The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 7, 1898, Page 3

HAWAII TO COME INTO THE UNION ANNEXATION RESOLUTION IS PASSED Senate Votes to Take the Hawaiian Islands Into the Union. Conditions Under Which the New Territory Will Be Governed by the United States. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, July 6. Debate in the Senate termi- nated suddenly to-day, and the Newlands annexing resolution the Hawaiian Islands was passed by a vote of 42 to 21. All the Pacific Coast Senators, cept White, voted “aye.” Early this morning there was no indication of a dissolution, but soon after Senate met \White, Pettigrew, mes and Allen held a confer- ence and decided that it was use- | States laws, and no Chinese shall less to prolong the discussion, in- | ich as no other Senators had expressed a desire to speak. White, Jones, Pettigrew and | Allen had treated the project ex- haustively, and as no other Sen- cared to talk concluded would allow the vote to be ken at once, as they did not e to be put in the attitude of filibusters. So Senator White himself made the motion with the result stated. After the vote was announced Senator Davis, chairman of the Foreign Rela- ators tions Committee, telephoned the | news to President McKinley and received the latter’s congratula- tions. The resolution will be signed by the President immedi- ately after its engrossment. 1ere will be no in taking pos- ds, bat it is de- 1ip may be as- the President’s 1e islands, and It is said that t formal ceremony session of the i sired that a wars signed to convey proclamation to t that the Philadelphia may also n to Dole as carry a COmmissic Governor. It is quite generally believed that Dole will be ap- pointed. Indeed, this is said to be a part of an entered into. agreement already The annexation resolution pro- vides that ou shail not apply to Hawaii, but Congress shall enact special laws for their management and dispo- sition, the proceeds to be used for educational purposes, for the ben- efit vi the inhabitants. The Pres- nt is empowered to appoint civil, indicial and military officers v to act until Congress shall make | provision for Hawaii's govern- ment. All existing treaties with foreign nations shall cease forth- with and be replaced by such treaties as may exist or such as may be hereafter concluded 1v the United States and foreign na- {10ns. The existing customs laws and regulations between Hawaii and the ‘United States and other countries shall remain in force until Congress makes other pro- visions. The public debt of Ha- waii is assumed by the United States Government, but the lia- bility shall not exceed four mil- lion dollars. The existing Ha- wailan Government shall con- tinue to pay the interest on this debt as long as said Government continues. T'here shall be no further im- migration of Chinese into the Hawaiian Islands, except under conlitions imposed by United r public land laws | be allowed to enter the United Stares from the islands. The President five commissioners 1all appoint at least two idents of the of whom shall be r shall, islands, who as soon as practicable, recommend to Con- gress legislation for Hawaii's vernment, and $100,000 is ap- propriated to carry the resolu- tion into effect. AS THE VOTE WAS TAKEN BY SENATE White’'s Amendment Beaten and Then the Newlands Resolutions Passed, 42 to 21. WASHINGTON, July 6.—The annex- ation of Hawalii is now accomplished, Territory | so far as the legislative branch of the Government is concerned. Quite unexpectedly the resolutions providing for the annexation of the islands were brought to a vote in the Senate late this afternoon and they were passed by the decisive vote of 42 to 21. Early -n to-day’s session of the Sen- ate conferences of the leaders on both sides of the chamber were held and a tacit agreement was vote should be taken to-morrow or Friday at the latest. The opponents of annexation practically had concluded their arguments, and as they had no desir3 to keep the Senate in session by purely, dilatory tactics they announced Allen had finished their speeches. Finally, at 5:30 p. m., the resolutions themselvas, in precisely the form in which they were recefved from the House of | Representatives, were re- ported to the Senate and the rollcall began. No% a sound was to be heard in the chamber except the call of the clerk and the responses of Senators. When the Vice-President announced the vote by which the resolutions were passed a tremendous wave of applause swept through the galleries, which the Vice-President \made no effort to check. Those who had advocated the resolutions expressed their pleasure by shaking hands with one another, and \ reached that a | their willingness that a vote should be | taken #s soon as White, Pettigrew and | on all sides evident relief was shown that the end had come. For a few minutes so much good-natured confu- sion existed that the dignity of the Senate was threatened, but the Vice- President quietly reminded the Sena- tors that the session was not yet at an end. The Senate concurred in the House amendment to the general deficiency bill, thus p: 1g the last of the appro- priation measure At the conclu White