Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-24
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
Another Hawaiian Resolution in the
Senate.
Mr.. VEST EXPLAINS ITS OBJECT.
Mr.. Gray Defends That Reported
From the ForeignAffairsC Committee.
HOUSE DEBATE ON IRON ORE.

/
The Vice President laid before the Sen
ate letter from Mrs. Anna Shaw Curtis,
| rendering to the Senate bust of Charles
Sumner. owned by her late husband. An
explanation was made by Mr.. Hoar (Mass.)
| that Mrs. Curtis is the widow of the emf
nent orator. George William Curtis. and
that the bust SO generously offered by her
had been presented to him by the common
wealth of Massachusetts. The letter was
referred to the committee on library.
To Protect Salmon Fishing.
Mr.. Mitchell (Ore.) presented a petition for
a law to protect the salmon fisheries Of
Alaska. and presented figures to show how
| the important salmon fishing industry was
being destroyed by the seines and other
impediments at the mouths of the streams,
preventing the fish from reaching their
spawning grounds Remarks on the sub
Ject were made by Mr.. Mitchell. his COL
league. Mr.. Dolph. Mr.. Platt Comm, MI.
Hoar (Mass.) and Mr.. Hale (Me), and then
the matter was referred to the committee
on fish and fisheries.
Mr.. Chandler IN. W offered q resolution
instructing the committee ON commerce
TO consider the expediency Of authorizing
the PRESIDENT to take suitable recogni-
don OF the gallantry and self-sacrifice Of
Cniel Omcer Meyer and the five seamen
of the Netherlands steamer Amsterdam who
tost tneir lives in heroic effort to save
tne uves OF the crew OF the American fish
ing schooner Maggie Wells. After a short
explanation and statement Of the facts the
resolution was referred to the committee
on commerce. and the New York Herald
report OF the transaction was ordered to
be printed in the Record.
/ Another Hawaiian Resolution,
Inc resolution reported yesterday from
the committee on foreign relations against
the consideration at present of any project
OF annexation Of the Hawaiian Islands to
the United States was laid before the
senate and Mr.. Vest (Mo.) offered the fol-
lowing substitute for It:
| He would Let the People Alone.
For himself. he desired to furnish no ar
eument and no suggestion at all to those
peopie' he would let them severely alone
IT was not the business Of the United States
70 establish a government there, either sug-
gestively or by active interference. And
| Tor that reason he preferred to say now in
the language Of the substitute, that II is
uhwise and fnexpedient to contemplate a
proJect OF annexation. As to the proyfs-
Iohai government being q de facto govern
nnent tas expressed In the committee resolu-
ion)' ne preferred not to use that express
SION. On the other hand, he would adopt
the declaration as to self-government.U Under
an parties and under all administratio
mat policy had received the support Of the
American people.
These people should be left to choose and
maintain their own government, and if
the queen could not maintain her sover-
eighty let her go down-under the doc
trine or the American people that the peo-
pie should govern. The latter part of the
committee resolution was unexceptionable.
IL simply announced doctrine which re-
cefved the assent Of all parties and inoi
viduals In this country.
Mr.. Gray's Explanation.
Mr.. Gray Oel), a member of the eorn.
mittee Of foreign relations, said that Mr.
Vest entirely misconceived the SCOPE and
object Of the resolution reported from the
committee
Resolved, That 1t Is unwise and mex
pedient to consider the project of annexing
the Hawaiian territory to the United
states; that the people Of the Hawaiian Is
lands should be left to choose and main
tain their own government; and that any
foreign Intervention in the political affairs
OF the islands will be regarded as an act
States
Mr.. Vest disclaimed emphatically any in
tention to be hypercritical in relation to
the resolution reported by the committee
on foreign relations. 1t was possible that
the Intention OF the committee might be
the same as his own. He might be mis-
taken, but the resolution reported from the
committee on foreign relations seemed to
MIN suggestive Of future annexation II
SAID that IT was ineXpedient and unwise to
consider the project of annexation lat this
tlme ana under present conditions" His
substitute was not amenable to that ob,ec-
tion. The committee resolution. IL adopted
nlgnt oe used as an argument by the pro-
vlsional government and it's adherents
Ihey might say: IF We maintain ourselves
Tor short time longer then the Senate of
the United States has told us that it will
contemplate q project Of annexation"
He did not see that the substitute differ
ca at an from the committee resolution ex-
cept that the substitute left out any phras-
eology that could, by any Implication. be
considered as putting the Senate alongside
OF the executive in his treatment of the
for further consideration" The purpose
OF further consideration" had been honest
ly entertained by the President and had
oeen honestly acted upon. He (dr. Cray
chalienged any one to show that that pur-
pose had not been honestly in the Presi-
dents mind. The President had sent to
the Hawaiian Islands a gentleman to see
with his eyes and to hear with his ear,
what the President could not see or hear
with his own eyes and ears He had there
by shown a jealous intention and desire to
perform great public act on due informa-
ton and with well-informed mind and
conscience.
The Federal Elections Bill.
At pm. the Hawaiian resolution went
over without action and the unfinished
business was taken up. being the House bill
to repeal the federal election laws. Mr.
Lodge (Mass) addressed the Senate in op-
position to the bill. /
THE HOUSE.
After reading yesterdays Journal the
Speaker appointed as government directors
Of the Columbia Hospital Messrs. Comp |
ton CMd) and Coggswell CMass).
The House resolution granting the privt- |
leges Of the library to the chief justice |
and associate justices Of the Supreme Court |
Of the District, with the Senate amend
ment, was laid before the House. The |
Senate amendment extends the same priv |
iieges to the chief justice and associate
justices of the Court of Appeals of the |
District and on motion Of Mr.. Blair N. H.) |
the amendment was concurred in.
Very little time was lost in getting down |
to business this morning. and at IL 10 the |
House went into committee Of the whole |
to consider the Wilson bill. Mr. WASH |
ington CTenn) took the chair, and Mr.
Taylor CTenn.) offered substitute for the |
pending amendments to the iron ore sche- |
dule, which proposed to substitute the exist
ing terms of the Mckinley bill.
Mr.. Chickering On. w. opposed the Wilson |
bill in the interest Of the farmers of North |
ern New York.
Protest From Ship Builders.
Mr.. White (Ohio) spoke in opposition to |
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