The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-25
FIGHTON THET TREATY
Democrats Want the Glory of
Annexing Hawaii.
OPPOSITION IN BOTH HOUSES.
When Cleveland Gets In the Matter
WIN BE ssttled-Kx-Queen Lii's
Envoy Protests for Her.


There is additional evidence today upon
which 70 base the assertion that the Ha-
waiian treaty will not BE- ratified BY the
senate between nov and March. II leaked
out today that . fair canvass Of the MEM
bers on both the Republican and Demo-
cratic sides has been made, and it is
claimed that this canvass shows that there
are thirty Democratic senators who will
vote against the treaty, provided the OPP
portunity arises while Mr.. Harrison is
still the nations chief executive. There
fore only five senators on the Republican
side are classed against the ratification Of
the treaty, viz: Allison, Pettigrew, Man
derson. Paddock and Wolcott.
1t 10 thought, however, that II the treaty
is not brought up for ratification until
after March 4, the opposition on the DEM
ocratic side will nearly all melt away. It
IS also thought, as was stated yesterday,
that the greater part of this opposition is
due to the fact that the Democrats do not
care to have the Harrison administration
get the credit of bringing about the an
nexation of Hawaii.
WASHINGTON CITY. Feb. 24-Thurston
and Cook. of the Hawaiian commission,
have gone to Chicago. The former will
return to Washington City next week.
Cook will join Marsden and Wilder, the
other commissioners. and Stephenson, Sec
rotary of the commission. at San Francisco
next week and sail for Honolulu on Fri
day. March 8.
Paul Neumann, The envoy of Queen Lii.
uokalani, is endeavoring to secure an op.
portunity to make an argument before the
committee on foreign relations of the
senate supplementary to the statement
heretofore laid by him before Secretary
Foster and by the latter transmitted to the
senate. Neumann's statement to Secre-
tary Foster is a precis of the Hawaiian
queens complaint against the actions of
Minister Stevens. The important features
are charges that Stevens intended to help
the revolutionists from tho start, and his
threat to use the United States forces
against the queen in case she resisted tho
provisional government. The native
population. As well AZ . great number of
foreign-born taxpayers and voters, yielded
the power they could have maintained
only because they believed the movement
OF the committee of safety was upheld
by the authorities Of the United States.
On January II Ministers Parker and
Peterson called on Minister Stevens and
asked him what action would be taken by
him in case the insurgents attacked her
majesty's government and the government
called on him for assistance. Stevens re-
piled that he could not come to the assist
ance of the government Peterson then
asked him what he would do If the gov.
eminent should treat the insurgents a.
rebelI and attack and arrest them, to
which Stevens replied that in that case he
should interfere with the force at his com.
mand. Stevens further said that If a
number of responsible citizens should ask
him for assistance in establishing q pro.
visionai government he would grant it and
recognize and support them. In addition
to this. Minister Parker sent . formal pro-
test against the landing of the sailors from
the Boston.
A very strong feeling Of hostility to the
Hawaiian treaty il entertained by some of
the leading members of the house. It is
probable that the closing hours of con-
gress will witness lively debate over the
rights of the house in the matter. The
movement has been started with the Dem
ocratic members, but some Republicans
are inclined to take the same view of the
matter and will join in voting for q reso-
luton of the character proposed. At
meeting of the subcommittee of the COM
mittee on ways and means. which is in
charge Of Springer. the Hawaiian treaty
resolution this afternoon was considered.
The discussion was lively and full of in
terest, hut was conducted in secret session.
The indication is said to point to the
adoption by majority of the sub-commit-
tee Of the ways and means committee of
substitute for the Springer resolution,
declaring that the house has q right to be
consulted before new territory is acquired.