Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-02-02
Present Outlook for Speedy Vote on
Treaty is Bad.
What Senators White and Pettigrew Claim
10. Carter in WaShinetOn On-Cuban
Enthusiasts and Hawaii.

guards and no formal reception
President Dole of the Hawaiian
Republic will enter the capital at
noon tomorrow to be greeted by
the Presidents private secretary
alone and to be escorted to his
hotel as private citizen. All
this will be at the express request
of the distinguished guest, whose
modesty and democracy have
caused an entire change OF plans
for the reception of the Executive
of the sister republic. 1t is ex
pected that there will be a large
gathering at the depot to see Pre-.
sident Dole, but it will be crowd
of sightseers and not of officials.
Secretary Porter will receive
the Hawaiian President on behalf
of President Mckinley at the
depot and will escort him to the
Arlington Hotel in the Presidents
carriage. 1t is expe cted that the
two Presidents will ex change visits
during the day. The President
and Mrs. Mckinley will give a
dinner and reception at the White
House next Tuesday evening in
honor of the President and Mr..
Dole. They will be otherwise en-
tertained during their stay in the
city, dinners and receptions being
planned by the Secretary of State
and other officials who have en-
ioyed Hawaiian hospitality.
The present outlook for speedy
vote on the treaty is very bad
The opponents of annexation once
more today asked for an agree.
meDt for a vote, but chairman
Davis of the Foreign Relations
Committee would not fix a time.
Senator White said he hoped
vote would be reached soon, as he
will be compelled to leave Wash
ington for short time next month
on business, and other Senators
have important matters to attend
to, which may make it late ID the
spring before there is final action.
As matters stand, the opponents
of the treaty have had only fifteen
minutes time, all the remainder
having been consumed by those
favoring annexation.
Senators White and Pettigrew
make great claims of their strength,
the former saying he can see
nearer forty than thirty votes and
the latter that he knows of thirty
nine. To offset this the Repub
lican members of the Foreign
Relations Committee today said
that every Repu blican but one
would vote for the treaty, and
that one, Senator Morrill,, had de
cidsd that he would not be the
only Republican to array himself
against the President and party
policy, and so had decided not to
vote, and would not pair against
the treaty.
This reduces the two. thirds
vote necessary to fifty nine and
one Senator said he knew of fifty
seven votes pledged, while there
were from'five to eight Democrats
who had not yet settled in
their minds how to vote. He said
argument would go on until the
treaty had the necessary votes as
sured.
There was an endeavor made by
a Cuban enthusiast today to secure
combination of Democrats with
those in favor of granting belli
gerent rights, to secure post
ponement of the treaty and thus
endeavor to force the hand of Pre-
sident Mckinley. This will not
succeed, however, as Senator
White is anxious to have vote.
j. o. Garter of Honolulu, who
comes to work against the ratifica
ton of the Hawaiian annexation
treaty, arrived in the city last
night after hard trip across the
continent, Mrs. Carter accompa-
MED her husband and they took
up quarters at the Ebbitt House,
where ex-Queen Liliuokalani and
the native opponents of annexa.
ton are stopping.
Despite the fact that Carter was
very tired after his trip, he had
many callers, among them DR..
Mary Walker, who is hard at
work in opposition to annexation
and in the interest of the ex-
Queen. Mr.. Carter will begin his