offered of Allen's amendment speech striking n an from the preamble of the Hawalian reso- n due form” and in- “by a treaty which has fied, but is now pending te of the United States.” commenting upon the dls- cussn of | the situation ~Teller of | Colo#ado expressed the opinion that the opponents of the pending resolutions had acted in good faith and had consumed no more ti than had been necessary to properly present their views. In the course of a statement Davis said he had never believed that the opponents of the resolutions had been actuated by any other than honest purposes and con- scientious opinions. “T desire to say,” said he, “that T af :d this earnest and able debate has d the proper parliamentary ial to a full and free discus- lutions the w serting the w never 1 in_the Briefly ipported the resolutions, but not r measure, a vote was taken on | mendment. It w rejected—40 to 20, the detailed vote being as follow: Bate, Berry, Caffery, Faulkner, Jones of Mitch Turp ery, Mailory, oach, Turley, annon, Carter, Clark, Jlkins, Fairbanks, Hale, Kyle, Lodge, T Hawle M | brough, McLaut Perkins, tor, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner, Sulli Warren, Wellington, Wilson, Wolcott . Pettigrew then offered his amendment *o repeal the contract labor laws now in forc Hawailan Islands. It we rejecte Bacon ment provid lutions shoul offered an amen » annexation reso- rative until they majority of the ated—20 to 42. Faulkne ered an | amendment providing that the duties of the civil iicial and military shall exercised under aut Aws not in conflict v stitution s of the United State Rejected Allen oft «n amendment [ internal re » tax of 1 cent | on Hawaiian s It was def to 4 being Alien, the four voting for the amendment Morrill, McEnery and Petti- that v offered an amendment 3 turaliz in_the ted—i8 to 16. itucy offered as a sub- ns certain sections ., which w winter. It was elections last Towa offe: an amendment ng that all silver mo coined by Hawaiian Government 11 be mai ined |t at a pari ith the m | Unitea 7 aivi; ney of the the SANFORD B. DOLE, President of the Hawaiian Republic, Who Is to Be Governor of the a»f Hawaii. defeated. No more amendments being offered, the resolutions, having been considered in committee of the whole, were reported to the Senate and placed upon their adop- tion. The resolutions were adopted, 42 to 21, the detziled vote being as follows: wker, Burrows, Cannon, Car- Davis, Deboe, Elkins, allinger, Gorman, ! _Hansbrough, Hawléy, Hogr, | . MéBride, McLaurin, Money, Mor- . Penrose, Perkins, Pettus, Platt of . Pritchard, Proctor, Seweil, Shoup, Sullivan, ‘Teller, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore, Wilson, ‘Wolcott—42. Noes—Allen, Bacon, 'Bate, Berry, Caffery, | Chiiton, Clay, Darilel lkner, Jones of Ne- vada, Lindsay, McEnecry, Maliory, Mitchell, | Morrill, Pasco, Pettigrew,” Roach, Turley, Tur- pie, White—21. There were twelve pairs announced, as | follows, the names of those who would have voted in the affirmative being given first in each instance: Rawlins with Butler, Chandler with Vest, Murphy with Cockrell, Quay with Gray, Stewart with Mills, Smith with Gear, Aldrich with Jones of Arkansas, McMillanwith Kenney, Mantle with Martin, Platt with Spooner, l'l’urncr with Thurston, Mason with Till- man. Senators Harris and Heitfeldt were ab- sent, unpaired, but the announcement was made by their respecti colleagues that if present they would vote for the reso- lutions. Hale called up the deficiency bill and moved to concur in the amendment to the question In disagreement. This mo- tion was agreed to, the bill thus belns passed. | ron, commanded by AN OFFICER DESCRIBES THE BATTLE Aboard the lowa During the Crushing of Cervera’s Ships. Furious Slaughter Followed by Touching Courtesy to Cap- tured Spanish Officers. NEW YORK, July 6.—In anticipation | of the great battle between the Amer- ican fleet and the Cape Verde squad- Admiral Cervera, The Call, in combination with the New York Herald, secured the services of an expert naval authoerity on board one of the battle-ships to write a technical description of the fight when it oc- curred. During the engagement the writer was at his post of duty and could not possibly furnish his narrative when The Call-Herald dispatch-boat Golden Rod left the scene of action to steam at full speed to Port Antonio and file in the cable office a full account of the battle, which The Call and Herald printed exclusively on Tuesday morn- ing. ke ter agreed to furnish The Call and Herald with the descrip- tion which follows he telegraphed: “* will write the story unless killed in bat tle. If anything happens to me I trust one of the other officers to be spared will render The Call and the Herald the service which they reu This account is, therefore, the first technical description of the battle printed anywhere. The Call regrets that it is unable to give the signature of the writer to the story, but strict naval regulations prevent. ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES SHIP IOWA, OFF SANTIAGO, July 4, by the Call-Herald dispatch boat Gol- den Rod to Port Antonio, July 6.