The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-06
THE HAWAII MATTER.
HOar Is Seeking for Further Light
on 1t.


Washington, Dec. 5.-The Senate
opened with a light attendance in the
galleries and on the floor.
The vice-president laid before the
Senate a communication from Cover
nor Altgeld, of Illinois. announcing
that the statue erected by the state
in the statuary hall of the national
capitol t eneral Shields will be un-
yelled morn W afternoon and invit.
ing II friendly cO-opera ton of the
Senatf
Gull m gave notice that he would
tomoTl 9w introduce a resolution bear
ing On the subject.
Dolph pfesea Ged the petition OF the
Oregon Horticultural society favoring
the maintenance Of the present duty
on prunes
The House joint resolution appro-
priating $4,000 for the payment of the
salaries and expenses of additional
deputy collectors of internal revenue
to carry out the Chinese exclusion act
was reported from the committee on
appropriations and passed.
After the morning hour in the Senate
Hoar offered a resolution Gor which
he asked present consideration, re-
questing the president, as far as in
his opinion it shall not be inconsistent
with public interest to communicate
TO the Senate copies of all instructions
which may have been given to any
representative of the United States or
any naval officer since March 4, 1891,
in reference to the preservation of
public order in Hawaii or the protec-
ton Of lives and property of American
citizens, or the recognition or support
Of any government there.
Sherman, while expressing himself
as in favor of the resolution, thought
in the absence of the chairman of the
cosnmittee on foreign relations, nothing
should be done but to refer the resolu-
ton to that committee.
After some further debate the reso-
luton was laid over.
Dolph then proceeded to address the
Senate on the part of the presidents
message relating TO Hawaii. He began
by expressing his surprise at the utter
ance Of the president in his message
Dolph said he could not conceive it
possible that the administration had
determined upon a forcible overthrow
Of the existing government and the
restoration Of the corrupt and licen-
tious queen If such had been the in
tention Of the administration, the ex-
preston by the press of the country
OF the almost unanimous public opinion.
against such course, he believed.
would have changed the purpose of
the administration and have caused
the president to modify his instruc-
tons to the American minister to Ha-
wall. Dolph read part of the reference
of the president in his message to
Hawaii. and asked whether the re-
port Of the personal representative of
the president, acting under secret in
structions and conducting an ex parte
examination, was entitled TO more. ere
dence than the official report of the
former American minister to Hawaii.
and OF the American naval officers and
the representatives of the Hawaiian
government to this country, and the
information received from christian
and intelligent persons of Hawaii since
the revolution.
It would have been more satisfactory
to him and the country had the presi-
dent been more explicit as to how il
was proposed to undo the alleged
wrong, and how the administration
was 10 proceed to restore the stains
existing at the time of the last forcibIe
intervention 1t would have been more
satisfactory if the president had given
TO the Senate the instructions to the
american minister TO Hawaii, so that
the Senate and House might know
what was proposed by the government
A remark by CullOm as to whether
the president had the constitutional
power to restore the queen forcibly, led
the question there would be wide
difference of opinion between the presi-
dent and himself, and still he was war-