen and with the position of rssidcn.s of the islands on the subjec, of ann K ation. sHe repeated his assertion that | President Cleveland was favorable to the acquisition of the islands, and ex- pressed an opinion that it was his intention to have restored Liliuoka- lani and to have negotiated with hsr a treaty of annexation.
 He elaborated his views on this subject at considerable length, s1y- ing that while he believed it was Mr. Cleveland's intention to have annexed the islands, he naturally changed his intention to do this through the res toration of the queen when she made known her bloodthirs;y disposition towards those who had dethroned her. He expressed the opinion that Mr. Cleveland would never have taken such a position as he did take agains5 the Dole government and in opposition to annexation but for the antagonis-ic ic and misleading reporcs of Comm.s- sioner Blount.
 Mir. Morgan took up the ri.icism of the government of the Hawaiian islands, defending in strong terms and eulogizing MT. Dole as one of the most competent rulers of the time. He said that the people naturally sought a close alliance with the United States because they had always had the friendship and support of the people of this country. Speaking of the re- sources of the island, Mr. Morgan said they were manifold and that the time would come when they would pro- duce enough coffee to supply the de- mands of all the people of the United States, while, he said, the sugar pro- duction had already reached is limi |.
 UNFORTUNATE ECONOMY.
 Washington, Jan. 19-A spi tied debate was precipitated in the senate by the introduction of a resolution ty MT. IHoar of Massachusetts. providing for an inquiry by the committee on posjoffices and post roads concerning i the recent order of the postmas.e-- general reducing the force of letter try. MT. Hoar declared that the or i der had had the effect of a dynam te bomb in creating consternatiOn among these men throughout the country, while apparently all that was needed by the postofice department was a1 the efficiency of the carrier service. i The debate took a wide range, MT. Wolcott, chairman of the committee on postoffices and post roads, insist | ing that many New England people represented by the senator from Mas ] sachusetts were responsible for the de- ! ficiency in the funds of the post flee department because they insisted that the government should carry sccond- class mail at an enormous loss, and MT. Allen of Nebra ska charging that the government was annually ds-
 frauded out of millions of dollars
 through the underweighing of mail
 matter. The resolution in a modi-
 fed form is still pending.
 MT. Vest gave notice that he wCu-d d
 move tomorrow to take up for con-
 sideration the Teller resolution, ra-
 ported by the finance committee pro-
 viding that bonds of the United States
 may be paid in standard silver dol
 lars. MT. Vests notice seems to in-
 dicate an intention on the part oi
 some of the senators to displace tsm-
 porarily the Hawaiian annexation
 treaty, as it is evident as MT. White
 of California said, that the cons;de a, tion of the resolution "would precipi < tate some slight discussion
 CUBAN DAY IN THE HOUSE.
 Washington, Jan. 19.-All day lens
 the question of granting belligeren
 rights to the Cuban insurgents wa.
 argued in the house, but as yesterday
 the minority hurled itself against;
 stone wall. On the onis vote takel
 today a motion designed N o~.t-ul
 the decision of the speaker ana '0 ii