Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-28
Our San Francisco Letter.
From our Special Correspondent.
c.. E,.xr,ecO J,,n.rx IL 1870

From our Special Correspondent.
S,y Francisco, January IL, 1882.
Although the steamship City Of Sydney
takes down quite batch of interesting
nows from all parts of the world, | doubt
whether there is anything of more mpor.
lance to the people Of the Islands than the
movement against the Hawaiian Reciprocity
Treaty in the United States Senate last
Monday, by Senator Hill Of Georgia and
Senator Jones Of Louisiana. The Louisi-
ana Senator's movement il in the form of
n ioiut resolution, identical with that here
tofore introduced in the Hou-e of Repre-.
.ou,,tivcs by Gibson of Louisiana, which
simply requests the President of the
United States to give the notice to termi.
nate the Treaty in the manner and At the
time set forth and provided for in its fifth
article. The fifth article stipulates that
"The Convention shall remain in force for
seven wears from the date at which time it
may come into operation and further, until
the expiration of twelve months after either
OF the contracting parties shall! sire notice TO
the other Of it's wish to terminate the same;
each of the high contracting parties
being at liberty to give such notice
tn the other At the end of the said term of
seven years, or at any time thereafter.
Tho treaty WIS signed in January, 1875,
and the ratiications werc exchanged few
months subsequently, but the requisite Act
of Congress to put it into effect WAS not
passed aud approved until the 18th Of
August, 1876. Some question has been
raised As to the date from which the seven,
or rather the eight, years of tho Trsaty's
assured duration shall be reckoned, but it
ia practically conceded that under the terms
of the Treaty no notice of Intention to ter
inmate can be given befor. Angust l4th,
1883. and that according to the stipulation
above quoted, it cannot be terminated until
Appust. 1884. Senator Hill holds this
op;nion but he also thinks that the circum-
stances under which the Treaty was pro-
cured. and the practical effects of its oper-
alton, have been such as to warrant sum-
mary action on the part of Congress to get
rid of it, and he therefore provides by the
hill introduced that the Act of August,
1876. carving it into effect, shall be forth
with rcpealed In order, however, to
secure an examination Of the subject in all
il. phases, he also offered resolution,
which was adopted without debate. direct
ING the Senate Committee on Foreign Re
la,ions to inquire whether the Treaty ought
not to be terminated, and, if so, what
mode Of action for that purpose will be
necessary and proper. Hill is n member of
this COMMITTEES, aud so is General Miller.
The subject will therefore undoubtedly re-
ceiye thorough investigation, both from the
Southern and Pacific Coast points of view.
Senator Miller, of California, will keep
nm .yc on the interests Of the Pacific Slope,
l., ,1or htA ~,
s,y in the matter. Ex-Governor Low, Of
California, who is deeply interested in the
prosperity OF the Hawaiian lslauds A. well
as the Pacific Slope, 10 now IN Washington,
watching tho questionable movements of
Eastern and Southern sugar monopolisis.
Ben. Hill Of Georgia needs close washing,
MS he 10 known TO have been the guest, for
quite a period, Of Mr.. Welsh, tho Million
afro ,upar.refinsr Of Philadelphia, who is
b..y;,y interested in several sugar plauta.
tons ia Cubs. 1t so happsned that Sena.
tor Hill passed a considerable portion Of
his vacation in Philadelphia to undergo
surgical operation for the cure of cancer.
,tei tongue. Probably it was for this
reason that Welsh found Hill n convenient
tool and coufdsd in him. The result Of his
soiouru in the city Of brotherly love, as
III. guest OF the millionaire sugar-monopo-
list, 10 apparent in his recent action IN the
Senate.
The mysterious agencies at work against
tho treaty are in the interest Of powerful
combination which embraces certain we'll.
known sugar men in New York, such as
Hay.meysr 4 Elder, S. de Rivera Co.,
and several other large firms. The Chro1-
,cle. from all appearances, was found to be
The most available of the local journals TO
he purchased and used in the schemes to
hiring the treaty into disrepuw and misreprc-
sent it's commercial effects. Tho Eastern
sucar.ring has also that notorious httie
New York sheet misusmsd Truth, which Is
also doinc some very dirty work IN its
questionable interest. IL will not readily
be forgotten that it was this same disrepa.
table little Truth which published bold
forgery and SANDER on the late President
Garfield, therefore il cannot bs recognized
A. of any consequence in tbis fight Tho
motives behind such sheets as the San
Fraucisco Chrohieis and New York Truth
ar, not TO be mistaken, il we judge Of the
pa,,, which is IN excellent criterion to 60
tn. heat evidence rs to the stand our
merchants have taken on the question Of
maintaining the treaty, which has b1ilt up
an immense trade for Pacific Coast material,
!. The fact that at the annual meeting Of
the Chamber Of Commerce. on MONDAY
last. two tickets were in the held, ana the
r<sult proved . dscisivs victory Tor the