The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-22

vni.a matter 40. spoke " IAN in
tfitup.' and used turf harsh terms iu
&. injection With The supposed poltr, ot
the administration boo directing Minister
Will. tu rostufe thr Queen. HUI main.
tanned in o. diruibpI and pointed way
that the President Boo taking the action
credited 90 him made declaration of
war, which hu had uu right to DO with
cut the sanction of Congress. and init
mated That II hc had taken this course
he was lialle tu impoarhmanL
The rsil VI this fierce debate decided
senators Nil1s, GRAY and other friends
" the President to Withdraw all uppo.
sitiun TO the passage OF the resolution,
aud u went through without objection
During Hili's speech he made "a point
that Congress had the power aud might
vet find % necessary to send a
commission to Hawaii to get ut the
real facts I'm 'hn matter No one 10.
night denies that Congress- has this
right
The administration has. it is believed,
made great mistake in not furnishing
all the Hawaiian data to Congress upon
its rpa,sembuug.
Senator lill'- speech is the taik Of the
town TO night
SENATOR HILLS SPEECH
Mr. President do not propose TO
cross the Hawaiian bridge until we get
20 o.. do not propose to discuss the
wisdom Of what has been recently done
10y the present administration. do not
understand that those questions are in
volyod ia the pending resolution.
seldom agree with what the Senator
irom Massachusetts, Mr. HoarI SAYS. but
| do agree with him in this particular,
tn that this is AN ordinary aud simple
RESOLUTION asking for information from
"a department OF the Government IN re.
ference b a most important matter. It
Is information which. think. the Ameri-
can people wanted to ascertain from the
Presidents message, and they were dis
appointed in the information not being
,rui-hpd
The question as to what has been done
is the point involved. When we ascer-
tam what instructions have been given,
and when we understand what the true
situation was at the commencement of
the difficulty, we can then determine
what we ought TO do. | do not propose
to debate the question day after day for
the purpose of allowing the administra-
ton an opportunity to accomplish GER
tain result, so that thereafter Congress
it may see fit to adopt.
Delay may be dangerous. The reso-
luton IS objected to by the Senator
from Wisconsin that the passage of the
pending resolution at this time will be
sort of discourtesy to the Committee IN
Foreign Relations. ! should be the last
one here to suggest any discourteous act
towards the distinguished Chairman of
that committee or any of his associates,
but | do not understand although this
is a very courteous body and understood
so to be throughout the country that
there is anything improper for "A Sena.
tor to propose a resolution involving the
subject of foreign affairs and to ress it
in the absence of the Chairman or in
the absence of any one member of that
committee. No action is proposed eX-
cept the bringing of desired information
into this chamber That is all. What
the Senate may see fit TO do when that
Information shall be furnished is an
other and differen Mt subject altogether
therefore say that it is begging the
question on the part of the Senator
from Wisconsin to iusinuate that there
is some sort of discuurtesy to the Chair
man of the committee by pressing the
resolution at tins time, and | think it
affords him simply an opportunity to
occasion delay in order that Congress
may be power!ess to take proper action
in certain event.
have no reflections to cast upon the
preceding administration or upon the
present administration. / have no I'M
Kind word to utter in reference to the
action of the previous Minister OF the
present Minister. We have disputed
! state of facts as to what actually took
place when the former Government of
Hawaii was overthrow. There is q
dispute between the previous Minister
and a gentleman MIR. BlounU who was
sent to investigate the subject, sent not
| by Congress but by the President alone
We have his statements. We have the
statements of the previous Minister
There is a disputed question of fact
Congress in its discretion may see fit to
send a duly authorized commission to
that Government to ascertain the true
situation. Congress may conclude in
its wisdom that il is proper to send more
| than one person for the purpose of ascer-
| tanning the true facts in regard to this
matter.
The point that l now make is simply
this: The President has informed us
in his message that there have been
on the part of the administration GER
tain instructions as to what should be
done. 1t is argued by some people that
those instructions are of pacific char
acter, that something is to be accom-
| plished by negotiation. Ii is said that
| the Provisional Government is to be
undermined, perhaps by intrigue, that
| the people who are behind iU are to be
| induced to surrender the Government
they now control. These means are
pacific. Probably the President has a
5ht to give these instructions, and then
again he may not have. Other instruc-
tions of a different character are limited
at in the public press. j do not say they
have been given. | hope they have not
been given. But it is said that other in
struCtions have been authorized from
which it is inferred that force may be
used to restore the previously existing
status, This brings up the question as
TO whether the present administration
or the President has the right, without
the consent of Congress, by the use of
the army or the navy of the country, to
restore the previously existing status
even conceding that the present Gov
eminent has been placed there by fraud
or even by force.
There are three departments of this
Government, and the Executive depart
ment is but one of them. We ask tins
information because we are entitled t.
it. We ask IL now. 1t is suggested thai
whether the President will comply with
the resolution depends upon his owr
Judgment and his own discretion. TIL,
resolution isso worded ii is respectfully
worded. He can withhold this informa
ton if he desires. | cannot imagine any
good reason why it should be withhciC
from this body for a single moment afte
the resolution shall reach the Whit,
House. Does any Senator around thi
circle intimate or suggest that there ma
be some special reason why the publ,
i''ereSts will be jeopardized by havinl
Congr SIS in pOssessionof the facts? Wha
narI, is to he done if this body shall
know and the people shall know pre-
cisely what is now going on upon tina
unfortunate island, | suggest that M