The herald., 1898-02-08

ought in no wise to interi ere with
Morsan's amendment provit les distinct
Nv for the annexation of thts Hawaiia
islands, declaring that the pl esent gov
ernment has a right to m axe sue
cession to this country. Mors IAN calle
attention to the resolution in troduce
by White concerning this coun trys at
titude toward Hawaii, and prop osed tn
following amendment thereto:
''That the Republic of Hawaii, eStan
lished in, and based upon, its ITeSen
constitution, is rightful COVER pmlen
and has been and still is recognized
such by the United States of Am er >c
and by other great powers without n
question by any nation of its right
and sovereign independence and s;E
constitution is the true and recognize
authority that fixes the measure and tn
distribution of the rights and powers q
government in that Republic, while said
constitution remains in force.
"That in conformity with the existing
constitution of Republic of Hawaii and
SO long as the same is in force the powers
of government reside in and are to be
exercised by the incumbents of the de-
partments, tribunals and offices created
by said constitution and filled in pur-
suance of law, and the lawful electors
rnder said constitution who qualify as
such by the taking of the oath OF al
legiance prescribed therein, are entitled
TO share in the government of Hawan
according to the rights secured to them
in said constitution and to the extent
and in the manner therein provided, as
long as the same is in force.
"And said government of the republic
of Hawaii having, in due form, signiiied
its consent in the manner provided IN
its constitution. that the Hawaiian is
lands. with all the territory appurtenant
thereto. over which said government
now claims to exercise sovereign Jurls-
dicti0n. Shall be annexed to and become
n part Of the territory of the tnlted
6tates of America, and shall be SUBJECT
20 the national power and sovereign Jur-
isdiction thereof it is hereby enacted
and declared. that said concession is
accepted, ratified and confirmed ana
that said Hawaiian Islands are annexed
as q part of the territory of the United
States of America and are subject TO
the sovereign dominion thereof.
A communication was received by the
Senate from the Secretary of War, stat
ing the urgent necessity for immediate
action to control the disorderay ele-
ments that are assembling in. Alaska.
Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire pre-
eented a memorial which called the at
tention of the Senate to one of the most
thrilling events of the Civil Wttr. The
memorial was prepared in 1874 by the
late Admiral Worden, who, as a lieu
tenant in the Navy, commanded the
Monitor in the historic fight in Hampton
Roads between that vessel and the Mer-
rimac. Mr.. Chandler said that Admiral
Worden conceived the idea that 1t would
be proper for the government of the
United States to pay the officers and
crew Of the Monitor the sum of $500 each
in the nature of prize money, but after
having prepared the memorial. con-
cluded not to present it to Congress lest
his motives might be misconstrued. Mr.,
Chandler said he now took occasion to
present the memorial himself and he
hoped Congress might see its way clear
in view of the wonderful victory
achieved by Lieutenant Worden, to do
something substantial for the surviving
members of his family, who are not in
good financial circumstances. He asked
that the memorial be referred to the
Naval Affairs Committee.
Mr.. Hale of Maine paid high tribute
to Admiral Worden.
Mr.. Davis of Minnesota. chairman OF
the Committee on Foreign Relations,
moved that the resolution of Mr.. White
and the amendment thereto. proposed
by Mr.. Morgan, be referred to the For
eign" Relations Committee, and, after a
brief colloquy between Mr.. White and
Mr.. Morgan, the resolution and amend
ment We're so referred.
On motion of Mr.. Davis the Senate then
went into executive session.
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
At the opening of the executive session
today Senator White of California
asked Senator Davis. who is in charge
of the treaty of annexation, if there was
any truth in the report published today
that the treaty was to be abandoned
and annexation secured by legislation
as an amendment to an appropriation
bill. He added that if such was the in
tention of the friends of the treaty he
thought the change from executive to
open session might as we'll be made now
as later.
Senator Davis replied that there was
no foundation for the report that there
question of annexation in any shape diff
ferent from that in which it is a pres
ent before the senate. He said the air
was full of rumors about the treaty,
which were unauthorized.
At $50 p. m. the senate adjourned
Senator Teller of Colorado occupied
the entire four hours of today's eXecu- |
tive session in discussing the Hawaiian
treaty. During the course of
his speech, Mr.. Teller took occasion to |
say that he should have been glad to |
discuss the treaty in open session, and |
to the remark he added the opinion that !
the time had almost come when the ques-
ton of annexation should be debated on |
a bill looking to Legislation by both |
houses of congress rather than on the |
basis Of the treaty. While he thought |
there might be a bare possibility of se- |
curing the sixty votes necessary to |
ratify the treaty, he conceded that under |
the present circumstances this was eX- |
ceedingly doubtful, and he thought the |
sooner the facts be recognized and a |
change Of front made the better it would |
be from all points Of view. There was
some interruption at this point and it |
was suggested by some senators after
the close of the executive session that
the committee on foreign relations would
consider the advsability of making this
change of policy at its next meeting to
hold NNA1pacJs,- tI,f,.