Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-12
AFFAIRS AT HAWAII.

They Were the Subject of an Ex.
 tended Debate in the Senate-There
 Existed No Right to Have Down
 the American Flags.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1l.-In the senate to-day Mir. Davis, in discussing the presl- dents authority to appoint MT. Blount without "the advice and consent of the senate" said: "The president has invaded the privileges of the senate. And we are told, sdjured, advised, that we should sit silent on this attack; that we should let it pass by without protest. So far as we are concerned, perhaps, personally, we might we'll do SD. But as guardians of the con- stitutional rights of the people, we cannot. It is not the first time in history that an attack on the privileges of the senate has been made. At time in the history of Rome, when the emperor was princeps senstus-connected with the Roman sen- ate somewhat ss the president of the Unitsl States is connected with the Amer ican senate-the emperor e great man, 8 determined man, @ man determined to overthrow the privilege of the senate, withdrew to the seclusion of the Island of Capua and from there sent a message bringing into question the privileges of the senate. Discussion was stiasd. Moth ing was to be said. The few remaining arches that sustained senatorial power were to be broken down without question. And when 8 ome senator is represented by the satirist to have been asked concerning the man attacked, or the privilege to be l overthrown. He said:
 | Mp nauio trav Sha I .of{r, nnokaf{nr and then, at the request of senators to give | a translation of 1t, he paraphrased it as fol lows: Unto what crime has he fallen2 By what informer has he been sccuseda What l judge has passed upon him9 What wit nssses have testified sgsinst him3 Not any of theee things. A verbose and turbid
 message has come over from Capus. That
 ssstles 1t. will interrogste no further. ' | Laughter and applause.
 Coming to the point of the hauling down
 of the American flag by the order of MT.
 posed and said that the history of the
 country might be hunted over without
 finding another instancs where civil off cer had ordered an admiral of the navy tc
 haul down the flag.
 "And allow me to sdd," said MT. Dolph rsp., of Oregon, ''thst the instructions oi the secretary of the navy directed Admira
 Skerrett to obey the commands of MT
 Blount, and placed the naval forces of tn, island under his command"
 'And yet" said MT. Davis, commenting
 upon Mr. Dolph's remark, .it is claimet that MT Blount was not diplomatic officer
 the senate"
 "But," Mr. Frye persisted, "no smbss
 sador no minister, no diplomatic officer
 no tficer whatever, outside of the presi
 dent of the United States, the secretary o
 the navy and the regular officer of th navy, ever made such an order or was eve
 clothed with power to make any such ol
 der: This, I am happy to say, is the onl
 "And will be the last," said MT. Hoa
 (rep, Mass).
 "That is the historical truth" said M, Davis. s'That js the first time in thirt : years that an American flag has been low , cred by an American hand under circun : stances which brought feeling of dil honor and shame on the American hear
 And 1t Is the last time in many years, , | predict, that this act will be done sgair Although the stars have disappeared froi l the Hawaiian sky, they. will appear thsl . again in due time. Although lowered , dishonor, they will be raised in power" . Mr. Morgan, dem, of Alabama, aeke 8 ! MT. Davis to speclfy the occes!on on Wnic
 the American flag was raised in Honolulu 6 but Nr. Davis said he did not propose be cross examined. Ar. Morgan assure c him, however, that he was asking in zoe f faith and for the sake of information. Fl c occasion of the protectorate was given y MT. Davis; and MT. Morgan inquired wh Q protectorate, as MT. Foster had disavow, F. in his dispatch to kr. Stevens, protee d orate on the islands.
 l. He did not know what the flag was doil n there without protectorate, or what Il protectorxts would be dong there witho n . asg.
 n MT. Davis argued that if the preside y was justified in his demand for the vii
 drawal of the provisional government .e Hawaii, he would be justified in demar [e ing provisional government in France le Brazil. In conclusion Mr. Davis sa n ttIha A rnarlaau uannla Rra ndindicad