Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-12-12

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VANCOUVER. B. c., Dec. 12.-The Aus
trian steamer Arawa arrived at Victoria
at a. m. today. She brings the follow
ing news: Queen Lilioukalani has not
been restored, and there has been no
trouble in Honolulu. The steam
ship Arawa, which rounded Race
Rock at 7 O'Clock this merning
and was tied up at Victoria two
hours later, left Honolulu Monday,
December 4, and was a fraction over
seven days making the run. From the
arrival Of the last reports there have
been but two things of a significant
nature. The anncxationists held mass
meeting on Saturday, November rs, and
adopted resolutions in effect appealing to
Congress over the address of Presi
dent Cleveland, Secretary Gresham and
Mr.. Blount. Four davs preceding the
sailing of the Arawa, the troops of the
provisional government were busy forti-
tring and barricading the government
house, or the castle as it was formerly
called. AS the Arawa SAILED from the
harbor troops could be seen on the deck
of a steamer busily engaged in heaping
up brcaStws rkS.'
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-The House
committee on foreign affairs today or
dered favorable report on the resolu-
tions introduced bv MIR. Hit of Illinois,
calling on the President for correspon-
dence in the Hawaiian matter, including
the in tructions given Minister Willis.
The original resolutions were amended
so as to have the data called for include
the correspondence between Minister
Stevens and the former administration.
In the Senate yesterday Mr. Hoar
introduced a resolution asking by
what authority missioner Blount
had been appointed, and then pro-
ceedeu to comment upon the fact that
the Information which had been given to
the Senate under the seal of confidence
had been supplied by the State depart
ment to representatives of four news
papers that were known to be jealous,
thorOughgOlng, almost unScrupulouS
supporters of the administra ton. The
appointment of the commissioner as
paramount" authority representative
of the United States in those islands,
Hoar regarded as being as gross viola
tion of the constitution of the United
States was ever charged upon or i'm
puted to any public official
Hoar, in the course of his speech said
that he wanted the matter to be sepa-
rated from all questions of annexation
or protectorate and that. it it were true
that the President of the United States,
the Senate being in session, authorized
an officer to exercise paramount diplo-
matte authority, and to withdraw, at
his discretion, or land forces of the
United States, he was standing on very
slippery ground and had better step onto
terra firma rapidly and at once. And il
such official entered that duty and es
tablished correspondence with private
persons about public affairs of the govern
ment to which he was commissioned,
and it his conduct was approved by the
President, and the President made him
self an accomplice after the fact, he, the
President, was standing on ice not only
very slippery but very thin.
Mr. Gray replied briefly to what he
called Hoar's "scolding" and the resolu-
tion went over.