The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-05-27
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AOOrrtlser.
SATURDAY. / -
THE TREATY SECURED

At last, the good news has been received that
the bill to carry into effect the Treaty of
Reciprocity has passed the House of Representa-
tives. The bark Mary Bel Roberts, Capt. Grey,
arrived of the port yesterday forenoon, and as
she came IN sight around Diamond Head gaily
decorated with flags and firing guns. the public
pulse went up to fever heat, and all faces wore a
smile of anticipation Of the good news. a
telegram from Mr.. LuttreIl, California member
Of Congress, to Williams, Blanchard & Co.,
announcing the passage Of the bill, was sent
ashore by tie pilot boat, and read to an eager
crowd in Mr.. f. p. Adams auction room, and
they gave repeated cheers.
The following is the Alias telegram, lated
Washington, May s
The House resumed consideration of the bill TO
carry into effect the Hawaiian Treaty. Thomas, of
Maryland, addressed the House relative to the
power OF the House 10 refuse to sanction a treaty
made by the President and Senate, arguing that it
had the power. 1t was perfectly competent for
the House to refuse its sanction to this treaty.
Tucker, of Virginia, followed in the same line of
argument Under the Constitution, the House was
a part of the treaty making power, and could
exercise Its Constitutions suthority to refuse
Legislation to carry out such treaties as it did not
approve Of He argued that the treaty was not
advisable as a business transaction. 1t was a
positive loss to the revenue, with no compromising
advantage.
The House at 5:l5 I. NJ, passed the bill by a
vote of ll6 against l0l. It's passage by the Senate
is a foregone conclusion, and its final enactment Is
therefore certain. All the Pacific Coast members
were present. and voted for the bill.
~ HAWAIIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY.-The long-delay-
ed Reciprocity Treaty between the Hawaiian
Kingdom and the United States may now be
considered un fat dccOmpH, having received the
Endorsement Of the House by a vote of 1IG to I0I.
That the Senate will sanction il is a ~foregone
conclusions The pros and cons of this subject have
been so frequently and exhaustiVeIy treated by the
press and in Congress that little more remains TO
be said. The assurance that it will go almost i'm
mediately into effect will remove the cloud Of doubt
and uncertainty in which it has been so long
needlessly envelCped, and will at once tend to
more frequent and prosperous business relations
between the two countries. The idea that permits
sion to land Hawaiian sugars in this country free
of duty would initiate against the sugar interests
OF Louisiana was simply preposterous. 1t is very
satisfactory TO know that the matter has been
disposed Of for some years, and there is good
reason to believe that reciprocity will work 80 well
as to insure a renewal of the treaty at date of ex-
piration.+S. f. Commercial Herald, May IL.
The Tribune editorially says: The passage of
the Hawaiian Treaty in the House yesterday was a
surprise to its opponents. Its passage was made
possible by the absence of many members most
interested. The question about the treaty is
whether our own people or a few planters in the
Sandwich Islands will profit most by its provisions,
and on that point there is room for wide differences
of public opinion. t
The relief which this long delayed news has
brought to our island community is great.
Planters, capitalists and business men feel easier,
and mechanics confidently look forward to
brisker times in the near future. But the
government may well regard the news, at this
particular ~juncture, as a perfect god-send. Not
only are they relieved from the necessity, which
was becoming pressing, of again sending the
Hon. Mr.. Carter to Washington, but they are
now provided with some real work to place
before the AssembIy-to divert attention from
an unsatisfactory budget-in the way of the new
tariff and revenue measures which they must
prepare.
In this connection we take the opportunity to
correct the statement made by the Gazette of
this week, that : it has been decided not to send
Mr.. Carter to Washington" No such decision
had been made, but on the contrary we are
assured the Cabinet were most DESTROYS that Mr..
Carter should 90 at once but that gentleman,
being of the opinion that the influential friends
of the Treaty in the United States would not
suffer it to fail, preferred waiting q month
longer, aad the event has demonstrated the
correctness of his view in that particular.
Without doubt it will be found that the recent
demonstration in San Francisco in favor of the
Treaty-which took its initiative from Honolulu.
had something to do in bringing about the
result. But the smallness of the majority
fifteen only with pit members present-dem-
o~nstrates what a narrow escape from defeat has
been ours.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where its
approvalis regarded as almost certain, and after it
has received the signature of the President the
date at which the Treaty shall go into effect will
be q matter to be arranged between our Minister
at Washington and the Secretary of State.
In REGARD to the statement made in this paper,
that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had made q
threat in the Assembly, and which the Gazette
would have people believe is false, we have only
to say that we made the assertion upon informa-
ton got from several members who we doubt not
would give their names, if necessary, to satisfy
the editor of that paper, or any one else disposed
to doubt the statement. Two were foreigners
and one a native, who is as conversant with both
English and native as the Interpreter OF the
| Assembly. Our reporter corroborates- their
assertions but if all these gentlemen have lied,
or been mistaken, and the Interpreter alone is
more correct or more reliable, We stand
corrected, and sincerely regret that His Excel