Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette ]

ing at the State Department Dy score
tary Sherman for the United States,
and Messrs. Hatch, Thurston and Kin
ney for the Hawaiian government.
Before the final signature of the docu'
ment the Secretary OF State was pre-
sented formal protest by the japanese
government, through its legation here,
against the consulnmation of the agree
ment. The protest is understood to be
based on apprehension that the special
treaties now existing betWeen Japan
and Hawaii, under which the Japanese
enjoy advantages, will be affected in
juriously by complete annexation.
The document will De submitted 10 the
Senate to-day. The news o. the pro-
test was a great surprise TO the Ha-
waiian legation. The essential point
as TO the protest, it is said at the Ha-
wsiisn legation, is, whether the pro-
test is against the annexation OF Ha-
waii or is merely protest reserving to
Japan all her rights under the existing
Treaty with Hawaii. 1t is believed that
it is the latter. The japanese treaty
with Hawaii was made in 1871, aud
provides that natives or citizens OF one
country shall have the uninterrupted
right to enter into, reside and trade in
the other country, and also shall have
all the rights and privileges enjoyed by
the people of any other country under
treaty stipulations with Japan. Japan
under the treaty consequently has q
perfect right to have her immigrants
enter the Hawaiian Islands. Under
international law the annexation OF
| Hawaii to the United States would alb
rogste this treaty. Moreover, new
| treaty between the United States and
Japan made some time ago and to be-
| come effective in 1899 provides that the
United States may exclude Japanese.
II Hawaii is annexed the effect would
be to permit the United States to e1-
clude the Japanese from Hawaii. 1t is
taken for granted, therefore, that the
protest is one reserviDg Japan's rights
! under its treaty with Hawaii.
| Judge Dttenhoeffer this morning re-
sumed his argument on the motion to
order an acQuittsl in the trial Of John
S. Shriver, charged with recusancy be-
| fore the Senate sugar investigating
committee of 1894. As it was evident
that the arguments on the motion
would consume the entire day the jury
was excused until tomorrow. The
vilest wretch on earth, said Judge
Dittenhoeffer, was he who won q mans
confidence and then betrayed it. I'm
my long experience in public life and
at the bar" said he, II have had occa-
SION many times to give my confidence
to newspap per men and whatever other
sins they may have been guilty OF not
one ever was guilty of violation OF
confidence" "You do not mean to
| say, Judge" interrupted Judge Brad
ley, "that the violation of a promise to
comply with legal duty would de.
grade or dishonor a witness ,"
"A newspaper man." replied Judge
| Dittenhoefer, "who would reveal the
source of his information with regard
to matter of public moment would
disgrace and degrade himself within the
meaning of the law" Thomas Jetfer-
son, he said, dramatically, "said that it
we're better to have free press without
free government than q free govern
ment without free press" II don't see
how we could have free government
without free press" observed Judge
| Bradley rather sarcastically. Certain
ly not, certainly not" replied Judge
Dittenhoefer quickly. THAT was
merely Mr.. Jetferson's epigramatic
way of asserting that fact"
People here to-day who were at
| Charlottesville yesterday say the crowd
| there was very large, and that MIR.
Bryan seemed to be more popular than
ever, and that everybody there talked
of him as the next President.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Sewell OF
New Jersey introduced resolution di-
recting the Secretary OF War to prepare
plans and specifications for improving
the harbor and its approaches at Charles
City, Virginia.
Congressman Bailey, the democratic
leader of the House, being asked to-
lay how long the tariff bill would re-
main in that body after coming back
from the Senate, said not long, and that
he would not be at all surprised if it
were passed at once on simple motion
TO concur.
The conference of the Virginia re-
publicans that wss to have been held
mere to day has been postponed until
tomorrow, though several of them
have already arrived. None of them
seems to know just exactly what the
conference will do exceptsto fill the
vacancy on the slate the leaders have
made for Virginia appointments &C.
casioned by the death of Mr.. Clay,
whom they had selected for collector
of customs at Newport's News, and to
fix time and place for the republican
convention of their State.
The nomination of Mrs. Campbell
for postmaster at Warrenton, Virginia.
will be confirmed. That of MIR. Brand
for postmaster at Salem is held up on
charges of irregularities while deputy
collector of his county.
At the meeting of the representatives
of the democratic clubs of this city held
at the Metropolitan Hotel last night
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, was select
ed as the orator for the democratic
jubilee to be held at the Albaugh's
Theatre here on the 9Th proximo. AS
previously stated, when Virginia's name
shall be called in the list of the thirteen
original States, Congressman Swanson,
from the Dsnyille district of that State.