The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-19

the committee 10 De the idsC "llhCoo
in the list, which has already grown
much larger than was expected when
the investigation was commenced;
The testimony of Mr.. Simpson had
little 10 do with the revolution. liz
was devoted almost entirely to dls-
cussion of the value of the islands
from a commercial point OF view.
Now that the hearing of testimony
has been concluded, interest Will CEN
ter in the report of the committee. A
member of the sub committee, VINO
has taken an active interest in all the
proceedings, is authority for the state
ment thai the sub-committe will pro-
badly have its report ready for the full
committee by the 18th. The report
will doubtless be adopted by the full
committee, and will then, accom-
panied by the printed testimony, be
laid before the Senate. A general de-
bate, it is believed, will follow. A
Senator, whose source of information
cannot be disputed, says that the sub
committee is favorable to annexation,
but he believes it will report against
such action at the present time,
policy already outlined in the resolu-
ton of Mr.. Turpie, which is now be-
fore the Senate.
As to the annexation sentiment of
the subcommittee there can be little
doubt. The two Republican Senators,
Sherman and Frye, stand on no equi-
vocal ground. Senator Morgan IS
equally strong in favor of annexation,
but may not think the time oppor-
tune. AS for Mr.. Butler, another
member of the subcommittee, it is
known that when the Commissioners
from the Hawaiian Islands were here
about a year ago to negotiate the
treaty of annexation he made the
positive statement that he favored it.
Mr.. Gray, of Delaware, the remaining
member of the subcommittee, is a
jealous defender of the Administers
toms policy, and would necessarily
oppose anything that looked in the
direction of annexation, and would
antagoniZe any report inconsistent
with the conclusions reached by Para
mount Commissioner Blount.
The statement was made today by
member of the committee, but not
one of those conducting this inquiry,
thatit looked as if ex-Minister Stevens
would be criticized, not so much for
what he did as the way it was done.
WHO rs POTTER?
A dispatch from Chicago dated the
4th says:
Joseph Carl Hart Potter, who claims
the title of Consul General of the Ha-
waiian Islands, is still confined in a
dingy cell at the Desplaines- street
station, Iamenting his fate and max
ing dire threats against the Chicago
police force in general, and especially
policemen Morgan and McComb, who
arrested him Saturday night.
When he was brought to the police
station he informed the officers that |
he was q very sick man and asked for |
medical attention. But the physi- |
clans at the hospital, after making a |
brief examination of the man, refused |
to admit him, as they could find no
thing which would go to show that |
he was i'll.
When seen in his cell this afternoon |
Potter was asked what caused him to |
be arrested, and he replied, with a
shrug of the shoulders: "I am sure |
do not know. am an honest man,
and shall not rest one minute until |
make those officers and other per-
sons who are responsible for my pre- !!
sent predicament suffer"
He said he was employed by the /
Hawaiian Government as Consul |
General, and that he is a prominent |
citizen of Honolulu and owns a con- |
siderable real estate in that city. He |
came to Chicago two weeks ago and |
has furnished a fiat on Jackson boule- |
now living. He expected his wife to |
call upon him, but she did not make |
Der appearance all day.
Potter says he Is a native of Vienna,
Austria. He went Hawaii twenty |
eight years ago and has since resided |
there. He said he came to Chicago |
only on a pleasure trip.
DIR. J. A. House of Indianapolis has |
made q proposition to the eS-queen in |
writing. He is lecturer and offers |
to give her half the receipts of a lee |
ture tour through the United States |
and to discuss her wrongs. One of his |
proposals is as follows: "Of course |
you are not unmindful that your |
Majesty's name is household word |
throughout the United States, and / |
feel confident that there would be no |
trouble in packing the largest opera
houses at the highest prices"