Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-24
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
SENATE.

The Vice President laid before the
Senate letter from Mrs. Anna Shaw
Curtis, rendering to the Senate bust
of Charles Summer, owned by her late
husband The letter was referred tc
the committee on the library.
Mr. Mitchell presented a petition fol-
a law to protect the salmon fisheries o.
Alaska, and presented figures to show
how the important salmon fishing in.
dustry was being destroyed by the
seines and other impediments at the
mouths OF the streams, preventing the
fish from reaching their spawning
grounds. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on fish and fisheries.
The resolution reported yesterday
from the committee on foreign relations
against the consideration at present Of
any project Of annexation of the Ha
wuiian Islands to the United States was
laid before the Senate and Mr. Vest Of
Tered the following substitute for it:
Resolred, That it is unwise and mex
pedient to consider the project of an
nexing The Hawaiian territory 10 the
United States that the people of the
Hawaiian Islands should be left to
choose and maintain their own govern
ment; and that any foreign interven-
ton in the political affairs of the islands
will be regarded as an act unfriendly to
the government of the United States.
Mr. Vest disclaimed any intention to
be hypocritical in relation to the reso-
luton 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
mistaken, but the resolution reported
from the committee on foreign relations
seemed to him suggestive of future an-
nexation. 1t said that it was inexpe
dent and unwise to consider the project
of annexation Eat this time and under
present conditions His substitute
was not amenable to objection. The
committee resolution if adopted by
them might be used as an argument by
the provisional government and its adj
herents. They might say: "If We
maintain ourselves for short time
longer, then the Senate of the United
States has told us that it will contem-
plate o project of annexation. 1t was
not the business of the United States to
establish a government there. These
people should be left to choose and
maintain their own government; and if
the Queen could not maintain her SOW
ereignty let her 60 down-under the
doctrine of the American people, that
the people should govern.
At2 p. M. the Hawaiian resolution
went over without action; and the bill
to repeal the Federal Election laws was
taken up. Mr.. Lodge (rep. Mass ad-
dressed the Senate in opposition to the
bill.
HOUSE.
The House went into committee of
the whole to consider the Wilson bill.
Mr.. Taylor offered substitute for
the pending amendments to the iron
ore schedule, which proposed to SUBJ
stitute the existing terms of the Nc
Kinley bill
Mr.. Chickering rep, N. W opposed
the Wilson bill in the interest of the
farmers of northern New York.
Mr.. White rep, Ohio,) spoke in OPP
opposition to the Wilson bill.
Mr.. benson dem, Ala, said he had
been taught that the democratic party
was tariff party and he had learned
that under Andrew Jackson. Free
trade is RIGHTEOUSNESS, he said, protec-
ton is despotism and both are unjust.
He was not a protectionist and not a
free trader, but he was an Andrew
Jackson democrat. Laughter and
applause.
In reply to question he said he
WAS protectionist to an extent which
would give equality for American labor
andAmerican industry. Republican ap-
plause.l In reply to the question as to
what kind of a protection he wanted in
particular, he said he wanted protec-
ton on iron ore. "Give US protection, /.
he said, land leave the consequences
to God and the American people.
Republican applause He held that
iron ore was not raw material, for
the reason that there was large ex-
penditure of capital in machinery for
raising ore and for similar purposes.
He was followed by Mr.. Tawney rep,
Mimi, who in turn was followed by