The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-22
ANNEXATION TREATY.
Mr.. Newman Wants Postponement
Of Action.
WHEN WILL IT BE SETTLED 2
The Next Administration May Have to
Decide About the Treaty-0uestion OF
Sending n Commission To tho Ishrnds
More Correspondence sent to Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-There are many
circumstances which warrant the infer
ence that it Is the purpose of the represen-
tatives OF the deposed Queen OF Hawaii
to secure postponement OF action upon
the treaty Of annexation until the next
administration shall have been inaugu-
rated. The peculiar conduct of Mr.. Neu-
man, the immediate representative OF the
Queen, OF itself justifies this conclusion.
His leisurely trip to Washington Is cited
by the commissioners OF the provisional
government as indicating that he was In
no haste to reach here. IL he had been he
might have been here In ample time to
present the case Of the Queen TO the Presi-
dent and the secretary OF state before the
treaty OF annexation was sent 10 the SEN
ate.
His complaint that there was haste I'm
submitting this treaty Is without founda-
tion, particularly in view OF the fact that
he manifested no zeal to reach the nation
al Capitol i'm time To have had the admin
istration officially consider the claim OF
the deposed Queen before the case was
made up and submitted to the Senate.
The discourtesy shown by Mr.. Neuman to
the secretary OF state tends still further To
confirm the view that the object at which
the Queens Ambassador
chiefly aims Is delay.
Mr.. Neuman is endeavoring to create
opposition to the treaty by seeking to ar
ray the sugar interests against 1t, because
OF the omission in the treaty to provide
for the extension to Hawaiian sugar OF
the bounty now given to producers OF
United States sugars. 1t is urged that the
Hawaiian planters would not have ia
vored the treaty IL they had known that
they were not to have the same advant-
ages as to the bounty that sugar growers
in the United States have.
Among suggestions made IL that II IL
expedient that the Fnited States shall
send Q commission to the islands ana
make thorough Investigation OF the en-
tire subject and report to Congress before
action shall be taken upon SO important
question. II IL q fact that many Demo
Gratis, including some of the leading men
in the party, are opposed to the ratifica-
tion Of the treaty at any time. IL Is
claimed that there are twenty votes
against the treaty. Ifthis claim Is correct
It cannot be ratified, as two-thirds vote
Is necessary for ratification.
1t will require nearly every moment OF
time that can be devoted to legislation be-
tween now and the 4th OF March to
tranact tho ordinary routine business.
Night Sessions VIII be Necessary
In the Senate to accomplish even that.
The opponents of the treaty are numer-
Gus, and influential enough to force a
postponement OF the consideration OF the
treaty until after March 4.
The only member OF the Senate commit
tee on foreign relations who opposed the
favorable report Of the ratification OF the
treaty to the Senate was Mr.. Gray OF
Delaware. Some Of the represe ntatives of
the Queen for that matter are understood
to have gone to Lakewood for the purpose
Of endeavoring to induce Mr.. Cleveland to
use his influence with Democratic Sena-
tors to secure delay. Another object
probably IL to endeavor to ascertain IL
they can find out what the views OF Mr..
Cleveland are as to the question OF an
nexation. One of the commissioners OF
the provisional government said yesterday
that in his opinion Mr.. Neuman, the
representative Of the Queen, before he left
Washington, would be found to be an
earnest advocate of annexation. The
theory OF the provisional commissioners
is that the deposed Queen has arrived at
the conclusion that annexation Is inevi-
table. and that the chief object in having
her representatives sent here Is TO make
the best terms possible for the Queen and
for the natives, and they believe that bet
ter terms possibly can be made by delay
and amendments which Mr.. Cleveland
may propose to the treaty.