The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-07

and contrary to the policy of the United
states, approves the right of the present
government to pursue its own way. and an
declares foreign interference an unfriendlv
ACT. Mr.. McCrary,. chairman of the com.
mittee on foreign affairs, spoke at length on
the resolution, in which he reviewed. the
| correspondence on the subject which had
| been transmitted, and asserted deliberatelv
that in view Of what that correspondence
disclosed, President Cleveland stands he.
lore the country as an official who acted in
| patriotic manner, actuated only by de-
sire to act fairly and honorably with the
Hawaiian people, and having done all be
could to repair the wrong that had been
done them. He could offer only to medi.
ate, and that offer had been refused by the
queen OF the Hawaiian Islands and by the
so'called provisional government.
SATURDAY In the house, the special or.
der providing for the consideration of the
HAWAIIAN resolution was read and Mr..
Hit OF Illinois was recognized. He referred
causucally to the action of democratic
member in introducing that morning a res
olution commanding Admiral Benham for
nrlng upon Brazilian vessel while there
was already pending in the house resolu.
ton to blacken the name of an American
oiicer who never fred a gun and who de-
clared that his sole aim was to protect
American life and property. But the
American people, said Mr.. Hit, did not
care to have Mr.. Cleveland setting up a
monarchy in Hawaii, or attempting to SET
up one here. The objection which the adj
minlstration and the committee on foreign
affalrS seemed to have to the provisional
government was that it was not publican
in form. Mr.. Raynor Of Maryland spoke
against the policy OF annexation, as did Mr..
Money OF Mississippi, who attempted to rid
icule the administration of President Har-
rison and Minister Stevens. Mr. Blair of
New Hampshire replied, in which he said
" had grown into the idea that the Amer
lean ensign could not be hauled down. In
times past an order had been given, under
other circumstances, to shoot any man
who attempts to haul down the flag If
America relaxed the hold she now has in
Hawaii or let her influence decrease there,
IL would be impossible to regain that posi-.
tlon, for foreign influences there were an
tagonistic to American interests" He advo-
Gated annexation, because Hawaii was nee
essary TO the dominion of the United States
In the Pacific; and If we allowed it to fall
into the hands of an antagonistic military
power, it could control our entire Pacific
coast and could interfere with our Pacific
commerce" The question was further dis.
ccussed by Mr. Picker of South Dakota and
Mr.. Draper of Massachusetts,. 1t was
agreed that the vote on the resolution
should be taken on Tuesday.
MoNDAY.-The house bill to repeal the fed
eral election laws was taken up in the senate.
and Mr.. Chandler of New Hampshire adj
dressed the senate in favor of it. He said the
fifteenth amendment was one of the crown
ing trlumphs OF modern civilization, and
declared he would no more abandon it than
he would the Declaration of Independence.
they were essential parts of each other
Mr.. Palmer characterized the election laws
as miserable abortion, and Mr. FRYE of
Maine also spoke in commentator OF them
- In the house, the consideration of
hawaiian resolution was resumed Mr..
Oates of Alabama defended Mr.. Blount
from the charges with which he had been
assailed, and Mr.. Boutelle of Maine de-
Tended the action of Minister Stevens.
Mr.. Boutelle arraigned the one-sidedness of
the resolution reported by the committee
on foreign affairs. He said there were no
structures for any one except Stevens and
Wlltse. Nothing was to be said of Presi-
dent Cleveland, Minister Willis or Mr..
Blount, who had dragged the fair fame of
the country in the dust. He said the presi-
dent had sent 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 pol
icy OF duplicity and deceit, nor to hold it up
to public obloquy as he would like to do.
He declared that the order to " haul down
the American flag" was unconstitutional
and the man who wrote it made himself Ii
able to impeachment at the bar Of the house.
MIR. Black OF Illinois replied to Mr.. Bou-
telle and declared it was not a breach of
of the house for President Cleye-
land to keep diplomatic communications
from it. Mr.. Van Voorhis of New York
and Mr.. Griffin Of Michigan also spoke on
the resolution. The latter enthusiastically
endorsed the present administration.