New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-23
STILL DEBATING THE TREATY.
SENATOR MORGAN'S SPEECH.

40 PROGRESS TOWARD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ELLIS PRESSING FOR CoNSIDERATIoN-MR.
TurRsroN ON KAIULANI's INTERVIEW.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUSEI
Washington Feb. o2.-The Senate spent the grea'er
mart O, this afternoon in secret session listening 10
n speech by Mr.. Morgan in favor OF the ratEcauoh
Of the Hawaiian treaty. The Alabama Senator Is 70
start Tomorrow with Secretary Foster. for PANS 10
be present at the sessions Of the Berng sea boaru
of Arbitration, and before leaving Washington was
anxious to impress upon the Senate his view vi 'he
mpor7ancc OF an immediate ratification OF the treaty
of annexation Tie speech was an admirably thorough
and exhaustive one, every phase OF the scne"o Va
annexation being dealt with
Mr. Moran spoke for two hours without Interrupt
tion and an additional half hour was taken by nm
in answering inquiries from other senators ABOUT Inc
effects Of the treaty. No progress was made however
toward q limitation Of debate on the treaty or toward
securing a vote. The friends Of ratification see that
the ONLY chance Of reaching vote lies in INSISTING
on executive sessions each day. and it may be mat
by persistence and determination they may force the
opposition TO drop their libusterng tactics and con-
sent to a free expression OF the Senates judgment
about the treaty. TO urge the continued cohsaera
ton OF the convention will. OF course DELAY and en-
barrass the appropriation bills and it VIII become
a question in a few days, as to which SIDE can
nriations-the friends or enemies OF the treaty
The Sundry Civil bill sent TO conference 10
day. but there remain yet to be considered the Dpio
matte and Consular. Naval, Pension Agriculture
Military Academy. Legislative, Executive ana Jul
dicial. Indian and General Deficiency bills. Only
eight DAYS left OF the session so that the crush TOT
precedence will be extraordinary and the treaty can
he kept under consideration only by surprising dis
play OF disnterestedness and accommodation on the
part Of the managers OF the appropriation DIS
Secretary Foster transmitted to-day TO the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations the formal proposition
made to him by Paul Neumann. the agent OF the ex-
Queen. Mr.. Neumann's proposition IS that the ex'
Oueen be restored to power or II this is impractcable
or nadvisabe and annexation OF the Islands Is neces
sary that the ex-Queen receive pension common
surate with her dignity and losses NO particular
amount of money Is suggested by Mr.. Neumann but
1t was learned to-day that he declared he would not be
satisfied with less than $4,000 year.
Mr.. Thurston, the chairman of the Hawaiian Com
mission commented this evening on the news OF
Princess Kauans sailing for this country as follows
"The announcement that Kaiulani. exhcr apparent
to the Hawaiian throne, has left England 10 come 10
Washington to claim her throne, opens new phase
OF the Hawaiian question. The situation, 10 say the
least Is peculiar In the first place the existing
Hawaiian Government. with President Dole Mt Its
head is in full possession, and has been officially rec
ognizcd by all the nations of the world The monarchy
has been abolished. Queen Liluokalan and all Others
claiming title or consideration under the ueluhc'
monarchy have no more legal rights than have th'
various other exkings. queens, princes, princesses
and collateral claimants TO thrones of which there Is
liberal supply scattered all over the globe ms
does not appear TO be appreciated by Luokalani and
her niece Kaiuani. The former has sent her at
torney TO Washington to make a claim TO be restored
to her throne, although the attorney has made 70
OF the fact that his expectations are limited 70
certain amount of coin and that he Is authorized by
his principal to waive all her claims, whatever they
may be, upon such oasis.
There now appears upon the field new claimant
who talks about my throne This new opponent
Of the devine right OF kings does not seem to ap-
precate that her claim Is based upon the hcuOh
that the Hawaiian monarchy etl exists and that. II
II did exist, the rlghtfu occupant OF the throne Is
,till the Queen She proposed not only to Ignore
the fact that the existing, recognized, responsible
Government Of Hawaii is one in which She has no
part but also to ignore the fact that the eX Queen,
IL any one Is the nghtfu claimant TO the throne
She coolly assumes that the United States did not
mean what 1t said when Il recognized the existing
Hawaiian Government; and further assumes TO put
the ex-Qucen TO side and place the Hawaiian
crown on her own head, whether or no. The propo
,i,ion is manifest absurdiy 1t would require that
the United States should not only withdraw from the
position it has already TAKEN but that having done So
IL should Overturn the existing Hawaiian Government
restore the native monarchy remove the Queen and
place Kaiulani upon the throne.
alt is interesting TO consider who 1t Is that asks
he American people TO do all this. She Is The
daughter Of an Englishman; educated In England
ward under the personal control OK Ibcopmus H.
Davies an Englishman. who for years has been the
leading spirit OF the antiAmercan faction In Homo
lulu bitterly hostile even to the proposition 10 allow
the United states a site for Naval station at Hawai-
With Kaiulani ON the throne this English faction
would have the control of the Government with all
hat that means. Mr.. Davies is already the agent
at Honolulu Of the Canadian Pacific Railway. which
is making arrangements to line
Of subsidized steamers TO Australia, by way OF Homo
lulu, TO be Immediately followed by telegraph cable
With English control OF the Government and an
easily cOrruptible LEGISLATURE II Will be cosy mat
ter throw the subsidies now paid by Hawaii 10
American steam lines and the subsidy now offered 10
an American cable into the hands OF their Canadian
iilics. aud with the additional ability To 0ner the
sugar planters cheap labor from India, II would b.
out a few years before the whole trend OF island
sentiment and association would be away from the
slider that not only the Canadian, but the Ncw-Zca
land and Australian governments have protested To
their home Government against the proposed annexa-
ion OF Hawaii. At the present moment IL Is fngnsh
policy TO remain qulescent, II certainly mas been
most diplomatic move If the object TO prevent
for nothing would have so united Ancri
Is no guarantee that such will continue 10 DC Eng
iand's policy, and If the United states ncglects the
present opportunity 10 acqnrc Hawaii nnopposeH; u
lands interfering 10 protect the interests OF her sub
ccts In Hawaii after they shall have developed under
Mr. Davies's and Kaiulanis fostering care to such
degree as TO give England the moral right so 10 do"
MIR. NEUMANN WANTS A PROTECTORATE.
Washington, Feb oo.--Secretary J. W. Foster sent
to-day to the chairman Of Committee on Foreign
Relations for the information Of the Senate the state