The herald., 1897-12-10

Much interest was shown In tn,
| initial meeting OF the committee, a. |
was felt that it might bring an indica
| ton of the general line Of policy towart
Cuba and the other subjects before 1t
except, however, in the announcement o
the Cuban and Hawaiian sub-commit
tees no reference was made to either o.
these subjects, as all of the time of thu
committee was given to the question o.
sealing in Bering sea. On this question
considerable discussion occurred, which
showed a general sentiment toward re-
stricting American sealers only in CASE
Great Britain adopt the same restric.
tions.
The committee found plenty of ma
terial before 1t on all the important for
eign questions. These were In tbs
forms of bills and resolutions, submitted
during the extra session, but which could
not be considered at that time. as the
committee had not been appointed. On
Cuba all the phases of the subject were
represented in the measures presented
The most important of these was the
Morgan joint resolution, which passed
the senate at the extra session. and was
now referred to this committee. 1t rec
ognizes a state of war as existing be-
tween Spain and the Cuban insurgents,
and declares that the United States Will
maintain strict neutrality beween the
wo belligerents.
PACIFIC RAILROADS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The Senate
Committee on Pacific Railroads today
authorized a favorable report upon the
resolution introduced yesterday by SEN
for Morgan, directing the Attorney
General to send to the Senate full
statement of his proceedings concern
ing the lien of the government upon the
Kansas Pacific Railroad, striking out
that portion of the resolution calling for
n statement in regard to agreements
concerning the sale Of the road. IL Is
understood that the passage OF the reso-
luton is agreeable to the Attorney
General, and the opinion was given at
the meeting that its passage would pre-
clude any action upon the bill introduced
Yesterday by Senator Gear, providing
means for foreclosing the Kansas Pa
cific mortgage.
PROBABLE PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Although no
formal action has been taken, pretty
general understanding has been reached
by the leaders of the House OF Repre-
sntatives as to the course of action IN
the near future. 1t includes the disposal
of the appropriation bills as fast as they
are ready. The bankruptcy bill will be
reported by Chairman Henderson OF the
Judiciary Committee before the holiday
recess, but will not be taken up by the
House until after the recess. 1t is un-
derstood that Speaker Reed and the
Committee on Rules will be disposed to
give this bill all the advantage in the
way of securing early time for debate
1t is equally we'll understood that for the
present there will be no effort to take
up financial legislation on the floor OF
the House. This is due mainly to the
fact that a strong impression prevails
among members of the House that the
Committee on Banking and Currency
will not be able to reconcile the many
conflicting interests inside the commit
tee. These represent all shades of the
financial subject, and are so much at
variance that it Is not expected that
a majority can be rallied for any one
Under such circumstances
the purpose is to await the action of
the deadlock in that committee. When
it becomes evident that the Committee
on Banking and Currency is at stand
still, then the Ways and Means Commit
tee will frame a bill on broad lines, cal
culated to meet the present financial
requirements. In the meantime the SUBJ
ject will be kept in the background as
much as possible.
Aside from the bankruptcy and ap-
preparation bills, some emergency meas
ures, such as that relating to Bering Sea,
introduced by Mr.. Hit, will have
hearing, as they involve questions of
general policy and are not likely to meet
with opposition. With these exceptions
the disposition of the House leaders
will be to keep radical legislation to
the rear.
A KANAKA PROTEST
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
Hoar today presented a monster protest
in the senate from native Hawaiians
against the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands to the United States. The pro-
test filled 700 pages of foolscap paper
and was forwarded by Enoch Johnson
and Lila Aholo, secretaries respectively
of the Hawaiian Patriotic league and
the Hawaiian Woman's Patriotic league,
who made certificates that the sigma
lures were all genuine. OF the 81, ,269
signers 10000 were women and 100 were
foreigners. The petition was printed
both in the English and the Hawaiian
languages and was very brief, merely
protesting against annexation to the
United States in any shape or form"
The presentation of the petition was
witnessed by the native Hawaiians COM
prising the delegation now here to oppose
annexation, who made their first visit
to the capitol today. They told those
with whom they conversed that their
people were unalterably opposed to an
neXation.
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