The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-02-22
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thank heaven, the disgraceful cpl
sodes which marked the attempt OF
the Cleveland administration to se-
cure the repeal Of the Sherman sill
YER purchasing law. The result of
the earnest endeavors to secure a
solid Republican vote has been sue
cessful, with two exceptions. Mr..
Morrill, remains firm in his opposi-
ton. So does Mr.. Thurstop. IN
der no circumstances will either Of
these Senators vote for ratification.
Mr.. Morrill, believes that annexation
is unwise. Mr.. Thurston sees the
developing beet sugar industry Of
his State threatened by the addition
of the great sugar fields of Hawaii.
Both Senators are firm, They have
been taken from the affirmative list
by even the most optimistic friends
OF annexation.
On the Democratic side, the treaty
has two pronounced friends. They
are men of totally different charac-
teristics. Senator Morgan, now al
most seventy-four years Of age,
talked for four days in support of
annexation, and his devotion to the
cause is proverbial. He is not, how
ever, an organizer, or an aggressive
worker. Senator German, on the
other hand, says nothing, but no
man equals him in personal mag
netism or displays more effectively
the qualities Of leadership If ten
Democrats, as may happen, vote for
the treaty, it will be largely due to
Mr.. Germans quiet influence.
Having finally secured forty-one
of the forty-three votes on the Re-
publican side, the annexationists
turned to the silver Republicans,
Populists and Independents to dis
cover what strength they could de-
mand in that direction. They met
with almost unanimous response.
Senator Teller was outspoken in his
advocacy and the other silver Re-
publicans, Mantle, Of Montana, and
Cannon, of Utah, agreed with him.
This brought the affirmative total
to forty-four. The Populists, with
the exception of Butler, of North
Carolina; Harris, of Kansas, and
Pettigrew of South Dakota, also
came in line and swelled the total to
forty-eight. Mr.. Kyle, the South
Dakota Independent, was speedily
aligned and his vote aggregated
forty-nine. Only eleven votes were
now needed to assure the ratification
OF the treaty.
These eleven votes must come
from the Democratic side, unless
Mr.. Harris abandons his present
hostility, which is now an unsettled
question, and in which case only ten
Democratic votes will be necessary.
Six Of these votes are absolutely GER
tain, and will be cast by German, of
Maryland; Morgan and Pettus, of
Alabama, Money, of Mississippi;
Kenney, of Delaware, and Murphy,
OF New York. Four, and possibly
five more, will be required. Turpis,
OF Indiana; McLaurin, of South
Carolina, and Roach, of North Da-
kota, will, in all probability contri-
butte three Of the number. At that
point the count stops. 1t reaches
fifty eight, or two less than the
nessary number, even under the
most favorable outlook.
The effort to secure these two
votes is being pressed with great
vigor. There are some Democrats
in the doubtful list-not Senators
Daniel and Martin of Virginia,
whose names have been mentioned,
because they are unalterably OPP
posed to annexation-but Tillman,
OF South Carolina, and Turley and
Bates, of Tennessee. Mr.. Tillman
said in executive session few days
ago that if the Republicans would