Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-10
FORFEITURE OF LANDS.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, January 9.--In the
senate Mcneil called up his resolution
to provide for the termination of the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, and
moved It's reference to the committee
on france After debate 1t was
agreed to--ayes 81, nays 60. L.af.
Van Wyck called up his resolution
requesting the postmaster general to
suspend contracts the daily mail SER
vice between Fort Nlobrara and
Deadwood and from Chamberlain to
h pid City. Io. .He OH
Van Wyck said that the proposed
route would run through wild In
dian country, benifitting nobody but
the two railroad companies, who de-
sired to secure in this way connecting
two stage lines at the governments 8
expense.
Senator Ingalls, moved to refer to the
committee on postothces. Lost.
After rejecting tho amen tment by
Senator irgalls requesting the post.
master.genersl to communicate to the
senate all information i'll his posses.
sion respecting these routes, Van
Wyck 8 resolution was adopted.
A joiut resolution authorizing En-
sigh Reynoles to accept decoration
from the Emperor of Austria. Adopt.
cd.
A resolution was adopted directing
the secretary of tho interior to trans
NIT to the senate copies of the cores.
pondence relating to leasing of the
Ysllowstone national park.
Senator Cockerell from tho commit.
tee on military affiirs, reported ad-
verselv to the bill to fix the date OF
entry into the military service, and to
correct the record of otficsrs now in
tho regular army who served as Off
GERS of volunteers. r.. .... .
Senator Morrill, called up his reso-
luton to provide for the termination
Of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty,
and moved Its reference to the
committee on finance. At the time
Nof the negotiation of the treaty thu
the importation Of sugar from la,
Hawaiian islands was quite small, but
under the treaty it went on increasing
year to year until 1882 the amount
imported would yield under the tariff
duty to tho amount Cf $31 $50, 600
while the whole amount Of our ex
ports to tho islands was 50 372, 600
Therefore, If We had given Hawaii al
our exports and 100000 additional
we should be as well OFT as We are un
der the treaty. The intention of con.
gress has been defeated by the impor
tation of grades of sugar not designed
to be admitted under the treaty.
Muscovado brown and grades knowr
as "Sandwich Island" sugar were thos,
intended to be admitted, but by thu
introduction. af the centrifugal process
the manufacture OF these sugars az
they came here wero eventually re
fined, some of them being as high al
No. IG, Dutch standard. The pro
duction constantly increasing, The
benefits of the treaty were received,
not by native Hawaiians, bat by
speculators who have gone there since
the negotiation of the treaty, ano
who do not even employ natives, bu
import their lsborers from China and
Japan. The argument in favor o.
maintaining the treaty that 1t giveI
the United States foothold in the
the Hawaiian Islands, he thought oi
little weight. He did not favor the
idea of ever attempting to establish {
sort of lingo" empire in the Pacific
In case Of war the Hawaiian Islands
would go to the power having the
strongest naval fOrcs, and our hsy-
Ing "foothold" would make no diff,
ference.
Senator Window thought the reso
luton ought go to the committee oil
foreign affairs under the rules of tn
senate.
Senator Frye remarked that tn
Hawaiian treaty had turned out to b
like all other treaties. Every nation
however inferior, with which W
made treaty succeeded in getting a
advantage.
| DbuhtOC "illcI \Sal',) naiu tuo pru
poSal to abrogate this treaty involves
u political question of very grea
moment. The seoator from Vernon
| (Morril) proposed to abrogate tn
treaty because the production Of suga
Ia Hawaii has increased; in fact, three
fourths OF the sugar now produces
there was produced by Amer
cans. 1t should be remembere
too, that aimee the negotia
tioDs of this treaty our export
to Hawaii had Increased eight fold
The resolution presented, of course,
financial question, but the politics
question was far more important
This was the proposal TO put an en-
TO condition Of things which make
Hawaii a dependency of the Unite
S.ates. The resolution, therefore
ought to 60 TO tho committee on fol
eign relations.
Senator ingalls, said he looked upo
the treaty as an arrangement by whic
bonpty Of about 81 900, 600 per az
mum is given to a private citizen {
CALIFORNIA.
The resolution was referred to th
committee on oreikn affAirs-yeas 81
, noes 20.