Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-05
HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
They Occupy Much Attention in the
Senate Today.
MIR. DOLPH SPEAKS ON THE SUBJECT.
The Presidents Position Sharply
Criticised by Him.
THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT.

| There was heavy snow storm prevailing
when the Senate met at noon today. The
attendance of Senators was much below
what would constitute q quorum. Mr..
Washburn fMinn). who was recorded yes
| terday among the absentees, was present
| today.
The Vice President laid before the Senate
| a communication from Gov. Altgeld inviting
the cooperation Of the Senate in the GER
| emony to take place tomorrow for the plac-
ing in Statusry Hall Of the bronze statue of
| Gen. James Shield. contributed by the state
Of Illinois, and Mr.. Cullom Qll) gave notice
that he would tomorrow offer a resolution
on the subject
To Investigate the Pension Bureau.
Mr.. Sherman (Ohio) presented large
number Of petitions from soldiers of the late
war, without regard to party. praying for
| an investigation into the pension bureau.
Among the petitions presented and re-
| ferred were some from the state of Oregon
| for the maintenance of the present duty on
| prunes, and Mr.. Dolph gave notice that he
| would address the Senate on tha subject,
and on the tariff generally, next week.
| Hawaiian Information Wanted.
| Mr.. Hoar (Mass) offered resolution re-
questing the President $50 far as may not be
| Incompatible with the public interests) to
communicate to the Senate copies of all in
| structions which may have been given to
any representative Of the United States, or
any naval officer thereof since the 4th of
M0ch, 1881, in regard to the preservation
of public order in Hawaii. or the protection
of the lives and property of American cit
| izens, or the recognition or support of any
government thereof.
| Mr.. Sherman (Ohio) said that while he
was in favor of the resolution. he thought
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the chairman of the committee on foreign
| relations (Mr. Morgan, Ala.), and 1t was
allowed to lie over for the present.
Mr.. DOlph on Hawaii.
Mr.. Dolph (Ore) rose and addressed
the Senate on the subject of Hawaii He
| expressed his surprise at the portion of
the Presidents message, read yesterday
referring to it. Notwithstanding the re-
| port Of the Secretary Of State to the Presi-
| dent, and notwithstanding the newspaper
| reports as to the purpose of the admins
| tration. he had not conceived 1t possible
| that the administration would determine on
the forcible overthrow of the existing gov
ernment in Hawaii and on the establish
ment Of a native monarchy. He had be-
| lieved that even IL such had been the pur-
pose OF the administration the expression
| Of public opinion by the newspaper press
almost unanimous against such a course.
would have changed its purpose and have
|
ttons to the present minister to Hawaii.
Exception to Mr. Blount's Report.
Mr.. Dolph quoted a paragraph from the
Presidents message, and took exception to
| the assertion that Mr.. Blount's report
| showed. beyond all question. that the con-
| stitutional government of Hawaii had been
| subverted with the active aid Of the Amer
| lean minister and by the presence of an
| armed force of the United States landed for
| that purpose. The message placed the re-
| port of the personal representative of the
President-acting under secret instructions
and conducting eX parte examinat ton
entitled to more credence than the Off
| cial report of the former minister to Ha-
waii, the reports of naval officers and of
| the representatives of the Hawaiian gov
ernment and the information received from
| the Christian and intelligent people of Ha-
| waii since the revolution. 1t would have
| been more satisfactory to him (Mr. Dolph)
and to the country IL the President had
| been little more explicit to how it
| was proposed to undo the alleged wrong
and as to how the administration was to
proceed to restore the status existing at
| the time of the alleged forcible interven-
| ton.
More Than Moral Suasion.
He thought that he was warranted by the
| Presidents message in assuming that some
| thing more than moral suasion was to be
| used to change the government of Hawaii
He considered the utterances of the Pres
| ident as most remarkable, in view of the
| facts. A disspated and corrupt native
queen had been deposed and a provisional
government established which represented
| the intelligence, the wealth, the business in
terests and the educational, moral and
Christian elements of the islands; and IL
the policy of the administration should re-
suit in restoring the queen a greater crime
against civilization could not be committed
AS to the course Of the administration,
there was room for a wide difference of
opinion as to how far 1t had been caused by
| desire of the present administration to
| dscredit the action and policy of it's pre-
decessor. The prompt withdrawal of the
| treaty from the Senate, the sending of
personal representative to Hawaii under
| secret Instructions, the secrecy under which
| the whole proceeding had been conducted,
all gave color to the idea that the purpose
of the administration had been early form
| ed, and that all which had been since done
had been done for the purpose of preparing
| for the announcement Of the policy of the
administration.
As to Annexation.
In the course Of the speech Mr. Vest
(Mo) asked Mr. Dolph whether he was
arguing in favor OF the policy of securing
the Hawaiian Islands and holding them as
! a colony under what was known as the
continental system of Europe.
Il will come to that directly" said Mr.
| Dolph. Il am in favor of the annexation
of the islands. 1 am In favor OF giving
them a suitable government and exercising
control over them. Forcibe Intervention
| to restore the native government would be
| so fragrant a violation of the principles of
! International law and justice that foreign
| governments would be justified in interfer-
| ing for the preservation of the existing
government and for the protection of per
| sonal and property rights. The United
States sfr-fld lot be permitted to act the
| dog in the manger;' and # we will not in
| terfere TO give the Hawaiian Islands a good
government and to protect American in
| terests there we should get out of the way
and leave the intelligent people of the
| islands to apply elsewhere for projection
| The moral sentiment of the world will ius-
| tify the United States in asserting a bet
| ter right to the annexation of the islands
| or to A protection over them than any
| other. foreign government has. and even
| in interfering on q proper occa sion, to give
| the islands good government.
The Present Government.
| Mr.. Gray Del)-Does the Senator from
| Oregon infer that the present government
of Hawaii Is a republic?
Mr.. Dolph-It comes near being a re-
public anything else.
Mr.. Gray-How near?
| Mr.. Dolph-It is a government established
by the people. 1t is not a monarchy, that