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Show ANNEXATION. " The Hawaiian Question at a Cabinet Meeting. WIIATlONfJI.KSS MKHBMIS SiV SeenlDjIy Ko Prepiratlons at the Navy Depigment. I idl.lMi ii an .-mil i-itori in i lla.nlllllo,!. Uimnlm iti.lr Ad.M.l.il l.r tie Ami I enucltc I liamber or cm tree. WAMiis-mos, Jan. 31. The dlicui-slonol dlicui-slonol the Hawstlau quoitlon nt the cabinet meeting to lay wai Informal anil thetu lelng iiotbln; lieforo the InJy lor Its contldcrallon no action was taken. Tim math r of the reception of the oiuirnuuloriers of the provisional government of Hawaii concerns only tbu President and secretary of itati with whom their bushiest mutt be tratiMutuJ. Thu cominlitloiiera of counowlll be received ootirleoiitly an I tholr repetition I, ttviied lo with aym pfithy, but Ihu ro ommenditlon that may bo mvle Hum will have to be determined de-termined later. It may be sIJ that there will bo no I rcciplt.itoactloiitakcu Uu the matter, it cannot bu ill-pond ill-pond of lu it duy or week, riiere will be no mettige to Congress from tliu TrcMdent until alter the roinmlnlonert have been heard and then only, It Is turmlied, In cs n favorabe recommendation recom-mendation upon ihtlr proimltlon tball have beeu decided upon. TIIKblTUATIUS JIIbCUWrD. Iu Congress tliu situation cjnlltiuei tn Le i rlvatcly dlicuiied by uienib-rr. Mr. Hornier, a lteruolbuu meuiuer uf the Homo luelgu alfairs oomuilllen, slid tudajt "I api rovu of thu r-tai s already taken by tbe rtiircentallvui o' tho United Hlaleint Hoi'ululu, as It lias prnvontel tbegivernmentof (Ireat II ltatn from si.uinlui: a I rotui torite uvi r the Islands which would have reiultud lu ab solute pcssistlon In the near future. Our government should look tollioivu Interest first, which Great llrltaln never falls to do. No Kuropein .ower thou'd bs allouoj to iclro HaKkliat nny tlias, n.peolnlly while the re lesenlatlves aru legging at our doors for annexation. France and Great Uillaln rocojnlza the luJepen-dilncv luJepen-dilncv ortlinitlanJstn ISti, anl alb-tiqueiilly alb-tiqueiilly Hie United Bbilea did so. Millh will depend upon tbo develop-meull develop-meull of the next few days, lut I believe, wllh careful con.Ileratlon, keeping American Inlerilts cons'nntly In view, we shall reach a coucluitou uliKhwIllbs satisfactory to Iho co-pie co-pie of our country." UllUJI.ll ro ANNKXATIOV. Congrcttman Harter, n Dtmocrat from Ohio, It radically oppoied to annexation, an-nexation, laying to lay: 11 1 be whole scheme Is a Job tnteuded lo benefit n few tugtr 1 lanters who are amicus lo wicuru the two mill, a pound bounty paid by the United Btatos on native products. We will kuook thai bounty outsliortiy anJ then you will heir no moro about annexation." AT TIIH NAVV IIFTAHTMPNT. There Is toeinlngly no preparation being made at Hie navy department for settling visnel- 1) Honolulu tosuiport thu llottou. The ttatemeut that W3 marines would be tent to Honolulu on the steamer Marlpoia lacks conflrma Hon. Tliellylug tpisdron cauil.llng of tbe cruisers Ban Krnnclico, Atlanta and Charleston Hud the gunboat Vork-town Vork-town are rxjwoted at the liarbajoes In a few days and they can easily be reached there by telegraph If It Is do-died do-died to lend any of lham to Honolulu, It Is probable, howevir, that no extraordinary extra-ordinary ucllou will bo taken until after tbo conference It held between the Hawaiian annexation oinimlt-sloners oinimlt-sloners now on their way to Washing-Ion Washing-Ion und the sicrelary of state. Diiusu hot rnotiaTTo. It wat listed todiy that the report of lait night that the proliat of Liiglaud ugaluttthoaunuxallon of Hawaii by the Untied Btatea would bu resented lodty, wat premature. It wat said at the tlule deparlAiieut Hut It bad not beeu ncelved, and there was no In. tluiutlon that It would come today. Lord Uriel ery's statement to Ihu Hawaiian Chargu d'Atlalna ut Loudon Lou-don yesterday that Liiglaud, Franoe and Otrmany would protest ugaluet the anntxatlon of Hawaii by the United Blatis Is believed lo have goo I foundation only no farm L'nglaud Is concerned. Ihu lulertits of France and Germany lu that country are not ifrulllclcut Importance to warrant a promt. Dr. Mott Bmlth, Ihe lUwillsu rei re-sentatlvo re-sentatlvo hen, exects Liiglaud to I rotisl vigorously. He thinks theru will be a concentration at Honolulu ns ra idly as iiowlble of tbe naval (ones of KnglandiiiwIntheTiclfla for the urponu of making a demonstration, t ut It Is Motirobablelu Hie ollulon of Dr. Hiiillb this will ulltct the teiiliment uf thopeopie tn any way. Uncommercial lutirixlsiif Hawaii are radically all Willi tho United Blutes, end although lliutymimttilesof the native popula Hon under Ihu Inlluciica of the members mem-bers of the mini family, undoubtedly are with the Knglltb, still the pro erly lutiretls ol the Itlniidt will eventually control Its diotlii). That Internet Is lnfiioruf political Incorporation with the United btatcs. 