Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-12
MORE ABOUT HAWAII
The Resolution Still Further Debated
in the Senate.
Mr.. GRAY AND THE ADMINISTRATOR
Wherein He Thinks Mr.. Stevens
Was Very lndiscreet.
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS

magnificent floral decoration adorned
the desk of Senator Berry Of Arkansas this
morning and was the tribute of the people
Of Enid and Round Pond, Oklahoma for the
gallant fight which the Senator is making
to secure the passage Of a bill compelling
the Rock Island railroad to stop its trains
at those towns in the new territory.
Protest Of Wool Growers.
petition signed by 10000 wool growers
OF the United States. owning 6OO0OOO, or
one-seventh of all the sheep in the United
States. protesting against the free wool
clause Of the tariff bill. was presented by
Senator Cullom of Illinois. Among the pc
utioners were the Navajoe tribes who own
l,5oo.ooo sheep and are prospering by this
INDUSTRY. Senator Cullom said he hoped
the committee on finance would give this
petition due consideration, as IL was OF an
extraordinary character and represented an
extensive industry.
Petitions against free iron ore ana free
lumber signed by citizens of West Virginia
were presented by Senator Faulkner.
senator Cockrel presented a memorial of
| tne 81 Louis merchants exchange declar-
sng that the present stagnafion of the coun-
try is due to the uncertainty of congress
slonal action on the tariff question and
praying that the matter may be settled as
speedily as possible. Il am glad 10 see by
TINS memorial" said the Senator THAT
these petitions recognize the blunder fhey
made when they attributed all OF the dis
Sherman silver law"
Substitute for the Wilson BIN.
substitute for the Wilson tariff bin was
presented by Senator Gallinger of New
hampshire. 1t declares that in view of the
widespread industrial depression existing
In our land, bringing disaster to the manu.
iacturing interests and loss OF employment
and suffering to the wage-earnine classes.
1t Is unwise TO make any changes I'm the
tariff laws during the present administra-
ton.
senator Pettigrew presented q resolution
| directing the Secretary of Agriculture 10
report to the Senate the amount OF wheat
IN the country on March last, the total
Yield Of the past year and the amount
ho" Ia tne country. II was adopted.
The Hawaiian Resolution.
AT one O'Clock Senator Gray OF Delaware
took the floor on the Hawaiian resolution
reported by the committee on foreign rels-
lions some time ago. The question
presented by that resolution" said he.
does not involve discussion OF the
general policy Of annexation. There
Is higher question involved. and that
Is a question Of international morality.
The President of the United States
has In written message withdrawn
tne treaty OF annexation and told us why
ne has withdrawn it. He needs no defense
Tor Withdrawing that treaty. That he had
a right to withdraw Il no one quesrioas
ana his reasons for withdrawing AZ are
amply stated in his message OF with
| drawal"
The Senator here cause IN he read the
reasons given by the President In his mes
sage Tor Withdrawing the treaty.
| . VIII concern myself no further" said
the senator. with any justification of the
1 action wit h1rau inc shs
| treaty. The next question is whether the
PRESIDENT was justified in not resubmitting
that treaty TO the Senate. IL the change
In the government and displacement of the
queen owed its success to the United States
minister and the assistance of the United
states troops and was not a revolution in
lts usual acceptation, then the highest In
ternational equity must condemn such a
step. This certainly was not a revolution
In the ordinary sense but was the culmina-
ton OF a scheme Of annexation. There was
not an ear mark to characterize that move
ment of a comparatively few people as a
| revolution emanating from the people in
ltiated by them, and growing out Of that
strong feeling Of wrong or oppression
which justifies a people in overturning q
| present government and substituting one
| which, in their opinion, will better sub
serve their well doing and happiness"
As TO Minister Stevens.
Continuing Senator Gray said:
The evidence all goes to show that the
movement itself was confined to that COM
paratively small junta OF able intelligent
and vicious men who. with the aid of the
American minister, accomplished ESQ far
as they could the object which they had
in view. This junta composed an oligarchy
of wealth and intelligence-an oligarchy as
foreign to a republican form of govern
ment as the most opposite things could be
opposed TO each other.
Minister Stevens was in their conf
dence and he had been for 'nonths corre-
! spending with his government urging an
nexation. / want to say now that i be-
lieve Mr.. Stevens is a good man. a good
| neighbor and an honest citizen. But he
was the most indiscreet man that ever oc-
cupied such an important position at 30
great crisis in a foreign country.
His promise Ito protect American inter-
ests' vas but a formula. The revolution
lists communicated to the American minis
| ter the project that they had I'm hand, to
wit: The overthrow of the existing govern
ment to which that minister was accredit-
ed and to which he was bound by every
obligation OF good faith and prcprfety. And
he does not rebuke them; he does not try
to dissLade them: but he promised them
just what they asked. That being in the
evidence, proved out of their own mouths
II is impossible for me TO believe otherwise
than that Mr.. Stevens was I'm active COM
plicity with them In the plans which they
disclosed.
somc Questions Asked.
A1ocs Nht ociidlOT lnlnk. interrupted
Senator Teller. that IL was Mr. Stevens
business to attempt to dissuade them from
going furtherg'
Not at ALL"
why bring that as a charge against him
them"
Il say that to have promised them just
what they asked without dissuading them
makes him. in my opinion. guilty OF COM
plicity."
What did Mr.. Stevens promise to these
people that IL not his duty TO prom
ise?'
1T was not his duty TO promise anything.
He was there to perform a duty TO This
great republic, in performing that duty to
perform a duty TO American citizens whose
lives or property might be in jeopardy.
But he was not TO consult the very revo-
lutionists who put them I'm jeopardy. There
was not a cloud on that blue sky. except
what was created by this committee Of
safety and the object had in view"
MY charge against Mr. Stevens is that
he participated i'm all the arrangements TO
bring about change of government; that
ne was consulted at every step. and that
every time he used the form that lac
would protect life and property which
gave encouragement TO those having that
revolution in progress. that they would be
mr. al fror H.