The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-06
HOT HARANGUES ABOUT HAWAII.
Morse (Mass.) accused of Using
unparliamentary Language.
He Takes 1t Back and Peace Reigns For
Awhue-Boutelle Gets In Another
Whaok on Hio Favorite Theme and
Defspfs stevens-oates believed That
All That Blount Sal, Was True-sev-
eral AhnexationIsts Speak.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Pursuant to
the agreement arrived at just before ad.
journing Saturday the House met this
morning at IL o'clock and in the absence
OF the chaplain prayer was offered by
Mr.. Everett Dem., Mass.)
The House took up the consideration
Of the Hawaiian resolution and John.
son (Repp Ind. was recognized.
He arthigned tue administration for
it's acts i'd Hawaii and declared that If
it's ehortA to restore the savage queen
had beeKSuccessful there would have
been Witnessed for the first time the
successful impeachment of an American
Executive.
johnson yielded two minutes to Morse
(Rep., Macs. }, who said: "Mr. Speaker,
there is one remark that 1 did not have
time to make that desire to add to nv
speech 81 Saturday evening For the
last twenty five years, since the days Of
reconstruetion began, after The close of
the war, Ine shibbJleLn In the South,
the political war cry that has downed
all opposition, that has downed the
Republican and the Populist and all
other parties. and that has made the
South invariably come up Of late years
with spldd Democratic delegation in
Congresss has been the cry Of q white
mans g6YSrnment."
Zone one side in this controversy is q
dtssolutedolored female. Sheha none
of the CLAN hour which attaches to royalty
by birth.i Her father vas q colored
barber. On the other side are not only
white men and women. but nearly or
quito all the virtuous and decent white
people ofthe islands. And yet, strange
to tell, at the command of their m aster,
the great Grover Cleveland, his sup.
porters, the cuckoos in tho House and
Senate, staunoh Southern Democrats,
the loudest shouterS for white man.
government, disregard all thoir ances
tors traditions about white supremacy
and the white mans government
Outhwaito (Dem., Ohio) took excep
ton to these words and demanded tn It
they be taken down and the gentleman
be called to order. Morse asked what
there was in his speech that was obiec.
tionable.
Outhwaite-"I object to the insolent
and insulting language addressed to
this side OF the House." After little
| debate ths-words were tax, n down and
read at the desk, when Morse arose to
| explain his remarks, but the Speaker
| called him to order.
The Speaker, after weighing the
words, gave his opinion that the Ian
guage was not parliamentary; no mem
Dor had right to speak of any member
Of the Bouse or Senate az controlled by
their master, the President
On motion of Burrows, of Michigan
Morse was allowed an explanation.
Outh waite alone voting no. Morse with.
drew his Objectionable words relative
to control of Dem ocrats by their master,
tho President, and all was peace and
harmony in the House again. But the
incident had consumed all Morse's
Time and Johnson refused to yield fur
ther and proceeded with his speech.
Patterson (Dem., Tenn.) took as his
text the sugar question in Hawaii, and
afterwards went on to arraign the pre-
cipitancy which had marked the Repub-
lican treatment OF tho Hawaiian ques-
ton. He drew a parallel between tho
cases of Hawaii and Samoa.
Wheeler (Dem., Als.) upheld the ad-
mlnistration's non annexation policy. 1t
has been proposed TO pay tho queen for
! surrendcring her claim to the govern
ment but he emp atically deprecated
the proposition to pay an annuity of
| $50. Goo to the woman who bore such a
| reputation as was given Der by all
United State reprose natives in Hawaii
Oates def, nded Blount from the
charges with which he has been assailed
He knew Of no man whose word he would
rather accept than Blount's. He had
served twenty years in Congress with
honor and distinction, and he would not
be likely to tarnish his unblemished
record by making a false report, and he
| (Oates) believed what Blount had said
Boutelle (Rep., Maine) in defending
| the action Of Minister Stevens. eaid his
greatest crime was that he had always
at heart the interest of the American
| government and American people No
one could over bring that charge against
the President. Republican applsuse)
And one might search tho records in
vain to show where the sycophsnts and
parasites of President had ever
gone to such an extent in up
holding a President as the Demo
cratic party now presented. Boutelle
| arraigned the one sidedness of the reso
buttons reported by the committee on
foreign affairs, and appealed to the
House to wipe out the infamy which
had been perpetrated in the name Of
| the high minded government, which III
| to eight months ago had had no cause tt
| blush for its record.
Black (Dem., Ill.) took tho opposite