The morning call., 1893-12-07
MUST KNOW ABOUT HAWAII.
There Is Not the Least Reason
for Secrecy.
SHERMAN AND HILL AS LEADERS.
The Administration Forces Fall Be-
fore Them on the Resolution
of Senator Hoar.

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question cropped up once more in the Sem
ate to-day. and Hill of New York electri-
fed his colleagues by making not only the
strongest speech in bis political career,
but the strongest that has so far been
made in the fifty-third Congress save that
of Sherman Immediately following it.
The debate arose over the resolution OF
fered by Hoar requesting the President to
forward to the Senate all correspondence
on the Hawaiian question. Hoar said the
resolution covered period of three admin
istrations. and be hoped and believed the
instructions would show settled and con-
sistent policy, certainly down to recent
times, in regard TO which there had been
no party or political difference of opinion.
Ii the Presidents message meant anything
it meant that the Presid ent was meditating
the question whether he should by his own
executive authority commit an act of war
against friendly power. If that was ap-
parently proposed to be done and had not
been done yet, Hoar desired that the swift
and indignant TemOnstrance of the Amer
lean people should make itself felt and
heard. The President was getting into
the habit of adopting rather extraordinary
language in his dealings with other
branches of the Government
Mills opposed the resolution. 1t called
for information, but meanwhile its author
before he got that in Information charged the
President with meditating an act of war.
He (Mills) denied that statement. On the
contrary, the executive had respectfully
submitted the question to Congress and
given the Information at his disposal, such
is be thought appropriate to submit in
message. The Presidents action in the
matter had been strictly confined within
the limits of executive authority and the
only question was did the United States
Government interfere and overturn the ex-
isting Government of Hawaii. If it did,
it was the duty If the people of the United
States represented in their Government to
make restitution and reinstate the Govern
ment which had been overthrown. Mills
asserted that the entire Hawaiian difficulty
had arisen because the sugar planters of
HAWAII wanted to obtain bounty on sugar
to be paid them out of the pockets of
American citizens.
Villas thought there were reasons why
the resolution should not be adopted at this
time. The President in his message had
said that additional advices were soon ex-
pected and when received would be
promptly sent to Congress. accompanied by
a special message. He referred to the re-
marks OF Hoar as to the reported action of
the President being an act of war and asked
whether the landing of troops to over
throw the Government by virtue of their
force was lot an act of wax.
Hoar replied that there was no pretense
that there was any force or war. Troops
Ia pdah ndo oil tboA
were to be used 10 protect the lives and
property of American citizens.
Villas said Hoar was begging the uues-
tion and Hoar continued. saying the Queen
yielded to armed insurrection and not to
American troops.
What information has the gentleman
from Massachusetts" asked Gray. ''that
there was an armed insurrection on the
18th of January?"
"The statements OF Stevens and of the
Provisional Government" replied Hoar.
There is not bit of evidence of that"
declared Gray.
Il think there is" asserted Hoar. after
the President had sent the letter addressed
to My great and good brother, President
DOLE il would be an act of infamy to
overt brow Dole. only excelled by the act
OF Joab when he stabbed his neighbor
under the fifth rib and then asked, Art
thou in good health. my brother p"
[Laughter.1
Villas protested that this was not the
question, and Hoar replied that the whole
argument of the Senator from Wisconsin
and the Senator from Texas was one that
would require the United States to give
back Texas to Mexico to-day.
"We never got Texas from Mexico" said
Mills. "Texas came into the Union VOL
UNFAIRLY"
Without going into the question of the
character Of the instructions given by the
President to Minister Willis, Villas de-
clared that what the President had in
structed the Minister to do he had ample
authority TO do.
''How do you know ?" came from half a
dozen Senators at once.
Villas moved that the resolution be re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions.
Hill said he did not propose to cross the
Hawaiian bridge until lie reached it. nor
did he intend to discuss the wisdom of the
original procedure. or of what had been
done recently by the present administra-
Senator from Massachusetts stated, but he
did agree with him that this was a simple
resolution asking for information from
the Executive Department of the Govern
ment in reference to most important mat
ter. information which he thought the
American people wanted to obtain from
the message and were disappointed when
II was not given to them.
1t had been said, continued Hill. tina,
instructions had been given; he did not
say so. however, and he hoped it was not
true, from which it was IN ferred that foree
might be used to restore the previouslv |
existing status. That brought up the |
question of whether the administration
bad power, without the consent of Con.
gress. to use the army or navy to restore a |
previously existing condition of affairs. |
even conceding that the present Govern. |
ment had been planted by fraud. or even
by force. There were three departments |
OF this Government. and the Executive
Department was but one of them. There |
were reasons why this information should |