The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-22
Washington Letter.

WAsrrINGToX ID. c. Dec. IS, 1893
President Cleveland, having exhausted
the constitutional means at hls COM
usud 10 right what he considered
,.re,,t wrong perpetrated IN Hawaii IN
the name of and by the power ot the
United States. will now, after having
furnished all the information IN his po.
session. leave il to congress TO say what,
if ANYTHING further, shall be done. lie
makes no apology for what ne has done,
knowing that he has not violated the au~
thoritv vested in him 10y the Constltu-
ton and believing now as he did at the
time of Minister Willis departure from
the United States that what he did was
an act Of Justice from strong to weak
nation.
Senator Vest numerically scored eX-
Minister Stevens and the New England
ers who instigated the Hawaiian revolu-
ton. in a short speech, replying Ia one
made by Senator Frye eulogizing the
christian qualities of Mr.. Stevens. He
made "A palpable hit and raised a hearty
laugh when he charged that the New
England revolutionists of Hawaii had
christianiZed the natives out OF their
country, taking possession OF 1t under
the name of God, and then dividing the
lands among themselves under Il law
made 10y themselves; and he stated a
great truth, manifest to all men, when
he SAID that it was the policy of the Re
publicans to have, instead of the COM
pact continental republic esta blished by
the fathers, a great, expansive territory
acquiring government extending to the
islands of the ocean. and to the utter
most parts of the earth. Mr. Vest be
lieves that the true policy of the United
States in Hawaii and all other foreign
countries is ''hands off. -
Republican Senators have been Civ
ing Senator Hill as much trouble as they
possibly could in getting the bill for the
repeal of the Federal election laws be-
fore the Senate, but they are finding that
Senator Hill is no SlOuch of "A fighter him
self.
Il can assure the Senator" said Mr..
Hill, of New York, to Mr. Cullom, OF
Illinois, ''that the Democratic party does
intend to carry out the tariff promises of
its national platform faithfully, honestly
and impartiallv" Nothing bombaStic
about those plain words modestly spo-
ken in reply to Senator Cullom's sneers
and half-spoken taunts about the party
being afraid of its platform declarations
| on the tariff, hut they have destroyed
some very elaborately constructed stories
intended to cheer the protectlOnists, in
! which Senator Hill invariably appeared
as the leader of the Democratic wing of
| the protection army. The fact that
there is no such wing has not worried
| Tho Of tha-a fhaN,
would not recognize a fact if they met il
| in the road and they would not thank
| anybody to introduce them to one.
Quite IA delegation of congressman and
prominent officials went over to Balti-
more last night to hear Senator Gordon,
of Georgia, deliver his address on The
| last days of the Coufederacy, among
| the latter being General Schotield.
Congressman Morse, of Massachusetts,
| possesses, in a remarkable degree, tina;
| faculty which once upon time, accord
| ing To the tale. caused the monkey iC
| attempt to investigate a buzz saw IN mo-
| ton. He again assumed the role OF
monkey this week, To the buzz saw oi
! Delegate Rawling of Utah. After being
numerically held up to the ridicule OF
! the House 10y Rawling, Morse had to ac
| knowledge that his opposition to the bill
! for the admission of Utah as a state
which was passed by the House, was
! based entirely upon a book written 10y
Brigham YOung's fifteenth wife Wha
would be thought of a lawyer who woul,
make "Uncle Toms cabin" the corner
stone of a case to be tried IN the courts
of the present time? Just about tn,
| same that is thought OF Morse Euw.
Chairman Wilson proved ms earnest
ness in pushing the tariff bill by max,
ing the very unusual proposition to Ia
colleagues that the Christmas recess bt
not taken this year, in order that til,
time which has been unavoidably los
| in getting the bill before the Hous,
might be made up. While the PROPOSE
Mon has been received with cousidcra
BILE favor tine difficulty of keeping a quo
| rum here and the certainty that the Re
publicans would allow nothing to b,
done without one makes it improbabl
that twill be carried out. 1t Is no faul
of the Democratic members of the way
and means committee that the bill ]
now before the House; they have WORKED
night and day to overcome the obstacle
which have confronted them. In Obe
dience to the written request Of a consid
erable number Of Democrats Represen
tative Holman, chairman of the caucu
will call caucus to consider the bill be
fore the debate begins In the House
Vice President Stevenson Is loud i
his praise of the hospitality extended t
him during his southern trip. NJ.
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