St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-07
STEVENS ROASTED.

Senator Voorhees, thinks the blame
for the whole trouble over Hawaii began
with the previous administration. lie
says the people at large care nothing
about the Hawaiian question. He con-
slderS Stevens the responsible man,
and believes he was engaged in a con-
spiracy six months before the revolu-
ton took place to ousG the queen and
annex the Hawaiian islands to the
United States. The senator says he
would not hesitate to 60 before jury to
convict him of conspiracy, and feels con-
tident he would succeed. "If," he
added, "there were some powerful gov
ernment behind Hawaii, as Spain was
back OF Cuba when certain Americans
attempted to seize that island, the con-
sequences might be as serious for the
conspirators in this Instance as in that"
Senator George, of Mississippi. took
very much the same view of the situa-
ton i'll Hawaii that Senator Voorhees,
did. He thinks Mr.. Stevens scheme
was to annex the lslauds to the United
States, and believes that he used force
to bring about the revolution. "And
that" says the senator, ''is an act of
war. 1t was not necessary that any
body should have been actually killed."
SENATOR HILL,
Of New York. declined to enter into
any discussion of the report as it stands
''Wait until we know all about it," he
said. and, after thinking for moment,
added: IF it should prove true l fear
that HAWAII would diSplace the election
bill in the senate discussion next
week"
Gov. McCreary, chairman of the house
foreign affairs committee, still refuses
to credit the news that Minister Willis
has made formal demand on the pro-
visional government to surrender its
authority to the queen. ''In my opin-
ion," said he, "the status at Honolulu,
so far as action on the part of our min
lister is concerned, is unchanged. The
president has submitted the whole
question to congress, and there is no
doubt IN my mind bat what he fully adj
heres to what he said i'll his message OH
the subject"
Replying to question as to whether
he thought congress would authorize
President Cleveland to proceed to the
restoration OF the queen by force of
arms, if necessary, Prof. Alexander, the
Hawaiian, said he had given the ques-
tion considerable attention, and he did
not believe congress could be brought
to take this position. He said that all
he had seen OF members of congress
led him to belIeve that the provisional
government would be fairly dealt with
by that body, and that the spirit dis
played Dy the senate committee on for
eign relations in its investigation had
confirmed his opinion.
The report from San Francisco that
the Mohican is preparing for an lmme-
date trip TO Honolulu is denied at the
navy department. The Mohican and
the Ranger were ordered to be
ready for sea about the same time. The
Ranger was dispatched to Central
America several weeks ago. The Mohi-
| can has been ready to put to sea oil
short notice, but it is said will not at
present 20 10 Honolulu. She would not
be suitable for a dispatch boat, as she
would not arrive at Honolulu until after
the next regular steamer, the Mariposa,
which sails from San Francisco next
Thursday, the 18th. A steamer from
Honolulu is due in San Francisco on
Tuesday next, the 9th.