The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-20

The Virginian AppIauds President
CIeyeInnd,s Hawaiian Policx

WASHINGTON. Feb. Ex-senator Daniel,
OF Virginia, one Of the Democratic cuckoos,
as Republicans call Congressman who up
hold the Presidents Hawaiian policy, made
a strpnG administration speech in the Sem
ate to-day. He said that when President
Cleveland was inaugurated Minister Stevens
had claimed himself protector of the ISL
andS Of Hawaii and had taken possession OF
the islands With an American military force
and hoisted the American flag over the ter
ritory. BY this act of the American minis
ter, President Cleveland, when he came into
power as protector of the Hawaiian Islands.
and by operation of the law, was command
er-in-chief Of our forces there. and the re-
sponsible authority to which the nations Of
the earth would be bound to address them
selves. The sugar interests, said Senator
Daniel. had played a large part in this revo-
luton. If the ex-Queen was a woman of that
questionable character now charged by her
opponents, why was it that the treaty sug-
gested and framed by the friends of the
revolutionist committee made provision for
annually paying $4,000 for her maintenance,
a higher recognition than had been accord
ed by this government TO the widows of the
great heroes of the civil war. 1t was because
she had been robbed, and this annuity was
a conscience fund.
The President was fully within his consti-
tutional warrant in all that he had done,
Mr.. Daniel said. He had at the beginning
done two things which seemed fitting to
be done. He had withdrawn the pending
treaty and had designated Mr.. James Ii.
Blount a statesman of high character, 20
go to the theater of action and ascertain
and report TO him the true condition of
things. The appointment OF Mr.. Blount was
fully within the scope of the Presidents
mower. When the facts were learned. PreSl-
dent Cleveland did only his duty. To the
honor of our history the erring Minister
Stevens had no example in his extraordinary
action, and was promptly rebuked by the
executive for his unwarranted course.
People, said Mr.. Daniel. called Mr.. Blount
a spy with all the ignominy that could be
attached to the term. There was nothing
secret about his appointment If Mr.. Blount
We a SPY tneh n inin PIo,,n St tn ms inI1ss1;aal
lions, was an assistant spy. He referred to
President Grants desire to annex San Do
vens had sought to justify his actions by
referring to Secretary Bayard's letter of
July IL. 1877, but the keynote of that letter.
uttered In a clear and sounding note. was
Abstinence from interference with do
mestic affairs" But this was the one thing
in that letter which Mr.. Stevens had over
tending the revolution of Jan. IA, 1893, to
show that Mr.. Stevens, who had only that
day returned to Honolulu. was a. potent
factor in it
Referring to the efforts of the provisional
government to have accorded to it that
Difference and respect that was due to a
great government, Mr.. Daniels said that
the Harrison administration had treated 1t
as "a vagrant to be put in the calaboose
as having no visible means Of support"
Speaking of the landing of the troops under
the plea that they were to protect Amer
lean life and property, Mr.. Daniel said
that neither was threatened at the time,
but the excuse was to be put in ''cold stor-
age" to be taken out when needed. The
facts were that the Queen surrendered her
crown only after assurances that her appeal
would be passed upon at Washington, and
this assurance, too. had been given by a
repreSentat tive of the reyOlltjopiStS