The record-union., 1893-12-06
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
The Hawaiian Question Discussed in
the Senate.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The Senate
opened with light attendance in the gal
leries and on the floor.
The Vice President laid before the Sem
ate a communication from Governor Alt
geld OF Illinois announcing that the
statue erected by the State in Statuary
Hall Of the National Capitol to General
James Shields will be unveiled to-mor
row afternoon and inviting the friendly
cooperation Of the Senate. Senator Gull
| lom gave notice that he would Tomorrow
introduce a resolution bearing on the
subject.
Dolph presented the petition of the Or
egon Horticultural Society, favoring the
maintenance OF the present duty on
| prunes.
Hoar offered resolution. for which he
asked present consideration, requesting
the President, as far as in his opinion it
shall not be inconsistent with the public
| interest, to communicate to the Senate
! copies of ali instructions which may have
! been given to any representative OF the
! / nited States or any naval Oi1lcer since
March 4, 1891, in reference to the preser-
WALTON OF public order in Hawaii or the
protection OF lives and property of Amer
can citizens Cr the recognition or the sup
port OF any Government there.
sherman, while expressing himself as
in favor OF the resolution, thought in the
absence Of the Chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations nothing should
be done but to refer the resolution to that
committee.
After some further debate the resolu-
ton was laid over.
Dolph then proceeded to address the
! Senate on that part of the Presidents
message relating to Hawaii. He began
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! ance OF the President in his message.
| Dolph said he could not conceive it pos
sible that the Administration had deter
mined upon the forcible overthrow of the
| existing Government and the restoration
of the corrupt and licentious Queen. If
such had been the intention of the Adj
ministratiOn, the expression by the press
of the country of almost unanimous pub
| lie opinion against such a course he be-
| lieved would have changed the purpose
of the Administration and have caused
the President to modify his instructions
to the American Minister to Hawaii.
| Dolph read part of the reference of the
| President i'll his message to Hawaii, and
| asked whether the report OF the personal
! representative OF the President, acting
| under secret instructions and conducting
an ex parte examination, was entitled to
more credence than the official report Of
| the former American Minister to Hawaii
and of American naval officers and rep
| resentatiVes of the Hawaiian Government
to this country, and OF information re-
! ceiYed from Christian and Intelligent
! persons OF Hawaii since the revolution?
/ 1t would have been more satisfactory
to him and to the country had the Presi-
dent been more explicit as to how it was
| proposed under the alleged wrong, and
how the Administration was to proceed
! to restore the status existing at the time
/ of the last forciDle intervention. 1t would
| have been more satisfactory if the Presi-
dent had given to the Senate the instruc-
| tions of the present American Minister to
! Hawaii, so that the Senate and House
might know what was proposed by the
! Government.
! A remark by McCullom, as to whether
the President had constitutional power
! to restore the Queen fOrciDly, led Dolph
to say rather earnestly that on that ques-
! ton there would be a wise difference of
| opinion between the President and him
/ self. and still he was warranted in as
Stunning that something more than moral
suasion was to be exercised to change the
/ Government of Hawaii.
Dolph was asked by Vest whether he
was arguing in favor of policy on the
part of the Government of securing the
Hawaiian Islands and holding them as
/ colony under what is known in Europe
as the continental system,
Dolph replied that he favored the an
nexation of The islands, the giving to
them of suitable government, and the
exercising of control over them. The
most the United States could do if it did
not care to annex the islands, was to
withdraw the support OF the Provisional
/ Government and allow it to take its own
course.
| Gray inquired whether the present Ha-
/ Waiian Government was a republic.
"It comes as near to that as anything
! else" replied DolDh.
sHow near does it come to it?" asked
Gray.
! piled Dolph. 1T is government estab-
| lished by the people. 1t is not mon
archy, that is certain"
1t is not republic, that is CERTAIN"
said Mr.. Gray.
White asked by how many people the
present Government was established.
''As many as ever established any Gov
ernment there" replied Dolph. Dolph
! referred to the fact that nothing was made
| public in the direction of the intention of
the Administration until Congress had
adjourned, when there could be no Con-
! gresSional interference. The report of
/ Blount, said Dolph, read more like the
plea of jealous lawyer for his side of the
controversy than like an unpreiudiced
/ at2U k1oA OCOAokOh VI q d 6T-
! sonally, he would sooner take the state
ment OF ex-Minister Stevens, the state
ment of Mr.. Thurston, and the statement
OF honorable men who were engaged in
/ the rebellion, testimony that had come
from the enlightened portion of the Ha-
waiian community, than to take the one
sided, colored report of Blount, and the
statements presented in regard to affairs
/ in Hawaii.
| The House Joint resolutions appropriat-