Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13
HAWAII is OURS.
The fettixrew Annexation Resoiuu
Pass the Senate by a Good Majority
Amendments Voted Down.


ton of Hawaii is now accomplished SO
far as the Legislative branch of the
government is concerned.
Quite unexpectedly the resolutions
providing for the annexation of the
islands were brought TO a vote in the
senate late Wednesday afternoon. and
they Were passed by the decisive vote
of - to 21
Early in Wednesdays session OF the
senate conferences of the leaders on
both sides of the chamber were held
and tacit agreement was reached
that vote should be taken Thursday
or Friday at the latest The opponents
of annexation practically had con-
Guided their arguments, and as they
had no desire to keep the senate in
session 10y purely dilitory tactics,
they announced their willingness that
n vote should be taken as soon as Mr..
White, Mr.. Pettigrew and Mr.. Allen
had finished their speeches
Neither Mr.. White nor Mr. Petit
grew spoke at great length. but Mr..
Allen thought that when he began
that his speech might occupy the re.
mainder of the day and part of Thurs
day. However, he concluded to elm
mate part of the matter he had pre-
pared, and at 4:15 he completed his
speech.
Ii was evident instantly that vote
was at hand. The word was passed
swiftly through the corridors and com
mittee rooms and in n few minutes
every senator at the capitol was in his
seat The galleries filed rapidly and
members of the house of representa-
tives learning that vote was TO be
taken, came hurriedly to the senate
side of the great marble pile to wit.
ness proceedings that will be historic
The test vote came upon an amend
ment offered by Mr.. White. of Cali
fornia- 1t was offered with no expec-
tation that it would be adopted but
merely to place the ideas and opinions
of the opponents of annexation on rec
ord 1t was rejected by vote of 40 to
20, indicating that the annexationists
were strongly in the majority.
Amendment after amendment was
offered but the advocates of the reso-
lutions stood solidly together, gaining
rather than losing strength on the sue
cessive votes.
Finally ut $50 p. m, the resolutions
themselves, in precisely the form in
which they were received from the
house of representatives, were reported
to the senate and the roll call began.
Intense interest was manifested by ev-
cry spectator. Not a sound was to be
heard in the chamber except the call
of the clerk and the responses of the
senator's. When the vice president
announced the vote by which the reso-
lutions were passed a tremendous
wave of applause swept through the
galleries, which the vice president
mad e no effort TO check Those who
had advocated the resolutions ex-
pres sed their pleasure by shaking
hands with one another, and on ali
sides evident relief was shown that
the end had come. For few minutes
so much good natured confusion ex-
listed that the dignity of the senate
was threatened, but Vice President
Hobart quietly reminded senators that
the session was not yet at an end.
The detailed vote was as follows:
Yeas-Allison. Baker. Burrows. Can
non, Carter, Clark, Cullom. Davis. De.
Doe, ElNins, Fairbanks, Foraker. FRYE.
Callinger, German. Hale, Hanna.
Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Kyle.
Lodge. Mcbride, McLaurin, Money.
Morgan. Nelson, Penrose. Perkins.
Pettus, Platt (Ct), Pritchard. Proctor.
SeweI, Shoup. Sullivan, Teller, War
rem, Wellington, Wetmore, Wilson.
Wolcott-42.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry.
Gallery. Chiffon. Clay. Daniel. Faux.
ner, Jones (ArlS). Lindsay. McEnerv.
Mallory, Mitchell, Morrill,, Pasco. Pet
tigrew, Roach, Turley, TuRie. White
-2i.
There are IL pairs announced as fol-
lows, the names of those who would
have voted in the AIR native being
/ given first in each instance:
Bawlins with Butler; Chandler with
Vest; Murphy with CoclsfeIls QUAY
/ with Gray; Stewart with Mills: Smith
with Gear; Aldrich with Jones (ArkJ;
I Mcmillan with kenney; Mantle with
Martin; Patt with Spooner; Turner
! with Thurston; Mason with Tillman.
Senators Harris and Heitfeld ,eer.
absent impaired, but the announce.
ment was made by their respective
colleagues il present they would vote
for the resolutions