The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-03
Administration Is Trying to Bull
doZe the Senate.
PETTIGREW'S HOT SPEECH
SUGAR TRUST NOT OPPOSED TO
ANN EXATION.
South Dakota Senator Charges That
Senators Owned BY the Trust Are
Supporting the Resolution-PeoPle
of Hawaii Are Opposed to Annex
ation-Hoistins Of the Flag.

/ Washington, July 2.-Today's session
| of the senate was devoted chiefly to
the Hawaiian debate, Senator Petit
grew of South Dakota occupying five
hours. An effort was made to secure
an agreement 10 adjourn until We'd
resday, but Mr.. Davis, in charge of the
resolutions. declined to listen to the
proposition until a provision to vote
next week upon the resolutions could
be entered. This Mr.. White, to whom
Mr.. Davis addressed himself, said he
considered impossible.
Fifteen minutes passed before
quorum arrived. Bills were passed as
follows:
Amendatory to the law regarding
fraudulent affidavits, in pension and
bounty land cases; to pay the owners
Of the ship Achilles for expenses in
CURED in rendering service to the
wrecked American ship Arabia.
Mr.. Pettigrew IS. d. then resumed
his speech upon the Hawaiian anneXa-
ton resolutions. the preceding part of
which was delivered ten days ago. He
reiterated and elaborated his reply to
the argument that Hawaii was neces-
Ssary as a coaling station in tranS-Pac1hc
shipping, contending that Unalaska and
others of the Aleutian group offered
superb harbors and a route to Manila
500 miles shorter than that by way OF
Honolulu.
Mr.. Pettigrew said annexation was
not desired by majority of Hawaiian
citizens, and it would be out Of accord
with the spirit of a democratic gov
eminent TO annex against the will OF
the majority.
The senate passed, with amendments,
the house bill to increase the force of
the ordnance department. Mr.. Davis
objected to the transaction of further
business. and Mr.. Pettigrew resumed.
CUCKOOS BULLDOZED.
Turning to the Republican members
constituting the major part of the an
neXation support, he criticised them
for their silence, and charged them with
being ''bulldozed'' in keeping their lips
closed when a great question was be-
fore the senate. The administration, he
asserted, had demanded that annexa-
ton be accomplished. and senators
were so under its control that they
dared not open their mouths, for fear
they would cause delay, and incur the
presidents disDleasure.
He said the Sugar trusts interest was
with annexation.
I'VE all know what senators on this
floor have been in the past" he de-
CldTtu, IfIeuuS Ol the anu
now every one of them is in favor of
annexation. That in itself is sufficient
answer to their miserable contention"
Mr.. Hale (Maine) presented par
tial report of the conference upon the
general deficiency bill, which was
adopted without debate.
FLAG DISHONORED.
Mr. Pettigrew resumed, discussing
the establishment of the present Ha-
waiian republic he said: "The Ameri-
can flag went up on Hawaii in dis
honor; it came down in honor, and if
it goes up again now, it will go up in
infamy and this government will join
the robber nations of the world
Mr.. Pettigrew made a. statement that
the president was lobbying through
congress the resolution of annexation,
and but for him it would not enlist any
appreciable support.
Mr.. Pettigrew yielded to Mr.. White
California; and the latter yielding,
number of private bills were passed.
Also a joint resolution preventing dis
elimination against graduates of legal
ly chartered medical colleges in ap-
continents to the medical corps in the
United States army, navy and marine
hospital service.
Mr.. Cockrell (MissourD, from the
committee on military affairs, reported
and the senate passed the house bill
fixing the pay of volunteer service
from the date of enrolment for ser
vice. The bill was amended so as to in
clude ell officers.
The senate passed the house bill di-
recting the enlistment of cooks for the
enlisted men in the regular and volun-
teer army.
Also The house bill to amend the
statutes relating to the bonds of vice
consuls and the quarterly returns of
business by consular officers and the
senate bill amending the laws relating
TO American seamen, for their protec-
ton and to promote commerce.
The chief features of the latter are
the elimination of all Imprisonment
provisions in the coast wise trade, in
Guiding Mexican and West India, the
reduction of penalties in the foreign
trade, the Improvement of the provi- |
sion scales and the reduction of allot-
mentS to one month.
At SIS p. m. the senate adjourned
tn Monday.