Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 14, 3 October 1893 — PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.

He WUl Send No UuUl ihe Sberm&n Law i» RopeaIed TU* Hawaii&a Rep*rt* u4 Xmm«« iU Rm4j U kc 8rat U lhf SmuU« Whn Ofpcnultr Offrr». It is pr»ctic*lly settled that the President will ofler no forther bnsiness for the coneidera* tion o( Congre$s uniil tbe proposition for the repeal of tbe Sherman sil«er pnrcbase law nhall have been disposed of. Thoee holding this belie( are by no meana fe« in nnmber. Tboy argne that the Presideut convened Congross in extraonlinary session for the specific puqK«e of repealing this statote as a eonditiou asscntial to the financ<al well beipg of the country and that he will do nothing wbatever that ean pos«ibIy tend to emb«rrass the accomplishment of that end. It is feaml that tbo īntrodnction of uew bnsiness rnight possibly jeopardizo thc almost assured snccess of the repeal measure nnd it is said to be solc ly with tbe idea of rcfruiuing from any aeiion tbat migbt po«sibly be usod as an cxcnse (or non-action on it tbat the Presidont has delayed tbe transmissioo to tbe Senate of the corro«pondonce bcaring on tbe Hawaiiao qnestion, inclndiug the «olumi□ons reporta of “Paramount Anthority” Blount a» to the eondition of aftairs in Hawaii. POLICY OF THIS AP*IMSTRATION Althongb tho policy o( this admin:stration 00 tbe Hawaiian problem is virtuallv «eUleil, it has been scrnpnlonsly kept froro the pnblic, except in so far a« may properly be inferred from the known acts of tbe government Tbo qnestion has becn b«-!ore tbe Pre»ident in ono «hape or auother ever »ince his indnction in office and h« has given it thorough coc«ideration. espccially since his retnrn from Gray Gable«. He bas read Mr. Plouni » reporl and he has bad several long persooal conferencea with that gentleman. and alsw> secretarY’ Oresh.vnj, on Ihe sub ject. The resolt of tbese iaiks will !be eommnn cated to C’ongre«s io the form of a special meiwage, accompanied by all tbe comspomleoee, bnt this, it ia slated. will noi b« done nntil after the finaneial reiief measnre« ahall have been di«poeed oi. The correspondeae« haa been cop«ed for the benefit ot the Senate and e<m!d be iraaamitted tomorrow if H w«re ao d«nred. lt ia onderstood that (ha Pre»idenfe roeseage ia aiao pr«pared. and ihai it will go to tke 8eaaia al ihe first Uv«rabi« opportonity.

SO LIKELi HOOD 0F AXSK5ATIO\. Persons interested in this question no longer have moeh hope that tbe Hawaiian islamls will be annexed to the United St*tes. They say that if sneb w&s tbe pnrpose of the Pr»*sidenl it would have been execated long before thisandtbere would bave been no oeeaaion for tbe appointmet of a new minis(er to Hawaii with the alleged iutimntion to him that be will have a full term of serrice. This latter impression receives strength from the fact that Mr. Willis, who bas been nominated as minister to Hawaii. bas been informed that tbere is no special occasion for his immediate presence in Honolulu and that he ean fcake histime in arranging for his abseoce from the United States. He is now at his Kentucky home closing up his persona! affairs. lt is eif*ected that he will return to Washington in about a week and receive his coraraission and his fiual instructions from the States Depaxtment. The probabilities aro that it will be fully a month before he gets fairly started on his voyage to Honolulu. ALL THAT CAN BE HOPED FOR. Tbe Hawaiian miuister aud tho special commission chargcd with the negotiation of a treaty of anncxation have been eonspicuous by tbeir absence from Washington within the past few months und this gives a strong air of probability to tbe impression tbat they bave practically abandned tho idea of anuexation. It is now freolv asserfed tbat tbe best they eau hope for from this admioistratiou is that it will ondertake -to protect the rresent provisional goverument from forcign interference, but will otherwise assurae uo responsibility for the condoct of its affaii's.— ]\'(u*hirujton S(ar Se,>t. 15. ——-