Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-02-08
SHARP SHOOTING.
Warm Debate in the House on
Hawai-
Speeches for and Against the Policy of the
Administration = -Unparliamentary
Language Shuts Out AIr.
Morse-Liyely Tits.
The House and Hawaii.

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terday, the night session being held to
permit speeches by those members who
desired to talk, but who otherwise
would ave not had an opportunity to
! do so on account of the limited time al
lowed.
The Hawaiian debate was resumed
by Mr.. Morse trep.), of Massachusetts,,
VINO had five minutes. Before he had
proceeded for minute. however. Mr..
Cultivate (dem.). of Ohio, had cI1led
him to order for unparlia mentary Ian
guage.
80 which language do you refer?"
asked Mr.. Morse.
'''ro the insulting, impudent and un-
parliamentary language just used" :"
answered Mr. Outhwaite.
Mr.. Morse, according to rule, took
his seat, and the words excepted to
were read at the clerks desk, as follows:
Aud vet. strange jote /. at the comm md
their mas .er. great Grover Cleveiani, his
Gu kooS IN the house and senate, aunch south
erp democrats. the Iouiest shouters for a white
mans goyernm Mt. disregard all their ancient
trad tions "out white mans supremacy and
the y hite mans government
The speaker ruled that the language
was npariiamentary. Before Mr..
Morse could proceed, however, his time
expired.
MIR johnson (rep.), OF Indiana, next
made speech arraigning the course of
the present administrati ton in ATTEMPT
ing to restore the deposed queen. He
drew q vivid picture of the efforts of
Mr. Willis and evolved out of it all the
plot of a new comic opera to be called
LiliuOEalani.
Mr.. Patterson (dem J. of Tennessee,
followed. The sugar interests. he ar
gued, were behind the annexation
m 'vement If the islands could have
been annexed under the bounty clause
of the Mckinley law, the sugar plant
ers there would have received from the
United States treasury $50, 10000
The desire of the sugar planters to
put their hands into the pockets of the
American people lay at the bottom of
the revolution of 1898" said the speak
er impressively 'sThe great haste
mamie >ted to secure annexation" he
sail was because those in the con-
spir tcv knew that Grover Cleveland,
when inaugurated, would never give
his C. n .eat to the territorial extension
of tie United States to those islands.
2.i miles beyond our western shore"
NesSrs heeler (dem}, of Ala oania,
uest the bate. The former delivered
lant. i he latter argued in behalf of
the adoption of the McCreary resolu-
ton from legal standpo ut.
Ar- :outelle trep.), of Maine, who
followed Mr.. Oates after reviewing
tn. con ents of his resolution depre-
eating the policy of the admins
ira ton. added: Whatever may be
the ttriy expression of the house,
l claim d favorable verdict on my in
dictment from the American people,
Continu ng, he followed events to the
attemp.ei promulgat on blythe ex-
queen of the new constitution January
Il, 1913. That act denoted the
political suicide of the Hawaiian mon
archy The honor of the American
name," said Mr.. B utelle lis being
dragged in the dust by Grover Cleve-
land. W. @ Greshlm. James Ii. Blount
ami Minister Willis. l have no words
to express my contempt for the policy
of treach cry. duplicity and false pre-
tense You on the other side cannot
condone this outrage. You cannot
make this heroic. [Applause.
Proceeding, he characterized Mr.
Gresham as a ''disapp ,intei and ap IS
tate secretary OF state. who, in conjunc-
ton with the pr sident. sought not
only to uproo and oyerturn an A meri-
can government, but to degrade the
American navy by putting it under
the control of a Georgia politician, in
order to get some one who would haul
down the American flag" Applause.
Mr.. Black. of Illinois, the ex-com-
missioner of pensions in reply, said
the eloquent words of Mr. Bontelle so
far as they appealed to American
honor and patriotism awakened the
liveliest commendatiou in his heart;
but. after all, this was now an old
story, it was no longer a grave ques-
ton. The government of Hawaii was
now finally esta blished. There was
no attempt to invade it. All the repub-
licans hoped for by this discussion of
ancient history was political advant ge,
and the democrats did not propose they
should have it He analyzed the several
resolu tions. pointing out what he con-
sidered their defects or inconsistencies.
He argued for policy OF foreign non
Intervention. I've are after Stevens
said he, s'and we think we will get
him"
BY the peaceful conquest of extir-
per cent of all the lands in the Ha-
waiian islands now remained to the
native population Never had there
been such peaceful conquest in the
history of the world. American in
telligence and energy We're paramount
there. Let them work out their own
salvation. Let US declare for policy
of non-interference by the United
States and against tolerating foreign
intervention by other governments and
the supremacy of brain and civiliza-
tion in those islands is assured - Mr..
Blacks brilliant peroration was loudly
applauded.
Mr. Van Voorhis (rep), of New
York, a member of the foreign affairs
committee, declared In favor of annex
alton.
Air. Griffin ldem.), of Michigan.
closed the debate Tor the afternoon
with an argument in support of the
AicCreary resolution
N the evening Mr. Post {rep }, Of
Illinois. contended that the attempt o.
the administration to restore :
ds5suciied and discarded queen could
not Dse k.oafioIls.d or wiped out by the