Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-02-15
GRAYS MASTEREuL SPEECH.
Fie Shows Up the Hlgh-handed
Acts of Minister Stevens.



An Able Address That Held the Atten-
tion of the senate--More Hawaiian Cor
respondeucs sent by the President.
WAsnINGToN, Feb. Ex-senator Gray
Of Delaware, who is perhaps the best
informed man in the Senate on the situ-
alton in Hawaii aud the events which
led up to the deposition Of Queen
Liliuohalani, over year ago, made an
effective speech in the Senate to-day, in
which his Efforts were directed to prove
that Minister Stevens, Us the accredited
representative of the United States in
Hawaii, had not only connived at tho
plot to overthrow the Queen, but had
participated, by the use of his authority,
in that act Mr., Gray is one of the promi-
nent members of the Senate com aittce
ON foreign relations, and has cat July
studied the Hawaiian situation from. the
point of international law. He has pos.
sessed uneXceptional means of acquir-
ing information on the subject, and so
thorough was his dissection of the evil
dence Of Minister Stevens participation
in the dethronement plot that senator
Frye of Maine, who is q member of the
same committee, was led TO ask if he
was using evidence submitted to the
committee privately and thus far con-
sidercd confidential. Mr.. Gray dis.
claimed that he was using any such
evidence, but that he was confining
himself to the evidence already pub
lished, which was amply sufficient, he
said, to convince any fair-minded man
that Minister Stevens had far exceeded
his authority in his dealing with the
conspirators for the overthrow of the
Queen and the establishment of the
provisional government.
Mr.. Gray addressed the Senate in the
same imprisoned manner which marks
his argument before jury. lie was
| listened TO attentively. lie will be fol-
lowed by Senator Daniel OF Virginia
and Senator White of California,
who will further discourse upon Minis
ter Stevens attitude in the revolution.
| The discussion now going on is or Sen
ator Turpic's resolution that 1t is mad
visable at this time to interfere with the
| provisional government Ut Hawaii. 1t
| is not expected that Il vote will be taken
until the receipt of the report now in
| preparation by the committee on foreign
relations. A resolution similar to Mr..
Turpie's has already passed the House.
The President sent to Congress this
afternoon another batch of Hawaiian
correspondence, consisting of copies OF
two letters, one from Secretary Gresham
to Minister Willis, setting forth an &C.
count OF his interview with Minister
Thurston when he called 10 ask II the
United States would use force to put the
Queen on TIE throne, and the other from
Minister Willis to Secretary Gresham
giving an account of his declination oil
the invitation to attend the celebration
of the establishment of the provisiona
government. In his letter TO MIR. Willis,
Mr., Gresham says Thurston called upon
him in the morning aud asked ii force
would be used, and he (Mr. Gresham
declined to answer until the afternoon
when he asked Thurston to return
Meanwhile Mr.. Gresham called upor
the President, and in tue afternoon, ii
response to Mr.. Thurstons inquiries
told him it was not the intention to force
nor do anything to injure the provisiona
government or the people; that II injury
came to them 1t would be through thei
own acts.
Mr.. Willis, it appears, gives no reason
for declining the Invitation sent him.