New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-17
PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
THEY HOLD SIMILAR VIEWS On The
USES OF A CONSTITUTION
BOTH SUPERIOR To oNE-sENAToR GALliNGER
PROTESTS AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC

TARIFF POLICY.
Washington. Jan. 1C-rr the absence OF the Vice
president gone to attend the meeting of the Lar AS
ISOLATION at Albany. y. ", Mr. Harris ,D'"'
Tenn presided to-day's session OF the '''''
The Presidents message to Congress ud"''''.''''s
correspondence in the Hawaiian matter. WIS ''"'
by the secretary. Mr.. Cox.
Mr. Hoar Rep. MassD moved that the mes'"se
and accompanying documents BE- printed anu Re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations II
would be remembered, he said. that the president Oh
the United States deeming that It would be s"H''''
d foul shame - expose the persons VINO H'"
engaged in the establishment Of the present "o'-
eminent OF Hawaii To the vengeance OF cru'' anu
semi-barberous ruler demanded from her an uhuer-
taking that there should he complete pardo" anu
amnesty of all the persons engaged in the ie'o'u-
ton.
Nobody. however severe a critic OF the present
Administration. questioned the wisdom ana ""-
mainly of that stipulation. When the suggestion WIS
made to the Queen by Mr.. Willis. said MT ho'''
she asked TO issue proclamation OF ahneS'S'
and she said that she thought that the persons
concerned ought be beheaded. their property co"
iscated and their children driven from the realm.
The Queen had also Informed Mr.. Wills that SHe
had no constitutional legal right 10 promise
amnesty. Finally however, a promise OF amnesty
had been extorted from her; and that promise WIS
rs gross violation of the Hawaiian constitution
notified Mr. Willis of that fact and had protested
twice that she had legal power TO do that thihs'
MIR. President" said MIR. IIoar, with emphatic
soemnitv, there is but one point OF sympathy oe
tween the present Executive Of the United states
and the deposcd Queen Of Hawaii. and that IS,
purpose the part Of each recklessly 10 dIsreSai"
the constitution OF their own Countrywide only dh-
ference being that the Presden, OF the United states
disregards constitution recklcssly and without
provocation while the Queen OF Hawaii. In this
instance proposes to disregard II only before the
temptation Of "A throne
Mr. Gray dem. DclD congra ,ulatel Mr.. Eioar
his tender regard for the maintenance OF me
Hawaiian constitution. He Cir Gray did not
however know that the Presidents act in insist
ing a condition OF amnesty and full pardon was
not n wise one. notwithstanding the argument of
the Senator from Massachusetts. lie CMr. Cray
believed that the President was right In saying
that he would exact such condition from the
Queen before he would intervene or exercise lis
good Offices with the Provisional Government in her
behalf and that the Prcsil Mt able. under the
powers with which he clothed. and that the
United States able, to make good that promise.
MIR. IIoar took exception 10 Mr.. Gray's remarks.
and colloquy arose between them as 20 what each
Of them had or had not said. The colioquy drftej
into the raising Of the American iag and the land
ing Of American marines In Honolulu. and In regard
to the flag Mr. Ioar said that. he understood II.
act Of courtesy on the part Of the Provisional Cow
eminent.
Mr.. Daniel Dom. Va asked MIR. IIoar what
rght had the American Minister or III" American
Admiral. at anybodv's invitation. to assume the
sovereignty Of the islands
None at all" Mr. Hoar admitted.
After further discussion, IN which nothlnE IN,
tcr' Ing or imporant vas saii thc f.sou'en "gt
over without action. MI Ii"tr stating NAV ne
Senator from Illinois (Mr. CullOm desired to al
d' Mr Gs nrnte , p2n II, mon allr.-al Fl.
Senate on the resolution offered d. him December
~ declaring u as the ,en, r . the 1e iHai , rs
the present Administering. H. said THAT never
Sia,cs w,s born tnrribic YEAR OF i, had lire
been such suffering. sorrow AMI deittuilon "a no"
american non and from ali class,5 anI conditions
Of men The cry for re'i"f cAme From ~ ihe
masses Of the people cane TIE pea 10 CongIe's
to leave tho existing. tarin ,aw intact In that
Tp ~, :, vi ,ha Dc,o,"ra,ic l1al1rs ea'rn.I Irfer,
and substituting som" form n tarin for revenue
oniy W c Iee g go ii' for 6l the
ncrsriv red,ice 10th the amount and the price
80 49, !, ttis country and bring the American
workingrnan IN direct competition WIEN the labor
Of foreign nations. from winch - army ~ to'lers
flel every year - the Tri;cl states
American iabor has risnt 20 demand hs fl'l
free conl free iron ore fr"o ulhcr nor FREQ wool.
In them al are represented ih" 'p!i am HN'tl 81
honest inon-,oN and sweat which have a night 70
remand adequate protection from the cheaper
labor Of Canada, Nova "'oii1. Al'iriih "Nl
America Free raw materials ana reduced 'trL
duties will primarily injnI" The w"ihin-mnn 10y
lssecnlng wages. and sec ln3ariN in' ininu" Juror
bocause tho lahOring classes WuI nav" pthcii ally
nothing with which To buy ID" products 81 "us
NILS II has been our ho1s' mat az a na'nA
We consumed per capita more than any other coun-
,r ON the face % the carh-twice or three times as
much as somc-bu all that vii cnaTse w9,n Mag.t
arc reduced and the poor man rnfs II dUlcui -
earn enough 10 procure food and shelter FOR hs
family. ....-..., ,..r.
southern rice was enormously protected. whie
northern agricultural products were mostly on NJ
70 ia. cnu,ho-n oranges were cared for, but
Northern applos were ignored. southern mnrh"
vas bichlv protected hut Northern granite was
mn =, suffer Iron tics for Southern cotton
,,"rn looked after but iron bales for Northern hay
were heavily taxed And so All along me I'm" IN, :
,,s ,Ln message OF destruction that the p'mocralc
,ortv uroIosod To send 20 the EMPLOYERS ana work
Inc people in the scores Of mills all oyer New
England and New-Nork.