The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-12-09
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ACCEPTANCE or PHILIPPINES
sharp Battle in the senate - Anti.
cIpstsd Espsnsion Issue
tNtfs Session.

gradually assuming a definite form I,
> already apparent that the treaty ut
peace with Spain cannot be- delivered
10 the Senate until late ia December a,
tn oarlist possible date n will then
require some days Tor the completion
of the conferences nov going ON, will
then require another week TO put the
treaty ia proper language, inscribe II
ON parchment and secure the sigma
lures OF the Commissioners, and will
then require ten days for the Commits
toner's OF the United States 60 retarn
with II 10 this country. These events
cannot be contaminated before the
middle OF December, and II is probable
that the President will then require a
few days for consultation with the
and the preparation of
his message before sending the treaty
TO the Senate. II will hardly be possible
10 make much progress with the con
sideration Of the treaty until after the
holiday recess.
4 vigorous fight will be made against
retention Of the Philippine Islands,
and II will be difficult to secure the
ratification OF the treaty by the present
Senate. The Administration Is already
preparing for this contingency. Il will
be ascertained during the debate In the
Senate whether the treaty can he rati-
fed. II ratification cannot be accom-
plished By the necessary vote OF two
thirds, the Administration will prob
ably prefer to lay the document aside
rather than encounter an adverse vote.
An extra session of the new Senate Will
Ithen be summoned for the considera-
ton OF the treaty. Favorable action Is
considered certain in the new Senate.
The Republicans will then have nifty
four Senators. where they now have
lforty-four, and will need only six votes
to make the necessary two-thirds.
These can be obtained from the silver
Republicans who supported Bryan and
rom a few Democrats who favor ma
! ional expansion. 1t is anticipated that
IN the present Senate nearly all the
Democrats will vote against the treaty
and make more than a third OF the
Senate in opposition.
President Mckinley believed during
THE summer that an extra session oil
both Houses Of Congress would be re-
uuired In the spring to provide for the
government OF Cuba and any territory
which might fall to the United States
as the result of the Spanish war. He
does not believe that Congress will be
ready so soon TO legislate intelligently
upon the many questions which will
arise regarding the civil administra'
ton internal and external taxation
nd currency and banking. Congress
can do practically nothing for any OF
the new dependencies until the treaty
as been ratified. 1t cannot be assumed
officially before that time that Congress
has any authority over any OF the ISL
land taken from Spain except the au'
lthority derived from military occupa'
ItIon. Il will, therefore, be impossible
to proceed with legislation on a com
prehensive scale at the coming session
The President appears to have learned
a lesson from the results OF Algerisn
in stan appointments. He Is satisfied
that a government administered b!
military officers will be more homes
and efficient for time than one mad'
up OF American civilians highly in
dorsed by Plat, Quay and Alger. j
the earlier ratification of the treat!
permits any legislation, provision ma!
be made for imposing certain limits o
civil law upon the exercise of militar.
authority, but the graduates Of Yves
! Point and Annapolis will be the repre-
sentatiyes OF the United States In tn
new dependencies rather than tn
graduates of New York and Philadel
/ phia ward politics.
The plan which will be proposed t
/. Congress for dealing with the depend
encles will be the appointment of spe
cial commissions to study conditions Il
each important island and report in tn
autumn the best plan OF government
and fiscal administration. Provision
for such commissions can be made II
the annual appropriation bills, ant
careful selections made by the Presi
: dent after the adjournment OF Con
gress. 1t Is possible that a special Sos
sion will be called in September or DC
tober to act upon these and other mat
tiers before the country is In the tur
. MOL OF Presidential election. Thi
is still an open question, In view OF tn.
many contingencies which may affec
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