New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-03
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Senator Mills enjoys the uncnyabe dlstih'-
,ion of being the only apologist Of the President
who yenturcd to say a word against the ia
,yoiian resolution adopted by the Senate lie
was absent when the division was taken, bu'
returned before the vote was announced
Startled by the Information whsperu III MS
ear that the Turpic resolution had been re'as'
SO as to involve sweeping condemnation ot inc
Presidents policy and that there had been no
debate. he asked permission 10 make Il s'at-
mont There was unanimous consent, and the
last ,vorl I'm defence Of what President Clcvc-
land had proclaimed in II special message 10
Congress- 10 be- Il supreme question OF inierhi'
tlonal morality was spoken. Then the vote WIS
announced: Yeas, 5o; nays, o.
The Senator's plea j. interesting as the last
relic OF the policy OF lnfamy which has left the
President with only one defender In II Senate
controlled by his own party. Il simply wanted
T., state" he said, that / recognize the right
81 the people Of the Hawaiian Islands 10 In
stitutc their own government, as they may
n,cose. II Is not that part Of the resolution
against which I should vote. The Government
~ the United States having overturned that
Government and having placed the people Of
the Hawaiian Islands under a military power
themselves. I sboull simply vote that it Is the
dutv az this Government 20 tear down that
ollcarchy which it has established by force ana
normlt the pcoplc 10 institute their own govern
ment"
The senator was not opposed TO the Foreign
Committees proposition that OF right 1t bo-
longs wholly to the people Of the Hawaiian
Islands to establish and maintain their own
government, and that tho United States ought
in no wise to interfere herewith But he
considered 1t necessary 10 place on record his
willingness 10 vote for measures for securing
thc overthrow Of the existing Government
which has remained IN power FOR eighteen
months and is soon TO be replaced by con
stitutional government. There never was
more ridiculous non seQultur Theoretically the
Senator avowed himself to be In favor OF non
intervention: but practically he favored n war
Of invasion, the expulsion OF President Dole
and the COnstlutiOnnakcrs by force, ana the
restoration Of the Queen to the throne which
she forfeited when she attempted TO overthrow
the Constitution and brought on the revolution.
Processing 10 recognize tho right OF the Ia
waan people to institute and conduct their
own government without interference from any
foreign Power, he was prepared TO employ all
in recstablishng n degraded monarchy against
which they had successfully revoltcd.
II Is fortunate that Senator Mlls's loquacity
and servile admiration Of the President nllurcd
him into making this final plea for that tran
scendental gospel Of "lntcrnat lona morality"
of which Gresham, Blount and Willis have been
the consccrated evangcls. Events move rapidly
I'm a world that Is always searching after some
thing new The Hawaiian policy Of duplicity
and shame had been discarded from public dis
cussion rs a back number. The newspapers
had ceased TO refer TO II. and their readers were
I'm danger OF forgetting how irrational and In
famous Il really was. Senator Mills instead OF
allowing the resolution to be adopted as an
cnnty formalty without revival Of controversial
questions. insisted upon furnishing an rpitomc
Of the dlscrcditcd policy Short rs was his
specch II contained MI that could be said In
favor OF the most imbeclle and indefensbc
diplomatic policy ever deliberately entered upon
by the United States Government The higher
ethics Of the diplomacy to which the President
consccrated himself during the very week Of
his inauguration are condensed into n single
sentence which implies that the landing OF
marines In Hawaii an act Of intervention
and absolutely wrong and consequently that
feet must be dispatched, an army enlisted
civil war instigated and progressive, enlight
ened government replaced by q barbarous one
In order to enable the people to govern them