—On Sunday morning, July 3, our watching ships lay rolli. * in easy surges off the b Santiago. Their distances from the guarded haven varied from four to six thousand yards, and there, with an unsparing alertness, they waited for the promised dash which ail hoped for, but feared might never come. A little after three bells in the fore- noon watch the inspection of the ship ad been concluded, and as Lieutenant n Duser, the officer of the watch, was ieving the navigating officer, Lieu- tenant Scheutze, then officer of the deck, a quick cry to call the captain, followed by the shout, “There come the Spaniards out of the harbor.” The trained eye of the alert officer had marked the thin trail of drifting smoke and before the signals “Clear ship for action” had beecn given the bows of the Spanish vessels, rushing in “line ahead,” were seen darting around Socapa point for the open sea. In a moment all was bustle and trained energy. Men rushed to their quarters, guns were trained and in less than twenty seconds the whistling shriek of the rapid-fire gun warned the startled fleet of the hot work await- ing. In two minutes every gun on shipboard was cast loose, manned, loaded and ready for the long-expected signal to fire. At the yardarm of our battle-ship a string of signal flags warned the fleet that the enemy was trying to es- cape, but even before the answering pennants of the other ships announced their understanding of the message all vessels were dashing to their sta- tions long before the allotted time, for the emergency which had come at last. It was a splendid spectacle. The Spaniards with bottled steam cleared the harbor’s mouth seemingly in a mo- ment. Under their eager prows a col- umn of foam whitened the long billows and their bubbling wakes left a furrow as straight and sharp as a racing yacht making a winning run for thoe finish line. Their course was shaped for the westward, but as fast as they sped in their desperate break for frea- dom, the faster flew the shells of the pursuing Americans. The first heavy shell from the Towa's battery fell short, and then, by mischance, so did the second, but afterward a rain of shot fell upon the fleeing foe. Not a whit behind in this eager fu- sillade roared the batteries of the Span- ish ships. Their port broadsides flamed and grumbled, but it was a splendid display of fireworks rather than a successful effort to damage the unharmed targets of the Yankee ships. In fifteen minutes after they were discovered four Spanish armored cruis- ers had cleared the entrance, and five minutes later the torpedo-boat de- stroyers, hugging the beach and seek- ing the sheltering broadside of their sister ships, flew into the turmoil of the action. At this time every gun of the Amer- ican squadron that could be brought to bear was pumping projectiles into the enemy. In an instant it almost seemed one ship of the Vizcaya class burst into flames, caused, undoubtedly, by a long sure shot from the Oregon or Texas. A minute later a 12-inch projectile sent from a forward turret struck the Ma- ria Teresa near her after smokepipe. A tremendous explosion followed. Then she was shrouded In smoke and was lighted with lurid flames; and then, when the powder cloud cleared away she was seen helm hard a-port rushing for the beach. Twenty-five minutes after the first ship had been sighted half the Spanish fleet had surrendered or was on fire. As our vessels rushed toward them every ship was hulled time and again and it almost seemed from the sureness and directness of our batteries as if -it were target practice of a summer morning, and not the annihilation of a squadron. Even this interval would have been shortened measurably, for Ll fire into their fragile hulls. | aiding them and hindering us was the cloud of smoke which concealed and at best only half revealed the wreck of the enemy. It was a grand, sad sight—a pathetic one to seamen, who know how much patient thought and patriotic ef- fort had gone into the construction of these splendid vessels, now lyin bruised and burning on the shores the had hoped to defend. There was no time, however, to in- | dulge in emotions of sympathy or of | pity, for still rushing eagerly west- | ward, closely followed by the New York and at a further distance by the Indiana, came the torpedo-boat de- | stroyers. In hot'eagerness of destruc- | tion” we turned loose our smaller guns on these loudly heralded and ineffec- tive craft, and finally by a lucky hit dropped a 12-inch shell into the bow of the leading destroyer. At the same in- stant the littie Hist was rapidly clos- ing upon them, pouring a sickening The Glou- cester joined in this splendid assault, | and so sure and so effective was their rapid fire of projectiles that both tor- | pedo hoats swung their helms hard-a- port, ran for shore and buried what was left of them among the pitil rocks of the coast. By a quarter past 10 we were in full | ery after the other Spanish ships, then | about four miles ahead, busy with hot replies to the determined assaults of the Oregon, Texas and Brooklyn. Bend- ing every energy to overtake the Co- lon, which was then five miles away and perhaps two miles ahead in a di- rect line and a mile and a half .further inshore, we