The San Francisco call., 1898-08-05

:. CHICAGO, Aug. 4-The Hawaiian
 commission. composed of Senator Col .fum of Illinois, Senator Morgan of Ala
 banIa and Representative Hit of llli- .nofs, met here this morning and held
 inf6rmal talks with a number of busi- ness: men. They were given lunch con by the. Hon. Alexander H. Revell, ;: president of the Union League Club,
 where they met a number of prominent .Chfcageans. There were forty guests. among whom were Comptroller Dawes, :. ex+Senator Reagan of Texas, William : Penn Nixon, H. H. Kohlsaat, General John :.NIcNulta and Dr. William R. Harper.
 .: After the coffee the members of the .conrnIissien and others made brief " speecfes. Senator Morgan said the an .nexation of Hawaii would result in the .construction of the Nicaraguan canal. Cuba was free, Porto Rico belonged to the: United: States, Hawaii was an- .IleXed. and the canal was unavoidable. Our flag had been raised in the Phil
 ippfiIes and no man in America would - permit it to be hauled down. Not only . would the Nicaraguan canal De con
 structed, but there would be a ship
 canal connecting Lake Michigan, the AIissisSipJii and the Gulf of Mexico and .5eone between New York and Albemarle . Sound. He was of the firm belief that
 in:the. next century the United States
 would be, by common consent, the leader of the nations of the earth. . Senator COllum said the commission
 would: look at the harbor at Hawaii and. see what ought to be done to make it a. great harbOr. He said the Nlcar- 3agiian "canal would be built.
 Representative Hit also spoke of the certainty of the Nicaraguan canal as one of the results of the war, as was .' a cable to Hawaii.
 . -.. The following resolution, offered by the. Hon. George R. Peck, was unani- nlous1!F adopted:
 Resolved, That we rejoice in the assured prospect of an early and honorable peace and in .ihe unparalleled triumphS of our brave sailors and soldiers in the existing . war. Me hereby express our hearty ad- rnirati0n for and confidence in the wise, .patrfOtic and able administration of Presi- dent. Mckinley. He has been equal to = every feed and has shown the entire 'HScTld, how: worthy he Is to lead a great peoPle in; a great cause.
 The. commission left this evening for + san. F,raRcisco, whence 1t will sail on August: 10 for Hawaii.
 Congressman Hit was accompanied by his: wife, his two sons and his Con- Fressional clerk, Henry L. Hayes, sec Tetary. of the cGmmi4sion; Senator Gull lO1Il. by A1CS. IulIOIIl, A1GS- " lIl1dIl 6dT- rett ,Ridgley of Springfield. his daugh ter*and h.s stenogr~ 1her, J. Castle FidgeWay; Senator Morgan by his son, George ", and a private secretary. :: The remainder of the party are D. A. Ray. disbursing officer; Albert $. Der I3y.:0f Ne.wp It. Ky, Sergeant-at-a ahd M. w. Blumenberg, stenographer.
 Tho vital questions to be Investigated and4 reported upon by the commission relates to the internc' government of the natives, adjustment of standing laws to the new conditions labor and immigration restrictions, tariff rules taxation and all other matters that should be understood by the home gov eminent in wisely ruling the new ter Tftory. . .'It is probable that as far as possi- ble.>v:e will let the present laws gov- ernfng- the Hawaiian islands stand" said Senator Cullom. New ones will be. needed and there may have to be rur1er0us chances in the old ones. One subject that will need deep thought is that of contract labor. Included in this is the race and immigration questions. There are French. Japanese, Chinese, Hungarians and natives in Hawaii in large numbers and it will take much time. and careful consideration to for m1late wise and saIutary remedies for the treatment of these people.
 .s s'Fhe contract labor question Is one of supreme importance to Hawaii. Chinese and Japanese are brou"ht there to work at contract wages that have proved a constant source of discontent to natives and others.
 Other matters that would naturally