The Portland daily press., 1894-01-12
IN NATIONS TRIBUNAL
The Administrations Wrong to Ha-
wall Will Be Judged.
SPEECHES BY MESSRS. DAVIS AND
TURPIE In THE SENATE.

| Mr.. Davis Eloquent in Defence of Mr.,
Stevens and Aggressive in Reviewing
| the Administration's Course-Afr. Tur-
! pie Libels Mr.. Stevens but Cannot Up
hold the Presidents Policy.
Washington, January 11.-At the expi-
ration of morning business in the Senate.
Mr.. Davis, Rep, of Minnesota, resumed
his speech in relation to the Hawaiian
difficulty. He started with the reading
OF extracts from the diplomatic CORES
| pondence; the instructions of the State
department to ministers to the Hawaiian
islands, and the testimony accompanying
Mr.. Blount's report. The evidence, he
said, could be searched in vain for an in
stance in which Mr., Stevens had not said
in response to every attempt to put him
in an equivocal attitude, that he would
land troops for the protection of Ameri-
can property only. If Mr. Stevens had
not done SO, and if the result had been
as everybody feared it would be, he
would have disobeyed the standing in
structions of his Office. If the Queen.
by her revolutionary acts, absolving her
| subjects from all allegiance, created
situation which made the landing of the
| troops necessary. she could not complain
| because 1t had the collateral effect of
sweeping away her throne
MI. Davis proceeded to discuss the
! question of the Presidents authority to
| appoint Mr.. Blount. s'Without the ad-
vice or consent of the Senate" he said,
1.-THE President invaded the privileges of
the Senate. We are told, adjured and
advised that we should sit silent on this
attack; that we should let it pass by
without criticism or protest. So far as
we are concerned, perhaps, personally,
we might as well do SO, but as guardians
OF the constitutional rights of the peo-
| pie, we cannot. 1t is not the first time
in history that an attack on the privi-
| leges of the Senate has been made. At
time IN the history Of Rome, when the
emperor was Princeps Senatus, connect
ed with the Roman Senate somewhat as
the President as the United States is
connected with the American Senate. the
Emperor, great man, determined man
man determined to overthrow the privi-
leges of the Senate, withdrew to the Sc
clusion of the island of Capua, and from
there sent message bringing into ques-
tion the privileges of the Senate. Dis
cussion was stifed; nothing was to be
SAID. The few remaining arches that
sustained senatorial power were to be-
broken down without question. When
some Senator is represented by satirist
to have been asked concerning the man
attacked or privilege to be overthrown,
he said: Into what crime has he fallen?
BY what informer has he been accused?
What judge passed upon him? What
witnesses testified against him? Not
any of these things. A verbose and tur-
gid message came over from Capua.
That settles it. I will interrogate no
further" Laughter and applause
Coming to the point of the
Hauling Down of the American Flag.
by order of Mr.. B1ount, Mr.. Frye, .Reubli-
| can of Maine, said the history of the
| country might be hunted over without
finding another instance where civil
officer had ordered an admiral of the
navy to haul down the flag. 's3-
ALLOW me TO add," said Mr.. Dolph,
Republican of Oregon, the instructions
of the Secretary of the Navy directed
Admiral Skerrett to obey the commands
of Mr.. Blount and placed the naval forces
of the island under his command" 800 800
yet" said Mr.. Davis "it is claimed
that Mr.. Blount was not diplomatic
officer and therefore did not need confr-
ma tion by the Senate
But" Mr.. Frye, persisted, "no ambas-
sador. no minister, no diplomatic officer,
no ofhcer whatever outside of the Presi-
dent of the United States, the secretary
OF the Navy and the regular officers Of
the navy ever made such an order or was
ever clothed with power to make such an
order. This, I am happy to say. is the
only instance of the kind.n
1T will be the last" said Mr.. Hoar,
Republican of Massachusetts,.
That is historical truth" said Mr..
Davis. That is the first time in thirty
years the American flag has been lowered
by an American hand under circun,-
stances which have brought feeling of
dlshonor and shame on the American
heart. 1t is the last time in many years,
predict. that the act will be done again.
Although the stars have disappeared
| from the Hawaiian sky, they will appear
| there again in due time. Although
| lowered in dishonor, they will be raised
| in power"
| Mr.. Morgan, Democrat of Louisiana,
| asked Mr.. Davis to specify the occasion
on which the American flag was raised
| in Honolulu
Mr.. Davis said he did not propose to be
| cross examined.
Mr.. Morgan assured him that he was
| asking in good faith and for the sake of
| information.
The occasion of the protectorate was
given by Mr.. Davis, and Mr.. Morgan in
| quired what protectorate, as Mr.. Foster
had disavowed in dispatch to Mr..
| Stevens protectorate on the islands. He
did not know what the flag was doing
there without IA protectorate or what