The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-26
LATEST
SENATE'S DUTY.
To Condemn LawIess COxey-
ties Says Mr.. Vest.
Higgins of Delaware Scores CIeve-
land for Hawaiian Infamy.
Bu Tne Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The Coxey
movement was brought prominently to
the front In the Senate today when Sena-
tor Aliens resolution OF yesterday was
considered.
Senator Vest opened with a strong
speech in which he denounced In
unmessured terms the lawlessness OF
the men in the West who are
seizing trains and committing other rash
acts and said that any resolutions tender
ing welcome to those who were breaking
the laws of the United States were out OF
place. He held that it was the duty of
the Senate to set the seal of its disap-
proval upon these acts of lawlessness.
Senator Wolcott followed in vigorous
speech denouncing the resolutions and
the attempt TO place the Senate In
cringing attitude toward these people.
Senator Harris moved today TO take up
his resolution changing the hour for the
meeting of the Senate to eleven O'Clock
each day. A yea and nay vote was called.
Many Republicans voted in the afiirma-
tive and 1t was agreed to by vote OF %
toe.
Mr.. Aldrich stated that there would be
no objection to meeting at that hour and
the resolution was agreed TO without
division.
The tariff bill was then taken up, when
Mr.. PETER moved consideration OF the
Allen resolution which was lost, and
Senator Higgins OF Delaware took the
floor TO speak ON the tariff.
He devoted himself principally to the Ha-
waiian question. He introduced the subject
by referring 10 the effect the passage OF
the pending bill would have on those
islands and continued as follows:
$50 far from deeming it, in the language
OF the resolution of the Senator
from Indiana, unwise and inexpedient
under existing conditions to consider at
hf inn. nf af lfNEN
OF the Hawaiian territory to the United
States, deem IL in the highest degree
both wise and expedient not only TO con-
slider such a project, but as well TO go
ahead promptly and annex them II the
Executive, by his concurrence, will only
make IL possible.
'If we should not consider any project
of annexation at this time, il is not be-
cause 1t is either unwise or expedient, but
simply because the attitude and action
of the President has made it impossible.
"No obstruction to annexation is pre-
sented by q foreign Government. Not one
of them presented any protest against
the treaty negotiated by President
Harrison or intimated or whispered
that any objection would be raised by any
nation, great or small, nor by England,
France nor Russia. all OF whom have large
interests in the Pacific, nor by Mexico,
China or Japan.
"But under our policy the President. in
the negotiations OF treaties, is indepen-
dent of Congress.
Only in their ratification is he depend
ent upon the Senate. 1t is true we have
the precedent OF annexation in Texas
by ga joint resolution" but this
would have TO be approved by the
president, or passed over his veto by a two
thirds majority. But, Mr.. President, IL
we cannot, without the concurrence of
the president "annex" we can con-
slider what both the honor and the
interests OF our country demand at our
hands without him, and in the last resort
submit the question in all its phases to
that tribunal, for us the one
last resort, the American people
themselves. Mr.. Higgins, reviewing q he
history OF the Islands, spoke at some
length on the establishment of the pro-
visional government, the overthrow of
the Queen and the annexation movement.
He closed with the following reference
TO President Cleveland's attempt TO re-
store the monarchy.
"When the islanders had triumphed
over the internal forces which they
had been compelled TO overthrow,
they suddenly sound themselves asssiled
by the overwhelming power OF the United
States itself But the pace is not always to
the swift, nor the battle to the strong
Agrin moral forces were in
the ascendants Again they as
serted themselves and never in human
experience with more moral grandusr
than when the President of the mlghteist
Redublic of earth finds himself
unhorsed by the President of the feeb-
lest"