Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-10
HAWAIIAN TREATY UP.
Senator Davis Gives Notice That He
Will Press the Measure From
This Time On.

Washington. March 9.-ActinS in accord
ance with the Instructions of the commit
tee on foreign relations. Senator Davis to-
day moved an executive session of the sem
ate for the purpose of taking up the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty. After some NOM
nations had been considered, he moved
that the treaty be taken up and that the
senate should proceed to the consideration
of the amendment offered by Senator Ba-
con providing for the submission of the
treaty to n vote of the electors of Hawaii.
The amendment read as follows:
That this act shall not be operative and
OF binding effect upon either the United
States or the republic of Hawaii until the
same shall have been consented to and
approved by the majority of the voters
voting at an election to be held in the Ha-
waian islands. at which election all male
Eatives of said island of the age of Il years
ard all naturaliZed male persons in said
islands of the age of q years shall be duly
qualified voters. The said election shall
be held at time and in the manner and
under regulations to be prescribed by the
president Of the United States"
Senator Bacon objected to immediate con-
sideration of his amendment, saying he had
received no notice of the intention of the
committee to ask to have it taken up at
this time and that he desired some oppor-
tunity to prepare himself for the presenta-
ton of the reasons for submitting the
treaty to a popular vote of the Hawaiian
people. He proceeded to say in a. general
way that he thought the Hawaiians should
be consulted in matter which concerned
them so deeply as the complete change of
their government. and. to show that they
werc opposed to annexation. he referred to
petition protesting against annexation
which had been signed by 30,0O0 natives of
the islands, and which he said had been
presented to the senate by. Senator Hoar.
He referred tho the Massachusetts sena-
tors attitude in reference to the treaty
and said that 1t must have changed since
his presentation of this petition.
This remark brought Senator Hoar to his
feet with declaration that there was
nothing inconsistent between the presenta-
ton of the petition and his support of the
treaty.
Senator Bacon then asked for additional
| 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 Mr.. Davis replied that
he was not prepared to say what course
:he committee would pursue with regard
to a vote on the treaty, beyond the fact
that they did not want to deprive all sena-
tors who might wish to speak of an op-
portunity of doing so. He also said that.
while he was willing to submit to what ap-
peared to be the popular desire that the
senate should adjourn after the passage
of the $50 O0O. 900 defense BILL he would again
tomorrow, il opportunity offered, move an
executive session of the senate for the pur-
pose of going on with the treaty, and that
he would pursue these tactics from day to
day. so far as the business of the senate
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