The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-06-18
BARS DUSKY ROYALTY.
No Pensions Provided For In
the Hawaiian Treaty.
REPORT WAS SCHEDULED TODAY,
But the Hawaiian Omcials Failed to APP
pear and Put Their Signatures TO the
Document-The President Carefully In
spectIng Its Provisions Again.


to final changes. and perhaps will be
reviewed at another cabinet meeting,
but the chances are that the present
draft will go through with little altera-
ton The president is going over 1t
again very thoroughly
Itwas the expectation that the treaty
Yesterday afternoon would receive the
formal signatures of the negotiators.
Secretary Sherman for the United
States government, and either Minister
Hatch or Mr. Lorin Thurston as spe-
cial commissioner for the Hawaiian
government. The document itself had
been prepared and everything was In
readiness. when it was taken again to
the White House for the presidents
final inspection and review. Secretary
Sherman remained at the depS. tment
later than is his custom in order to re-
ceive the Hawaiians. but finally at
O'Clock the attempt to secure the sigma
ture Of the treaty for the day was aban-
doned. This may prevent the submis-
sion of the-treaty to the senate today,
as was the Intention of the cabinet, but
the delay in any case Will not be ma
terial.
At the cabinet meeting in the course
of the discussion of the treaty 1t was
decided that its tendency in the senate
would not necessarily cause any con-
siderable obstruction to the progress of
the tariff bill, and while there Is every
disposition on the part Of the president
to avoid any interference with the
rights of the senate in the matter. 1t
can be stated that the treaty will not
GO in with any idea that it is not the
wish of the executive that 1t shall be
acted on promptly.
While the treaty is in the senate.
either in the hands of the committee on
foreign relations or on the calendar of
executive business. IL Is the expectation
that the people of the United States
will have an opportunity, through the
press and other mediums. to declare
their sentiments upon the matter. and
if, as is expected. there is an over
whelming declaration for annexation.
it is believed that the senate will be
quick to respond to the demand. In
this case the treaty, it is believed, can
be taken up and ratified In the course
Of one or two executive sessions, while
the regu ar tariff debates are in progress
daily.
The manner in which the Hawaiian
treaty will come before the house is in
the paragraph which provides that the
Uni.ed States shall assume the present
debt of Hawaii. This will not in any
way effect the treaty or interfere in its
adoption. Irrespective and before any
action will be submitted to the house
will come the ratification OF the treaty
by the senate.
If the treaty is ratified no action by
the house can change the condition.
The failure of the house to appropriate
to pay the debt or the interest ON it
may become a future complication. but
tine ratification of the treaty by the
senate will annex the islands.
The treaty which made Alaska a part
of this country carried with il an aD-
preparation of several million dollars
There was a most bitter contention in
the house about making the appropIia-
ton. but the senate had by treaty rati-
fed the agreement. OF course if con-
gress by action of the house had re-
fused to make the appropriation. then
Russia would have held possession of
Alaska. The case of the refusal of the
house to refuse to appropriate for the
interest of or the debt of Hawaii will
not. il is said. prevent annexation, but
the payment of the debt or the interest
would be a subject for future considera-
tiOn and question between the prov
ince, colony or territory of Hawaii and
the holders of the debt. if congress
should not pay 1t.
The one point Of Importance in which
the treaty differs from the convention
negotiated by Secretary Foster in Presi-
dept Harrison's administration is the
omission of any provision for ex-Queen
Liliuokalani and the Princess Kaiulani
In the original treaty 1t was provided
| that the government Of the United
States should pay the ex-queen the
| sum of $20.OOO cash and the same
| amount Of money as a pension each
year during the remainder Of her nat
ural life. provided she. in good faith
submitted TO the government of the
| United States and the local government
of the islands. The Princess Kaiulani
being the next in line Of royel blood,
was to receive q cash payment Of $3.50,
| 600 but no pension, under a similar pro
| viso as in the case of the ex-queen
1t is understood that any objection
that might have been expected to the
annexation of the islands based on the
large proportion of coolies in the popu.
/ lation has been forestalled by an article
not only prohibiting the further immi-
| grafton of such laborers to the Ha.
waiian Islands, but also prohibiting the
coming of any of the Chinese from the
islands to other parts of the United
States.