Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-14
ALL DONE WITH HAWAII
MT. Gray Says the Administra-
 tion's Work There Is Ended.
THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMs FALL.
The House Spent the Day Debating on the Bland SeiGniorage Bill - Senate Com mittee Will Probably Leave Sugar on the Free List and Retain the Income Tax.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-The house spent the day in debate on the Bland seiSniorage bill, the principal speeches being those by Nr Culberson of Texas in favor of the measure and by Mir. CoOmbs of New York in opposition. Several times Mir Bland attempted to reach an agreement for clos ing general debate today, wiih a view of securing a vote, but objection was made. Over 40 members have asked for time to speak, and it may be possible that special order will be required to bring the bill to a vote, but Mir. Bland does not think this method will have to be resOrted to.
 Representative Raynor of Maryland con templates offering an amendment to the pending Bland seigniorage bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue per cent bonds up to $50, GOO GOO and running 10 years in case the necessity arises.
 Mir. RaynOr intended his plan a com promise with Mir. Bland, but the latter is not ready to accept it as such. Under these circumstances Mir. Raynor says that he has not yet fully decided whether to offer the amendment and let it take its chances.
 Senator Gray Concludes His Speech.
 The Hawaiian resolution was again the subject of discussion in the senate. Sena- tor Gray resumed his argument in support
 
 charges that the revolutiOnists were de pendent on the United States minister and the United States forces for support of their movement, and thereafter the pro visional government depended absolutely upon the United States forces and the flag for protection and for the maintenance of the government they had established.
 The full significance of the present Ha- waiian situation came out at the close of the senator's speech, when in a colloquy with Senator Teller he admitted that as a member of the foreign relations commit tee he understood the efforts of the presi- dent moral or diplomatic, to restore the queen were at an end, and the present min ister to Hawaii had no directions 10 pursue further diplomatic negotiations to that end.
 Senator Gray, in referring to this point, said:
 Il say as an American citizen that 1 very much regret that the president of the United States was not able to undo the outrage and make reparatOn for the wrong that was committed there on Jan. l7, 1893. 1 think that the good name and fame of this country of ours was so involved that it would have been a qualification to every patriotic citizen had the president been able to restore the status quo of Jan. I6, loJ3. ny ne lalleu Is perfectly well known now. That opportunity is now gone, and 1 suppose it will never return."
 "Then the senator regrets" said Mir. Teller, that the queen is not on the throne and the revolution not in existence. So far as 1 am concerned 1 do not care what Mir Stevens conduct was I am looking to the present conditions, and it seems to me more than wicked and cruel that we do not declare in an emphatic manner that we do not propose to inter fere with the government. If our minister in any way leads the people of that coun- try to believe that we are still disposed to carry out the suggestions of the president to restore the status quo, he ought to be withdrawn summarily. He ought to know enough of the public opinion in this coun- try to know that the moment the presi- dent submitted this question to congress there was possibility that the provision al government would be destroyed and this queen restored to power"
 At the conclusion of Senator Grays ar gument the house bill championed by Sen ator Berry to compel the Rock Island rail road to stop its trains at the towns of Enid and Round Pond was taken up, Sen ator Blackburn taking the floor in oppos- tiOn to the bill. It was discussed for two hours, but no result reached.