The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-02-22
II IS CL0UDED IN DOUBT
Some Serious Obstacles to HaWaii's
Annexation.
PAUL NEUMANE IN WASHINGTON
Strong Opposition ia Being Developed
Among Members of the Senate Against
the Proposed Move.
PAUL NEUMANE IN WASHINGTON
Associated Press.

Washington. Feb. 2l.-This afternoon
Paul Neumann, the deposed queens en-
voy, called at the state department anS
had conference with Secretary Foster
An additional batch OF correspondence,
relating to Hawaii was sent this after
noon under the executive seal.
Castle and Wilder, members Of the
Hawaiian annexation commission, left
Washington this evening en- route for Saf
Francisco. Thurston. the head commits.
sioner, expects to leave on Thursday
morning, Joining his associates In Chica-
go on Saturday. whence they will go tc
San Francisco together. Carter will re-
main several days longer. possibly until
after the Inauguration Of Cleveland.
The character of the fight deveioped
against the Hawaiian treaty has caused
its friends considerable uneasiness and
the understanding is that they intend to
make an attempt to hasten 1t through as
the opposition is gaining strength. ~
Those who are fighting 1t say that on
Monday 1t will be possible, to get two
thirds vote for 1t in the senate.
In the senate today the credentials of
William v. Allen. as senator from Ne
braska, were presented and placed on fiie.
Hawley moved to increase the appro-
priation for the Soldiers National Home
at Santa Monica, Cal. from $4,000 to $780,
900. German appealed to Hawley not to
press the amendment. He said the pen
sion appropriation bill contained appro-
priations to the amount OF $165, 100000, and
as sure as the sun rises on the LIST day Of
July next, there would be a deficiency Of
from, s1a,0a0.OO0 to N5,OOO.00O, no man could
tell how much. 1t was tine to halt ana
say the matter of pension would termin-
ate somewhere short of absolute bank
ruptcy of the treasury. German further
said there seemed to be desire on the
other side of the chamber to pile up the
obligations of the government until the
democratic party would have no escape
from having to increase the taxes on the
people. The amendment was agreed to.
The president today sent to the senate
the report Of the American delegates to
the international monetary conference
No recommendations or suggestions of
any kind are made and matters are get
ting into pretty bad shape for the closing
NNsS ~ sAiS pSooAOhs Ill duulliOH " lHe
fight to be made to defeat the sundry civil
bill there will be a hard fight made
against the Indian appropriation bill. The
whole policy of Indian education estab-
lished by Senator Morgan Is going to be
subjected to attack.
The president is credited with the be
lief that the demand of gold for export is
not only artificial, but that II is part of
a scheme international In scope having
for Its object the issue of bonds. His
opinion is said to be that when It be-
comes apparent that no bonds will be is
sued, that the heavy drafts on the treas
ury for gold will cease.
The question Of issuing bonds to keep the |
gold reserve intact was discussed at to-
days cabinet meeting. Secretary Foster
Is understood to have N.02S.4 in the
treasury Of free gold. minus $4,000, 900
taken from the New York sub-treasury
'or export today.
The silver men in the house claim they
will have strength enough to prevent the
1assage of the sundry civil service bill
inder any parliamentary tactics that may
'e adopted to get 1t through. This will
make an extra session certain.