The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-07
A Lively Tilt Among the Sena,
tors Yesterday.
RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY.
EOar Says the Queen Yielded to an
InsurreciiOnary Demand.
Tho Resolution Calling on the Pres
idcnt for Information, Full and
Complete, Is Adopted In the Sem
ate Without Division.


cussion of the Hawaiian question oceu-
pied the Senate. The debate arose over
the resolution offered yesterday by
Hoar, requesting the president to for
ward to the Senate all correspondence
on the Hawaiian question
Roar said the resolution covered a
period of three administrations and he
hoped and believed the instructions
would show a settled and consistent
policy. certainly down te the recent
time. in regard to which there mad been
no party or political difference of opin-
ion. IF the presidents message meant
anything, it meant the president was
meditating on the question whether he
should, by his own executive author
ity, commit an act of war against a
friendly power If that was apparently
proposed to be done, it had not been
done yet. Hoar desired that the swift
and indignant remonstrance of the
American people should make itself felt
and heard. The president was getting
into habit of adopting rather extra
ordinary language in his dealings with
other branches of the government
Mills opposed the resolution. 1t call
ed for information, but meanwhile, it's
author before he got that information,
charged the president with meditating
an act of war. Mills denied that state
ment; on the contrary the executive
had respectfully submitted the question
TO Congress and given information at
his disposal such as he thought ap-
propriate to submit in the message
The presidents action in the matter
had been strictly confined within the
limits of executive authority. The only
question presented was, did the United
States government interfere and over
turn the existing government of Ha-
wall! II 1t did, it was the duty of the
people of the United States represented
IN that government to make restitution
ana relnState the government which it
had overthrOWn- Mills asserted the en-
tire Hawaiian difficulty had arisen be-
cause the sugar planters of Hawaii
wanted TO obtain a bounty on sugar
10 be paid them out of the pockets of
American citizens.
Villas thought there were reasons
why the resolution should not be adopt
co at this time Tf1e president in his
message had said that additional adj
vices were soon expected and when re-
ceived would be promptly sent TO Con-
gresS, accompanied by a special mes
sage. He referred to the remarks OF
Boar as to the reported action of the
president as being an act of war, and
asked whether the landing of troops to
overthrow the government by virtue
OF their force was not an act of war
Hoar replied there was no pretense
that there was any act of force c. war
Troops were landed under the allega-
ton that they were to be used to pro-
tect the lives and property Of Amer
lean citizens.
Villas said Hoar was begging the
question.
Hoar continued, saying the queen
yielded to an armed instruction and
not to American troops.
What information has the gentle
man from Massachusetts, asked Gray,
that there was any armed insurrec-
ton on the 18th of january"
The statements of Stevens and the
provisional government, replied Hoar.
There is not a bit of evidence of
that" declared Gray.
Z think there is asserted Hoar.
s'After the president had sent a letter
addressed to My great and good
brother, President Dole, it would be an
act Of infamy only exceIled by the act
of Job when he stabbed his neighbor
under the fifth rib and then asked,
Art thou in good health, my broth
er?'" Gaughter.
Villas protested that was not the
question.
Hoar replied that the whole argu-
ment of the senator from Wisconsin
and the senator from Texas was one
that would require the United States
10 give back Texas to Mexico today.
We never got Texas from Mexico"
said Mills; Texas came into the union
Voluntarily
Without going into the question of
the character of the instructions of
the president to the minister, Villas de-
clared that what the president had
instructed the minister to do, he had
ample authority TO DO.
How DO you know2" came from
half a dozen senators at once.
Villas moved that the resolution be
referred to the committee on foreign
relations
Hill said he did not propose to cross
the Hawaiian bridge till he reached it,
nor did he. intend to discuss the wis
dom of the original procedure of what
had been done recently by the present
administration. He seldom agreed with
what the senator from Massachusetts
stated, but he did agree with him that
this was a simple resolution asking for
information from the department of
government in reference to a most i'm
portant matter. information which he
thought the American people wanted
to know from the presidents mes
sage, and they were disapp ointed when
it was not given them 1T has been
said,'' continued Hill, that instruc-
lions had been given-he did not say
So however, and he hoped it is not
true-from which it is inferred that
force might be used to restore the
previously existing status; that brought
up the question whether the admins
tration had power, without the consent
Of Congress, to use the army or the
navy to restore the previously exist
ing condition of affairs. Even conced-
ing a government had been planted by
fraud or navy force, there were three
departments Of this government. and
the executive department was but one
of them. There were reasons why this
information should be given now. Per-
haps at this moment, possibly at this
very hour the navy Of the United
States, cooperating with the United
States minister, was seeking to destroy
the provisional government by force,
and that was a question the propriety
of which should be determined by Con-
gress.
Sherman favored the passage of the.
resolution. He said he did not intend
now to say d word in regard to the
condition of affairs existing. and which
existed in Hawaii a year ago. The
difficulty was the president and the
newspapers say there is purpose
10 restore the queen. to renew the
F.at=s quo, set aside what was