Evening star., 1898-05-21
NO ASSURANCE FROM REED
It's
Uncertainty About a Special Rule on Ha.
waiixa laneration.
Hts Vote the Deridfnr One In the
Committecs-InSpntien Among
the Republicans.
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The advocates of the annexation Of Ha-
wan nave not vet been able to get any as
s1rance from Speaker Reed that a special
rule will be reported from the committee
on rules for the consideration of the reso-
lttlon. The difficulty of the situation Is
that In order to get the rule reported from
the committee it must be voted for by Mr..
Reed himself, who is one of the most de-
termined or the opponents to annexation.
There are five members of the committee,
including the Speaker Two democrats are
opposed to the rule. Two republicans are
in favor Of reporting it. In order to get
the report the Speakers vote affirmatively
must be had ''t
The question is whether from party con-
sideratIons he can be induced to vote
against his convictions on the theory that
he would not thereby be voting for annexa-
ticn, but simply to permit the House to get
at vote on the question. The advocates
of annexation think that he will accom-
modate himself to the overwhelming SEN
timent of the republicans of the House and
vote for the rule. But while they are wait
ing. without any sort of assurance, valua-
BILE time is being lost, and it is fully real
lied that IL annexation is to be defeated
1t will be by the process of consuming
time
A great deal of impatiencs Is therefore
bsng manifested among republicans in the
House and a proposition Is being considered
to either have petition signed by ma
Jorfty Of the House, composed of rcpubli-
cans, and presented to the committee on
rules, asking for action. or alse to have a
republican caucus called to pass upon the
question. Either of these methods would
almost certainly result in bringing the aues-
ton to favorable action. and one or the
other will probably be resorted to if re-
port from the rules committee is not had
early next week. The situation, with re-
gard to the passage of the resolutions if a
vote can be had Is that a very large majority
OF the members of the House will vote for
the annexation resolutions, and nearly two
thirds of the Senate will vote the same way.
Therefore the adoption of the resolutions is
certain If vote can be had. The hope of
the opposition is to delay the vote until
everything else is out of the way and then
10 secure an adjournment before the vote is
taken.
The War Revenue Bill Involved.
In the parliamentary meneuvering his
question and that Of the war revenue bill
are said to be becoming involved, the op-
ponents to annexation desiring a vote on
the revenue bill before the House takes up
the Hawaiian question, or else designing to
prolong the discussion of the revenue bill
in the Senate to hold it in> the way of The
Hawaiian resolution, if that resolution is
to be passed by the House. On this rep
resentation of the case it is urged that
for the House to pass the Hawaiian reso-
lutions now would be to endanger or at
least to delay the revenue measure. Yet.
on the other hand, Il is said by some of
the friends of Hawaiian annexation tn at
action on the revenue measure can
not be fastened by holding up the Ha-
waiian resolutions and that they will insist
upon course being followed which will
give he resolutions fair show. They
feel warranted in insisting this by the
acknowledged fact that large majority of
both houses favor the resolutions.
The Debate on, the Revenue.
Present calculations, are that the debate
on the revenue measure in the Senate will
run on during all of rext week, and that
vote will be had early in the week fol-
lowing. 1t 10 generally conceded that there
are enough votes secured foT the ,I,rovision
for the issuance of bonds; to insure its
adoption 1t is possible that the amount
OF bonds authorized by The Senate will be
less than that in the House bill, but 1t il
said that If this proves to be the Case the
amount carried by the House will he in
serted by the conference committee and
will be agreed to by the Senate. 1t is said
that all the republicans, Senator Mantle Of
the silver republicans and four or five lem-
ocratS will vote to give the President au-
therity to issue bonds if necessary.