The Portland daily press., 1894-01-05

| House was ordered. The call showed the
presence of 229 members and again the
| yeas and nays were called on Mr.
| Boutelle'S motion to consider his resolu.
| ton.
The roll call resulted, yeas 4, nays 100,
again no quorum, but the point was not
made and the House at LAO p. NJ, adj
journed till tomorrow.
LANDING OF THE eosToN's MEN.
Professor Alexander Corroborates the Ac-
count Given by MI. Stevens.
! Washington, January 1.-THE Senate
committee on foreign relations. which is
investigating the Hawaiian affair,
met again today, and Prof. Alexander,
surveyor general of the islands, was the
the only witness. He gave thorough
review of the various acts of the Queen
| and of the legislature, and, in response
| to specific questions by memb ers of the
committee, especially by Mr.. Frye and
Mr.. Morgan, explained the conditions
| that existed prior to the outspoken de-
| nuncation OF the Queens government
and the succeeding uprising and appoint
meLt of the committee of safety. The in
| quiry was directed along this line for the
! purpose of ascertaining how far the
people were justified in imagining them
selves to be possessed of grievance, re-
gardless of the subsequent acts of the
| representatives of the United States gov
| eminent
| Prof. Alexander described the landing
of the troops from the Boston and said
| that when they first came on shore they
went to the property OF j. 3. Atherton,
an American, but there being no accom-
mediation for them there, they were,
tnft how, r.. 80 raln
stationed in Arion hall, opposite the
government building. He denied that
any troops were drawn up in line when
| the proclamation was read, the only
troops visible being some who were
| longing on the yeranda of the building
| they occupied. Prof. Alexander said he
| had son IN one OF the companies and
knew from him and others with whom
he talked, that the local force did not ex-
! pect any help from the United States
| forces. On the contrary, they had been
| told that they could expect nothing.
They were given to understand that they
must take care OF themselves. The men,
ready for it. When the proclamation
was read there were no troops in front Of
the building, but by the time it was
finished, he said, company of Germans
arrived, and moment later company
of American and English citizens fol-
lowed. The building was soon guarded
and outsiders were prevented from enter
ing. Before five, fully 200. troops of the
provisional government were on guard.
When they got possession of the govern
| ment building, Prof. Alexander said,
they found large amount OF ammuni-
tion placed there By the royalists for the
defense of the building, The officers of
the provisional forces told him that they
were notified that no help would be
given by the soldiers from the Boston,
and they were compelled to do the job
alone. The witness also told about the
acts of the provisional legislature IL is
understood he laid, or will lay before the
committee pamphlet containing copy
of all the laws passed by that body. One
of the first acts of this body was to re-
peal the law under WHICH the Louisiana
| Lottery company waSgranted franchise.
| 1t is claimed that the instructions to Min
! lister Willis, directing him to secure from
the Queen pledge of amnesty and an
acknowledgment of the obligations of
the provisional government, contained
no reference to the acts of the legislature.
With view of ascertaining what part
the troops of the United States played in
the overthrow of the Queen and what
their orders were, the committee re-
quested the Secretary of the Navy to
have naval officers on duty at Honolulu
sent before it. The Secretary has directed
these officers to appear Tuesday next.
The officers are Lieutenant Lucien
Young, Lieutenant E. <. Moore, Pay
master Hobbs and Passed Assistant
Engineer Stacey Potts. Rear Admiral
Brown, now commanding the Norfolk
navy yard, and other officers familiar
with Hawaii by reason of their having
been assigned to duty there, will also be
examined by the committee at later
date. The committee, at it's adjourn
ment, decided to meet Tuesday morning
at ten O'Clock.
To Make the Hawaiian Republic Possible.
Washington, January A phrase of
the resolution introduced in the Senate
by Mr.. Frye, yesterday, declares against
the use of United States forces for inter-
ference, moral or physical, for the main
tenance of the provisional government
on the Hawaiian islands. While at first
glance this might suggest that Mr.. Frye
had taken position adverse to the pro-
visional government there Is reason to
believe that his real object is to permit
the establishment of republic in
Hawaii, Obviously this cannot be ac-
eomplished at present if, as is supposed,
the United States minister, Mr. Willis, is
acting under instructions to preserve
the status quo, which instructions, if
literally carried out, would prevent a
change from the provisional government
to republic even by the express wish
of the entire population Of hawaii.
Want No Hawaiian Investigation.
Washington, January 4.-This morn
ing's session of the House committee on
foreign relations was devoted to a con-
sideration of the resolution introduced
some days ago by Mr.. Blair OF New
Hampshire, to investigate the present
situation and the causes leading to it in
Hawaii The discussion that followed
showed the Democrats were unfayora bla
to the proposition. The burden of their
argument was that such an investigation
is unnecessary, inasmuch as a similar
investigation is now in progress in She
Senate. The resolution was finally re-
ferred to sub committee of which Mr..
Hooker of Mississippi is chairman.
How Much Was Blount Paid?
Washington, January 1.-The Senate
aacreed that the adjourn ont L.a--