The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-06
HOW ABOUT HAWAII?
The Question Promptly Asked When
the Senate Met Yesterday.
SENATOR DOLPH ON CLEVELAND'S
REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE.

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pected the administrators remarka BILE
course regarding Hawaii has been
promptly taken up by members of Con-
gress. In the Senate today Mr.. Dolph of
Oregon spoke upon that part of the
Presidents message relating to Hawaii.
He took exceptions to the assertion that
Mr.. Blount's report showed beyond all
question that the constitutional Hawaiian
government was subverted with the
advice of the American minister and
by the presence of an armed force of the
United States landed for that purpose.
The message placed the report of per-
sonal agent of the President, acting un-
der secret instructions and conducting an
ex-parte examination, as entitled to
more credence than the official report of
former minister to Hawaii, the reports
of naval officers and representatives of
the Hawaiian government and the infor-
nation received from Christian and in
telligent people of Hawaii since the
revolution. He thought he was warranted
by the Presidents message in assuming
that something more than moral suasion
would be used to change the government
OF Hawaii. He considered the utterance
of the President most remarkable in view
of the facts. If the policy of the admin
istration should result in restoring the
Queen, a greater crime against civiliza-
tion could not be committed. Mr.. DoIph
said: Il am in favor of annexing the
islands; | am in favor of giving them a
suita BILE government and exercising con-
troll over Them Forcible intervention to
restore the native government would be
so fragrant violation of the principles of
international law and justice, that
foreign governments would be justified
in interfering for the preservation of the
existing government and for the protec-
tion of personal and property rights. If
we will not interfere to give the
Hawaiian islands good government and
protect American interests there, we
should get out of the way and leave the
intelligent people OF the Islands to apply
elsewhere for protection. The moral SEN
timept of the world will justify the
United States in asserting better right
to the annexation of the islands or pro-
tectorate over them than any other
foreign government has and even in in
terfering, on proper occasion, to give the
island good government" Mr.. Dolph
criticized the administration and said
this was not the first time Mr.. Cleve-
lands foreign policy against the extension
of American influence had been shown.
In the first administration he had with.
drawn from the Senate the Nicaragua
treaty which would have secured to the
United States control of the Nicaragua
canal.
The House joint resolution, appropri-
ating $5O,O for the salaries and ex
| penses of additional deputy collectors OF
| internal revenue to carry out the pro-
visions of the Chinese exclusion act as te
the registering of Chinese laborers, was
reported from the committee on appropri-
ations and passed.
The Senate adjourned.