Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-16
THE VOTE ON HAW All
Geographical Distribution CT the Democrats
favoring Annexation.
A Heavy Responsibility For Those
Who Would Filibuster in
the Senate.

The vote on the Hawaiian resolutions in
the House late yesterday afternoon is ex-
pected to have a decided effect upon the
Senate. The large majority for the resolu-
lions and the mixed character of the vote
is likely to discourage the filibuster in
the Senate, and to shorten the contest
there. The fight against Hawaii in the Sem
ate is led by Pettigrew populist, of South
Dakota; Jones of Arkansas, chairman of
the democratic national committee, and
White of California, chairman Of the demo-
cratic congressional committee. The pur-
pose of the democratic caucus of the House
was not to affect the action of the House,
but was to give warrant to the two chair
men of the democratic party organization
to conduct their fight in the Senate with
full party sanction. The farcical character
of the caucus and the party division re-
sulting is likely to have just the contrary
effect from that designed, and will place a
very heavy responsibility upon Jones and
White as the official heads of the democratic
party organization, If they attempt to main
tain a fllibuster The nominal party sane
ton OF opposition to annexation is calculated
to make party issue and to place these two
senators in the attitude of acting in their
official capacity If they conduct tilibuster
and at the same time the considerable num-
Der of democrats voting in the House for
annexation aQd the support of annexation
by eight or mile democrats in the Senate is
a protest against this commttal of the
party which the chairman of the national
committee and the chairman of the con-
gressional committee cannot ignore with
cut taking the responsibility for a party
rupture.
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The votes in the House for annexation
cast by democrats We're SO distributed
geographically as to make it a serious
hiti''ei ici 'iiose ieSloii9ipie ioi ''' 'oi
duct of the democratic campaign TO force
tie issue The democratic votes in the
House for annexation came from Illinois
Pennsylyania Michigan Missouri New
York California Indiana Washing TN and
ohio. states 10 ubich tba dauocratic marty
is looking for gains in the House at the
naxt oIart;on and fron, Ceorgia and Ala
hana w,bara tbair influence Is tbrcaIenad.
80 - -. - - ".,,,;.,t
nS siIa, rar,1I1,oa vota of Toiad
~ Li,,.'t go Sn',th ~, w. 800 os'
- - ,I,;,,I,r sbon,,, Nv. tba oorrocno,1anoo
Of members with their constituents are
Snstninad ~, 10 nonnIar Santi,,ant IN
those Iocaitties and The democrats as y
marty cannot anta~oniza thai snnt;ment
and retain n hone of making those gains
in the congressional elections which would
be essential to their getting control of the
next House of Representatives If Chair
man Jones and Chairman White maintain
a stubborn filibuster that action on their
part together with the resolutions adopted
by fifty democrats of the House in caucus
will commit the democratic party to the
attitude of antagoniSm and cut off the
eighteen democrats who voted for annexa-
ton, besides those which they have hoped
to gain in illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Min
nesota, Indiana, pennsylvania and New
orr
MI. PettfgrcW, the populist Leader Of this
I've awLward nnsition ~ W., n ,ii,ii,t
members of the House from his state voted
Tor annexation IN obedience to the senu-
eight against seven while the silver 70.
publicans divided equally In the Senate.
the situation is even worse for Senator
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rennhiioans . $500 PPir,,f al 'iie siNer
of annaSatio, &c p n, ir, az ~ !tNor
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