The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-03


that none of my Republican friends is
willing to raise his voice for that annex
alton proposition which President HarrI-
son presented.
1.-The gentleman is mistaken" said Mr..
Blair s'At least one Republican is IN
favor, of it,"
"I am aware, y said Mr.. McCfeary, that
the gentleman from New Hampshire and
the gentleman from Illinois, (Mr. Hitt)
have reported a substitute for the pending
resolution, but the substitute does not
say word about annexation.
my position in regard to these mat
tiers, said Mr.. Blair" "is that all these
things should be investigated. They
should be proven. They should be evI-
dence.
Mr.. McCreary said he could not
allow Mr.. Blair to make speech in his
time. He quoted from the letter OF Mr..
Stevens to the effect that the Hawaiian
pear was ripe and the hand of the
United States government should be
stretch ed out to pluck it.
Mr.. Hepburne, Republican of Iowa.
said Mr.. Stevens only quoted that SEN
tence from letter or speech of Mr.. Nor
gan of New York.
Mr.. McCreary persisted in crediting 1t
to Mr.. Stevens Referring to Mr.. Cleve-
lands withdrawal from the Senate of the
treaty of annexation, he praised the WIS
dom of that action and was applauded
by his = side of the House. He professed
sympathy with all Republican move
ments, but said the Hawaiian movement
was not in the interest of a republic. He
criticized the foreign policy of the Harrl-
son administration in the cases OF
Samoa, Chilli, andHawaii.
He asked whether any one would claim,
with all the proof laid before President
Harrison and the Secretary of State, 1T
was an exhibition of wisdom on the part
of President Harrison to send to the
Senate treaty of annexation asking
Congress to give away six and quarter
million of dollars to get those little
islands and asking Congress to recognize
what was done by a,few American citi-
Zens there. Mr.. McCreary asserted that
it was not to the credit of the last ad-
ministration. Mr.. McCreary said he
could call as witness John H. Blount,
who ranked among the best and ablest
men who had served the American CON
gress for the last twenty years. Gap
plause.) He read extracts from Mr..
Blount's report, and from the CORES
pondence of Mr.. Nordhoff in the New
York Herald, and also extracts from
letter written by r. W. Read of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, in Honolulu at the time,
who said that there was no armed body
of men on the streets except those landed
from the Boston, and that the Queen had
an ample force to preserve order. AT the
bottom of the whole movement, Mr.. Nc
Creary said, chad been the representatives
of the,sugar planters, the sugar planters
themselves, and the missionaries or
their represen tati YES. The latter were
to have the Offices if the regular govern
ment could be set aside and the sugar
planters, who had made sixty-one
rndQr the raclnrnclEU
treaty were to be enriched by sugar
bounty of two cents a pound. He
thanked God that the House yesterday
had passed tariff bill in which there
would be no more sugar bounty. He had
no doubt the sugar planters today were
less anxious for annexation than they
had been. (Applause.)
Mr.. HIT Republican, Of Illinois,
the ranking Republican member of the
committee on foreign affairs, followed in
opposition to the resolution OF the
majority of the committee. The resolu-
tion, he said, ignored many things when
needed investigation. The finding of the
Senate committee. which had been in
vestigating the matter would be far
different from the statements now SO
positively asserted. The previous speaker
had rallied agains annexation. bow
did we know what would be the opinion
in the White House next week?
daughter and applause.) There had been
no statement by Mr.. Cleveland touching
annexation. There would be no inter-
ference on the part of foreigners.
America had given notice, that any IN
reference with the Hawaiian islands
would be regarded as an act unfriendly
to the United States He praised the
administration of President Dole and its
stability and said that in spite OF the
efforts of a powerful government to
foment discord, the little government
had held it's own and maintained its
place in the family of nations. There
was no excuse now for this country's $
interference with Hawaii. As
precedent for the action of Min lister
Stevens in recognizing the provi sionai
government, he quoted the action OF
Minister Washburne in recognizing the
French republic and said that whenever
a step was taken in foreign country
looking to the adoption of Repu blican
institutions, this country was among the
first to welcome it. Today, for the first
ment was defended for pursuing policy
inimical to free institutions. (Applause.)
He ridiculed the Pesident's attempt to
restore the Queensand said that everyone
who ever read history knew how futile
it was to try to restore discarded, dis
credited and Wornout government. AS
to the assertion that the landing of the
marines from the Boston was an act of
war, he stated that the orders specified
tn at they were to be used solely fer the
pr )tection of life and property. Was it
n It many times more an act of war, he
asked, to send minister there with
orders to overthrow an existing Republi-
cansgovernment and stablish a mon
archy? He referred to the very grave
political mistake the President made in
withholding from the public the famous
letter of November 16 in which the
| minister spoke of the Queeh's
Determination to Behead All
who had taken part in the revolution.
He remarked that even after the Presi-
dent received this letter and knew what
kind of queen his friend was, he sent
out repetition of tbe order to overthrow
the government and put this wretch in
power Mr.. Hit paid high tribute to
the courage and perseverance or the
Americans in Hawaii, whose great. sin
was their blind love for America and fol
free institutions. He was given leave to
conclude his remarks tomorrow.
Just before the debate on the Haw-
allan resolution began message was re-
ceived from the President transmitting
| a letter from the Secretary of State ac.
| Gonna oomnnDi ca tlOnS from