The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-07
SOUIRMINC OVER STEVENS.
The House Left Without a Quorum to
Vote on CelSuTe.

al Ahb5I6BLlnB Oue.
Washington, Feb. 6.-With very little
preliminary the House at ll:1O o'clock
took up the consideration of the resolu-
tion of the foreign affairs committee cen
suring Minister Stevens; and Mr.. Outh-
waite of Ohio, addressed the House. As
a preface to his remarks he said he should
have nothing to say against President
Harrison or Secretary of State Foster,
and he had no doubt that MR. Harrison
made good President from republic an
point of view. But he did endorse the
action of the present President and also
the policy which declared that the islands
should not be allowed to fall into the
hands Of any foreign government.
Mr.. Culberson, dem. of Texas, defended
the resolution in a legal argument.
Mr.. Storer, rep. of Ohio, made a strong
legal argument against the legality of
the appointment of MIR. Blount as COM
missioner to Hawaii, while the Senate
was in session.
Mr.. Everett, dem. of Massachusetts, de-
Tended the course pursued by President
Cleveland. He said that he had decided
the case on its merits, as a Judge, as a
Justice and as man, but when he found
that he could not restore the queen with
out force, he referred the whole matter to
congress, for he was not man to "wade
through slaughter to throne and shut
the gates of mercy on mankind"
LIQUIDS VISIT TO HAWAII
Mr.. Loud, rep, of California, who was
the next speaker, prefaced his remarks
with the statement that last spring he had
visited the Hawaiian islands and had re-
mained there two months, so that he spoke
as one who had personal information on
the subject. As result Of an Interrupt
tion, he said that he had not gone to
Hawaii to spy upon Mr.. Blount, but in
his own interest, and he thought it was a
mistake TO trust implicitly to one man in
stead of a commission, for no one man
was free from the taint of prejudice. In
the course of his remarks he said; "Mr.
BlOunt went to Hawaii to attend to a
certain object. / went there untram-
melled by object for the purpose of calmly
looking at both sides of the question that
l might the better perform my duties here
as legislator upon a subject which all
knew must come before us for review SO
there we parted company-he to resume
his star chamber investigation, to go
upon the highways and into the byways,
in the broad light of day, seeking light"
Mr.. Loud reviewed the testimony of the
Blount report by the light of his own in
vestigations, and asserted that on that
testimony Mr. Blount's conclusions were
disapproved. He said if Minister Stevens
had been guilty of the acts charged, it
was the duty of the executive to bring
him home in chains" and the law of his
country would have punished him.
ORGANIZATION OF THE DOLE GOVERNMENT.
Mr.. Loud's conclusion as 10 the manner
in which the provisional government was
organized after full examination of the
testimony and a personal investigation
during April and May at Honolulu, MIR.
Loud stated to be that a government of
the people and by the people, of iutelli-
gence and decency, had at last been
formed in Hawaii and without the as
sistance in the slightest degree of the
minister or the naval forces then there.
Mr. Turner, dem, of Georgia, defended
Mr.. Blount from the charges which had
been made against nim and attacked the
provisional government. He was opposed
to the policy of territorial extension, and
drew lesson from the fact that when
Rome entered on a similar policy her
power began to decline.
sICKLEs ATTACKS THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Sickles, dem, Of New York, Gre
ated a sensation by attacking the Presi-
dents policy. He was the first democrat
who had not upheld the resolution of the
foreign affairs committee. He held that
one administration should not constitute
itself court of appeal or review of a
preceding administration. (Republi-
can applause). The question of a provis-
ional government was a ''res adjudicata."
and he had heard no one propose that
that question should be reviewed. He
mentioned number Of instances in which
it was shown that this country had pur-
sued a policy of annexation. President
Polk, in lS47 had negotiated protector
ate over the Isthmus of Panama, and that
had stood for many years. The same
thing was done in Nicaragua when it be-
came probable that a route from the Pa
cifc to the Atlantic would be built there,
thus giving the United States control
there In referring TO the pending
resolution of the foreign affairs
he said he could not endorse
it. and he would not vote for it. Repub-
lican applausel. He closed his remarks
with the prophecy that no matter what
might be the action of the House to-day,
it could not change the decree Of des-
tiny that sooner or later the Hawaiian
would become part of the United
States. Loud applause on the republi-
can sidel.
Mr.. DeForest, dem, Of Connecticut, de-
Tended the foreign aualrS COmmlttee'S
while Mr.. Hepburn, rep, of
Iowa, spoke in opposition.
Mr.. Hooker, dem, of Mississippi, was
the last speaker, and in long speech ably
defended the resolution Of the foreign
affairs committee.
TAKING UP THE VOTE.
At $3.50 o'clock the previous question
was ordered and vote was at first taken
on Mr. Blair's amendment, approving the
recognition Of the provisional government
by the Harrison and Cleveland admins
trations and declaring for policy of ul
innate annexation MIR. Blair's amend
ment was defeated on standing vote Of
II TO 155 and on the roll call Of 30 to 1855.
A vote was then had on Mr.. Hits sub
stitute. This declares the sense Of the
House that the Presidents demands on
the provisional government to surrender,
and his attempt TO erect a mon
archy In its stead. was an un-
Intervention in the affairs
Of friendly recognized govern
ment, contrary 10 the law Of nations, the
policy and traditions Of this republic and
the spirit Of the constitution. Also that
the provisional government having been
the highest international in
terests require that IL shall pursue It's
own line Of policy, and foreign interyen-
tion will be regarded as an act unfriendly
10 the United States
This substitute was lost yeas l03, nays
l5s.
A MOTION TO RECOMMIT LOST.