Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
DANIEL A DEFENDER
Of MIR. Cleveland's Policy in Regard
to Hawaii.
he SCORES EI-MINISTER STEVENS
And Says There Was No Secrecy
Over BIount's Appointment.
OTHER SEN ATE MATTERS

OTHER SEN ATE MATTERS
When the Senate met today Mr.. Sherman
(Ohio). who has been i'll for several days.
was again in his seat
A memorial from citizens of Maine pro-
testing against putting lumber on the free
list was presented by Senator Hale (Me.),
who requested that it be printed a Sem
ate document. Senator Mcpherson (N.J)
protested, saying that if every petition on
the tariff subject should be printed, the
printing Office would be kept busy for the
next three months. He thought the finance
committee could obtain all the information
desired from the petition by merely reading
1t in the committee.
Il think" said Senator Hale, that in
view of the fact that the finance committee
has refused hearings on this subject it is
very proper that this memorial should be
printed for the Use both of the committee
and the Senate. 1t is a calm, dispassionate
statement, with statistics and other infor-
nation Of the most complete character on
this subject"
After Senator Hale had intimated that he
would read the petition. and thereby secure
its printing In the Record, If necessary,
Senator Mcpherson withdrew his objection.
saying, as he did so. that he thought the
printing of such a matter as Senate docu-
ment was very bad precedent, as the
committee had sent out a million or more
circulars asking for Information on the
| tariff question. and 1t would be just as
proper TO request that each Of the answers
to these circulars be printed.
A resolution was presented by Senator
Call calling for information from the Presi-
dent in relation to claims against the Unit
ed States under the treaty of 1919 with
Srain. He took occasion to warn claimants
from signing blank powers OF attorney,
which are being sent out by speculative at
torneys. The resolution went over.
The Patent Ohice Gazette Contract.
Senator Hale presented a resolution, which
was adopted. instructing the committee on
printing to examine into all the facts and
circumstances connected with the contract
Of the National Lithographic Company Of
Washington, ID. c., for the publication or
the Patent ONCE Gazette. This resolution
was melted by publication suggesting ir-
regularities in letting the contract
The House bin fixing the limit of the in
| debtedness of Salt Lake City, Utah was
| taken up and passed.
The Hawaiian Resolution.
| Tie Hawaiian resolution was taken
up. and Senator Daniel Cva-) took the floor
in support of the resolution. He said that
when President Cleveland was inaugurated
on March 18th he found that Minister
Stevens had proclaimed himself protector
! of the islands of Hawaii, and taken Dos
session of the islands with the American
military forces, and hoisted the American
nag over the territory. By this act of that
minister, President Cleveland when he
| came into power, was ctor
Of the Hawaiian Islands. and by operation
OF the law was commander-in-c chief of our
FORCES there, and the responsible authority
to whom the nations of the earth would be
bound to address themselves in any COM
plants they may have had to make re-
specting the affairs of this foreign people.
The sugar interests. said Senator Daniel,
had played a large part in this revolution.
If Queen Liliuokalani was a woman Of
that questionable character now charged
by her opponents. why was II that the
Of the revolutionists con ntained a provision
for an annuity Of $4,000 per annum for
her maintenance. a higher recognition than
had been accorded by this government to
the widows of great heroes of the civil war?
1t was because she had been robbed, and
this annuity was conscience fund.
The President Defended.
The President was fully within his con-
stitutional warrant in all that he had done.
He had. at the beginning, done two things
which seemed fitting to be done; he had
withdrawn the pending treaty and had
designated Mr.. James H. Blount, a states
man of high character, to go to the theater
the true condition Of things. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Blount was fully within the
scope of the Presidents power. When the
facts were learned, President Cleveland did
only his duty. To the honor Of our history,
the errng minister, Stevens had no ex-
ample in his extraordinary action, and was
promptly rebuked by the executive.
Blount's Appointment.
People. said Mr.. Daniels. called Mr..
Blount a spy. with all the ignominy of
secrecy attached to the term. But there
was nothing secret about his appointment.
But If Mr.. Blount was a spy, then Minister
Stevens inaSmuch he assisted Mr..
Blount in his investigation, was assistant
spy. He referred to President Grants de-
sire to annex San Domingo to the United
States.
Minister Stevens had sought to justify
his action by referring to Secretary Bay-
ards letter Of July II, 1887, but the key
note of that letter, uttered in clear-sound-
ing note, was abstinence from interfer-
ence with domestic affairs" But this was
the one thing in that letter which Mr..
Stevens had overlooked.
Mr. Daniels reviewed the events attend
ing the revolution of January IA, 1888, show
ing that Mr. Stevens, who had only that
day returned to Honolulu was a potent
factor.
referring to the efforts of the provisional
government to have accorded 10 IT that
Difference and respect which are due to a
great government Mr.. Daniel said that the
"a vagrant to be put in the calaboose as
having no visible means of support.
At 3:O5 pm. the Senate went into execu-
tive session.