The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-11
Will NNBT TRE PRESIDENT.
The Hawaiian Commission to Be
Received Today.
AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
One of the Members sanguine Of q
Speedy Termination.
Representatives of the Deposed Queen
Will Also Be Given Hearing Be-
fore Final Action Is Taken
Late Developments.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-This after
Moons developments in the Hawaiian
matters are important. Tonight the
commissioners from the island are hope
full, if not confident, that tomorrow will
see the practical if not formal conclusion
of their labors. This afternoon after
Office hours Secretary Foster held con-
ference with the commissioners at the
state department which lasted until
o. clock. In the course Of the proceedings
the commissioners were informed that
arrangements had been made for their re-
ception by President Harrison tomorrow
of course gave them much pleasure as it
marked determination of the adm1nis-
tration to recognize them officially and
enter on formal negotiations regarding
the object OF their mission.
In previous conferences the whole situa-
ton has been considered orally with only
memoranda in writing of the point to
be covered. Officials of the state Depart
ment and commissioners have prepared
from these texts agreements which may
be exchanged tomorrow. That there will
be practical uniformity in the documents
is shown by statements of one of the
Hawaiians this evening who said he
=, hoped to get through with the business
tomorrow.
The probabilities upon this latter point
are, however, that he is too sanguine, Tor
it is not considered likely that any deter
mination will be reached by this govern
ment until representatives of the deposed
queen shall have presented their side of
the case. This Of course cannot be done
I before the latter mart of the week
The published interview with Paul
Newman, the queens commissioner to
the United States, give representatives
of the provisional government much sat-
isfaction. est disposes of the sentiment
tai side of the question, - said one of them
this evening, 'fof which the opponents of
annexation made so much.' According
to Newman he bears an agreement prs-
pared in triplicate in which the queen
proposes to sell the island to the United
States. We propose to give them this
country. The published statement TALES
precisely with what men told US half an
hour before we sailed.
Mr.. Castle, one OF the commissioners.
speaking of the annexation of the Gilbert
islands by England and the moral in
volved, said: "Great Britain made no at
tempt to get possession of the Gilbert
islands until after publication was made
that the United States declined to annex
the territory or establish protectorate
over it. She is now waiting, !" Castle
said, sffor the United States to act on the
application of the Hawaiian government.
and if nothing is done," continued he,
eve have no doubt but Great Britain will
take some steps to get control of the
islands"
s'And did you ever think, - he asked,
sswhen it was that Great Britain, Ger
many and Spain entered upon a campaign
of Selling every available island in the
Pacific? Look back over the history of
their recent actions in this direction and
you will see they begun with building a
new navy by the United States. Now that
navy is approaching a condition of effec-
tiveness as compared with those of Euro
pean powers. Our group is the only i'm
portant one left.''