1UAIIV TO IHOUMJ l) SrA. Maih. Iai.iND, t'al , Jau. .11. The United Btatea S'tamers Hanger aud Adams nte Ijlnc uow In the stream with attain up, havlug n full complement comple-ment of mun, stons uud ammunition aboard and ready to proceed to sea, nnd are awaiting orders from Wsili-Inglou. Wsili-Inglou. Tbo Monterey arrlvtd this morning aud will be ready to go Into oommluloii In two daj. Mun are warming on her to puili bir to oom llellon. Tbu old monitor Comanche Is Iwmg u.hed lo ciraplstloii and will he ready for Immediate ute Intlde of one week. A full force of men are working on her. When the Monterey arrlvtd here supplies and atnmunlilou wero lesdy for her anl were nt once Kit on loan). There wat no crew for her, however, at all thu avallatle men wero required to man the Adams and Hanger. Doth of Hie litter veuolt are ready tn sail at a inouieni's notice. Tliu supposition It thai the Adams will tall at once and the lUui.tr lea e a day or two later. In onluucllou with tbo Uotton and Alliance they could utnforoonf lull) men ashore, and thcaa bnoked hi Galling guns woul 1 make a formldablo ibowliig. tmatrcu anskxation. Ban 1 iiANCiroo, Jan. 31 "i ircclel meeting of the Bin I'rancltco Chamber Cham-ber ot Commerce wnt held Hilt alter-noon alter-noon to oonnder the question of tho annexation of Hawaii. Hie following resolutions wero presented: Whereas, Tbo Cbambor of Commerce Com-merce ot Haii 1 ranciscu hat been reliably re-liably Informed of n revolution and tlio etlabllthiucnt of a provisional government govern-ment on the Hwklhu lelandt and a ihfaclo governuimt Is now peeking annexallon to the United Btatos. Am", Wlier'as, The commercial relation! now existlim liotTeen the two countries coun-tries u re ulnae nnd Import ml, Hawaii lilting become one ot the moil valuable valu-able ojinnitrclal centers In Ihu I'ltclflo ocean with h promlto uf greatly III-cnsiud III-cnsiud v.liiu lo the Amerlcnn Intir-titsof Intir-titsof Ilia United Btates, nn I III Ta-clllo Ta-clllo coast romtiicrclal Interest demands de-mands that no l.uroi can power shall ublilii power over Ihu Hawaiian Islands Is-lands lo our detriment AnJ, Wberias, I lie present conditions Ihero Involve the probabllllf of dls niter to Hie Uvea nnd rojicrly of Amerloan citizens. Iherefore, be It Unsolved, That tbu chimber uf commerce com-merce hnlls with Hitlsfsctloii tho friendly oiler made by tlio Hawaiian guvurnmeut to cede the Islands to thu Unltod Htates nnd urges upon tho Untied Btatts government promj t no-reptance no-reptance uf tbe proposed cession, Unit ntoncu obtaining peaosable and lion-orib.o lion-orib.o potteeslon, Insuring n slible yoMrnniont, protection ot I If" und properly aud thu prep mdcrntlnglnllu-cuceoi mdcrntlnglnllu-cuceoi the Unite! Hlaleslti tho grow-lug grow-lug commerce of Ibe Tacltta ocean. Unsolved, rhat oar govsnunent Is urged lo promptly augment the naval fories uf thu UnlluJ Btatia at Hie Hawallau Islands, (rending tho disturbed dis-turbed political oondlllon tbore ex-lillng. ex-lillng. Ca lain W, L. Merry iiipplenienteil tbe report by saying that tue commit-lieliad commit-lieliad luvudlgated Hie condltlont at Hawaii, and It was the opinion of lis members that auuexatlou was unavoidable. un-avoidable. Ho relerrol to the situation situa-tion uf Hawaii Irom a stratejetlu point ot view, ami ill I that with the opening open-ing ot the NIcarugua canal the uattou that postetsed the Hiudwlc.li Iilandi would bold Ihu key to tho 1'aclllo ocein. Added to Ihlt wat llio com-meiclal com-meiclal ui-nsfll. Wllllini T. Coleman callel nllentlou to the fact that American! bad made thoBindivloh lilet all that they are. He tild Hist ttralogetlcslly. commercially, com-mercially, socially and politically the Ulan Is belonged to Amotloa. America bud not reacbed for them, but bad walled until lu tbu fulness ol time Ihty should fall Into Its lap. Any party that would refuto Iho gift now that It had hseii olTiired would be eternally dsiuuod. L-gonitor Wllllsms referred to the argument that such annexation was uultlde tbo policy of the nation and cited the anntxatlon of 'I mas and California ss precedents which dli-posed dli-posed ol that objection. Hie Hawallau treaty ot reciprocity be ul I, bad I'.iicu America a foothold on tho Hauilwloh Islands which this country would uevtr o aud nlth tbu Nicaragua cauai Ibis putltlou would make America mis tte.sof Iho Tsclllc. There was more tonuagu of Aiuerlcan commerce between be-tween thlscouiitry and llio Islands than i f all othir nations combined. It was Inevitable that America must control Ihe commerce nf Hie world and It would havu lo begin worklug lower Is the position uaturu Intended It should occupy. The resolutions were then adopted unanimously. It watdeoldvd to tele-grajli tele-grajli thla action to tho Trsl font of tbu United Btatea and the meeting adjourned. |