The record-union., 1898-07-01
The Senate Has Cleared the Legis-
IatiVe Desks.
Last Of Appropriation Bills Pending In
Conference Disposed Of.
Messrs. Bate of Tennessee and Till
man of South Carolina Consume
the Remainder Of the Senate's
Time With Speeches in Opposi-
K t;on 70 Annexation Of Hawaii.

WASHINGTON June 3O.-Late TINS
afternoon the Senate cleared the leg
islative decks, which may be for the
final action upon the Hawaiian annex
alton resolution. Through its action
to-day the last of the appropriation
bills that has been pending in confer
ence was disposed of, and was law be-
fore midnight After debate lasting
three hours the Senate finally receded
from it's amendments to the sundry
civil bill, and adopted the conference
report of the Indian appropriation DILL
When the Hawaiian resolutions were
taken up CBate) of Tennessee ann
Tillman Cd of South Carolina ad-
dressed the Senate. Tillman discussed
the race problem from the standpoint
of a Southern man, and was character
istically vigorous in his remarks.
Dr. Jacob Voorsanger, Rabbi of Tenn
pie Emmanuel and Professor of Semitic
Languages and Literature at the Uni
versity of California pronounced tn.
invocation at the opening of the SEN
ate's session to-day He prayed that
the flag under which we live, that
for which our fathers fought. be for
ever the sacred emblem of liberty until
time shall be no more"
up, and Bate of Tennessee spoke IN
opposition to it. 1t was an innova-
ton, he said, upon all precedent that
a resolution of the House should be
sent to the Senate while a treaty upon
the same subject was still pending. He
declared that the treaty could not Sc
cure the necessary two-thirds vote in
the Senate, and that the political ma
ChinarV haAn cat m n
that the sentiment in the Senate might
be overriden.
Bate declared that the vote that
would be cast for the resolutions would
sound the knell of Republcanism, but
it would be cast War times would
cause the majority to adopt the resolu-
tions. The Government was the brains
of the people and those of the Senators,
and it would force such action, in his
opinion, that would prove disastrous.
Tilman of South Carolina followed
Bate. Thus far he said, 1.-The dis
cussion of the resolutions has been en-
tirely one-sided. Whenever the ma
jority of the Senate sits in sullen 81
lence on so important a question as
this l am impressed with the idea that
there is devilment afoot Senators like
to talk; they like to hear themselves
speak, to get their names in the news
papers. and to see their remarks in the
Record When, therefore. they are si-
lent there is, depend upon it, something
rotten in Denmark
Tillman of South Carolina followed
which was a comparatively brief gem
eral statement in opposition to the res
olutions. said the whole question had
been fully discussed last winter in ex-
ecutive session, and it is therefore nat
ural there should be lack of interest
and an unwillingness to listen to a
repetition of speeches delivered then.
He religiously believed, he said that
1t was unconstitutional to acquire ter
ritory by joint resolution, but an arro-
CANT majority, however, was pressing
forward its purpose without regard to
constitutional obligations or to their
oath of office
As to the sugar interest he said /:
When | consider the mastery of the
American Sugar Trust over the Senate
and the House, as shown in the passage
of the Dingley tariff law, l am forced
into the belief that this trust is not op-
posed to annexation and that its in
fiuence is already working among the
ranks of hose favoring annexation"
Allison reported disagreement be-
tween the conferrees of the two
branches of Congress on the sundry
civil BILL Allison said that five items
still remained in disagreement One of
these was purely Legislative in charac-
ter. relating to fees of District Attor-
neys- This one the Senate conferrees