The record-union., 1893-02-25
HAWAIIAN QUESTION.
THE COMMISSIONERS THINK AN
NEXATION ASSURED.
PreroGatives of the House to be AS
serted Before the 1reaty is
Finally Ratified.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Joseph Marsden
and w. c. Wilder, Hawaiian Commits
sioners, are here on their return journey
from Washington. Thurston, Carter and
Castle remain at Washington for the
present. 1t has been agreed that Carter
will not leave until the Senate has decided
the fate of the treaty. There is every
probability the two others will keep him
company.
Marsden said: 81 think there is no
doubt whatever that annexation will take
place. The sentiment of the legislators
is nearly all our way. We did no lobby
ing whatever. We had a plain business
proposition, and we presented it as such.
l think it hardly probable annexation
will take place during this administra-
ton, but early the next. Having gone
as far as it has, the United States cannot
well recede. If it should, it would be a
great blot on American statesmanship.
England has ships filled with soldiers
now on the way to the islands, and if the
Senate makes a false move, or gives
Great BritAin the least opportunity, she
will only be too glad to embrace it, and
will in no time gobble the islands, never
to give them up.''
HOUSE PRERoGATIVES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The preroga-
tives of the House of Representatives are
to be asserted before the ratification of
the treaty for the annexation of Hawaii.
This was decided upon at meeting of
the Committee on Ways and Means this
morning. Twelve of the fifteen MEM
bers were present, with Chairman
Springer presiding, and they promptly
took up resolutions introduced by Mr..
Springer, reciting that money obligations
were assumed by the United States in
the proposed treaty, and calling upon the
President for a statement as to their
amount, including the rate of interest,
the amount of the Hawaiian debt and the
amount required to pay the bounty on
Hawaiian sugar. Bourke Cochran OF
New York had been examining the his
tory of the purchase of Louisiana, and
made a careful statement of the part
played by the House and Senate in that
transaction. He pointed out that Presi-
dent Jefferson did not enter upon any
negotiations for annexation until he OBJ
tanned 1900, 600 appropriation from both
Houses of Congress, and that the acquisi-
ton was finally confirmed by a concur
rent appropriation of the additional
amount needed. This, Mr.. Cochran
maintained, was recognition of the
right of the House to be consulted where
the revenues were to be affected, and he
believed that the House ought to assert
its right in the present case.
THE HAWAIIAN LIABILITIES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The Hawaiian
resolution introduced in the House re-
Gently by Springer, calling for the state
ment of the liabilities to be assumed, was
considered to-day by the House Ways
and Means Committee and referred to a
sub committee consisting of Springer,
Cochran, Turner, Payne and Hopkins OF
Illinois.
HOSTILITY TO THE TREATY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. pa very strong
feeling of hostility to the Hawaiian treaty
is entertained by some leading members
of the House. 1t is probable that the
closing hours of Congress will witness a
lively debate over the rights of the House
in the matter. The movement started
with Democratic members, but some Re-
publicans are inclined to take the same
view of the matter and join in voting for
a resolution of the character proposed.
At meeting of the subcommittee of the
Committee on Ways and Means in charge
of the Springer Hawaiian treaty resolu-
ton this afternoon, the discussion was
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Quoted in secret session. The indications,
it is said, point to the adoption of ma
jority of the subcommittee of the Ways
and Means. Committee of substitute for
the Springer resolution declaring that the
House has a right to be consulted before
new territory is acquired.