picked up the flying Viz- caya. The game must have seemed up to her then, f.r with a quick turn to starboard she ran shoreward, and we saw in an instant that she was flaming fore and aft. beautiful Spanish flag floating from her ~aff and another higher still from her maintopmast head showed her to be the flagship of the second in command. She lagged heavily ir the water; no longer did she carry the bone in her teeth and her foaming wake was gone. When we drew near we saw something had gone amiss with her, for just as we swung with a touch of our helm to give her a finishing broadside the beautiful flags drifted from the truck and gaff end and the white flag of surrender went up and the cheers of our ship went with it. We stopped our engines when close aboard and hoisted cut our boats to save her people. We received on board 250 of her crew. The Hist took another hundred, and that was all that was left of them, for the other hapless sail- ors were lying dead and wounded on her burning decks. The conflagration aboard this ship was astounding, and even now, when the opportunity for calm reflection has come it is impossible to explain where so much inflammable material could have been collected on board an ar- mored vessel. Through the air ports and gun ports of the doomed ship quivering fires shone with blood-red light upon the light woodwork of the bridge and upper deck, and long tongues of flame licked the towering masts. Over the ship a cloud of rosy light hovered, and when, after a time, explosions of free powder were added, great volumes of smoke shut out the sky. Several explosions of terrific followed, but notwithstanding this and while the flames were still quivering through every outlet and encircling the hull our boats were busy rescuing the unfortunate wounded and the more lucky of the survivors who had sought the water or shore as their only refuge from a dreadful death. ‘When the Spanish captain of the Viz- caya, that courteous Kulate, of whom we heard so much when his ship was in the harbor of New York, was lifted over the side and half carried aft, he presented his sword to Captain Evans as a svmbol, but Evans, gentle as he is brave, declined to receive it, and waving it back with a friendly gesture, he grasped the hand of the Spaniard and welcomed his brother officer to the hospitality of the ship. Much affected by his reception: Cap- tain Eulate asked permission to meet the Towa’s officers and to each he gave a warm grip of his hand and a friendly word of gratitude before he was car: ried below. The Oregon and Brooklyn joined in the attack, but were a little too far out to get into the best of it, and their efforts were directed more to head off and catch the Colon than to join in the general action. There was wisdom in this, approved by all good sailors, for they knew what work was cut out for them and in what good hands the other ships were left. The glorious , Texas, no longer a “hoodoo,” gave iis principal attention to the Vizcaya. and one of her 12-inch shells, smashi -~ through the fire room of the Spania“d, caused her to make that quick turn to shore which at first we did not understand. The New York was so far to eastward that we had a long chase and a stern chase before she got into action, and she passed us Just after the Vizcaya surrendered. She made a splendid marine picture as she rushed eagerly in hot chase after the Colon, and as she shot past we gave Sampson cheer after cheer, and cheer after cheer came back to us force HUNTINGTON HAS WON THE BIG FIGHT Secures Virtual Refunding of Pacific Roads Debts. House Finally Passes the Amend- ment o the General Deficiency Bill. Call Office, Riggs House, WASHINGTON, July 6. C. P. Huntington, by perseverance and hard work on the part of his in- struments in Washington, has finally succeeded in staving off for another period of years the Central Pacific's debt to the Government. California’s representatives made a stubborn re- sistance, but it was tiseless, and Mor- gan's amendment to the deficiency biil passed to-day by an overwhelming vote. Maguire, Hilborn, De Vries, Barlow and Castle vcted against the resolu- tion, Barham voted for it, while Loud refrained from voting. The amendment provides that the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the Interior and Attorney General, and their successors in office, be appointed a commission with full power to settle the indebtedness upen such terms and in such manner as may be agreed upon by a majority of them and the owners of sald railr provided, that any and all settlements thus made shall be sul mitted in writing to the President for his approval or disapproval, 'and un- less approved by him shail not be bind- ing. I'he commission shall not agree toac- cept a less sum_In ttlement of th amount due the United States than the full amount of the principal and inter- est unpaid and due at the time of said settlement. The commission is empow- ered to grant such time or times of payment by installment, and at such rates of interest, to be not less than 3 per cent per annur yable semi-an- nually, and with such security as to sald commission may seem expedient. Representative Maguire admits