The morning call., 1894-04-27

warm advocate of peace and lawfulness.
He criticized the action OF the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia in
issuing proclamation warning Coxey' S
army against entering the District.
AT l :45 O'Clock, before any action had
been taken on the resolution. Harris
moved to take up resolution providing
that Tomorrow and until otherwise
ordered. The Senate shall meet at IL A. NJ =
PETER and Allen objected to the pending
resolution being displaced and demanded
an aye and no vote. The vote (Which also
showed the attitude of the Senate on
Aliens resolution) was as follows:
Ayes = Aldrich, Allison. Bate. Berry.
Blackburn. Blanchard, Brice. Gallery,
Call. Camden, Coke. Cullom, Dubois.
Faulkner, George, Gibson, German. Gray,
Hale. nsbrongh. Harris. Hawley. Hig-
gins. Hunton. Jarvis. Jones (Arkansas),
Lindsay, Lodge. Mcmillan. Mcpherson,
Henderson. Martin, Mills, Mitchell wis
consin), Morrill,. Palmer, Pascoe. Perkins.
Platt. Power, Proctor, Pugh, Roach. Sher-
man. Shoup. Teller. Turpie. Vest. Villas.
Voorhees,, Walsh. Washburn, White, VOL
cott-54
Noes = Allen, Dolpb. Frye. Gallnger,
Kyle. Peffer-6.
The Senate without division then agreed
to the resolution and Harris moved to
take up the tariff bill. and Higgins (R) of
Delaware took the floor in opposition to
the bill. He argued that the passage OF
The tariff bill would seriously endanger
the interests of the United States in con-
nectlon with its rights to the exclusive oc-
cupancys of Pearl River harbor in the
Hawai- an Islands. He proceeded TO dis
cuss at length the subject Of the annexa-
ton of the islands, remarking that he had
thought seriously of Offering resolution
requesting the President to send back to
the Senate for con federation and ratiflca-
tion the treaty of annexation.
80 far as we can judge from his mes
sage" said Higgins. 1.-THE President with
drew the treaty without ever considering
the problem of annexation of he islands.
He rejected the treaty because he claims it
had been obtained wrongly. LII all his
facts and in all his conclusions, after care
full perusal of the testimony. believe the
President Is wrong, but, clothed as he is.
as the Chief Executive of the nation, with
enormous power over this question, he
seems to have taken his course on these
narrow grounds"
Higgins paid an eloquent tribute to Presi-
dent Dole and the Provisional Govern
ment. Speaking of the Hawaiian Provis-
ional Government Higgins said:
Nov at last, when called upon to de-
fend the civilization they had created from
the barbarism that sought to draw it back
into its embrace, they suddenly found
themselves assailed by the overwhelming
power of the United States itself. But the
race is not always to the swift. nor the
battle to the strong. Again the moral
forces were In the ascendant. Again they
asserted themselves. and never in human
experience will more moral grandeur be
seen than when the President of the
mightiest republic on earth sees himself
endorsed by the President of the feeblest
All honor 10 Sanford b. Dole.
Called In unlooked-for emergencies,
and without seeking the place, to a task of
singular difficulty if not danger. he has
discharged his duty with signal ability
and in manner that receives no higher
praise than to say it Is worthy CT the New
England missionaries, of that New EGG
land theocracy from which he sprang and
TO whom these islands owe their civilZa-
tion."
At 5 o'clock Higgins concluded bis
speech, after speaking three and a hall
hours. Dolph. who was speaking when
the Senate adjourned yesterday, was
recognized and gave further installment
of his tariff speech begun on the Goth inst.
At 5 40 P. NJ. the Senate went into eXecu-
time session and Immediately afterward,
at 6 20 o'clock, adjourned.