Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-17
TREATY N4TTER.S.

Friends Of the treaty have good grounds for
the eSultant feeling INDUCED in at the pros
pect Of the continuance Of reciprocal relations
with the United States. In the various per.
sstent and unwarran,abie attacks that have
been made upon il both in and out Of the
House, by a number Of influential as well as
unscrupulous newspapers, and by the oombi
nation Of refinery interests in the East, our
enemies have fought hard to have Withdrawn
from us the sustaining aim OF reciprocity II
not by abrogation direct, then by notice OF
termination. The resolutions have been con.
sidercd in the House and in various commit.
tees, and no stone has been left unturned by
our opponents to gain their object. The latest
action was the Senate's reference Of the Fl
nance Committees report thereon to the
Foreign Affairs Committee, among whom are
number OF the trea,ys staunchest friends.
The fight has been long and severe one in
which we have had to encounter enemies from
jealous standpoints, both Of politics and trade,
wherein we have been charged with all sorts
the session Of Congress has closed without final
action thereon, its silence gives assent, virtu-
ally, to its continuance. We hope there will
be full appreciation OF the assiduous work of
who have so well represented our interests
during the past twelve months. Our late Min
ister Resident, and Special Commissioner, J.
Mott Smith, rendered effective and timely
assistance. The friendly Offices Of members
Of the administration at Washington was sup
plemented by the able writing of many jour
nails and writers, both East and West II is
well said that il is in times Of trial or adversely
Hawaii has found a host claiming grateful
recognition in this respect. AT this writing
we do not recall all the journals that have
come TO our notice, but the S. T. Merchant
has especially espoused our cause on the Pa
cifc Coast, and the ". Y. Times the 81. Loni,
Rfbabhieau, and the Washington Am. Rsgitit,
in the East besides many Others that have
ever evinced friendly spirit, among which
the >. r.. tONWfiff0 ffffdfd anu -hWNb nc
Oie1O, the Sacramento Union and Oakland
Times deserve mention. OF those that have
been bitter opponents, the ". y. Hfyaia, ~.
y. Snn, Boston ddyfytiScr and S. +. Ch,oni.
fie have been especially vituperatve, and in a
late issue Of the latter paper we find the fol
lowing acknowledgment of its defeat: "lt is
quite evident that the Hawaiian treaty will not
be terminated through the agency of the pres
ent Congress. 1t was hardly TO have been cS.
pected that body so rotten as the House ol
| Representatives which goes out of power on
the 4th of March next would act contrary to
the interests of a powerful monopoly. Their
| refusal to abrogate the treaty only adds to the
| infamy with which they have already covered
| themselves" The attention Of the recent sit
| ting of Congress has been closely devoted to
the consideration of tariff questions, through
which, doubtless, we may attribute in meas
ure the escape from the clutches Of our would
be executioners. lust as the she: was leaving
San Francisco, in answer TO a telegram for the
latest advices, Mr.. II. p. Baldwin received
the following reply: "The Senate passed the
Committees Amended Tariff Bill this morning
by one majority. The House are to vote on il
at sP. NJ. 1t will probably pass"