that the action of the House to-day prac cally amounts to a refunding propo: tion, against which he has fought dur- ing his entire Congressional term, but though defeated, he consoles himself with the belief that the California peo- ple will not hold him responsible, but will lay the blame at the door of the Republican Congress. There was a lively exchange of repar- tee between Maguire and Hepburn to- day, when the latter insinuated that Maguire's opposition to the Paciic a mad deavor to get on board the ship’s boats soldiers, they fought in en- rather than surrender to an whom they knew to be pitiless. officer and man on the clothes of some sort to the rescued s: ors, and their reception must ha taught them that the despised Yankee was not the inhuman brute their offi- Eve cers had taught them to believe. The paymasters’ stores of the ships were drawn upon lavishly to clothe the Spanish officers and men, and when after a while they were dried and fed | it was Interesting to note the relief all seemed to feel, now that their long suspense of €0 many weeks was ove At one time the lowa was engaged with all the ships single handed. i Spanis : orders were to concentrate their fire on her and every effort must be made to disable her, as she was the most dan- gerous antagonist of all awaiting them. But, as one of - the Spanish officer: added, with a fine air of perplexity: “We found that all the ships were equally dangerous, and that after al was said and done, it was four ship against four, and one of these, the Brooklyn, was much more lightly ar- mored and gunned than any cof ours.” Reckoning up the data of this memor- s able fight, which it was our good for tune to take part in, we find that “in less than twenty-five minutes two of their ships were wrecked; in less.than three-quarters of an hour a third sur- rendered; in fifty minutes from the time the first dashing Spaniard was sighted all hands were piped down, guns were secured and our boats were in the water to save what was left cf the Vizcaya's crew. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that memorable Sunday the Towa arrived off the entrance to Santiago, the Glou- cester keeping company with us after speaking the Indiana and exchanging cheers that made the welkin ring. When alongside the Indiana Captain Evans hailed his brother-in-law, Cap- tain Taylor of that ship, and told him to send Admiral Cervera on board. and he would put at his disposal the vacant admiral's cabin of our ship. Tha gallant but defeated sailor came along- ‘ was | side in the Gloucester's boat and received with all honors due his rank and station. A full marine guard was paraded, bugles flourished a salute, and when the official side was finished the reception accorded him by the cap- tured officers of the Vizcaya showed the affectionate regard with which the fearless gentleman was held by those who served under him. Captain Eu- late wore the sword Captain Evans had refused to accept. and he pointed to it with pathetic pride as he told of the reception accorded him bv the lowa's captain. It was an affecting and heart- warming sight and made a fitting close to a day that will be remembered for the glories it yielded to our arms at sea. TOD SLOAN ILL. from as gallant a crew as ever served a gun or fed a roaring furnace. Some of the crew had swum to the beach, but finding the hostile shores commanded by alert parties of Cuban The Jockey S\lfle;n-g From an Attack of Appendicitis. NEW YORK, July (.—Tod Sloan is re- orted to be seriously ill at Sheepshead ay, with an attack of appendicitis. enemy | Towa gave | officers told us later that their | | roads was actuated by his ambition te be elected Governor of California. TACKED ON TO THE DEFICIENCY BILL How the House Voted to Virtually Refund the Pacific Rail- road Debt. WASHINGTON, July 6.—The House to-day after a debate of four hours concurred in the Senate amendment to the general deficiency bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior, the At- torney General and the Secretary of the Treas to settle, with the approval of the Pr , the indebtedness of the Central We: Pacific roads to the Government. The amendment was concurred in by the vote of An amendment was adopted to the Pacific railroad amend- ment providing that unle settlement | was reached within one year the Presi- dent should begin foreclosure proceed- ings to collect all money due the Gov- ernment. During the day Hilborn (R.) of Cali- fornia, McRae (D.) of Arkansas, New- |1ands (Sil. R.) of Nevada, Castle (Pop.) {of California, Barlow (R.) of California, De V «(D.) of California, and Flen ing (D.) of Georgia spoke in opposition, while Grow (R.) of Pennsylvania, Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, Hepburn (R.) of Towa and Cannon (R.) of Illinois supported the amendment. The conference reports upon the bills to increase the force of the Ordnance Department and to protect harbor de- fenses and fortifieations against in- were adopted. :55 the House adiourned. The many men of this world who suffer from the eifects of foolish practices would make an army. But it would be an army of weaklings. 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