The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-12-24


and the consequent high rate of duty to-
which they would be subject.
Whatever may be the outcome or this
affair, whether il is finally proved that
the sugar was really artificially colored,
and consequently undervalued at the
Custom House, it is the very unanimous
opinion of everybody in San Francisco
that Mr.. Andrew WEIGH knew nothing OF
the coloring and consequent under-valu-
alton. Great sympathy Is felt for him
and he feels the unfortunate position in
which he has been placed. He is gem
tleman who is highly respected in San
Francisco and nobody would ever con-
meet him with any dishonorable trans
action.
In the meantime the Government
claims that the cargo of sugar was UNI
dervalued and has received an addi-
tional sum OF $62 ,401 81 to cover the ex-
cess of duty which it claims is due TO the
revenue.
Political Gossip.
ce-President-elect Morton is now
visiting General Harrison at Indiana
polls Morton is said to advocate the
appointment of Thomas @. Plat of New
| York for either Secretary of the Treas
ury or the Interior, Chauncey M. De
pew says he would decline Cabinet
| to England.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon is now
mentioned as the probable selection
from the Pacific Coast to the Cabinet.
The chief political sensation, however,
has been the
Annexation of Canada.
A Joint resolution for this purpose
has been introduced in the House by
| Butterworth of Ohio. After the pre-
amble, in which the necessities for a
| political and commercial union are set
| forth at length, the resolution is as fol-
| lows:
Be it resolved That the President be
and he is hereby authorized and en-
powered to invite negotiations looking to
assimilation and unity of the people OF
| the Dominion of Canada and the United
| States under one Government, such
unity and assimilation to be based upon
the admission of the several provinces OF
! the Dominion or ANY one OF them into
the Union of States upon the same terms
and equality with the several States
comp posing the Union, and the assump
| ton by the United States OF the indebt-
| edness of the Dominion OF Canada or
! just proportion thereof, and such other
| equitable terms and conditions as JUS
tice to the high contracting parties may
| demand, and
Resolved further, With view to such
negotiations that the President invite
| the appointment of Commissioners by
! the Government of Great Britain and
| the Dominion of Canada to consider the
wisdom and expediency of settling and
| adjusting all controversies and differ
ences which may exist between the two
| Governments growing out of the fish
cries or otherwise, by such union and
assimilation as is herein before sug-
gested, either as to the whole or any
province or several provinces of said
| Dominion, such negotiations to be con-
Quoted with due regard to the amicable
relations which obtain between Great
Britain and the obligations imposed
| thereby.
Senator Sherman openly advocates the
idea and General Harrison is said to
approve it. 1t also meets with much
favor in Canada.
The Samoan Situation.
In the Senate vigorous attack was
made upon Bayard's Samoan policy by
Senator Frye, who offered the following
resolution which was carried
Resolved, That the Committee of For
eign Affairs be instructed to inquire into
the condition of affairs in the Samoan
Islands so far as it affects the interests
and rights of American citizens doing
business there, the relations of the
United States with and their obligations
to said Islands under existing treaties,
the necessity of maintaining their neu-
| trality or independence and our duty in
| this regard, what steps have been taken
| in this direction by our Government and
what further az ton, if any, is demanded.
The committee is given power to send
for persons and papers, employ steno
grapher and cause its proceedings to be
printed.
Senator Frye, in speaking of his reso-
| luton, denounced the action of Ger
many toward Samoa, which he declared
was direct insult to the United States.
He thought that instead of sending iron
| clads to a miserable island like Hayti,
they should be sent to Samoa or Canada,
where our interests have been violated
| to a greater extent and by more pow
! erful nations.
Consul Sewall, who was to have re-
turned to Samoa by the Mariposa, has
been instructed by Secretary Bayard to
return Immediately to Washington so as
to give evidence before the Foreign Re-
lations Committee.
Dispatches from Samoa via Auckland
state that the Rdhereats of Mataafa con-
tinue to besiege Tamasese, the deposed
King of Samoa. The German Consul
has ordered Mataafa to withdraw. A
conference of Consuls on the situation
has been held without result.
The Trouble with Hayti.
This matter has assumed a more seri-
Gus phase. The u. S. steamers Yantic
and Galena have been dispatched to
Port-au-Prince under sealed orders, and
the Richmond will follow them in a few
days. It is supposed that Admiral Luce
has been instructed to demand the re-
turn of the Haytian Republic and to
seize the steamer By force il his request
is not complied with When the steam
ers were starting the Galena stuck In the
mud and had 10 wait for high tide before
getting off. Another delay occurred
through the absence of the ships billy
goat Mr. Rassett the Cons,ll-( neral