The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-21
DANIEL TALKS ON HAWAII.
All Of Minister Stevens Acts Held to
Be Illegal.

Laws-He is Not in Favor of Restora-
ton of the Queea-Pefar Proposes a
New Rule.
Washington, Feb. ga large nun Der
of remoustrauces against the Wilson tariff
bill were presented in the Senate to-day
by Mr. Murphy dem, of New York
Mr. Hill, dem, of New York, was desig-
mated as a member of the committee on
woman's suffrage, in the absence of Mr..
Vance. and Mr.. Wolcott, rep, of Colo
RADIO in the absence of Mr. Quay, rep, of
Pennsylvania.
This committee is to give hearing to
Miss Susan B. Anthony, and other ladies
of the woman suffrage convention now
in session here.
Mr.. Voorhees, presented a memorial in
bound form, which. he said, was signed by
over 1000 citizens of Massachusetts, fav-
oring the passage of the Wilson tariff bill
as offering a substantial measure of re-
lief from the most burdensome exactions
of the existing tariff law"
He was asked by Mr.. Hoar to state the
name which headed the list of signers;
and he replied that the first name was
that of Henry L. Pierce.
IN FAVOR OF PROTECTION.
Mr.. Hoar said that he would call at
tention to two facts. The first was that
the petition went on the principle Of ad-
vocating tariff for protection; and the
second was that if the opinion of the
people of Massachusetts were taken there
would be more than 100000 majority
against the views expressed in the petit
ton.
Mr.. VOORHEES, remarked that he found
among the signers a few other distin-
guished names, and he mentioned those
of John M. Forbes, William Lloyd CARR
son, Amos w. Stetson, Mr.. Endicott and
that class of men, signifying, he said,
that the memorial was not partisan pa
per. Indeed, he had received with it
private letter stating that the signers
were largely made up of men who had,
up to this time, at least, voted the re-
publican ticket.
Mr.. Hoar remarked that the name Of
Mr.. Forbes would command respect and
reverence wherever heard in Massachu-
sets; and that he had no comment to
make on the other names.
PETER PROPOSES A NEW RULE.
Mr.. PETER offered a resolution, which
went over till tomorrow, for a new rule
of the Senate, providing that, on the re-
quest of a standing committee, to have
matter then pending before it considered
by the Senate in secret session the pre-
siding officer shall direct the galleries to
be cleared and the doors to be closed and
that all executive sessions shall be open
except in cases where the President of
the United States shall suggest that the
subject matter of a communication re-
quires secrecy.
A resolution to have Washington's fare
well address read to the Senate next
Thursday by Mr.. Martin, dem. of Kan
sas, was offered by Mr.. Harris, and was
agreed to-
DANIELS RESUMES his SPEECH.
MIR Daniel, of Virginia, resumed his
speech in support Of the resolution against
the annexation of Hawaiian territory
He maintained that none of the things
done by Minister Stevens at Honolulu
was legal, constitutional, or in accordance
with diplomatic usages and customs
while. on the other hand, whatever had
been done by President Cleveland, the
Secretary of State or Commissioner
Blount was legal, constitutional and
proper The present Dole govern
ment, he said, was more of a
monarchy, or oligarchy, than that
of the queen had been. 1t was monde
script, unlike anything in the heaven
above, and the earth beneath, or in the
waters under the earth. 1t was simply a
sort of directory, like the revolutionary
Dohy NAllNu uuu ulTeCbeu bQG aUAlrS OF
the French revolution. The conclusions
which forced themselves on his mind
MIR. Daniel said, were that President
Cleveland had done right in Withdrawing
the treaty, and in sending mis- commits
sioner to the islands. He would have
been even warranted in using force to re-
store the former status; but subsequent
events have shown that it would not have
been practicable.
RESTORATION NOT ADVISABLE
He Mr.. Daniel was satisfied, in the
light of events, that it would not be wise
to restore the queen, even if it were pos
slble TO do so, without committing a
greater wrong than that which was
sought TO be corrected. The case was
one not seldom presented in the conflicts
OF laws, and in the perturbations of life,
In which there was no choice of evils and
IN which II was the dictate of wisdom
and morality TO select the least. 1t was
evident to his mind that the Hawaiian
monarchy had been dying of slow con-
sumption, and that violence, however I'M
warranted at the time, had only antici-
pated the day of fate.
GOD SPEED TO THE NEW REGIME.
He was therefore in favor of the recog-
milton by congress of the new government.
and TO IL, ana its American supporters. he
waved over the waters his greetings of
OOu SpoSu 10 lne llVGle colony In Honolulu.
Was 1t the first spray of mighty wave
that would inevitably sweep westward.
with its ships and its arts and its arms ?
While he did not, in all respects and in
the light of present events, applaud every
step taken by the present administration
he honored the brave and rugged
honesty that shone beneath its
every action; and when all
the unpleasant Incidents of the passing
event were forgotten, and the small actor
in the scene had disappeared from the
stage, the great honest heart of the
American people would not fail TO render
just tribute TO the President and the
Secretary of State, who had cherished,
over ali things, the honor of their coun-
try, and interposed themselves so that it
might not be furnished.
Mr. White, dem, of California, who
was to follow Mr.. Daniel with a speech
on the same subject, said that he would
defer speaking to tomorrow.
THE PRINTING OFFICE.
The Senate then took up the bill re-
ported from the committee on public
buildings and grounds TO provide addi-
tional accommodations for the government
printing Office. The bill directs the
purchase of a plot of the
ground adjoining the present
Office; authorizes the payment
therefor of Sl15, 900: and provides
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