The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-07
WITH NO QUORUM.
CleveIand's Policy Is Not
Endorsed.
SICKLES TALKS ON HAWAII.
Those Islands Should Belong to
This Country.
ONE COURAGEOUS DEMOCRAT.
Not Enough Cuckoos Could Be Mus
tered to Approve Growers Scheme
of Restoration.

upon it. Much less opposition from the
Democratic side developed than was at
one time anticipated. and only one speech,
that of General Sickles. was made in oppO-
sitiOn to the adoption of the resolution,
although there was some passive opposi-
ton, a S indicated by the refusal of several
Democrats TO answer their names when
the resolution was placed upon its pas
sage. The Hit substitute, the Blair
amendm ent and the motion of Reed to re-
co mmit were in turn voted down. When
the vote came upon the adoption of the
entire resolution the Republicans re-
Trained from voting. and the Democrats
lacked seventeen of a quorum. Cum
mings voted for Reeds motion to recon-
NIT and Sckles against the McCreary res
olution. Cummings. GeAry OF California
and Cockrell Of Texas refused to go on
record for or against the adoption of the
resolution. The Populists voted generally
with the Republicans. Broderick of Kan
sas was the only Republican who declined
to follow the lead of his party and refrain
from voting. He voted against the resolu-
ton.
When the Democrats found themselves
without a quorum they passed a resolu-
tion revoking leaves of absence and then
adjourned. They expect to have a quo
rum present when the House meets to-
morrow.
When the House came to order this
morning Ellis Of Oregon asked unanimous
consent for the consideration of the Sem
ate bill to extend the time allowed the
Umatilla Irrigation Company for the COM
pletion of its canal across the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Or. The bill passed.
After the call of committees for reports.
the Hawaiian debate was resumed, Outh-
waite I'D of Ohio taking the floor in sup
port of the McCTeary resolution. He took
the position that Stevens, in ordering the
troops ashore at the time of there soiutions
had been guilty of an act of war: that in
betraying the Government 10 which he had
been accredited he bad been guilty of
treachery. and that in scheming with the
sugar interests TO overthrow a weak mon-
arcny with the view TO annexation, he
had been guilty of ,cowardice. He an
alyZed the events of the revolution itself
TO show Stevens zeal in behalf of the
reyolutionists. The subsequent attempt
to rush the Hawaiian Islands into the
United States. he said, was marked by
mock heroism at Honolulu and mock
patriotism at Washington. Cultivate
challenged the production of single scin-
tllla of evidence to prove that Cleveland,
in the Inauguration of policy which had
for its purpose the righting of national
wrong, ever contemplated the use of force
Culberson of Texas. chairman of the
judiciary Committee. followed Outhwaite
in support of the administration policy in
Hawaii siWhap Clauolond
rated" said he, IAN extraordinary condi-
tion of affairs with reference to Hawaii
existed. A treaty of annexation had been
negotiated and sent to the Senate. The
transaction was incomplete. The treaty
was based upon the report of Secretary
Foster. 1t was Cleveland's right and
duty to investigate that report. which
was already questioned. All consid-
erations of national honor demand
ed that he exercise that right
and discharge his duty. The main
question before the House was whether
the evidence furnished demonstrated the
falsity of that report. If if were false and
the fact would be made 10 appear the revo-
luton was accomplished by the lawless
act of our Minister, then the negotiation
of that treaty was an inexcusable blunder.
and Stevens action was crime against
the United States. "All the evidence" he
went on, "showed that Secretary Fosters
report was erroneous and unreliable that
Stevens was a revolutioniSt and a con-
spirator, and that the landing of troops
to protect American life and property was
a mere pretext and disguise to make pos
sible the success of the projected usurpa-
ton. Long after the defamers of the
President should be forgotten, this cour-
age. patriotism aud devotion of the Demo-
cratic administration would stand as a
monument to the honor of the United
States and the enlightened justice of the
world" Democratic applause.
SIckles (D.) of New York then got the
floor and made the first speech on the
Democratic side against the McCreary res
olution. If the resolution which the House
was asked to pass confined itself to the
past and present he said he would have
remained silent. but it went further. 1t
He did not believe one administration was
the Court of Appeals or the court of re-
view for the acts of Ii previous admnistra-
ton. Republican applause.] He should
look forward with regret to the possible
review in five years hence of the acts of
Cleveland and Blount. as he now saw,
with surprise and regret. the attempt to
review the acts of Presiden, Harrison and
Minister Stevens, both of whom were now
out of office. The present Government of
Hawaii, he continued. was recognized by
the United States as a legitimate Govern
ment and its authority is unQuestoned.
~ do not agree with the resolution"
said Sickles, emph hatically. "and l will not
vote for it," Republican applause.] las
long ago as 1850 1 heard Governor Marcy
say that the Sandwich Islands should not
belong to any other power, and would
eventually belong to the United States. /
agreed with him then aud l agree with
him now." Republican applause.
Storer of Ohio, Republican member of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, said
that what occurred in Hawaii in January,
1893, was small matter compared with