Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-22
The Question Still Further Discussed
in the Senate.
ATTACKS ON TIE PRESIDENTS POLICY
Mr.. Gray Continues to Defend the
Administration.
IN THE HOUSE

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net unanimous, and gave notice that when
| the bill was taken UP he would offer an
| amendment concerning the submission of
| freight and passenger rates to the inter-
| state commerce commission.
Mr.. Quay Pa.) secured the passage of a
resolution providing for a site in Wash
| ington for the bronze monument of DIR.
Samuel Gross, distinguished physician and
author. The statue is to be erected
| through contributions from the medical
profession.
Mr.. Allen (Neb) presented a large bunch
of petitions fIom citizens OF Alabama
| claiming that they were deprived of re-
publican form Of government, and asking
| the Intervention of Congress.
Mr. Wolcott (CoL) submitted resolutions
| from the legislature of Colorado, reciting
| the circumstances of default in paying the
Pacific railroad debt, and urging the Gre
| alton of a single government director In
place of the present government board to
secure the speedy settlement Of the gov
ernment'S rights.
resolution was passed asking the Sec
rotary of the Interior for information as 70
permits to cut timber from public lands.
Another resolution was passed asking in
| formation as to pension suspensions. appli-
cations, &c.
The Hawaiian Question Again.
This cleared the decks for the expected
renewal Of hostilities over Hawaii Minis
ter Thurston of Hawaii was again in the
diplomatic gallery, accompanied by his sec
rotary, Mr.. Hastings.
The subject came up on Mr.. Klye's reso-
luton, which is one expressing generally
the disapproval of the Senate in the action
of the administration withdrawing war
ships from Hawaii. Mr.. Gray Del) again
took the floor to further answer, as he said,
the f1imsy attacks made In the Senate
against the administration. The Senator
referred to the statement by Senator Haw-
ley made yesterday as to the President S
seeing the royaliSt delegation which visited
Washington last August.
Mr. Gray reiterated that the President
had never seen these delegates, being sick
at the time.
Are you prepared to say that they never
saw the Secretary of Slater" asked Mr.
Frye.
adding that he had no information on that
POINT.
Mr.. HayNley's Reply.
Mr.. Hawley rose to reply, holding in his
hand a newspaper slip containing Presi-
dent Cleveland's authorized statement Of
the facts concerning the royalist delegates.
Mr.. Hawley said he had not intended to
maintain that a personal interview between
the Pre- sident and the royalists had occur
red. He was reliably Informed that there
had been no personal meeting, but Mr.
Hawley continued, reading from the Presl-
dents statement to show that the royalist
delegates had seen Secretary of State Ores
ham, it should he kept In mind that these
delegates were the representatives OF those
corspiring to restore a depoSed queen. They
were here in Washington, either as con-
spirators against the existing government
Of Hawaii or else they Were here on an
honest mission. If 1t was honest they
! ought to have been referred to the Ha-
| waiian minister. If they were conspirators
| they should not have been seen by the
Secretary Of State.
Mr. Hawley read from the letter of the
royalist delegates to the Secretary of State:
| 1--WE, the undersigned commissioners, sent
by the deposed queen, LiiiuokaIani, re-
quest an interview with the President"
lust think of the audacity," said Mr..
Hawley, pausing. Think of this request
to our Secretary of State after we had
formally recognized the government of
Hawaii"
MIR. Hawley read further from the re-
quest of the royalist delegates as given
in the Presidents interview that they
desired to know IL the President intended
doing anything toward the restoration OF
the queen. The Senator said he desired
to make no personal arraignment OF the
President, but he (Hawley) believed the
Presidents whole course on Hawaii lad
been wrong.
Mr.. Gray Agnin as Defender.
Mr.. Gray again took The floor to fur
Their answer the criticisms on the Presi-
dent, Mr. Gray said these attacks were
so constant, the animus so evident. that
1t was perhaps useless to controvert them.
Some people seemed determined to attach
the President whatever the subject be. If
he sat down he was too long, II he stood
up he was too short. These criticisms
were bound to find fault. Mr.. Gray in
sisted that the Presidents letter to the
royalist delegates was purely unofficial.
It was part Of the conservative course by
which the President, with steady head
ard strong hand, was endeavoring to con-
duct public business.
AS to these royalist commissioners, MT
Gray referred to the constant presence
here prior to the dethroning of the queen,
of those who sought to overturn that gov
eminent. That revolution was natched IN
this country and in the office of the then
United States minister at Honolulu. The
Senator declared that this agitation and
this talk of keeping warshipS at Honolulu
was kept up largely by the "SchemerS for
annexation" who thought 1t would help
their cause.
The same question was unexpectedly in
teriected into the debate at this point. MI.
GRAY referred to the fact that the United
States was now bound by international
agreement to keep barbarouS king IN
power in Samoa. 1t would not do, he said,
to declaim against barbarous queen when
we were at the same time protecting and
maintaining barbarous king.
Mr.. George (MissD followed. Mr.. George
declared that the Hawaiian government
was republican only In form. 1t was gov
eminent of force. 1t had been established
by force and was now maintained by force.
British Possessions in the Pacific.
Mr.. Lodge CMass) presented new phase
Ct the subject by submitting long list CT
the islands on the Pacific which Great
Britain had gradually absorbed In pur-
suance of a settled policy England was
taking every foot of territory she could lay
her hands on.
1.-THE arms used in this uprising were
| bought by an Englishman,' declared Mr..
Lodge. ',rhey were shipped in British
ship from a Canadian port. The insurrec-
tionists were largely Englshmen. When
the Alameda left Hawaii fifteen Canadians
were under arrest, and the British minister
was interceding in their behalf"
This said Mr. Lodge, made out the case
that British influence was behind the royal
list element in Hawaii. The Senator pro-
ceeded to criticise the action of the admin
istration in taking ships from Honolulu.
and then comforting with the royalist dele
gates who came to Washington.
Mr. Kyle gave figures from the latest
Hawaiian year book showing the many
millions of American capital invested In
| Hawaii.
GLOW much of that is held by one man
| Claus Spreckels?" asked Mr.. Gray.