Middletown transcript., 1893-02-11
HAWAII AND ANNEXATION.
BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND CAB
MET FAVORABLE.
The silver ouestion-President Harri-
glson's Stand in the appointment of
Democrat to Succeed the Late
Justice Lamar : Mutflated
Currency The Panama
Canal Scandal

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from the new provisional government
of Hawaii for the annexation or that
country to the United States, and is
now, with his usual thoroughness ana
care, studying the question, il all It's
bearings, IN order to make up his nina
whether lie will take any stsps towards
annexation, make any recommendations
to Congress or leave The whole matter
for lhn incoming administration and
Congress. Before the commissioners
arrived il was thought probable. indeed
it WAS informally agreed, that treaty
by which the United States took Inc
republican government OF HAWAII
under its protection would he about the
proper thing for the present, leaving
annexation to follow, as It unQuestIon-
ably would have done in few years.
But when the ultimatum of the com
missioners-annexat or nothing
was received, the situation was changed.
The President and all of his Cabinet
are favorable to annextiOn, but as 1t
would have to he preceded by Congress
silnal legislation, and the life of 'he
present administration and Congress
is SO nearly spent, it may be deemed
advisable by the administration not to
begin what would probably have to be
ended by the new Congress and admin
is,Iation, A decision will probably be
reached in few days. The Hawaiian
! fiag-red. white and blue stripes, with
a red cross in the colner-is flying from
the top of the hotelat which the Ha-
waiian commissioners are quar- cred.
There is nothing foreign looking about
the members of this !: :1mmission.
A determined effort is being made to
secure some silver legislation on COM
promise basis before the session closes.
Dan Lamont and D II Dickinson are
here in the interest of the new admin
istration, and to submit to the silver
men of several propositions for CON-
promise, all of them involving a sus-
pension of the purchase of silver by |
the Government. They say that if
their efforts are not successful an extra
session of Congress will certainly be
called.
The bill authorizing the expenditure
of 500, 900 in the progress of the colored
race since 1868, has been favorably re-
ported to the House, and the favorable
manner in which it is spoken of by
members indicates that it may pass,
but, owing to the crowded condition of
the calendar, action on no measure is
certain.
Probably no single action Of the
President during his entire term has
been more talked about than the Iomi-
nation of Judge Howell Z. jackson, of
Tennessee, an able jurist, but an un-
compromising Democrat, to succeed
the late Justice Lamar on the bench of
the q. S. Supreme Court. The Presi-
dent had stated to number of gentle
men his intention to nominate a Re-
publican, and such was his intention
until the day before he nominated
Judge Jackson, and the cause of his
change of mind was notification he
received to the effect that twelve Re
publican Senators would vote with the
Democrats againt the confirmation of
any Republican he might nominate.
The reason given by most of these Re-
publicans was that an attempt to force
the confirmation of Republican
would result in either tying up
the Senate for the rest of the SESSION
or The adoption of cloture rule, and
that they would not take any chances
of either. Contrary to precedent
Judge .Tackson's nomination has been
referred to a committee. 1t has been
customary to confirm the nomination
of ex-Senators without referring them
to committees. Judge jackson al
though a Democrat is not believer
in the doctrine of States rights. Demo
cratic Senators say privately that his
confirmation depends upon Mr.. Cleve
lands wishes. The House while sit
ting as committee of the whole
adopted very sensible amendment to
an Appropriation bill, giving the
owners of American quarries chance
to compete with foreigners in furnish
ing the marble for the new Congress
sional library building, but when the
yea and nay vote was taken in regular
session the party whip was brought
into use and the protection" cry
raised; consequently the amendment
rejected by party vote.
Secretary Fosters report on the con-
dition of the Treasury, and his esti-
mates of receipts and expenditures for
this and the next fiscal year has put an
end to The talk about a bankrupt Treas
ury, which has been more or less pre-
valent among Democrats ever since
Congress met.
The amount of mutilated currency :
now being presented to the Treasury
for redemption averages 81, 500, 900 a
day, being much larger than for many
years. 1t is believed that this is large
ly caused by the scare concerning the
carry of the germs of contagious dis
eases in old paper money.
The attempt to make the Panama
Canal investigation star-chamber af-
fair is not well received. The people