The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-01
UNLIMITED DEBATE
CHECKS MAJORITY.
Hawaiian Annexation Held
Back in the Senate.
LODGE MAKES A PROTEST.
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War With Spain Shows Need Of
Acquiring Territory.
rhe American People Anxioss TAat
Admiral Dewey Shoaid Have Am-
PIE support-He In In Need Of Aid
After Hia sweepIng vtctory-El-
kins Emphasizes the Necessity for
Territorial Expansion-Thc Uatt-
chant Marine aad secure the Come
pletton Of the Nicaragua Canal.

WASHINGTON. May MIN the senate
today Lodge made q speech in which he
protested against the position In which the
majority of both houses were placed In
the matter of Hawaii. Although ma
jority were in favor Of annexation. voc
had not been taken. This was due 10 un-
limited debate.
When Lodge began discussing the war
situation II was Insisted that the debate
should be behind closed doors. and the
senate went into executive session.
Consideration or the war revenue bill
was then resumed. Lodge made state
ment concerning his me..ves in offering
the Hawaiian annexation resolution as an
amendment TO the war revenue measure.
In beginning Lodge said that as he had no
special desire 10 speak behind closed doors.
he would not call MP the amendment which
he had offered to the pending bill He
said that 1t was a generally recognixed
principle In this country that the faaior-
ity ought to rule. and that any violation
of that principle was q travestyS on JUS
tice. He referred 10 the practical and en-
phatic exposition OF the principle in tho
Fffty-nrst congress. and declared that
aimee tha, the proposition then made had
zheaq anyseye& hx o. courts and by thu
people. A situation had now arisen. hoy
ever. In which II was heing demonstrated
that the minority was still ruling, and In
this ease IL was minority originally Sc
fa.44 4aI nv hA ma tAFif Rrra IA tai
ed that IL a measure was proposed 10 can-
gress which the administration desired
should be enacted into law, aud which
commanded the support OF majority Of
both houses Of congress. II ought In all
justice to be passed. Such a measure hal
been presented, but under the crcum-
stances there seemed nothing left fer the
''hapless majority" 10 do bnt TO enter It's
feeble protest against the arrogant minor
ity. On the floor OF the senate II was
possible for a humble member TO cal tie
facts To the attention of the country. He
deemed 1t particularly desirable In this
time Of war that the country should be
made acquainted with all the facts OF the
present anomalous legislative session.
Waite of California, leader Of the anti
annexation minority. said that when any
of the opponents OF annexation had at
tempted 10 discuss the questions growing
out Of the var they had been forced into
a secret executive session. He had him.
self desired to discuss the Hawaiian aues-
ton in open session. bat the privilege had
been denied 20 him. lie thought TO dis
crinination ought 10 he made.
Turning TO iae victory of Admiral
Dewey. Lodge said:
1--WE are compelled 20 60 back as far
a. Trafalgar 10 find victory more conn
plete and more sweeping In it's results
than that Of Admiral Dewey. Now that
Dewey has Manila under his guns ard en-
tirely a. his mercy, Il Is ail-imporiant that
we should support him THE American
people would never forgive TIE admiuls-
tration if il should fail 10 give him tnat
supper, which il only his just due. They
would feel as did the people OF Eng and
when Gordon was lefi to his fate at khar~
toum."
Lodge had just announced his belief that
Admiral Dewey was in greater nsed ~
relief than most people Imagined. when
he was interrupted by Turpie Of Indiana
with a demand that the senate proceed 10
the subject under discussion in execu'Eve
session. Under the rules the demand had
10 be aceeded 20. ana al 2soa p. III. the
doors were clos Il.
At AS n m the senate resumed consd~
Grafton In open session of the pending bill.
Elkins Of Yves, Virginia objected 10 TIE
tax on corporations. on bank deposits.
ard 10 the stamp tax. He maintained
specially that 'he tax on bank deposits
was wrong in principle "a il Was tax
on debts Concerning the corporation Tax.
he neid that the tax On gross receipts was
nanifestly unjust. az # bore upon pgop-
crty which the corporations did rot pos
SECS The net returns were proper SUBJ
tect os taxation.
Elkinz also discussed territorial cxpan-
sion. saying:
'The present var only month 81.
has sent the country further on In he
progress af the world TRAN In a hura 9
years before II hsa wrought changes N
re public mind has brought OF new eoa-
dit}ons ard problems. ard Va must az
more and more 20 extsDdIng our H3ag ssfa
for oar o@n products, and 40 that srt
rnust acquire more territory than may
come througa fortunes OF war. We must
have q merchant marine. snsas "a ths
seas. ~ must control the sas9aiss ard
commerce on tlte great oees ns that va n
our sggorrs and must haze a navy grester
and more powerful than AIRY n9w aEoat.