The Helena independent., 1893-12-14
The Senator From the Pine Woods
Takes Us All Into His Con-
fidencs.
He Found Out ALI About a Con-
spiracy to Blacksn Stevens
Character.
Thanks the Lord No Man From the Maine
Timbsrs Ever Hauled Down an
AmeFlcan Flag.

Ouefeu monday Dy k1O1Es ChlllDQ on tho
president for further information ON the
Hawaiian matter. Frye. OF Maine. sd-
dressed the senate. He turned to the
Biount report. He did not know how far
the report was bsfoSs the senate. but it Was
before the country and also the house
of representatives. In it, entirety. There
was. therefore. ne tndsliosey In referring to
IL, ~ II wss public property. "NowI wish
to say" said Frye. with great gravity and
much emphssis. "in relation to that report.
that in my Judgment II 10 the most danger
Gus report on which any United States SON
ator can afford 70 make any serious attack
upon the character OF any private ci9izen OF
the United States.
Il affirm" continued FRYE. "that Blount.
in his report. has NOT written one single
unvasnishsd line Of truth, nor given one
unprsjudicsd opinion. nor rendered one
impartial Judgment"
Frye said he assumed that this was an
attack ON Stevens. That he had dishon-
orsd the flag. that he had committed an
act Of piracy. Il thank heaven that NO
eitizsn Of Maine ordered the flag hauled
down, and compliment the admiral who
says: In ohcdience to the orders of Com
missioner Blount.' have NO doubt" said
Frye, sit may become necessary to break
Stevens down. have had reliable infoY-
nation since came In tho senate this
morning which says the purpose of the ad-
ministration IL to Be tho charge that Ste.
vens was party to corruption. employed
to brsak down tbs queens government and
establish the revolutionary government"
Gray requested FIys's authority for such
statement, but the latter said he was not at
liberty to give IL.
Vest disclaimed speaking ~ tho advocate
o. special defender of tho administration,
American citizen. He referred to Stevens
40 one who believed ''the earth belonged to
the saints, and We are tho seints." Laugh
ter. Stevens and the Americans in Ha-
waii had christiapized the natives, and
under the name OF God had taken posses
sion of their land and divided it among
themselves. Ho warmly defended Blount.
saying pursr man publicly and privately
had -hsvsf appeared in the arena Of Amer
foam politics.
The crime committed by tho president.
for which i'm mpeachment IL threatened. was
that he did not favor the annexation OF the
islands. II that was a crime, Vest himself
the Americans. Vest attacked annexation
as opposed to the traditional policy OF
Washington, Jefferson. Jackson. Buchanan,
and now Cleveland. He said:
''As understand this condition Of affairs
in Hawaii the provisional government ii
tho de faoto government. 1t is to- day the
de facto government. and any assault upon
it by an armed force on the part of the
United States or any other country must be
An act of war, which alone can be brought
about by action of congress-. ! do not un-
derstand that Gresham meant that armed
force would be employed" Coming to the
instructions to Willis. Vest said: ''If il
should turn out that those Instruction.
vere to restore tho queen by armed force
no one will deprecate it and none resist the
doctrine to any extremity moro than my
self. l repeat, it would be an act of war
of state and president Of the United States
should have como to the conclusion that,
without she action of congress-. they could dc
any suoh thing. But AZ l understand the
position of the administration now, as given
in the instructions to Blount. it is simply O
repetition and affirmation OF the time
honored doctrine of our country in everv
administration, the abstinence Of United
States authority ON the Hawaiian
islands, except 80 far a. il was necessary ia
protect, under international Law. the prop
erty and persons of American citizeni
isgitimately residing there. should lsav.
the opposing factions to settls the question
of sovereignty for themselves"
Hoar discussed the p-ecedsnts TO
Blount's appointment. and said only few
of them. not moro than thirty At most
applied to the oass. Tho resolution wa
then referred to the committee on foreign
| affairs.