The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-07

TO deal with the TACT ana 10 KNOW WHAT
they were about. He desired that every
thing asked for In the resolution fand
much more besidcs) should be furnished.
so as to enable the discussion 10 be con-
Quoted on intelligent basis But
| there were reasons, he thought. why the
resolution ought not TO be adopted AZ
the present moment The President, IN
| his annual message. had MADE pfIei
statement OF HIS general position in re-
lation 20 Hawaiian affairs. and nad hain
that additional advices were soon eNpecteu'
and would be promptly sent 10 Congress-
In view OF that complete and ample prof.
fer OF information, IL would be ihoIc
dlgniAed course for the Senate 10 pursue
20 defer making "A request OF the fresius"''
However. again speaking, ne salu 'hal
even N six months or q year ago some
official OF the United States had, in viola
tion of the right and Of international law,
done something by which the govern
ment OF Hawaii had been overthrown
and a new government established, he
would not concede that II would be the
duty Of the United States six months
afterwards to overthrow the existing con-
dition OF things, because that argument
would require the restoration Of Texas
20 Mexico.
Mr.. Mills reminded Mr.. Hoar that the
United States had not acquired Texas
from Mexico. Texas had come into the
Union voluntarily.
Mr.. Villas asserted. that for what the
President had done. and for what he had
instructed his minister TO do. he had am
pie and complete and perfect authority.
Nh. bi1 Agrees Wu Hoar.
Mr. Hill said that he did not propose
to cross the Hawaiian bridge until he got
to IL; he did not propose TO discuss the
wisdom Of the original procedure or the
wisdom OF what had been recently done
by the present administration lie did
not understand that these questions were
! involved In the resolution He seldom
| agreed with the senator from Massachu-
! sets HOar. but he did agree with him
| in this particular, that the resolution
was an ordinary and simple one asking
/ for information from department of the
| government In relation TO a most inn
| portant matter II was information for
| which the American people had looked IN
| the Presidents message and which they
| had been disappointed In not finding there
| When senators ascertained what instruc-
| tons had been given and understood what
| the true situation was, they could deter
| mine what they ought TO do He did not
| consider that the adoption Of the resolu-
| ton in the absence of the chairman Of
| the Committee on Foreign Relations
| would be any disrespect 20 that senator
| (MOrgan). What the Senate might see
| fit TO do when the information was fur
| nished was another and a different sub
| 1ect altogether. The suggestion that the
| resolution should not be acted en- In the
| absence Of the senator from Alabama was
| simply for the sake Of delay. and in order
that Congress might be powerless TO take
| proper action In a certain event. He had
| no reflection TO cast on the preceding adj
| miniStration or on the present admins
| tration. He had no unkind word to say
! i'm relation to the action of the previous
minister TO Hawaii or Of the present
minister II had been publicly limited that
| instructions had been given 80 upset the
| provisional government. by force. If neces-
| sarv.
| That would bring UP the question as
| to whether the President had the right.
! by the use Of the army or navy. and
| without the consent Of Congress. to re-
| store the previously existing status
even conceding that the former govern
ment Of Hawaii had been overthrow by
/ fraud or force The information asked
| for i'm the resolution was asked because
| the Senate was entitled to il. The resO-
| luton was respectfully worded The in
! formation was asked only so far as
| it was. i'm the Presidents opinion. con-
sistent with the public interests TO fur
nish it. He knew that that was the
| usual form but ne did not see why
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| single moment.
What harm was to be done if the people
could know precisely what was now
| going ON i'm the Hawaiian Islands? No
| good reason had been presented, or could
| be presented. why the President should
not promptly comply with che resolution.
There are reasons why the Information
should be given here and now Perhaps
at this very moment, at this very hour,
the navy Of the United States co-opera-
ting with the United States Minister,
might be seeking 10 destroy the prOvis-
ional government by force. lie did not
desire 20 intimate that the instructions
given TO the United States Minister at
Hawaii whatever they were) were inn
proper, because ne did not know what
they were. Some might say that the
President had done right. and some might
say that the President had done wrong,
bat no senator knew what the President
had done. and the resolution Isimpy
called upon him TO inform the Senate on
the subject Were the instructions, Mr..
Hin said that the minister should nego-
tiate for the destruction of the provisional
government by intrigue, by some arrange
ments. or were they that he should re-
store the pre-existing status 10y putting
the Queen back? He concluded by de-
carng that on principle there was no
objection TO the resolution.
Mr.. Sherman favored the passage Of the
resolution. He did not wish 10 discuss
the Hawaiian question, but he desired TO
say that If il was the purpose Of the
President. by the use Of military force.
to restore the Queen i'm Hawaii, IL would
be a fatal act Of public poliCy, great
injustice To the people of the United
States, and almost an insult TO the Con-
grcss of the United States.
HIN and Gray Have - Tiit
MIR Gray agreed with Mr. Sherman. that
there WAS no objection to the adoption Of
! the resolution. lie thought that it was a
proper one, although i'm view Of the Pres
dents Promise TO supply all the informa-
ton promptly, there was no urgency nor
eXigency for the adoption of the resolution.
lie did not sympathize with the exceeding
haste and zeal of the senator from New
ORR CiiD, who was so anxious TO throw
the resolution at the President that he
wanted even 10 take it out Of the ordinary
conventional language of all such resom-
tons las TO compatibility with public in
teresO.
Mr. Hill remarked that he had expressly
stated that he knew that TO be the reell-
lar form, but that il was simply I'M
necessary. He saw no reason why the
Information should be withheld.
Mr. Gray said that he had hoped that
the remark Of the senator from New
YORK had been made in ignorance. but
now 1t appeared that il had not been
MT hlH. The ignorance seems 10 be on