New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-16
FOR HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION
uOUSE ADOPTS 1T 209 TO 81.
ALL THE REPUBLICANS BUT THREE
IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
rsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TmpUSE.l

,,,r,,oent OF the present session was made GER
,o,n by the House OF Representatives to-day.
,r,o, bv a vote Of 2O9 ayes TO 81 noes. 1t
.o.sed the Joint resolution reported from the
committee on Foreign Affairs.
The friends OF annexation were jubilant when
,bA result Of the vote was announced, and they
cave free vent 10 their JOY. The opponents OF
,b4 resolution found nothing to excite their
sr,husiasm except the statement of Mr.. Dali
,er Sneaker pro tenn. that If Speaker Reed Cwho
,as absent on account Of slight illness) were
,,ssent he would vote in the negative. When
,bAv apnauded this statement, Mr.. Bcutelle re-
marked In an aside which was loud erough 10
be heard in the galleries that as that was the
first time Mr. Reed had ever voted, or expressed
q desire 10 vote with that side" they ought to
feel good over II.
as for Mr.. Boutelle himself he had a right to
feel good over to-day's victory. II was he' 1t
roov be remembered who led the opposition to
the ant!-annexation policy OF President Cleve-
land. Paramount" Blount and the Democratic
majority in the LID Congress, and gave
sneaker Crisp and his supporters more than
one bad quarter Of an hour. Times have In
deed changed since then. and for the better, so
far as the prospects Of Hawaii are concerned.
A REPUBLICAN MEASURE.
While the majority for annexation was
swelled by the votes Of about thirty Democrats
and Populists It is true that a large majority
~ the Democrats and a minority or the
Populsts were recorded In the negative
and all the Republicans. save three Crum-
hacker and Johnson Qndiana). and Wadsworth
(New-York) in the affirmative. Two Democrats
who withheld their votes because they were
paired with Republicans would have voted IN
the affirmative if they had felt at liberty to do
en- They were Messrs. King. Of Utah and
Norton. Of Ohio The Democrats and Populsts
who voted in the affirmative were;
Messrs Baker. Benner. Berry. Botkin.
Brucker. Cochran, Cummings. Devrles, briggs,
Errnentrout Jones CWashington). Kelley
Knowles. Lewis (Georgia). Lewis. Washing-
toni. Livingston. Mccormick. Marshall. MeeN-
son. Newlands Osborne. Peters, Ridgely, simp-
son. Skinner, Suzer. Taylor alabama, Todd
and Vehslage-twenty-n in all. Of whom four
were New-York Democrats.
Mr.. Bradley answered NO" when his name
was called; Mr.. Mcclellan. who was absent
would have voted in the negative. and Messrs'
Cummings. briggs Sulzer and vehslage were
recorded in the affirmative. The vote seemed 10
indicate that the Democratic caucus last night
had deferred some Democrats from voting for
the Joint resolution who leaned In favor OF IT,
but had not committed themselves; but 1t did
not swerve the men who had openly expressed
their sentiments in favor of annexation.
WHAT THE RESOLUTIONS PROVIDE
The resolutions adopted to-day, in pream-
bic relate the offer OF the Hawaiian RepuDHc 10
cedc all of it's sovereignty and absolute title TO
the Government and crown LANDS. ana tnen Dy
resolution accept the cession and declare the
a
commission Of five at least two OF whom shall
be resident Hawaians. TO recommend 10 Con
eress such legislation as It may deem advis-
able The public debt OF Hawaii. not 10 exceed
81 600 600 is assumed Chinese immigration Is
prohibited all treaties with others Powers are
declared null and 1t is stipulated that until Con-
gress shall provide for the government OF the
islands all civil judicial and military powers
now exercised by the officers Of the existing
government shall be exercised in such manner
as the President shall direct, and power Is given
70 him to appoint persons TO put in effect pro-
visional government for the Islands.
The debate on the Joint resolution was re-
sumed at 10 o'clock this morning. and 1t con-
tinued until the vote taken at O'Clock IN
the afternoon. The attendance both OF mem
bers and spectators was small until near the
hour for the vote, when the floor and galleries
rapidly filed Several strong and able speecnes
were delivered In the course OF the day one
notable one which commanded general atten-
ton and was praised by members on both SIDES
was that Of Mr. Berry. OF Kentucky, In favor
Of annexation. He IS Democrat and a member
OF the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In the
latter capacity he has been careful and thor
ough student Of the subject Of Hawaiian annex
alton, and the breadth and depth Of his knowl-
edge OF f. as indicated by his speech to-day
was refreshing contrast TO some Of the super
fetal and Inaccurate information which several
OF the anti-annexatlonists. not even excepting
Mr. Johnson. Of Indiana. paraded in the pres
ence Of the House.
Another striking Democratic speech in favor
Of annexation. though pitched in different Key
was that OF Amos Cummings who spoke WIN
even more energy and force than usual and was
rewarded with hearty applause. other strohg
and capital speeches in favor Of the Joint reso-
luton were delivered by Messrs Parker, Lacey
". A Smith, Linney. Dolllver and others MT.
Dollver is an orator. and his speeches are al
ways listened TO with pleasure as well as profit
lie was at his best to-day. Nh Ridgeley' OF
Kansas. Populist also spoke in favor OF the
Joint resolution. and explained why he and
majority OF the members 0. that party in the
House supported annexation.
THE CHIBF SPEECH N OPPOSITION.
The principal speech Of the day in opposition
70 annexation. and certainly the one which eX-
cited the greatest interest and commanded more
attention than any other. was that Of Mr.. Jonn-
son. Of Indiana one Of the three Republicans
who voted against the resolution. Mr. Johnson
Is the most fluent talker in the House OF Repre-
sentatlves. and his words are usually fT%ghted
with IDEAS which are presented in an attractive
form, however irnpracticabc and mistaken they
may appear 10 be. MIR Johnson himself would
probably confess. however. this-that his speech
today was not one Of his best or strongest, and.
IT. fact that 1t would not compare favorably
with the one he delivered In the House on the