The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-02-11
CHANCES BRIGHTER AS DEBATE
PROGRESSES.
Friends of the Treaty Confdent-Are
Counting Upon the Solid Support of
the Republicans in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, February 3.-The
friends of the Hawaiian treaty are
more confident as the debate on the
treaty progresses, and there are no
declarations of opposition from the
doubtful list. The poll of the Senate
made by the Evening Star puts its
conclusions thus: AS it stands today
the friends of the treaty are counting
upon the solid vote of the Republicans
in the Senate, with seventeen others,
as follows:
field, Morgan, Pettus, Kyle, Murphy,
Harris, Teller, Cannon, Mantle, Stew
art, Jones, German, Rawlins and
Mooney.
Adding Turpie this will give sixty
one votes in favor of the treaty and
one or two more may be added when
a vote is reached.
While this is taken by many friends
of Hawaii as indicating the exact sit
cannot reach the result by the same
route. AS matters stand Thurston
and Morrill, are counted against the
treaty. Thurston said he would stand
by his declaration made in his utter
anees in Baltimore last night, when
he indicated his unalterable opposi-
tion to the treaty, and Senator Nor
rill continues his opposition, though
his friends say he will not go so far
as the Nebraskan and vote against his
party.
This would leave, on a basis of the
remainder of the poll being correct,
fifty-nine votes, which would carry the
treaty if Morrill, is silent, but there is
still a doubtful list, the proportions
of which no one can really tell. Sena-
tor Bate is said to have declared that
his mind is open and will continue so
until Senator Morgan has concluded
his argument. Senator Tillman has
not said that he will vote against the
treaty, and the friends of annexation
have hopes of landing Senator Butter
on their side. With this number from
which to draw to fill the place of any
man named who may change his mind
there is reason to believe that there
will be sufficient votes to carry the
treaty when the vote is reached.
Senator Whites proposition to have
passed his resolution declaring 'hands
off, the Island republic is not taken
seriously, as it is believed there will
surely be a debate upon the resolu-
ton.
Senator White said today after in
Producing his resolution for non-inter-
ference in Hawaiian affairs by other
powers, that he would call up the res
olution tomorrow and ask the Senate
to pass it without debate. He added
that it was his opinion that our inten-
tion to defend the independence of the
Islands has been made sufficiently
clear in the past, but that it would
do no harm to reaffirm the doctrine
by Congressional declaration at .he
present time. The resolution is as
follows:
Resolved, That of right is belongs
wholly to the people of the Hawaiian
Islands to establish and maintain their
own form of government and domestic
policy; that the United States ought
in no wise to Interfere Herewith,
and that any intervention in the po-
litical affairs of these Islands by any
other Government will be regarded as
an act unfriendly to the United
States"
The resolution was passed by the
Senate on May 81, 1894, having been
reported by Turpie of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs. White asked that
the resolution lie on the table.