New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-08
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| does not hesitate openly 10 exert its power ana
| influence over the Democratic majority in Con-
| gress III Of the 215 Democrats in the House or
| Representatives to-day voted for the resolution
| reported by the majority Of the Committee on
| Foreign Affairs. and 1t was adopted by vote
| of III to -. The negative votes were cast by
| sixty-six Republicans six Popullsts and three
| Democrats. The Democrats who were recorded
| in the negative were Messrs. Bum, OF North
| Carolina. and Cummings and Sickes OF New
! York. It is not p,obaol, that a vote ever
before taken in that body the result Of which
was So far from being :. reflection Of the real
| sentiments of the majority which produced it.
If all the Democrats who were actually opposed
| to the resolution, who are opposed TO the Cleve-
land-Gresham policy IN Hawaiian affairs and
who were recorded in the affirmative to-day, had
voted their private Judgment and sentiments
dictated, it would have been defeate One
Southern Democrat who had been exceedingly
emphatic and dcmonstrative in his opposition
to both the Administration policy in regard
10 Hawaii and the ridiculous and mpertinent
resolution brought forward By the majority Of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs in obedience to
Executive dictation. but who voted for the
latter yesterday was asked by n Tribune cor
respondent to-day If his opinions had undergone
n change and if he enjoyed his attitude
lie replied
CHARACTER OF THE VINDICATIoT
81 Obliged 20 CRATE my teeth every time
voted yesterday but | had plenty Of company
on this side. There are lots Of Democrats here
who voted | did who really think | do.
No. my opinions have undergone no change |
am as strongly In favor Of annexation now as |
ever was, but this seems to have become party
question. ana ] feel obliged TO vote with my
party"
Another Southern Democrat who was sitting
near him added: 1--WE Democrats reserve the
right to abuse President Cleveland as much
we please. but do not intend to Join the Re
publicans in doing it,
If President Cleveland ard his Secretary Of
state can extract any comfort from such a
"vinG,cation.' obtained by such means and
| methods as have been employed in this case
to make Representatives belonging to their own
| party stuitify themselves by voting for rc>oiu-
tion that they detest then the President and his
| Secretary Of State are easily cOmforteI. The
resolution itself will not be likely to deceive any
| Intelligent man either in the United States or
| Hawaii. While It is gross insult to the la
waiian Government and monstrous wrong To
| cx-Minister Stevens. whom It condemns unheard
| on cX-parte TESTIMONY and prejulcci dis
| credited report Of "A narrow minded but Jealous
| partisan. it does not contain a sentence or
suggestion favorab BILE to the real policy and acts
| OF the present administration.
| On the contrary. in praislng President Cleve-
| lands announcement OF the principle Of non
interference by the United States in the domestic
affairs Of foreign nations, 1t theoretically con-
| dennis his policy. which has been TO overthrow
a recognized friendly government and to restore
a corrupt. bloodthirsty Queen to a throne which
LoI It,hn l,of. h.
| policy In furtherancc of which acts have been
| done which. Mr.. Storer remarked In his
| speech yesterday. remind one Of the history Of
the sinuous md treacherOus diplomacy Of Europe
| in the fifteenth century"
| \ VIRTUAL PRoTECTORATE ASSUMED
Moreover as General Sckles pointed out in his
| speech, while the resolution in one sentence OPP
poses the establishment Of American pro-
| tectOrate over Hawaii In another sentence II
| virtually assumes such protectorate by de-
| claring that the United States will not permit
| any other nation to intervene in the political
| affairs Of that country.
| One point which was made with great force
| by Colonel Hepburn in his speech closing the
| debate against the resolution was the utter
worthlessness In legal sense OF most OF the so
called TESTIMONY taken by Paramount"
Blount. who was not clothed with authority to
administer Oaths. Colonel Hepburn vcntured the
| assertion that Chairman McCreary, n he were a
country magistrate In Kentucky would not
| convict the most worthless negro in the State
who had been charged with stealing n razor
back hog on such testimony as that produced
| by Bount to buttress his report"
| The haste with which the resolution was
| forced through clearly shows that the Admins
| traton ard its agents in the House Of Repre-
| mony taken by the Senate Committee For
| eign Relations of witnesses on both sides who
We're under oath had been printed and made
public. ~'-
On the whole. therefore. the resolution adopted
| to-day by reluctant but subservient partisan
majority. in manner which will prevent 1t
| from having any moral effect whatever upon in
tegent people cannot be twisted or tortured
into an approval or vindcation Of the policy and
acts of the Administration n regard to Hawaii
| The vote Mr.. Boutelles resolution. for the
consideration Of which he had fought long
| and persistently. furnished better indication
| OF the real sentiments Of the Democrats than
| did that on the Administration resolution. For
| the latter III Democrats voted. and against the
former only 161. Democratic loss OF sixteen
votes in half an hour. or the ninety-two men,
| bers who voted for the Boutelle resolution four
-Messrs Boon, Kern. Pence and Simpson--are
| Populists and the rest are Republicans. The
majority against II was sxty-nine, which was
only nine more than that against the Hit sub
stitute yesterday while the majority for the
| Administration resolution to-day was 102 I'm a
| total vote Of 252.
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AS TO QUORUM
After the first rollcal to-day and after the
Speaker had announced that no quorum had
voted. Mr. Springer. who. the subsequent
proceedings disclosed. must have conferred with
the Speaker beforehand. made the point that as
there were four vacancies In the membership
Of the House quorum consisted OF III members
which number had voted. After some discussion
the Speaker sustained the point Of order. basing
his decision not upon a ruling but upon some
comments made by Speaker Reed on one OF his
own decisions In the List Congress Speaker
Crisp's decision was sharply challenged by
Bourke Cochran, Colonel Breckenridge of Ken
lucky and other leading Democrats who argued
that quorum OF the House consisted OF a ma
jority of the membership Mr. Bailey OF Texas
defended the ruling and although no formal ap-
peal was taken 1t appeared likely that a large
number Of Democratic members would vote to
sustain one. Mr.. Springer therefore asked and
obtained unanimous consent to withdraw the
point Of order and that the roll be called again