Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
THE TREATY REPORTED.

Hawaiian Annexation FavorabIy Reported
to the Senate-Latest From the Islands
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The commit
tee on foreign relations reported to the
senate in executive session yesterday
the Hawaiian annexation treaty, with
the recommendation that it be ratified
The treaty was placed on the executive
calendar, where it can be reached by
majority vote at any time.
kilograms received at the state de-
partment yesterday afternoon from San
Francisco, at which port the steamers
Belgic and Monawai arrived yesterday
morning, reported that the American
flag was still floating over the gov
eminent buildings in Honolulu and
all was quiet on the Hawaiian
Islands when the steamers left
there The United States war ship Mo
Honolulu as the Belgic sailed, but there
was apparently no necessity for any in
crease of the naval force, for both
whites and natives seemed content
Ex-Queen Liliuokalini was still in re-
tirement in her private residence. The
provisional government has demon
strated its ability to cope with the sit
uation and had in great measure won
over public confidence.
The correspondence sent to the sem
ate by the president to accompany the
Hawaiian treaty contained the text of
Secretary Fosters dispatch of February
Il, which reviewed Minister Stevens
acts and then concluded:
So far, therefore, as your action amounts to
according, at the request of the de facbo SOver-
eign government of the Hawaiian Islands, the
cooperation OF the moral and material forces OF
the United States for the protection of life and
property from apprehended disorders, your
ton is commended But so far as it may ap-
pear to overstep that limit by setting the
thority and power OF the United States above
that of the government of the Hawaiian Islands,
in the capacity of protector, to impair in any
way the independent sovereignty of the Hawa-
ian government by substituting the flag and
power of the United States as the symbol and
manifestation of paramount authority, it is dis
ayowed-
You are authorized. upon the receipt of these
instructions, TO arrange with the commanding
naval officer for the continued presence on
shore of such marine force may be practical
bic and requisite for the security of the lives
and property interests of citizens Of the United
States and the repression of lawlessness and
public disturbances threatened them, whenever
| in your judgment it shall be necessary so to
do, or when such cooperative measures
may be sought for good cause by the
government OF the Hawaiian Islands. being
however, always careful make due discrim-
ination between those functions of voluntary
| or accorded protection and the assumption of a
protectorate over the Hawaiian Islands by the
United States No step should be taken by you
or will be sanctioned by this government which
might tend to derogate in any way from the in
dependence of the government of the Hawaiian
Islands, which the United States has recognized
| as sovereign, and which it treats on terms of
sovereign equality
Morton For secretary of Agriculture.
LAKEWOOD, =. J., Feb 1S-Mr.
Cleveland announced last evening that
J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, who
visited him at his request yesterday,
| was rendered the secretaryship of agri-
culture and accepted it Mr.. Morton Is
one of the most prominent
democrats in the state of Nebras-
ka- He has been in the state legis-
| lature and was talked of as a can
didate for governor last fall Very lit
| tie Is known of him in the east, but he
| has been a prominent figure in the