Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-07

lis. or Mr.. Bount, who had dragged the
fair fame Of the country In the dust
Republican applause.)
lie appealed to- the House to wipe out
the infamy which had been perpetrated In
the name OF "A high-minded government.
which. UP TO eight months ago. had had
no cause 10 blush for its record. Only
the President and an apostate Secretary
OF State had brought this degradation on
the nation. But even that was not
enough. Not only must we send an enemy
TO American institutions and American
influences To an island which is the key
TO the Pacific ocean. but we must also
degrade our American navy By putting
70 IN the hands Of Georgia politician. IN
order 10 get some one who would give
the order TO haul down the American
flag" That order was unconstitutional;
when that order WAS written the Con-
stitution was violated. and the man who
wrote 1t made himself liable to impeach-
ment at the bar Of the House of Repre-
scntetives. The Secretary Of the Navy,
writing 10 the admiral OF an American
fleet admiral SkerretU. a man who had
before carried the American flag ashore
at Honolulu among the plaudts Of the
American people told him that he must
confer with Mr.. Blount a private citizen
OF Georgia, and Mr.. Blount, taking advan-
tagc Of the first opportunity that ever
presented itself TO him. gave the order
20 that gallant admiral TO haul down the
flag" "Oh, you are making a splendid
record for yourselves" he cried sarcastl-
cally. as he turned towards the Demo-
cratic side OF the House.
Mr. Boutelle closed with an eloquent
ana impassloned recital Of the lines OF
David Graham Adee on hauling down the
flag at Hawaii, dedicated to- the memory
Of Captain Wltze, OF the war-shp Bos-
ton. The close Of the speech was verife-
rously applauded. and when he took his
seat the Republican members crowded
up TO congratulate him.
a LITTLE WIT
Mr. Black Democrat, OF Illinois, took
the opposite end Of the argument and de-
livcred q speech scintlllating with wit. He
read letter Of ex-Secretary-Of-S Estate Fos-
ters dsavowing the action Of Minister
Stevens in substituting the American flag
for the Hawaiian al the emblem or au-
thOrity. This was greeted by lOud ap-
pause on the Democratic side. lie SAID
the native race was fast disappearing. and
had but very small fraction Of the land
remaining in their possession. ana Mr..
Black appealed 10 the country 10 bury
the little fragment Of a race In us r.
naming land. and then le t the plow of
ciViliza ation go over their remains Loud
applause from Democrats marked the
close Of his peech.
Mr. Van Noorhis 0cpublican. OF New
York appealed for annexation Of the
islands. II was all very we'll to say that
we would regard any approach by 1or-
cign government as an act uniriendly 10
our own, but II the Hawaians. after be
ing refused annexation by US. should apply
IgVff foil hal
it?
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Van Noorhis'
speech Mr. McCreary moved that at 5.D
the House take a recess till i. NJ, the
evening session To be for debate only on
the Hawaiian question. This was agreed
TO.
Mr. Griffin Democrat. OF Michigan was
the next speaker on the Hawaiian qucS-
ton. He said he cordially and enthusi-
astically endorsed the administration. lie
would not change the dotting OF an 'f'
or the crossing OF a "t' In what had
been done or said by the administration
regarding Hawaiian affairs. The President
had done the right thing at the right
time and IN the right place. He ,Griiin)
was ready "to rally round the flag to
put Il NJ when il was Improperly hauled
down. and 10 haul It down when IL was
improperly put up. But he did not want
the great republic of the United States
had overthrown peaceable and constitu-
tional government and substituted in its
stead a wretchcd and miserable oligarchy.
democratic APPLAUSE
when Mr.. Blount had IL hauled down he
pcrformcd as creditable an action as Il
great soldier did. who, under other condi-
tions, planted it on the parapet OF the
enemy.
At $50 the gavcl fell and the House took
a recess til j. VI.
EVENING SESSION.
Ten members were present when the
House met I'm evening session 10 continue
the debate on the Hawaiian resolutions.
and there was not much of an audience
I'm the galleries Mr.. Brookshire Demo
craD. of Indiana. was in the chair. The
speakers were Messrs. Hall NemocraD'
Of Minnesota: Post Republicanl, OF Hi
nois; Stalings OemocraD, OF Alabama
Lacy RepubicanD. of Iowa. who gave
mart Of his time to Mr.. Morse, of Massa-
chusetts, and Mr.. Stockdale, Of Missis-
sippi. Chairman McCreary, Of the For
cign Affairs Committee. was on the floor,
and he got into several sharp colloquics
with Messrs Lacey and Post.