Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-24
Mr.. Hale's Reply to the Speech Of
Senator German.
DEMOCRATIC INCONSISTENCY CHARGED
No Responsible Parentage for the
Compromise Bill.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION

IS. d. called up the resolution he intro
duced yesterday declaring IL was not the
purpose Of the United States to use force
to restore Liluokalani as queen Of the Ha-
waiian Islands. and that any foreign inter-
ference with those islands would be re-
garded as an act Of hostility to the United
States.
The resolution led to an interesting dis
cussion for half an hour. Mr. Kyle made
brief speech In support Of the resolution.
While it was well understood here, said ne,
that the United States would not use force
to restore the dethroned queen, all the ad-
vices from Hawaii indicated that a great
deal OF anxiety existed there as TO the uI-
innate purpose of the United States. ana
this anxiety would continue until the Sem
ate had officially declared itself The royal
lists on the islands. believing that the
United States would eventually use force
70 restore the queen, were holding aloof
from the present government. and were al
most In a state of actual hostility to It.
Mr.. Daniel fVa-l. who is a member of
the foreign relations committee. said that
personally he had no objection 10 the pas
sage of a resolution declaring that the
United States would not use force In Ha-
wall. The administration never had con-
templated the use OF force. II was not
even the purpose OF the administration to
restore TO power a government impotent to
maintain itself except with the aid Of the
United States. The original purpose Of the
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position upon the great majority Of the
people Of the islands of the rule Of the small
minority. Mr.. Daniel. however, called the
attention Of the Senate to the fact that the
foreign relations committee had reported a
resolution upon the same lines and he
thought resolution of this character
should be passed until the committee reso-
lution was acted upon.
Mr.. Frye Favors the Resolution.
Mr.. Frye CMeD urged the passage Of this
or a similar resolution. He said he pre-
sumed on May 30 a convention would be
held on the Hawaiian Islands TO form a re-
public. He did not suppose there was q
Senator who did not sympathize with all
attempts in any part Of the globe TO set up
a republican form OF government The con-
dition on the islands was serious. The OBJ
stacle to the formation Of & republic lay in
a body of royalists, bold, bitter and un-
scrupulous. They were using all their in
tering. He was In possession Of indisputa-
BILE evidence that they were using state
ments to accomplish this to the effect that
the moment Congress adjourned the Presi-
dent would replace Mrs. Dominis on the
throne. Every member OF the Senate knew
this was false. but the argument they used
in support of it was rather plausible four
thousand miles away. They pointed out
that the President had remitted this whole
question TO Congress. Congress had done
nothing. The resolution OF the foreign re-
This gave them color of warrant for the
assertion that the Senate favored restora-
ton. He was constantly in communica-
ton with Hawaii, he said. and he read some
letters bearing out what he had said. He
also had Information, he said. from two re-
sponsible persons TO the effect that the mo.
ment the Senate acted the queen would re-
sign all pretense TO the throne ana ACCEPT
a money compensation therefor. This being
the condition on the islands. In the name OF
humanity he appealed to the Senate 10 pass
this or a similar resolution.
AT this point the hour OF 1880 arrived.
The resolution went over and the tariff bill
was taken up.
Mr., German had come forward with the
effort of his life 10 reform the broken ranks
No one in the country was better lifted TO
do this. but the task he had undertaken
would have crushed the shoulders of Her
cules. Other men had been able TO reform
their parties to their everlasting fame and
glory. But they believed in what they did.
Mr.. jefferson had formed a great party in
opposition to England He believed In IL.
Jackson had recreated and reformed the
party on the basis Of opposition 10 the
national bank because he believed in IL.
Even Tilden had never lowered the banner
OF reform. and Cleveland. when he was
first inducted into the White House. had
early rallied his party and made Il for
midable because he believed I'm the principle
of tariff reform. But here the Senator frum
Maryland (Mr. Gorman) attempted TO re-
form the lines OF his party, TO recreate
country. not by appeal to principle or
the traditions of his party.
The Tin Plate Duty.
The pending amendment was that OF Mr..
Aldrich to increase the duty on tin plate
from ] is TO ! 1-2 cents per pound. Mr..
Plat continued his remarks OF yesterday
upon the proposed duty for some time. and
then Mr.. Hale CMe) got the floor and re-
piled at some length In a humorous and sar-
castle vein to Mr.. Germans speech of yes
terday. The Maryland Senator, he said
had spoken none too soon. The Macedo-
MAN cry had gone up. like the wall of a lost
soul, from the democracy OF the country for
some one to appear as a leader in the SEN
ate. He read from the Springfield (Mass.l
Republican. which had landed in the bosom
of the democratic party in 1854. a long let
ter from President Elliot and other reform
ers. from the New York World and also
from other democratic papers severe ar
raignments Of the majority OF the Senate
for the surrender" of principle contained
in the "Gorman- -Brice" bill. The Senator
from Maryland. Mr.. Hale proceeded. had
emerged from his seclusion just at the time
when his party stood discredited, its ranks
broken, its coherency of action lost an in
dignant people showing their distrust, the
newspapers piling up denunchtion after de-
nunciation, and with a panic Imminent on
his own side Of the chamber
All Mr.. German had said to his associates
was; Let us buy and sell. cheat and COM
pass this bill" The speech made by the
Maryland Senator yesterday, added Mr..
Hale. was made not to the country, but to
his democratic colleagues.
Division Into Groups.
Mr.. Hale continued. with vivid words and
vitriolic comment, TO divide the democratic
side Of the chamber into groups" to
which, he said, Mr.. German was addressing
his remarks yesterday. The first group.
he said, comprised the two Senators from
New York. Messrs. Hill and Murphy. Mr..
Smith IN. J.) and Messrs Kyle and Roach.
They represented constituencies opposed
to this bill
The second group. a large one, despised
the bill before the Senate because IL gave
the lie to the convictions and professions
of lifetime. IL contained Messrs Mills
and Coke CrexD, Vest and Cockrell MOI.
Villas (Wis), Gray Del). Palmer ullD.
Lindsay and Blackburn (KyD, Harris ana
Bate Crenn) and. perhaps, one or Two
others They were the men who, wnen
they were obliged to vote for protection
TO coal and iron ore. 20 the sugar trust
and the lead trust would ask themselves
s'Is thy servant a dog that he should 90
thisy' Then they would all vote for these
provisions and answer their own question.
U-aughterD
There was another group TO winch no ap-
Deal from the Senator was necessary. II
Included Messrs Camden and Faulkner OF
West Virginia, Morgan ana Pugh OF Ala
hama Caffery and Blanchard OF Iou1sianAs