The True Northerner

HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION IS UP

Grosvenor Makes It a Question of Consideration and the Thing's Done.

Washington, June 11.—The feature of yesterday's session of the house was the securing of an agreement to consider and vote upon the Newlands resolution to annex Hawaii. Beginning today the debate will proceed until 5 o'clock next Wednesday afternoon, when a vote will be taken. The annexationists yesterday were determined to force consideration, and for three hours the opposition filibustered. Consideration of the resolutions yesterday could have been prevented, as under the rules a recess until the evening pension session necessarily would have been taken at 5 o'clock, but it was plain that the annexationists would win their victory today. Realizing this, and knowing the resolutions would pass and go to the country, involving a prominent issue, the opposition treated for liberal debate and its demands were granted readily.

The way the Hawaiian question was brought to the front was easy. A report from the elections committee was called up and immediately Grosvenor raised the question of consideration against the report. Grosvenor won on a viva voce vote. Cannon queried: "I want to ask the gentleman from Ohio if the raising of the question of consideration means the bringing up of Hawaii?"

"It does," responded the Ohioan with much vigor.

"That is what we have been trying to get at for a long time," said Cannon, and while a general laugh followed, Johnson of Indiana cried out: "That is just what we do not want." Roll call was demanded and the vote resulted—ayes, 92; nays, 129—in favor of Grosvenor.

Ray called for the regular order, which under the rules would be the private calendar.

Grosvenor immediately moved to consider public business. A vote was then taken and Grosvenor's motion prevailed—140 to 88. The opposition to annexation then began to filibuster, but order was brought out of chaos and an understanding was reached quickly, as stated above.

Eight Democrats voted with the annexationists in the movement to force consideration of the Hawaiian resolutions, they being Berry of Kentucky, Devries of California, Livingston, Bruckner of Michigan, Cummings, Sulzer and Voshell of New York, and Cochran of Missouri. It is claimed at least twenty Democrats will favor the passage of the resolution. The bill to enable volunteer soldiers to vote at congressional elections was passed, and a number of minor measures chiefly of a private nature were considered.