St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-10
President Cleveland With
draws the Hawaii Treaty
From the Senate.
He Is Said to Be Opposed to
It in It's Present
Form.
Ex-Gov. Gray, Of Indiana,
Gets the Mexican
Mission.
Former Appointees Of Mr.
Cleveland Not to Get
Places.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-President g.
Cleveland'S first executive cOmmunica-
ton to the senate of the United States
came this afternoon, and proved to be
surprise, not only to Republicans, but
to many Democrats as well. In the
communication President Cleveland
withdrew the treaty with Hawaii, which
was sent to the senate few weeks ago
by the president. the message was
short. simply requesting the senate OF
transmit to tue executive the proposed
treaty with Hawaii. The message was
received without remark on the floor of
the senate. The Republican senators
regard this action of the president
as IN line with the course pur-
sued by Mr.. Cleveland in with
drawing the Nicaraguan treaty sent
to the senate by Mr.. Arthur in
the closing days of the administration.
Democratic senators look upon the act
from a twO-fold point of view, some
taking the ground that it shows Mr..
Cleveland to be against annexation or
domination of any sort in the Hawaiian
islands, while others hold that he will
send in another treaty more to his lik-
ing.
1t is understood that the reason for
the withdrawal of the treaty by Presi-
dent Cleveland is because he is opposed
to the treaty in its present form.
Whether or not he will favor the max
ing of another treaty, and whether it
will be an annexation treaty or not, can
not be said on authority at this time,
but gentleman who has talked with
the president on the subject said this
afternoon that
Another Treaty Would BE Made.
1t is intlmated that the president will
suggest, either by message or person
ally, to senators, that committee be APP
pointed to visit the Hawaiian islands
| this year, during the interval between
the adjournment of the special session
| of the senate and the recOnvenlng of
! the next congress. Mr.. Cleveland here
| tofore has been quite sOlicitOus on this
| point, and made inquiries as to whether
! or not the resolution providing for such
a commission had gone through. He
| had been apparently under the impress
| sion that it had been adopted. He
| learned that it had not been, but that
the senate had authority alone to pro-
vide for such commission, probably to
| consist of senators, and that the cOntin-
| gent fund of the senate could be drawn
on for this purpose.
| None OF the Hawaiian commissioners
were ready to express an opinion upon
the meaning of the withdrawal of the
treaty.
"We are willing" said one of them,
'to discuss the matter with the new Sec
retary of state and endeav0r to meet the
views of the present administration.
We are not bound to any particular
| wording of the document. Whether we
would discuss a treaty looking to any
other form of union with the United
| States, l cannot say at present"
1t is said to be the purpose of the
! commissioners to request conference
with Secretary Gresham at the earliest
convenient time upon this new phase OF
affairs.
Secretary Gresham was asked
whether or not there was any eXplana-
ton to be made of the withdrawal.
mo" he replied; "at least, not at pres
ent."
Rear Admiral George Brown, who re-