The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-07

fered yesterday by Mr.. Hoar tRep.. Mass re.
uueetinR the President to communicate copies
Of all Instructions given to any Representative
or naval offlcer o. the United States since
March 4. 1881. in regard to the preservation
Of public order In Hawaii. or tho protection Of
lives and property Of American cltlzens. or the
recognition or support OF any Government
thereof was laid before the Senate to-day by
the Wee Pr esident
Mr.. boar said that the resolution was one
merely asking for Information, AMI was such
IS the Senate generally adopted without dues-
tion or delay. There could be no question
that the present Govern m ent Of Hawaii the
Government in power there at the last advicesl
was q friendly Government 1t had estab-
lished itself without violence after an attempt
on the part OF the Queen to commit an act OF
revolution and usurphtion. u covered three
Administrations. and he hoped and believed
that the instructionsswould show q settled
and consistent policy down TO very
recent time. But II the Presidents mes
sage meant anything. It meant that the
Executive OF the United States was med
ttating and considering tho question
whether he should by his own executive
authority. commit an act OF war against a
friendly power. To undertake on any pretenCe
whatever. or for any reason whatever. to enter
that kingdom or republic. or however It might
be defined and described. and to overthrow its
existing Government was an act Of war; and
none the less so because 1t was an act against
q feeble and small Government Tho sugges-
tion that tho United States might have acted
with undue haste in the recognition OF the
Government. or that IL might have violated in
tern ational law by taking part In the revolution
which established II, would not bear exam
ination for q moment. The matter OF the estab-
hshment Of the existing Government In Hawaii
was q fact and not n question OF right or
wrong. There was scarcely Government on
the American continent that did not owe Its
existence to a revolution. International law
recognized only de facto Governmental. aud
could In the nature of things recognize only
de facto Governments. II what the President
said In his message were true. and II there had
been some wrongful action on the part OF the
merioan Minister under tho last Admiuistra-
tion, that would not Justify the President
in overthrowlnR tho esta blished Government.
He thought 1t manifest that the transaction
was one which the Senate and the people were
entitled to understand. and were entitled to
understand without delay. II the thing Ind
not been done yet. he wanted that the swift
and indignant remembrance OF the American
people should make itself !elt, and should be
might seem to be.
Referring to the mission OF Mr.. Blount. Mr..
Hoar expressed a curiosity to hear from any
defender OF the Administration on what prece-
dent the President rolled for that most ex-
traordinary and most secret proceeding. lie
(Mr. Hoar) did not want to be understood as
expressing an opinion "a to the policy Of an
pexinE the Hawaiian Islands, or as entering at
all into that discussion. All such questions
were foreign to the present occasion. 1t
seemed to him that the President was adopt
tY,0 nd inf ha buh of nd
ing. rather extraordinary language In
dealing with other branches OF the
Government. In his last mes sage he had said
Tin regard to civil sorvlcel that Congress had
passed the Civil Service law not because it IA:
popular opinion lie Mr.. Hoarl should like to
be at liberty TO relate to the President some
in his part Of tho country men who we're quite
as honest quite as distinguished. and quite
tion. however iilustrious.
Mr. hlIlls Dem; Tex opposed the resolu.
Of Smelling the woods, before he obtaiaSG
the inform alton which his resolution calod
tating an act OF war. He Mir Mills denied
the statement and asserted that the Execu-
tive had respectfully submitted tho question
TO Congress- and had given Congress the infor-
nation at his disposal. such ash thought IL
tss ssr hsd benn seT %h
IN the limits OF Executive authority. 1t made
no difference that the Government which had
tribute should be paid to him. 1t was not
question Of the morality OF the Queen, and of
whether her character was such as Caesar
would have had hi h' wife DOssess The only
eminent OF Hawaii \" lit did. then il was tie
duty o. the f.ssident q the United state.
make prompt restitution and 10 reinstate the
Goyernment which Il had overthrow.
ing hour expired " I. NJ. hut. on motion Of Mr..
Hoar, he was permitted to proceed with his
the overthrow OF the Hawaiian Government
theAmerican republic. a power able to cone with
ell s1 sRosd lips and T the
palace Of a poor half savage. half civilized
3SssPP Why Why: hs asked. hal all this been
been constantly Informing the Governmsnt
about the deslrahility Of the Hawaiian Islands
ton? II reminded him OF that incident in
Roman history when Cato, who had been to
thagenIan hgs and laid them on tho table be-
fore the Roman Senate. saying: This splen-
fid gTSTs within three re- DAYS sal from
fall because she produced fine figs which the
Romans wanted So the Hawaiian Islands
sugar planters OF Hawaii wanted to obtain the
bounty on sugar, TO be paid to them out OF the
Nj. FRYE hep, Me- reminded Mr.. Mills that
the representatives OF Hawaii wore entirely
willing 10 nave inserted IN tne treaty lsO-
vision that no bounty should be paid on Aa-
WAliAn sugar.
Mr.. Mills replied that no such provision had
been inserted In the treaty, The American
Minister. Mr.. Stevens, had acted in the spirit
OF q pirate and buceAnesr aud II would be-
creditable to the people and Government OF
the United states 10 render Justice TO that
poor. weak. and feeble people. II was not in
the Presidents power. Mr.. Mills said, 10 wage
war against Hawaii. and he had not claimed
that Ii WAS within his power. But whatever
power the President had in his hands he had
exercised. lie had SAID that tho Government
had been overthTown by tho forces OF the
United states and he had tax en- down tho flag
and brought II where II belOnged-to the deck
Of au, American yessol; aud he had re-
moved the marines to their PAGES on
board OF their ships. Ha Had said
that the Queen was the rlghtful so' sroisn OF
Hawaii and that she had bsen Illegally de-
posed, not oY her reople not by revolution,
but BY an armed power welded AT the Instance
Of the accredited lster OF the nited stGtos
That was all that the President could DO: and
IN doing Il he TohecIe't Mr.. Mills did not doubt
the ointment Of a.! honorable people % tho
I 1ited states. The absorption o: thesa islaads Z
~ the United States was germans 2Ply qLes' /
lon OF time: but II that was 10 come TO pass.
he hoped IL would he done deeently and in or
der II the people Of the United states had
been gneaTa IN the daalarHti0r n tbR riuht ~