New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-07
LEGISLATION FOR HAWAII.
MR.. HITS BILL LIKELY TO BE TAKEN
UP NEXT WEEK.
PROSPECTS OF ACTION IN THE PRESENT sEs
sIoN-OPPosIT1ON TO ANYTHING THAT
LOOKS TOWARD STATEHOOD.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE.l

LOOKS TOWARD STATEHOOD
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBuNEl
Washington Jan Cit Is expected that the h''.
bin To proyIde n Government for the Territory OF
Hawaii which has been under consideration lot
several weeks In subcommittee oil the house
Committee on Territories. will be considered d! the
full committee and favorably reported TO the houSe
early next week There will be minority report
signed by Democratic members. MT f''' 'o-u'!
expressed the opinion based on conversations WIN
a number OF members both sides OF the House
that obstructive tactics will not be resorts" W io'
the purpose of hndering either the consideration VI
passage Of the measure. he also remarked .i'a' no
did not think the divergence between the Dill 10 DC
reported by the House committee anu tne VII. 81
ready reported TO the Senate by Mr.. Cuiom from
the Committee on Foreign Relations would be wide
enough to cause much trouble In case either sho"u
pass reported.
Efforts will be made however In both houses to
have the measure amended In some important re-
specs A number of Senators and Representatives
are anxious that no provisions should be embodied
In the Hawaiian act which might be ci'eu anu
urged as precedents in future legislation concerning
territorial acquisitions either accomplished VI
prospective as result OF the war win Spain
Many Of them opposed TO the provision TOT
Delegate In Congress from Hawaii. and are strong
" DESTROYS OF having incorporated In the ACT a
declaratio that nothing therein contained shail ne
considered or taken TO imply the future auiniss'o"
Of Hawaii as a State. II Is understood tnat oeha-
tor Platt of Connecticut, will offer an amendment
to strike out OF the Senate bill the section pro-
yiding for a Delegate in Congress ana also one
embodying the declaration in regard TO ultimate
Statehood.
Other provisions of the measure. when are iouhu
In both the Senate and House bills. are giving some
Senators and Representatives grave concern not
so much as regards their application to Hawah as
on account of the bearing they may have on future
LEGISLATION respecting other insuar possessions Vi
the United States Among these is the one "hich
places the trade relations between HAWAII ana '"e
other States and Territories Of the United o'a'es
on the same footing as those between the states
II is urged that while the admission free or customs
duties Of the products and manufactures or Ha"aii
wouId he OF comparatively insignificant importance
tho ike admission of the products and nahuiact-
ures Of the Philippines would be very diHereh'
matter and that the subject ought not 10 De io'e
closed by the setting OF such precedent oh 'n'S
ground II IL argued that Congress oush' no' ~
enact the provisions referred TO least until after
the fullest discussion and most mature eohsueia
lion and IT is therefore not improbable that an
scor, NAV be made in the Senate to postpone the
Hawaiian legislation until the first session OF the
LVIth Congress.
In speaking Of such probabili To-Day
prominent Republican Congressman said: i thihk
q would be wiser TO allow the Hawaiian bill TO &c
over 10 the next Congress. There VIII then De Z
marty majority and party responsibility IN the
Senate and the subject will have received the
| heneht of thoughtful consideration In the NEAR
time"
The advocates Of speedy action, however POM
ON, crave dangers TO be feared from such uelay
chief Of which ia the further influx OF cohrac'
labor from the Orient.