The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-19

The Democrats in the House have
| been lashed into line by the admins
| tration whip. They have adopted
| McCreary's resolution declaring it in
| expedient to annex Hawaii, and warn
| ing other nations to keep hands Off
The President is at his wits end to
get up some Hawaiian policy. Some
| thing definite must be done and it is
believed that a policy of silence after
! the blunders of the past will be follow
| ed, with tacit consent to republic
| being formed.
Willis may be recalled.
The debate continued without speci-
al feature day in and day out, the Repu-
/ blicans defending the cause of annexa-
| tion and the Democrats rallying to the
support of the President. On the 5th,
| Morse of Massachusetts was compelled
| to take his seat because he said that
| the Democratic members were being
| ''ruled by their master"
How the McCreary resolution was
| put through is detailed in the follow
| ing dispatch dated the 7th.
WASHINGTON, Feb. THE House,
| after a fierce parliamentary battle, to-
day passed the McCreary Hawaiian
| resolution by vote of III for to IS
against.
This was only accomplished after
Chairman McCreary and other Demo-
Gratis supporting the resolution had
coaXed POpulist members to aid the
Democrats in securing the necessary
voting quorum. At no time during
the day were the Democrats able to
rally a quorum on their side of the
chamber. On the final vote only liz
Democrats answered to their names
two less than the required number to
make a quorum.
McCreary pleaded so strongly with
the Populists to vote either for or
against the resolution that Jerry Simp-
son finally consented, and six of them
voted against the resolution and three
for it. Two Democrats, Sickles and
Cummings of New York, voted with
the Republicans. 1t will be seen that
only ia out of 2l3 Democrats voted
to sustain the Presidents Hawaiian
policy. The Republicans only gave
up the fight after they discovered that
McCreary had won over the Populists
to aid him in securing a quorum.
Representative Cannon and Ma
guire voted for MCreary's scheme to
attempt to demonstrate TO the people
of the country that the Presidents
Hawaiian policy has Congressional
sanction, and that the course of eX-
Minister Stevens and the Harrison
Administration is condemned. Re-
preventative Boutelle's resolution was
also lost-91 to 161.
The McCreary resolution Is as fol-
lows:
Resolved, First-Thatit it is the sense
of this House that the action of the
United States Minister in employing
ITnitai Gfn xac naval fpronc and iIlarral 4
ly aiding in overthrowing the consti-
tutional Government of the Hawaiian
Islands in January, 1898, and in set
ting up in its place Provisional Gov
ernment, not republican in form, and in
opposition to the will of the majority
of the people, was contrary to the
traditions of our republic and the
spirit of our Constitution and should
be, aud is condemned.
Second-That we heartily approve
the principle announced by the Pres
ident of the United States that inter-
ference with the domestic affairs of
an independent nation is contrary to
the spirit of American institutions,
and it is further the sense of this
House that annexation OF the Ha-
waiian Islands or the assumption of a
protectorate over them by this Gov
ernment is uncalled for and mex
pedient; that the people of that coun-
try should have absolute freedom and
Independence in pursuing their own
lines of policy, and that foreign inter
vention in the political affairs of
the islands will not be regarded with
Indifference by the Government of
the United States.
Since this action of the House there
has been lull in Washington broken
only by the following dispatch, in
which it is reported that Willis is TO
be recalled.
NEW YORK. Feb. S.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Press tele-
graphs that there is rumor tonight
on the street that the Hawaiian mat
ter has reached such a crisis in the
ewes of the Administration as to ius-
tify the recall of Minister Willis, and
that the whole matter will come up
for final action in the Cabinet meeting
tomorrow.
The rumor comes from sources that
are regarded generally "a trustworthy.
IT is we'll known that the Adminisira.
ton is between the devil and the deep
sea. It has the American people TO
confront on one hand and the Senate
Investigating Committee on the other,
and the narrow escape in the House
has only increased the desire to sup
press disagreeable truths until it is
Impossible to conceal them longer
The situation ia SO serious that Sec
retary Gresham found it necessary 60
come TO the Capitol TODAY and have a