Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-14

| investigation of the facts and a report
made to the Senate. he expressed the
hope that the Committee on Foreign
Relations would make such investlga-
ton. Mr.. Frye then turned to
THE BLoUNT REPORT.
"Now, l wish to say" said Mr.. Frye
with great gravity and much emphasis,
'fn relation TO that report, that in my
| judgment, it is most dangerous report
on which any United States Senator eau
afford TO make any serious attack upon
the character OF any private citizen OF
the United States"
~ affirm, :" continued Mr.. Frye, that
! Mr.. BlOunt in that report has not writ
ten one single unvarnished line CT
truth, nor given one unprejudiced
opinion, nor rendered one impartial
judgment"
Mr. Frye said he assumed that this
was an attack on Mr.. Stevens, that ne
had dishonored the flag, that he had
committed an act OF piracy.
Mr. Frye then entered into long
eulogy OF eX-Minister Stevens.
Il have no doubt" said Mr.. Frye,
"that 10 may become necessary to break
Minister Stevens down. have had re-
liable information since l came into the
Senate this morning, which says
that the purpose OF the. admnistra-
tlon is to charge that Stevens was a
party to corruption-employed to break
down the Queens government and
establish the revolutionary govern
] ments."
Mr.. Gray requested Mr.. Fry's au-
thority for such q statement but the
latter said he was
NOT AT LIBERTY TO GIVE 1T.
Mr.. Vest dem. Mo- then addressed
the Senate. 1t was unnecessary for
him to say that he did not speak as the
advocate or special defender of the ad-
ministration. Mr.. Vest regretted that
partisan malevolence had so distinctly
shown itself in a debate upon those
great questions. With protesta.
tions that they desired no personal
aspect 10 be given to the argument the
Senator from Massachusetts Mr.. Hoar)
and the Senator from Maine (Mr
Frye), had asssiled everybody who diff
| fered with them on the Hawaiin ques-
tion and had undertaken to place be-
fore the American people their side OF
the issue in order to take possession OF
the public opinion OF the people OF the
United States.
Mr.. Stevens was ODE OF those who
| believed 'the earth belonged TO the
saints and we are the saints" Caughter).
Laughter. Mr.. Stevens and the Ameri-
cans in Hawaii had christiaulzed the
natives; they had taken possession OF
the country under the name Of God,
and had then divided the
land among themselves under
law made by themselves. Mr.
Stevens might be all that his friend
Mr.. Stevens claimed for him Cody,
sanity, unobjectionaole Christian gen
tieman. He Vest proposed to treat
him as any other witness ~h" on
tered court and demanded his
(Vest's) vote upon the evidence.
Mr.. Blount was aot In the Senate to
defend himself, but be had almost tWen-
" years intimate knowledge OF him.
He desired to state In the most public
and emphatic manner that a purer man
publicly and privately, had never ap-
peared in the arena OF
AMERICAN POLITICS.
Mr.. Vest called attention to the fact
that Mr.. Frye had omitted portions OF
Mr.. Stevsns's speech from which he
quoted.
~ suppose the Senator from Missouri
does not thinK," said Mr.. Frye, that l
omitted that part of the address for any
special purpose"
"Oh, no." replied Mr.. Vest "the Sen
ator knows do not think he suppresses
ANYTHING. he is as frank and open an
! adversary as ! ever met. There Is no
doubt he has the same opinion OF me,
politically, that have OF him
! Iaughter). Neither OF US strike below
! the belt (aHghter)."
The crime committed by the President
Of the United States, for which he had
been threatened with impeachment was
| that he did not favor annexation OF the
islands. II that constituted crime,
Mr.. Vest declared, he himself, was a
criminal, and In his judgment so were
a large majority OF the American peo-
pie.
"The plain Issue before the Senate, "
| said Mr.. Vest, sis whether We are 10
break down the traditional policy OF
| this country inaugurated by Washing
ton and carried out by Jefferson, jack
son. Buchanan, and now by Cleveland.
Are we to depart from that policy and
now venture upon the great colonial
system OF the continental powers OF
Europe"
The people Of the United States, said
Mr.. Vest, wanted no colonies. They
wanted
The GOVERNMENT THE FATHERS
had made for them and which they In
tended to preserve for their children.
A compact republic in which every
citizen was represented, with
no islands out in the ocean
around which the United States was 70
! gather an enormous fleet, and upon
which it was to place Notifications,
when an attack upon a single island
would involve the dignity OF the whole
country and would require the eXpend-
iture Of the last dollar and the last drop
of blood to defend them.
We intend to know II you mean that
this government shall trample under
foot It's traditions, its history, the teach
inrs Of its greatest men, and now 20 out
upou diplomatic raids throughout the
world for the purpose Of interfering with
the internal and domestic affairs Of
other people.
Mr.. Vest closed with a statement OF
his conclusions. he said: "If l had the
power would withdraw every shadow
OF United States authority from the
Hawaiian Islands except so far as IL
was necessary 10 protect, under inter
national law, the property and persons
Of American citiz-nS leKitimately re-
siding theron. 1 should leave the op-
posing factions to settle the question OF
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