The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-20
ANNEXATION NOT ASSURED.
SENATE MAY POSTPONE QUESTION
UNTIL NEXT SESSION.

Senate Believed at the Moment to
stand 81 for Annexation to 81
Against It-AII Of Those Now in
the Affirmative Not Jealous and
Opponents May Win Them over by
Delaying "a Vote.
Washington, June 19.-The Hawaiian
question comes to the front again in the
Senate during the present week, but under
somewhat different circumstances from
those which attended its presentation at
the beginning of the session.
The purpose was then, as it is now, TO
secure the annexation of the islands to
the United States, but the effect at that
time was TO secure this result by means
of treaty, whereas the present course
is through the fundamentally of a joint
resolution.
On the first occasion the matter was
considered in executive session with the
public excluded while now the doors are
to be thrown open and the world invited
What the outcome of the discussion may
be, or when a vote will be reached, no one
will undertake to say positively The
friends of annexation assert that there is
no possible doubt of their ability to pass
a resolution, and they say they have forty-
six senators, or one more than a quorum,
pledged to remain an the Senate until the
question can be decided, while the opposing
leaders declare that forty-eight senators
have assured them they win vote to ad-
journ in preference to remaining in session
indefinitely for the consideration of the
Hawaiian question.
The advocates of annexation declare
they will make no speeches. leaving the
opponents to occupy all the time to be
consumed; the opposition say they are
willing to make speeches if compelled to
do So but that if forced to do this they
will insist that the friends Of the meas
ure shall maintain a constant quorum in
the Senate chamber.
They also predict that the anneXationists
will find themselves compelled to partici-
pate in the proceedings, as they expect to
advance points which will demand refuta-
ton, or at the least reply.
In view of this generally contradictory
condition one can only base prediction up
on general conditions.
1nefe is no DOUBT IN the UfSC place tnat
the annexationists have majority in the
Senate if a vote can be reached. If vote
could be gotten now the result would be
about "a for annexation to 80 against in
full Senate.
OF these 81 senators there are, however,
quite a number who are not jealous and in
whose minds all doubt as to the policy of
the acquisition of outside territory has not
been overcome
These senators, as a rule, are not dis
posed to remain in session for any length
of time during the summer months to con-
slider Hawaiian annexation.
Most of the senators of this class are Re
publicans, and there are probably a suffi-
Gent number of them under normal cir
force adjournment.
They find themselves confronted, how
ever, with the request of the administra-
ton to remain and pass the resolution as
war measure, and some of them are
disposed to sink their own preferences in
obedience to the presidential wish.
The gossip as 10 the probability of a
postponement until a fixed day in the next
session increases, and many persons are
predicting that this win be the outcome
of the contest.
test vote probably will be secured
Monday on The taking up of the resolu-
ton, as it viii be necessary in order to get
il up to displace other measures on the
calendar.