New-York tribune., 1894-03-16
ADVANTAGES THROWN AWAY.
o,,,,rOR MORGAN on THE ABROGATIoN
OF THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
,,p LODGES COMMENTS OK TIE SAME SUBJECT
-PRODIGIOUS BLrNDER FOUND IN INN '''>
ATE BIII.-THE RECIPROCITY TREATIES
RrprBlICAN CRITICISM OF
THE ADMINISTRATIVE
FEATURES

FEATURES
washington March 1j--"I am certain II can
40. mass the Senate. and fail utterly 10 see
The wisdom ,rat suggested such a provision
snolke Senator Morgan this afternoon in re-
r5 ~ Section l05 of the amended senate Iarin
hun directing the President to give notice to
tho Government Of Hawaii that the ohlted
c,a+os intends to terminate the treaty OF June
3, 1915. ,,..,
.1f the United States" continued Mr.. Morgan
.,.oooc ON kicking Hawaii, she may finally turn
.. some friend who will be more generous IN
hts treatment of her. I firm believer in
.ha ,a,uo nj those islands, both from military
ora commercial point OF view. and my opinion
+, i,d,rsa1 by naval officers and commercial
mon far better informed than | am To my
mind Hawaii is Of vastly more Importance 10
tho noonle of the United States than Alaska. for
which we paid millions: and she has grown
and nrospered by reason of the attitude OF the
United States. II was upon what amounted
n practically the invitation Of this Govern
ment that men Of money invested their capi-
tal in the industries Of those islands that have
becon,a 50 great and been conducted 10 the
mutual advantage of both countries. Alter
doing ali this. are We to turn aside and throw
overheard a treaty that gives us privileges ol
enormous advantage over all other Powers in
the territory, where We, OF all Hd'4piiH' SH'"i"
possess them? There are many Democrats who
will not vote for that section. and am sure
that II cannot pass the Senate.
Senator Lodge has also given this subject con-
siderable study. and in an interview to-day with
n representative of the United Press. expressed
his surprise that so little had been said about
this part Of the bill in the public prints.
After speaking Of the disastrous effect which
the abrogation of the treaty would have on the
Industries of Hawaii, he said:
But this is not all. When We extended the la;
waiian treaty the clauses which give US inc ieail
added. At the time of this extension of the treatL
Mr.. Carter. the Hawaiian Minister made ne poin' p
taken that the Pearl River clauses were co-termi-
ard aSsented and the extended treaty with these
new clauses was ratified with this Understanding.
treaty only abrogates reciprocity with the Is,
lands. but destroys the Pearl River clauses and
also the clauses which provide that during the con.
tinuance Of the treaty no grants OF any harbor sha
be made with any other power nor any Icciprocbbg ny
The purpose of the Hawaiian amendment to the
Wilson bill is apparently punish the people of the
Islands for having desired to become part OF the
Ceveands schemes for the restoration Of the Queen
b aa 10 IS min ine S Sna5f 1ar Of these Il an
which ought TO be and Will one day become part OF
There is. however. still worse side to this plan
of revenge upon the people Of Hawaii. The abroSa.
on 81 hf 'eey S but M RG oce the into
the arms of England quite re recently & the Canadian pa
cable convention in Australia, stopped at Honolulu
abroeated our reciprocity treaty with them. Canada
would be glad to renew IT, Canada Of course.
islands and driving them into the arms OF ENGLAND
can people would ever tolerate.
The discussion Of the Tariff bill in full COM
mittee is bringing to light some extraordinary
defects in the bill. One Of these was discovered
yesterday, which, had 1t not been found out in
time. would have reduced the enue-yieldng
power of the bill by upward of 10000 600. The
legislation found in the last few paragraphs con-
trolled the whole bill One Of these paragraphs
Section 1902 provides that an act to reduce the
revenue and equalize duties imports and for
other purposes, approved October !. 1890 and
all acts and parts of acts not consistent with
this act are hereby repealed"
This was an absolute repeal Of the Mckinley
law, and Mr.. Vest in committee. yesterday.
moved that it be stricken out for obvious rea-
sons. The internal revenue tax on tobacco, man
ufactured tobacco. all the regulations 70 IL
and the sale of leaf tobacco. are
contained in the Mckinley law and nothing is
said about them in the Wilson bill. The inten-
ton was, Of course, to permit the present law to
stand in those respects Had not the sweeping
character OF the absolute repeating clause been
detected in time. these provisions Of the Nc
Kinley act would have been wiped out, and the
Government would have found itself powerlcss
TO collect dollar Of internal revenue tax on
manufactured tobacco. except in the shape OF
cigars and cigarettes. The free-leaf provisions
would also have been eliminated from the pres
ent law.
There has been considerable discussion at the
Capitol on the effect of the repeal Of the Mckinley
act on the reciprocity treaties. Senator's have
been unable to agree among themselves as 10
what the result would be. and one or two MEM
bcrs of the Finance Committee. in the face OF
the positive declaration found in Section l06 Of
the llson bill. that Section 3 of an act approved
October l., 1890, etc. the Mckinley acD. rs
hereby repealed have been heard to declare that
ii was not the intention to interfere with rcclp-
rocal treaties. These reciprocal treaties do not,
according to State Department officials hold the
same position treaties ratified by the action OF
the senate, and prominent officials of the state
Department do not hesitate to say that Congress
has the power. by legislation. at any time to alb
rogate them
4 glance AZ the diplomatic correspondence rela-
tive to these reciprocal treaties shows they were
founded upon the act Of October J. 1890, ana that
the right was reserved to Congress 10 repeal OF
amend them AT any time. ,
The diplomatic correspondence leaves no doubt
of the tentative character OF these treaties SUD
ject at all times TO the legislation of either re
ciprocal power. Mr.. Blaine, November :. 1880 IN
note 10 Minister Mcndonca concerning the
Brazilian arrangement, says:
"And such an agreement can remain in force
50 long as neither Government shall definitely
inform the other Of its intention and desire 10
consider it at end
Sir Julian Pauncefoote, in "A note. December
a. 1891, TO Mr. Blaine said
ut will be understood that the arrangement
shall remain in force so long as ii shall not De
modified by the mutual agreement OF the execu-
tive power Of the two governments, or by tne
legislative action Of the Government OF the
United States or Of the said colonies with the
approval Of the British Government
December 90 Mr.. Blaine used this Identical IAN
guage In his note of reply. -
The Senate Finance Committee consumed all
Of the morning hour in discussion OF the ad-
ministrative features of the Tariff bill The hc-
publcans say they expect to be able to snow
that the Democrats have damaged the whoe
bill by the changes in the administrative fea