The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

MIR. Boutelle referred to Mr.. Rayner' S
remarks few days ago, in which he
spoke of Minister Stevens's letter written
full year before the revolution, asking
what he should do in case of revolution.
Mr. Rayner drew an unworthy lnIereh-
ence from the fact that no answer TO tne
letter could be found in the archives Aot
the State Department. Such a document
could not be abstracted from the depart
ment without discovery and the reason
it was not found was because the letter
was never answered. Whens Mr. Rayner
impugned the integrity of the former
Secretary of State, when he approached
his grave with a profane tread, he (Mr..
Boutelle) drew around that sacred spot
the solemn circle of the peoples love.
Let Kim set but one step OF proclamation
within that circle, and ON his head
would be launched the curses OF loving
people Mr.. Boutelle showed that the in
terests of Great Britain in the Islands
are antagonistic to the United States. He
showed that Mr.. Stevens could not have
anticipated the revolution in the
islands and denied that United States
troops were used in aid of revolution.
Mr.. Boutelle arraigned the onesidedness Of
the resolution reported by the committee
on foreign affairs He said there were no
structures for any one except Stevens ana
Wiltse. Nothing was to be said OF Presl-
dent Cleveland, Minister Willis or MI:
Bloult, who dragged the fair fame OF
the country in the dust. (Republlcan
applause.)
minister to President Dole bearing in
one hand letter expressive of friendship
and good will, and in the other an order
of assassination. He had no words to
suitably express such treacherous
policy of duplicity and deceit nor to hold
it up to public obloquysas he would like
to do. He declared the order TO haul
down the American flag, unconstltntione :
al. The man wrote it made h1mselI
liable to impeachment at tine. bar of the
House.
"Mr. Speaker, he said, Idon't see what
the foreign affairs committee is driving
at If you are trying to endorse your
President, the only way you can endorse
him is to put the army and navy OF the
United States behind him and authorize
him to use them to restore the Queen
and allow her to behead 1000 American
people, That resolution blows neither
hot nor cold."
Mr.. Boutelle closed with an impassioned
recital of the lines of David Graham
Adee on the hauling down of the flag at
Hawaii. He was loudly applauded and
warmly congratulated by Republican
mem bers
ne ulSCuSSlOu was COLI
the afternoon and at an evening session.
FAVORS ANNEXATION.
The Senate Sub. Committees Report on the
Hawaiian Affair.
Washington, February 5.-The sub
committee.of the Senate committee on
foreign relations, this morning heard the
testimony Of Wm E. Sipmson, said by the
subcommittee to be the last witness re-
garding Hawaiian affairs on the list.
The testimony of Mr.. Simpson had little
to do with the revolution and was
devoted almost entirely to a discussion
of the value of the island from a COM
mercial point of view. A member of the
subcommittee is authority for the state
ment that the subcommittee will
probably have report for the full COM
mittee by the 18th of the month. A
Senator, whose source of information
cannot be disputed, states the subcom-
mittee is favorab BILE to annexation, but he
believes it will report against such action
at the present time.