The record-union., 1893-12-23
THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.
No News From Minister Willis by tho
Steamer Mariposa.


No News From Minister willis by tho
Steamer Mariposa.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.--Nothing has
been received at the State Department
from Minister Willis by the steamer
Mariposa. 1t is supposed at the depart
ment that the revenue cutter Corwin is
on her way back from Honolulu. and it
is expected will bring a reply from Min
lister Willis to the instructions sent by
the Corwin.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
lations will Immediately begin the work
of investigating the irregularity in the
diplomatic relations between this coun-
try and the Hawaiian Government, as
authorized by the resolution OF Senator
Morgan. There are several residents OF
Hawaii now in this city, and the purpose
of the committee is to secure testimony
as soon as possible and before they leave
here. Consequently, the committee will
sit during the holidays, probably Begin
ming next Tuesday or Wednesday.
HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The resolutions
reported to the House by Chairman Nc
Creary as a substitute for those intro
duced by Messrs. Hit and Boutelle, with
relation to the Hawaiian matter, are re-
garded as liable to devolve pretty heavy
| responsibility upon Democrats, if
adopted, and to raise an issue before the
| country which it would be wise to avoid
| The opinion is widely expressed that if
possible McCreary's resolutions will
| place the Democrats in q worse condition
| than they occupied before. In the first
place it is regarded as absurd, not men
tioning the unfairness of the thing, for
the House to be thus called upon TO give
verdict in a case where part of the
testimony has, coniessedly, been with
held by the Executive, even If the testi-
mony submitted were not One-sided and
partial in the extreme. It would be q
curious thing, 1t is suggested, for the
House to give an official expression, such
as McCreary proposes, while not all the
facts are known.
The opinion is expressed that the best
they could do would be TO go thaough the
form of looking into the question little
before giving their verdict.
A good many Democrats think it would
be wiser TO ignore the matter altogether
than pass resolutions cenSuring the ac-
ton of the Harrison Administration,
while ignoring Cleveland. 1t is probable
that some Democrat viii move to amend
the resolutions when the matter comes
up, so as to provide for an investigation
of the whole question by joint commit
tee OF the two houses, composed of two
Senators, one OF whom shall be a Repub-
lican, and three members OF the House
one of whom shall be a Republican.
Aside from the criticism as to the man
ner of reporting the resolution and tho
object of the resolution itself To attack the
Harrison Administration or leave Cleve-
land out, McCreary is censured for in
! Guiding Commodore Wiltse in his
expressions of condemnation. The uni
versal sentiment seems to be that there is
no possible excuse for censuriug Com
modore Wiltse for carrying out orders
issued to him on legal authority, and it
seems like digging into a mans grave
with pure yindictiyen ess.
An Aged Couple Clubbed to Death.
CINcINNATI, Dec. 22.-Near Winchester,
Ohio the dead bodies of L. p Ryan and
wife, aged 81 and 78, were found at their
home. The wounds on the body showed
that they had been dubbed to death
Roscoe Parker (colored) was arrested Oh
suspicion. He confessed, duplicating his
halt-brother, Sam Johnson. Parker WAS
hurried to Jail to avoid the vengeance OF g
mob. Johnson was left at large on ac-
count of lack of faith in the truth of that
part of Parker's story duplicating him.
Election Frauds IN New York.
New York, Dec. 22.-It is officially an
nounced that the Grand Jury has turned
in a large batch of indictments for cleo
ton frauds. 1t is understood many are
against prominent local politicians. a
number of bench warrants have been
issued and many prominent arrests are
looked for.