New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-26
MILLS TO THE RESCUE.
HE p1rsHEs TO THE DEFENCE OF THE
PRESIDENT AND QUEEN LII.

ALL THE SENi
,,s TO SPECULATIVE INTEREST IN
SUGAR sTocKs-THE RoYALIsT COMMITS
s,oxrRs COMPARED TO KossUTH.
f,v TELEGRAPH THE rRrBUNEl
.,rcton Jan 25-President Cevelands per-
80. and fantastic Hawaiian policy found an
s.,,rentIv fit apologist to-day in the Senate.
r,o,oneI Roger Q. Mills, Of Texas. the ex-aposte
-, free silver and tariff reform. to the rescue
., Idluokalani and the Administration in true
ouxotic fashion. Mr.. Mills. 1t will be remem-
hered is the Senator whose eulogy the Ha-
u,aian discoveries Of Paramount" Bount some
tno wears ago drew from the President the ex-
,raordinary tribute of midnight letter Of
hanks-a compliment evoked by previous or
subsequent outburst Of "Cuckooism'' in either
branch Of Congress. 1t was only natural there
.ors that the Texas Senator should reappear to-
dav as the especial spokesman of the Admnistra-
tom and that he should reflect in his utterances
more completely and authoritatively than any
rival apoogist the peculiar vagaries and illusions
of Judgment which lie at the base of the Presi-
dents mistaken and preposterous Hawaiian pro-
gramme.
II is almost unnecessary to add that Mr.. Mills's
performance amply fulfilled all expectations. and
that no speech, perhaps. yet made in Congress
has thrown a more vivid light on the astounding
mass of errors and prejudices which form the
foundation Of the Royalist restoration pro-
gramme Of Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Gresham. II
the echo Of their views boldly sounded in Mr..
Millss Cuckoo" oratory is to be credited. the
peevish and stubborn obstinacy Of the Admins
tration and its persistent efforts to restore the
Queen are due as much TO deep-seated and per-
sonal desire for revenge on the Sugar Trust and
the holders Of Sugar securities in this country
who were supposed to have forced the tariff sur
render" Of last summer as to a more distant am
biton TO carry out the absurd and erroneous
plans for a Royast revival. to which both Mr..
Cleveland and Mr. Gresham were committed by
the fundamental blunders Of Paramount
Blount's mission of investigation. AS developed
to-day through the frank avowals Of Senator
Ms's speech. the chief vagary Of the Admins
tration's policy seems to involve the remarkable
hallucination that the whole movement in this
country in favor of the annexation of Hawaii is
inspired by a speculative interest in New-England
in Sugar stocks and Hawaiian bonded obligations
"a hallucnation extraordinary as any which
invaded the mind of Don Quxote.
In Mr.. Millss view, accordingly, the overthrow
of the Government of Liliuokalani by the stock
jobbng influences of New England Will ever
constitute blot upon this countrys National
honor and the sympathy extended by Mr.. Cleve-
land to the ex-Queen and ner supporters-espe-
cially to the commissioners who visited Wash
ington last Augustus to be compared in moral
worth and grandeur only to the similar greet
ing extended by Congress and the American peo-
PIE to Kossuth two generations ago III any
thing could add to the absurdities OF the situa-
ton into which Mr. Cleveland's diplomacy has
plunged his embarrassed apologists. Mr.. Millss
sneech to-day offers the missing paradox The
Texas Senator has amply justified his claim to
the title of the Thurber Oh the American Con-
gress and If he does not receive another ietter
OF thanks from the White House 1t is either
because the President has wholly wearied OF
meaningless adulation or because the private
secretary himself has suppressed this second
testimonial in pure Jealousy of Mr. Mils's sup
AS TO the remarkable suggestions Of Mr.. Mills
about Hawaiian bonds and Sugar stock rnachina-
lions. they have already been dismissed as
worthless by all but the most imaginative par
tisans Of the Administration The following
statement in regard to the bond story Is made
to-day on the authority Oh d Heihoer Vi 'he
Hawaiian Legation:
This yarn would have had better foundation
for believers If there are any who wish TO believe e
Hawaiian bonds command only 25 per cent OF the. the
in the he 1as Of a5d e ps that they the So"a FACT Gn K
that With the exception Of 100000 worth of bonds
c,oyernment or the Hawaiian Republic has ever
In 1886 81, 10000 of the Hawaiian bonds were sold
IN London. They were eagerly taken up by invest
latest latest known quotation Of these bonds was ll3.
That Is s the credit ie rs whe he srkes OF the
world as to the only bonds which II ever placed
s foTfsn 6Snds @oSd ne at
Hawaiian credit requires the sale OF bonds al only -
Which have been disposed Of in any way by the
Hawaiian Government are the few bonds when
Counter at Honolulu These bonds have never been
sold for less than par And 1t Is fair comment comment
ment is held at home that none of these bonds
have ever been sod @ s OF to
negotiate has had ready takers among the residents
%aian Ian Government except for specific purposes
and the purposes must be enumerated in the acts
sh traoa OF every bond which has ever been is
sued and OF the price at which 1t was sod: NO no
%ea aan oSh1s owernmen for any The curious
reports in the newspapers that bonds nave oeen
the event Of Hawaiian annexation and that they tthey
in the possession Of public men who nave en neen
friendly to the Hawaiian Government; are among
the most grotesaue OF recent political inventons
There IL absolutely no truth whatever IN the STORY.
Mr.. Mills spoke OF the great interest mani
tested in the Senate in Hawaiian matters and
said that most of IT came from the extreme
East and the extreme West Of the country
There had to be. he said. some motive for that
some powerful inspiring cause. III WAS q" oiu
tale It was powerful sugar interest IN the
United States and in the Hawaiian lslands "hich
was constantly demanding that me new ma
waian Government should be protected py 'he
Iron power OF the United States Aliudihs 10
Mr.. Hawley's statement that the President was
not justified in holding any communication WIN
the Rovalist Commissioners from Hawaii. Mr..
Mills recalled the famous precedent OF the re-
ception by Congress and the President OF LOUIS
kossuth--"a consprator
Mr.. Mitchell ORep., Ore)-Does the senator
from Texas mean by that argument to put the
representatives OF the late. Queen OF the sand
wich Islands on a parallel with Louis kossuth!
is that the idea?
Mr. Mills-The Senator can get my idea II ne
will c,, st,u and liaten until I get through. i