The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-15
HAwA1rs COMMISSIONERS.
Their Treaty Not Transmitted to the
senate Yesterday.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-The Hawaiian
annexation commissioners paid brief visit
to the Secretary of State this morning.
They were with Secretary Foster about
fifteen minutes. Nothing of Importance was
transacted, Il is understood that the oom-
missioners were anxious that the annexa-
tion treaty should not be sent TO congress
to-day, their reason being that ita text or
substance might become public before the
sailing OF the steamer from San Francisco
tomorrow for Honolulu and might thus be
received by the Hawaiian people in moor
rect form. The commissioners wish to take
the treaty to Honolulu themselves, so that
they may be on the ground TO defend its
provisions and 70 assist in its adoption by
the new government Their fears that IL
would go TO congress to-day, however, we're
set at rest by information impaired TO them
officially that the treaty would not be
transmitted before the sailing Of the steamer
| from San Francisco.
Secretary Foster this afternoon tele-
grephed to Minister Stevens of Honolulu ap-
proval of his action in affirmatively re-
spending to the request of the provisional
| government Of Hawaii for the establish
ment Of protectorate over the island pend
| ing negotiations for annexation Of the ISL
| and to United States. Instructions for the
guidance of his future actions were also
included In the telegram. The instructions
| will leave San Francisco for Honolulu TO-
| morrow by the steamer Australia of the
local line between those points, The steamer
China Of the Pacific mail line left San Fran
| cisco to-day and will stop On route at Homo
| lulu.
After tkeir interview with Secretary
| Foster this morning the Hawaiian commits
sioners inspected the city from the top Of
the Washington monument and later visited
the navy yard and witnessed the work Of
assembling the big guns going on there.
THE TREATY.
The understanding tonight is that the
| treaty providing for the annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands to the United States
which has been negotiated by the commits
| sioners now In the city and Secretary of
| State Foster will be sent to the Senate to-
| morrow, although il Is not beyond posi-.
| bility that its transmission may be delayed
| The treaty, il is said, is not a very long
document and covers the subject matter
| only so far as is necessary to secure the OBJ
jeot sought with as little delay as possible
A well Informed authority says that the
| treaty contains provision for reference to
the provisional government Of Hawaii after
| its ratification with the United States Sem
| ate, If it should be ratified by that body to
be returned to this country with the ap-
| proval of the Hawaiian government within
Two mOnchs after Its arrival In Honolulu.
| Then, upon the return of the treaty with
| the approval Of the Hawaiian government,
IL congress should be in session, or as soon
thereafter as congress convenes, the
| legislation necessary to provide a
| form of government for the new
territory and to carry out the
| financial obligations imposed by the treaty
| will be initiated. IL is further said that the
treaty contains no reference TO the sugar
bounty at all. II will be transmitted to the
Senate accompanied by message from
President Harrison, which, it ID said, will
cover the historic features of the annex
| alton movement from the beginning to
their end, fifty years ago, and make a
strong argument in favor of annexation.
Secretary Foster of the state department
said tonight that the mail advicas which
were received this evening from Minister
Stevens. at Honolulu, did not contain any
matters of importance other than those
already indicated in the dispatches from
San Francisco. being merely reports in de.
tail of what had taken place on the island.
The tenor of the advices showed a growing
feeling favorable to annexation on the part
of those having property interests and
| among the better class Of Hawaiians.