The herald., 1897-06-16
To Be Sent to the Senate
Today
BUT MAY NOT BE ACTED UPON
UNTIL THE REGULAR SESSION Is
CALLED
Under the Provisions Proposed Poor
Old Queen Liliuokalani Will
Receive No Pension
Associated Press Special wire.

ASSoclaIe1 PreSS special Wire.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-The treaty
for the annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands to the United States will be sem
to the Senate by President Mckinley to-
morrow unless the present plans arc
changed. Men close to the administra.
tion and others engaged in pushing
through the tariff bill have been inform
ed that the treaty will be transmitted
to the Senate tomorrow
1t is stated there will be no considera.
tion of the Hawaiian reciprocity pro-
vision Of the tariff bill until the treaty is
received.
The point of Importance in which the
treaty differs from the convention me-
gotiated by Secretary Foster In Presi.
dent Harrison's administration is the
omission of any provision for ex-Queer
Liliuokalani and Princess Kaiulani In
the original treaty it was provided that
the government of the United States
should pay the ex-Queen the sum OF
$4,000 cash and the same amount OF
money as pension each year during the
remainder Of her natural life, provided
she In good faith submitted to the gov
ernment Of the United States and the
local government of the islands. Prin-
cess Kaiulani being next in line of royal
blood. was to receive a cash payment of
$l5OOOO, but no pension under q similar
proviso as in the case of the ex-Queen.
The suggested course of procedure
when the Hawaiian annexation treaty
is sent to the senate Is that 1t should be
made public in order that the PROPOSE
tion to restore the house provision in the
tariff bill may be accomplished with the
understanding that the treaty of annex
alton possibly will be in effect before the
years notice Of abrogation could be
given. One reason given for making the
treaty public would be that 1t could bt
discussed in connection with the Ha.
waiian provision in the bill.
1t Is not believed that there will be any
attempt to secure immediate action or
the treaty and possibly 1t might not be
considered at this special session. Some
question has arisen as to whether the
senate Is competent to act upon treaty
which acquires territory, and If the
house would not be called upon to con
cur, but the precedents are that the
treaty-making power-the president
and the senate-can act, and the only
manner in which the house would be
considered would be in case an appropri-
alton was necessary to carry the treaty
into effect
The manner in which the treaty will
come before the house is in the para
graph which provides that the United
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Hawaii. This will not in any way af-
feet the treaty or interfere in its adop-
tion. Irrespective of it 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 money to pay the debt or
interest on it may become future COM
plication, but the ratification of the
treaty by the senate will annex the ISL
ands
CONSIDERED IN CABINET
WASHINGTON, June 15.-All the
members of the Cabinet were present
when the meeting hour arrived, and as
1t was the first session for week there
were many matters of routine business
that required attention today. The
meeting did not last an unusually long
time. The matters of public interest
under discussion were the projected an
nexation Of Hawaii and the state of af-
fairs in Cuba. 1t can be stated unequiv-
ocally as the result of today's Cabinet
meeting that no important action relat-
ing to Cuba will be taken by the ad-
until new Minister to Ma
drid has been chosen, and is at his post
ready for the duties of his mission. This
fact Is significant in that it means that
some weeks must certainly elapse be-
fore the President will take any action
whatever vital to the relations of the
government and Cuba. :.
The situation SO far as Cuban action
is concerned is just the same as 1t has
been for weeks The difficulty of find
ing man satisfactory to the President
to fill the post at Madrid delays action.
The delay is somewhat vexatious to
the administration. which is anxious to
begin negotiations with Spain looking to
the amelloration in some form of the
condition of affairs in Cuba as speedily
as possible. Several names were talked
over today, but the discussion was fruit
less.
The Hawaiian annexation treaty. of
course, is still subject to final change.
and perhaps will be reviewed at an
other Cabinet meeting, but the chances
are that the present draft will go
through with little alteration The
President is going over 1t again very
1T was the expectation that the treaty
this afternoon would receive the formal
of the negotiators, Secretary
Sherman for the United States, and either
Hatch or Mr.. Loring A. Thurs
ton as a special commissioner for the
government. The document
itself had been prepared, and everything
was in readiness when 1t was taken
again to the White House for the presi-
dents final inspections and review. Sec
retary Sherman remained at the depart
ment later than It is his custom, In order
to racpfve the 4awaiiaus hi1f An n 1Iv . 4