Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-02
An Agreement Reached for Consider
alton of Annexation Resolution.
RELATION TO WAX REVENUE
Politics involved in the Ending
of the War.
o Q R ACIFIC POLICY

1t is said by Gen. Grosvenor and all those
who have been active in the Hawaiian con-
! troversy that d thorough agreement has
been reached that the annexation resoiu-
| tons are to come up and be voted on in the
House as soon the revenue bill has pass
| ed the Senate. Whether a vote that lone
| delayed will be followed by definite action
by the Senate no one SCENE disposed to de-
| Clare with any degree OF postiveness. 1t 10
| quite certain that the enemies of annexa-
tton DO not expect the action by the House
| TO come In time for the Senate to be
brought to action. The friends of annexa-
| tion have such confidence in the merit Of
the proposition, and are 80 well assured Of
| its almost universal popularity in the coun-
Try that they do not believe a flIbuster
against It In the Senate can be successfully
carried on. Gen Grosvenor for instance.
| says the resolutions will pass the House Ivy
such a large majority. and the sentiment
In favor Of action WILL be 50 strong In ths
Senate. backed up by tn. demands coming
from the country. that no set OF men can
stand out long against the Will Of the ma
jority.
Meanwhile, there is considerable maneu-
yering in the Serste over the revenue bill
partly with the Hawaiian situation IN view,
For the PAST few days some OF the most
active opponents TO Hawaii have been hold
Ing TO the opinion that a final vote would
be reached on the revenue bill at once.
Whether the understanding that a vote on
the Hawaiian resolutions is to be permit
ted In the House soon as the revenue
eill is passed has changed their views IA
vorable to an early vote is uncertain, but
great Deal OF discussion, with not a little
politics in it, developed today. and while a
a nf
prevailing opinion appears to be that there
are several days of talk yet to De got
through with
Drawing to a Close.
There developed at the Capitol today a
strong feeling that the war with Spain was
drawing rapidly to close. One statement
made was that The President had informa-
tion with respect to the engagement be-
tween our fleet and the Spanish at Santiago
which 50 strongly indicated the utter coll
lapse of the Spanish forces that II was not
made public, lest it should render Congress
somewhat Indifferent about hurrying
through war measures, including the reye-
nut blu. Without reference to what foun-
cation there may be for such a repor1, IT
was quite apparent today that about Con-
gress, where The political end OF a question
Is first taken hold of, the general thought
was tending toward getting into a position
to let this or that political interest have it's
fair share Of advantage at the wind-up. In
terest Was clearly turning toward the con-
clusion rather than centeriLg upon the in
terysning military operations, except in SO
Tar as various constituencies are to partici-
pate in them and get credit for having done
their share This was indicated IN the tone
OF the debate OF the deficiency bill for mill
fea fisra xr-hf-
alton during the day. The idea that Com
modore Schley had struck serious blow at
the Spanish at Santiago and the reported
desperate condition Of the Bank of Spain
have aroused this sense Of the approaching
of the end.
Future Policy.
Among the leading men of both houses
of Congress it was apparent that a great
deal of attention is being given 10 the ques-l
ton of the larger policies which are to
be followed at the conclusion of the war
With overleapins vision they are trying to
discern that which they expect TO have to
deal with i'll the near future, anticipating
that war branches of the government are
proceeding on lines which will not leave
much time for the consideration of the
peace policy to follow. In this circle OF
congressional leaders very serious atten-
ton Is being given to the question of hold
ing Porto Rico and the Philippines, and
there are wide differences of opinion, not
marked on party lines, on the subject. In
dications are strong that this question will
become an issue which will speedily enter
into politics X is already being said that
Eny party which takes sides against a pro-
gressive policy which recognizes our In
terests on the Pacific and in the eastern
question" will be overrun by popular sen.
tirnent. The contention of men in each
party who hold to this view to lead their
respective parties into what they regard
as the right path is extremely active. To-
day particularly discussion in congressional
circles has been on this line.