Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-09-09
HAWAIIAN NEWS.
The Senate Will Convene in
 Extra Session. MINISTER HATCH RETURNS. Hawaii Will Soon Ratify the Treaty of Annexation as Adopt
 ed Here.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. The steamer
 Australia from Honolulu direct arrived
 today with the following Hawaiian Rd vices:
 Francis M. Hatch, Minister to Wash ington, arrived on August 2lst with important information which will re- quIre the atten tion of both government
 and senate, and secres notice has been issued to mem bers of the latter body
 calling upon them to meet in extra ses
 sion Septem Der 6sh to consider the
 question. Meanwhile Minister Hatch
 President Dole and his cabinet. The
 The lawmakers will be asked to ratify
 the annexation treaty recently signed in
 Washington and es 8 majority of the
 members favor annexation the mat
 ter will be rushed through.
 The reason for the extra session of the Senate ab thie early date is matter of oopj lecture snd much curiosity is eviDced in 1t. A Senator is authority for the statement that Minister Hatch
 WOId bO JUS ell cup budo E6S- idens Mckinley had resolved to get Congress together two months earlier than usual for the purpose of disposinR of the treaty before the regular session and this theory appears to find favor with other Senators. Another matter to be considered by she Hawaiian sen- ate is that of rendering assistance to the executive in unrsVeling the Jap anese muddle. Jspap's acceptance of arbitration is so vague that the Pres ident and his cabinet are in a qusndsry. There are rumors of split in the csbi- net over the question, and 1t is said that the iDterven5 5ion of the senate is re- quired to reprees an open rupture. The Hawaiisn Star created a sensation by the public stion of a scheme slleged to have been backed by the sugar trust to blcck annexation. Is is said that every Hawaiian in the group has been called upon to appear at Honolulu ou Sept. 14, to participate in @ mammoth demon stration @ against closer political union with the United States. Senators Nor gan and Quay are expected from the United States on that day. aud the ob- act of the anti snuexstionists is $oim- press them with the feeling upon the islands.
 The Uaited States steamship Ren- nington arrived from San Diego August A. after run of nine days. and the Marion IS expected to leave on the 26sh 1 'or Mare Island. James Castle, who oas held the position of collector Of customs since the Queen was depossd, lss resigned on account of ill-heslth. It Is Fumored, however, that the real cause Of his resign ation is dssstisfsc- ion with the manner in which the cab | net is managing Japanese sffsirs. Cas- 1 le controls a newspaper, and it is gen. 'rally believed that he will now devote | lis whole time and attention to con- iucsing s vigorous attack upon off ioisle | U Is understood that he is psrtic lsfly l ,itter against $. E. Cooper, minister Of orei ign If airs, whom Oastle believes to ,e uosuited for that i'm porbaut position. f retired Hatch may take up the port olio again, but in any event it is gen rally understood that H 3tch will not eburn
 l. A. Thursbon, who wss sent to Some by Gresham, is spoken of as his uccessor at Washington