The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-22


the Gentlemen.
Washington, Jan. administer Thur
ston, Of Hawaii. occupied a front seat
IN the diplomatic gallery of the Senate
when the session opened today.
Mr.. Lodge speedily brought forward
the Hawaiian question by presenting
the following resolution:
Resolved. That the Senate heartily
approves the dispatch of a warship to
the Sandwich Islands on Saturday
last, and is Of the opinion that an
American man-of-war should be kept
at Honolulu.
Resolved That prompt measures
should be taken to construct or pro
mote the construction of a. submarine
cable from San Francisco to Honolulu.
and that no part Of the rights and
privileges secured to the United States
ana the Hawaiian government should
be abandoned or waived in order to
enable any other governments to Sc
cure 13othold or lease upon any part
of the Hawaiian Islands.
Resolved, That in the judgment of
the Senate immediate steps should be.
taken TO secure possession Of the Sand
wien Islands by their annexation to the
United States
Mr.. Lodge asked Immediate consent
for the consideration of the measure.
Let go over" interposeH Mr..
Blackburn.
The presiding officer construed this
as an objection. and under the rules
the objection went over until tomor-
row.
Frye to the Front.
The Hawaiian subject was again,
brought to the front by Mr.. Frye, who
called up his resolution presented Sat
urday, expressing the profound regret
OF the Senate at the latest effort to
restore the queen.
Mr.. Gray urged that the United
States Senate was not Missionary
meeting to express sentimental feeling
on the aspirations of well-intentioned
people. He regarded the reports of the
last resolution as Iong-winded. He re-
gdrded the event as far less important
than the Brooklyn car strike
AT. Gray commented on the unwar-
ranted course of Admiral Walker in
reporting at length on political phases
in Hawaii.
1t is a serious thing for 20 Senator
TO make statement implying that the
President of the. United States is
sort OF Nero fiddHng while Rome
burns declared Mr.. Gray.
Mr.. Frye asked If the United States
minister at Hawaii had not requested
the presence of a war Ship at Homo
lulu
Mr.. Gray said ne had no information
on this point, but he read from Minis
ter Willis official dispatch to Secretary
Gresham, received Saturday, stating
that President Dole had expressed sat
1sfact1on that no foreign war ship was
present during the recent revolution.
Mr.. Frye interposed the statement
that President Doie's remarks were
evidently designed to express his sat
isfaction at being able to maintain the
present government Without any for
etgn forces being in the Islands,
Mr.. Gray urged that Admiral Walker
who was certainly a swift witness
for the oligarc'hy," had himself re-
ported the present government could
sustain itself without outside help.
Gray Grow Critical.
Mr. Gray criticized the statements
of Mr.. Lodge that the presence Of the
japanese cruiser Esmerelda in Hawaii
should create apprehension These
critics Of the administration had been
to give up fear of Grsa1
Britain and turn to Japan They had
found Great Britain has no concern in
the subject. The senator from Nasal
chusetts dodge had evidently Loss
great opportunities to twist the tail Of
the British lion, and was now COM
PEELED to turn to Japan.
During MI. Gray's reference to Ad-
miraI Walker. Mr. Lodge rose to ask
as to the justification for these infer
ences against distinguished naval OH
GERS Of being "a swift witness, etc
That is no inference. said MI
Gray; that is a direct positive state
ment. While I fully recognize the abil-
fty of Admiral Walker as q. gallant
officer, also recognize that he shares
the predictions of his predecessors for
in the matter OF coalins sta
tions in the Pacific, and that the reat
reason for maintaining a vast naval
armament is part of the admiraPs pro
fession."
Mr.. Chandler asked as to the move
ments Of the Philadelphia and the
He remarked Mr.. Gray
was generally regarded as fully quail
fed to speak for the administration.
This evidently nettled Mr.. Gray, who
suggested if the senator would call at
the executive mansion he would I'M
receive such information as
he desired. He Gray made no claims
to executive information. The senator
from New Hampshire, having once
been secretary of the navy, perhaps
shared in this spirit for conquest and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Mr.. Chandler smiled and continued
to question MI Gray as to the infer
ences to be drawn from his remarks
that the withdrawal of the American
warships was in order TO give the
queens adherents an opportunity to
restore her TO the throne.
Mr.. GRAY Indignantly denied that his
could be given any such con-
struction. He urged that the present
Hawaiian government was not in real
ity a. government It was a tentative,
defacto organization.
Cleveland Mfsrepresented.
This brought Mr.. Hawley CRepubli-
cam, of Connecticut, to his feet with
the remark that it might account for
President Cleveland's action last Aug
ust in dealing with a delegation Of roy
alists who came to Washington.
1T is misrepresentation of the pres
ident of tine United States to say that
he dealt with the royalists," re-
sponded Nj, Gray. with much force.