The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-02-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent


WASHINGTON LETTER..
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, Feb. 8, 1898.
The United States will not annex
Hawaii, at least not for some time to
come. If the commissioners of the pro-
visional government of Hawaii, who
are now in Washington, are authorized
to negotiate treaty whereby the pro-
lection of the United States will be
thrown over the republic of Hawaii, the
president and his cabinet are prepared
to give It to them, and, although the
sentiment in congress seems to favor inn
mediate annexation, there will be no
difficulty in getting such treaty con-
firmed by the senate.
The assuming of protectorate over
Hawaii by the United States, will, of
course, be the first step towards ulti-
mate annexation, but there are numer-
Gus reasons why it will be more adyisa-
BILE than precipitate annexation. 1t
would give the people of that country
control of their own affairs, aud at the
same time the powerful protection of
this country, and when they have sufh-
cient experience in the duties OF citizen.
ship under a Republican form of govern
ment annexation will naturally follows
to the advantage of all concerned.
What England or any other foreign
country will do about it is not seriously
considered, because the opinion is prac-
tically unanimous that this is question
in which no European country will be
allowed to influence this government.
1t is an American question and Ameri-
cans will settle it to suit themselves
whatever the consequences. England
has for many years been trying to get
its clutches on Hawaii, and during Mr..
Harrison's administration it made a
proposal, which was promptly rejected.
looking towards joint English and
American protectorate for Hawaii. 1t
is supposed that the English govern
ment will go through the form OF MAX
ing diplomatic protest against what
eyer this country may do, but nobody
cares for that, or expects that it will be
followed by ANYTHING serious.
Few measures ever before congress
have been more talked about and more
abused than the anti-option bill, which
was this week passed by the senate by a
vote of forty to twenty nine. The bill
now goes to the house for concurrence
in the senate amendments, and its final
fate is still considered doubtful, as some
of the shrewdest parliamentary jugglers
on the floor of the house are it's sworn
enemies, and will, if they are given an
opportunity, tie the bill up so tight that
the knots cannot be united before the
4th of March. A rumor was floating
around day or two ago to the effec.
that assurances had been received by
some of the opponents of the bill that
the bill would be vetoed if it ever got to
the White House. This may be set
down as lie, for even If the president
fully intended to veto this or any other
bill he is not the kind of a man to adj
! vertise his intentions. At no time did
politics enter the discussion, but only
nine OF the twenty-nine voted against it
were cast by Republican senator's.
The Democratic era of simplicity and
economy is to be ushered in by spending
$4,000 in the decorating of the big hall
of the pension office, in which the Cleve-
land inaugural ball is to be held. The
| contract was awarded this week by the
citizens inaugural committee, and it is
| said to be another Tammany plum.
Although most OF those who favor it
have about abandoned the hope of get
ting the bill for the repeal of the silver
law through at this session of congress,
| it is evident that Mr.. Cleveland has not.
for this week he sent Mr.. Don Dickinson
to Washington to inform the Democrats
who still decline to support the bill that
unless the bill is passed at this session
! he will call an extra session to meet
within thirty days of his Inauguration,
and will make no appointments to Office
until the bill is passed. This message is
said to have encouraged the anti-silyer
men to believe that the house will pass
the bill when it comes up on the 9th and
10th of this month, but Mr.. Carlisle
who is working the senate end, has only
succeeded in getting positive promises of
support from ten Democratic senator's.
The house subcommittee this week
began the investigation of the whiskey
trust an1 of the alleged bribery of Amer
leans with Panama canal money. By
mum OF Indiana. is in charge of the first,
and Fellows OF New York, of the last.
Unless congress does great deal more
IN the next four weeks than it has done
in the two months that it has been in
session an extra session is inevitable, as
some of the regular appropriation bills
4
will fail. This is fully recognized by the
senate, which now meets at II o'clock
daily.
A eaucus of Republican senator's has
added Arizona to the territories to be
admitted to statehood, the list now
reading New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah
and Arizona.
THE st. Paul Dispatch has long ar
ticle relative to corporal punishment in
the st. Cloud reformatory, bearing
down pretty heavily upon the superin-
tendeut, D. E.. Meyers. a committee OF
senators and representatives has been
appointed to investigate the manage
/ 4 l.