The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-06
THE NATIONS CAPITOL
Getting Down to Business in
Both Houses. !
FREE COINAGE, BILL INTRODUCED,
The Debate OH the Bankruptcy ~
Will Be Closed at TO-day's :
Session.
REE COINAGE BILL INTRODUCED
Associated Press.

Session.
Associated Press.
washington, Dec. 5.-The Nsenate
opened with light attendance in the
galleries and on the floor. Dolph pre-
sented the petition Of the Oregon. Hor-
| ticultural Society favoring the n.ain-
tenance of the present duty on prunes.
After the morning hour the senate took
| up the Hawaiian question, and Dolpil
, spoke against the presidents proposed
action.
| 1t would have been more satisfactory
| TO him and the country had the pres
ident been more explicit as to how il
was proposed to undo the alleged
wrong, and how the administration was
10 proceed to restore the status eN-
| isting at the time of formal interven-
ton. 1t would have been more salts
| factory If the president had given the
senate the instructions of the present
| Americ an minister to Hawaii, SO that
the sennte and house might know what
was Pre- posed by the government.
Dolph was asked by Vest whether hc
was arguing in favor of a policy on
| the part of the government of securing
the Hawaiian Islands and holding them
| as q colony un1er what is known lin
Europe as the continental system
Dolph replied that he favored the an
nexation of the islands, giving to thenr
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control over them. The most the Unit
cd States could do if it did not care to
annex the islands, was TO withdraw it's
support of the provisional government
and allow it to take it's course.
Gray inquired whether the present
Hawaii government was a republic.
at comes as near to that as any
Ahing else replied Dolph.
! How near does it come?'' asked
CHl'ay.
| N'I am not going to discuss that,
replied Dolph. ut is a government
established by the people. 1t is not
monarchy; that is certain"
1T is not a republic, that is certain"
said Gray.
White asked by how many people
!. the present government was estab-
i Iished.
"As many as ever established any
4 government there" replied Dolph
Dolph referred to the fact that i,oth-
ing was made public in the direction Of
\ the intention of the administration un-
s Ill congress had adjourned, when there
1 could be no congressional interference.
' The report of Blount, said Dolph, read
lore like the plea of a Jealous lawyer
for his side of the controversy than
like q NJ unprejudiced and impartial de-
cision q a. judge. Personally, he would
rather ia ke the statement of eX-Mm-
,ster STOW ms, the statement of MI.
.rburston e. ',e statements of honorable
man tbot bo, r come from the enlight-
ened nortiop the Hawaiian conmu-
,it, tbo, +oLa the onc-sided, colorct =
report of Blount a'Aa INC st"'eit's az. ~
presented by him i'm fegaTo 10 tiie "f-
fairs in Hawaii. .r-.,t
The senate passed VIVA sllsn' ''i'N'''
noen+s tho bo,so Tpt resolution qp-
propriating $4,000 fo aAe employment
OF additional deputy cOsAec1Sas Vi NJ
ternal revenue to aid I'D @ie e>ceu'io''
of the Chinese eXclusio aSS'
Hoar offered a resolu uor f"If'e'S'u's
the president to commI RpcA'" 10 ehe
senate copies Of the inst. ae"o''E rGla~
five ia Hawaii so far as W&$ nOe IN
consistent with the public u%rest. The
resolution went over.
Voorhees, will have cldrs 4 Ut ;le
tariff bill in the senate.
Washington, Dec 5.-The general |
drift OF opinion among &c motratic |
members of the house seems to be that |
the tariff bill must be passed. aid as |
speedily as possible.
There was light attendance, rwen-
ty thousand copies of the pi esident's
message have been ordered pI nted.
A joint resolution to conf rm bona
fide entries on land in Mile Iacs res
ervation was passed.
An anti-option bill will be presented
to the house this session.
This afternoon the house went into
committee of the whole ON the bank
ruptcy bill.
The only thing Of moment accom-
plished in the house session was an
agreement to close debate on the bank
ruptcy bill tomrrow, and tie passage
Of the bill extending to January l. 1S97.
the time under which persons in pos
session of certain forfeited railway
lands may. purchase the lands. Ellis |.
Of Oregon. assisted in the passage t,f
the bill by. stating. il would. great ly
benefit a large number Of settlers IN
the Northern Pacific who would o,ls ~
wise lose their homes.
Bland today introduced a rev iree