The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-06
And Paints Vivid Picture of the Efforts
of Minister Willis to Restore Ex-
Queen LiliuOkalani.
PLOT FORANEW COMIC OPERA
Morse Called to Order for Allud-
ing to Cleveland's CuckOOs.
The President, Gresham, BlOunt and
Willis Scored by B0utelle-Remarks
of General Black and Others.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The Hawaiian
debate again occupied the attention of the
House to-day, night session being held
to permit speeches by those members who
desired to talk, but who otherwise would
not have had opportunity to do so on ac-
count of the limited time allowed. The de-
bate is attracting much less attention in
the House than was anticipated. This is
perhaps partly due to the abandonment of
the policy of restoration of the administra-
ton and party to the fact that the long
tariff debate has surfeited the House. The
principal speeches to-day were made by
Messrs. Johnson of Indiana, Boutelle, Pat
terson and Black of Illinois.
Mr.. Everett delivered the invoca ton at
the opening of the session of the House this
morning. Mr.. McCann tried to obtain unan-
imous consent for consideration of a resolu-
ton he offered to investigate the action of
Judge jenkins In the case Of the Northern
Pacific railroad, whose employees he had
enjoined from striking, but objection was
made.
The Hawaiian debate was resumed by Mr.
Morse, who had five minutes. Before he had
proceeded for minute, however, Mr.. Outh-
waite had called him to order for unparlia-
mentary language
ITO which language do you referr asked
Mr.. Morse.
ITO the insulting, impudent and unparlia-
mentary language just used" answered Mr..
Outhwaite.
Mr. Morse according to the rule, took
his seat, and the words excepted to were
read at the Clerks desk as follows: "And
yet, strange to tell, at the command OF their
master, the great Grover Cleveland, his
cuckoos in the House and Senate, stanch
Southern Democrats, the loudest shouters
for a white mans government, disregard
all their ancient traditions about the white
mans supremacy and the white mans gov
ernment."
The Speaker ruled that the language was
unparliamentary. Before Mr. Morse could
proceed, however, his time expired.
MIR. JOHNSON'S SPEECH.
Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, then took the
floor and made strong speech, arraigning
| the course Of the present administration
| in attempting to restore the deposed Queen.
| He drew vivid picture of the efforts Of
| Mr.. Willis and evolved out of it all the
| plot of the new comic opera to be called
| Liliuokalani He said the resolutions be-
| fore the House approved the principle an
| nounced by the President in relation to
| Hawaiian affairs, but carefully refrained
| from approving the acts he had committed
| him The resolutions, he said, were an ex-
| quisite piece ofsatire, equal to anything Ju-
| MUS Swift had ever written and, for sting
| ing sarcasm, We're not surpassed by any
| document eXtant, unless possibly by Presi-
dent Dole'S reply to the insoent demand of
the American minister for the capitula-
| ton of the provisional government. He
did not know whether the person who
| drafted these resolutions was free silver
te waiting b to get even , with tn the Preei
| or special sessions, or an applicant for
patronage. who felt that he had not re-
and who was thirsting for revenge, but
whoever he was. he was born diplomats.
| glish language and who had made the most
| of his opportunity. He added that Mr.. Will
lis had been praetieing diplomacy with
| ports from the provisional government the
author of these resolutions ought by all
| means to be made his successor.
| Mr.. Johnson arraigned the administration
| for its acts in Hawaii and declared that if
| been successful there would have been wit
| messed for the first time the successful i'm
| peachment of an American Executive. He
| denied that Minister Stevens aided in the
| deposition of. the Queen, and asserted that
| this question, like the question of anneXa-
tion., was not involved in the real issue.
| which was the conduct of Mr.. Cleveland in
lands; that when the present ad-
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confronted with an accomplished fact-a
| provisional government firmly established,
| amply able TO maintain itself. aud recog-
| nized by all leading nations, Including our
| own, d government whence We lad re-
| ceived a representative AMI L. "lonr we
| had sent one; and that the lasiion was
| not as TO the circumstances Of its birth,
| the rightfulness and wrongful,p.Ss Of its
| origin but as to its existence .tnd caI,aciIy
| to maintain it's authority is subjects.
| In concluding his remarks NJ. johns on
charged that the executive 1ad attempted
-tfr.l fhe hx nd
to conceal his purpose erom tie Amer
lean people. in order to preyent their
Blount to secure ex parte- evidence. to
give color to justification of this policy.
| Cireshams letter to the President, the X
ecutive message at the convening of the
| present session of Congress, the instruc-
tons to Willis, and the character of the
| latter's demand for the surrender of the
| provisional government were cited to show
that force was designed. The recent pro-
| tests that menace was never contemplated
| by Mr.. Cleveland came only after his
plans had begun TO fail and the public in
| dignation had risen
PATTERSON AND BOUTELLE.
Mr. Patterson followed. The sugar inter-
| ests, he argued, were behind the annexa-
ton movement. If the island could have
| been annexed under the bounty clause Of
the Mckinley law the sugar planters there
would have received from the United
| States treasury fifty million. The desire
| of the sugar planters to put their hands
| into the pockets OF the American people
| lay at the bottom of the revolution of 1883"
said the speaker impressively. The great
| haste manifested to secure annexation, he
said was because those in the conspiracy
| knew that Grover Cleveland, when inaugll-
| rated would never give his consent to the
territorial extension of the United States
to those islands, 1900 miles beyond our
| western shore.
Messrs. Wheeler and Oates continued the
| debate. The former delivered a glowing
eulogy of President Cleveland. The latter
argued in behalf OF the adoption OF the
| McCreary resolution from q legal stand
| point
Mr. Boutelle who followed Mr.. Oates
after reviewing the contents of his resolu-
tion reprobating the policy Of the admnis-
tration, added whatever may be the tardy
expression OF this House. / claim favor
able verdict on my indictment from the
! American people" Continuing, he followed
events to the attempted pronunciation by
the ex-Queen of ii new Constitution Jan.
IL 1893. That act denomlnated the political
suicide OF the Hawaiian monarchy.
The honor OF the American name" said
Mr.. Boutelle. 'is being dragged in the