The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-15
wAsHlNoToNsANs OUT or LUCK.
The President Ignores Them Owing
to tho Fight Of Factions,
Hawaiiaa Questisn Discussed IN the
Cabinet-ssnatoF Cullom Denounces
Dle1nss Action and Dolph and Mer-
ful Are DissatisAed.

OF the appointed senators from Washing.
ton. Montana and Wyoming indicates, as
has been frequently pointed out in WASH
ton City dispatches to the Posr-INrRLLr-
oExcRR, that no vote can possibly be
reached at this session.
Washington state Is still being neglected
by the present administration. Up to the
present time the faithful in that state have
received no recognition Whatever from
President Cleveland, nor any Of his lieu
tenants. 1t has probably been noticed
that scarcely a fourth-class postmaster has
been named for Washington. A great deal
Of this trouble is probably due to the fact
that Mr.. Cleveland is unable to determine
just who among the Democrats in Wash
ington shall have the naming Of tho men
to be appointed to Office. when that state
is reached. The information, of course,
has come to him that there 10 trouble be-
tween the different factions in the Wash
ingfon state Democracy. and until the in
ternecine row is in some manner adjusted,
it hardly seems poss bic that anthing will
be done towards even filling the vacancies
that may exist in the appointive offices in
Washington state.
Up to the hour Of the closing of tho
state department no information had been
received there regarding the action of
Commissioner Blount in Honolulu. In
the course of the afternoon Carter, the
annexation commissioner from Hawaii.
had an interview with Secretary Gresham,
which he said was ''quite satisfactory"
He reiterated the statement that the re-
moval of the flag was due to the condition
of affairs in Honolulu, which no longer
" ita Anafin0 =
ment buildings. 1.-THE provisional gov
ernpent can and ought to sustain ITSELF"
he said. 81 am not all discouraged over
the situation and believe that we shall
come out all right in the end" News
from Hawaii attracted great deal of
attention among the senators, though.
there was much reticence manifested
when an effort was made to draw them
out The Democrats refrained from giving
utterance to what appeared to be their real
sentiments and the Republicans. equally
cautious, said more for private ears than
they are willing to see reproduced in type.
Members of the foreign affairs committee
are naturally averset to any discussion of
the matters over which as q committee
they have jurisdiction, when the
senate is called upon to act. Senator
Palmer. Of Illinois, sees no reason for
alarm in the action of Commissioner
Blount. II can scarcely see," said the
senator, ''that the act of Blount can be
construed as an abandonment on the part
of the present administ ration of all the in.
tentions concerning the islands," Morrill,
does not condemn tho proceedings un.
qualifedly, but it is easy to see that no
disapproves the act which resulted in the
lowering of the American colors. Senator
Culiom deprecated the act of the commits
sioner, and said:
am not surprised that the present Demo-
cratic administration should order the Stars
and Stripes to be hauled down. They have Ia.
ken the flag down whenever they had an oppor-
tunity. apd there was Q time when they had it
down in some states for quite while.
II am opposed to the annexation of Ha-
waii," said Vest, "but do not SEQ any,
thing in the action of Blount that affects
the subject one way or another" Senator
Dolph, Of Oregon. who is pronounced in
his views in favor of anne xation, said:
am strongly In favor of taking care of those
islands now ~ / have been, and would b sorry
to see anything done that would frustrate their
annexation to the United States. have been
afraid that the Withdrawal of the Hawaiian
treaty and other acts of this administration
have been detrimental to this end aud can not,
In the light OF press dispatches, soy what effect
Blouuts action will have. hope it will come
out all right Blount's action may be stmply
the result of dssre on Cieveland's part TO put
the negotiations on . basis from which he can
deal with the native authorities anew. do not
care 70 say anything that will prejudice the
case. and know little OF the effect OF the re-
moval OF . protectorste until the present in
formation IL reinforced BY something more
definite.
The hauling down OF the United States
flag at Honolulu. it is said, was the sub
ject of an animated discussion at the cabi-
net meeting today. Before going into the
cabinet room, Secretary Gresham said to
reporter that he had received no other in
formation whatever from that printed in
paRrs. When questioned further as
to the truth of the statements
contained in the special dispatches
to Western newspapers that Blount
was conniving at the restoration
of Queen Liliuokalani and would support
her return to the throne, if need be. by
the forces of the United States shin Bos-
ton. he said he knew nothing about it. and
declined to express any opinion upon the
subject.
0Cpoituac va Sthtc - Still IN COfYe-
spondence over the refugees who sought
an asylum IN the United States legation at
Santiago. They claimed to be political
offenders only and. as such. Egan gave
them refuge. The Chilean government
demanded their surrender as common
criminals and asked that Egan be in.
structed to deliver them to the local
authorities. The demand has no. been
complied with by the United States
The president sent the following nomi-
nations to the senate today:
L II. Manning, OF Arizona, surveyor general
for Arizona
l. @ c. Lamar. Of Mississip ppi, recorder general
o. the public land once
Richard II. Alvey, of Maryland, chief Justice:
Martin r. Morrison, Of the District OF Columbia.
and seth shepard, OF Texas. associate justices of
the court OF appeals in the District of Columbia
Ambrose w. Lyman, editor Of the
Helena Independent has been con iirmed a
collector o; internal revenue for the dis
trict of Montana
The following confirmations were made
in the senate today:
Angus: Belmont Co. financial agents OF the
navy department. In London.
Daniel n Browninz, OF Illinois, commissionsr
o! Indian aifairA
!. @ C. Lamar, who 10 made recorder OF the
general land ofncs, - the eldest son of the late
Justice Lamar OF the supreme court, and he &C.
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