The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-18

necessary, the delay of the execution
Of the sentence passed upon the Of
tenders.
III MT. Gresham has overlooked Mr..
Herbert's instructions the unwindiDg
OF the latest State Department farce
will devolve upon the Admiral and
the Minister, neither of whom will
probably know how to act with in
structions Of such a conflicting char
acter.
Minister Willis cannot make a de-
mand upon the Republic Of Ha-
wall and assert il without the Co
operation Of the naval force, and If the
Admiral does as every naval of1cer
orders Of his superior officer, the Sec
rotary of the Navy.
There Is little fear that Mr.. Willis
can take any decided stand in view Of
the plain orders to Admiral Beardslee
which prevent him coming to the
Minister'S assistance IL called upon.
At the Navy Department it is said
that no further orders have been sent
to the Admiral which will in any way
rescind his original instructions or di-
rect q different change of policy from
that outlined by Mr.. Herbert in his in
structions issued January 22d.
WAsHINeToS, Feb. 6. Teller OF
Colorado took up some general phases
of the Hawaiian question. He said
that by rules of international law the
United States was bound to protect its
citizens domiciled in Hawaii, even
though they were enlisted in the SER
vices of the existing Government.
Teller's argument was with view
to showing that Secretary Herbert
had erred in ordering that the Phila-
delphia, recently sent to Hawaii,
should not afford protection to United
States citizens who were serving I'M
der the existing Government. The
Senator said the Secretary OF the
Navy had virtually announced that
maintaining peace would forfeit the
protection of the United States.
In closing, Teller said: 81 will pre-
dict the next Administration, be it
Democratic, Republican or Populistic,
will see to it that the Hawaiian ISL
ands are q part of this Republic and
that the flag Of the United States flies
over them as it does over u.s."
Morgan turned his attention to the
latest dispatch of Mr.. Willis. He de-
fined our policy Of non-intervention,
and in so doing he asked what the
United States Senate would do il Mr..
right as Governor Of Alabama, and in
doing so q citizen was killed. In that
case it was not for the United States
Senate or the Federal Government to
act. And so with Hawaii. We had
no concern with her affairs. If Hawaii
made q mistake she must abide by it.
For himself, Morgan said, he would
have more respect for Hawaii If she
shot traitor than If she forgave him.
But the best thing for the United
States to do was to keep out Of this
new phase Of the subject.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-President
Cleveland's policy toward Hawaii was
sustained by the Senate today by q
vote of "a to %. The resolution was
offered by Vest as an amendment to q
previous resolution on the subject by
Allen, and is as follows:
Resolved, That while the people Of
the United States earnestly sympa-
thiZe with the effort to establish re-
publican institutions wherever that
effort IL made, they reaf1rm the policy
Of non-interference, unless by agree
ment, with the affairs Of other nations
and recognize to the fullest extent the
right of every people to adopt and
ment unawed and uninfuenced by
foreign dictation. That the admins
tration OF President Cleveland in
maintaining this policy as to our for
eign relations deserves the approval
and support Of the American people"
The vote was on party lines, with
the exception of Pettigrew (Republi-
can), of South Dakota, who voted
with the Democrats. BY singular
coincidence this one vote carried the
as it would have failed on
q tie had the vote been on strict party
lines. The action today practically
disposes of the Hawaiian question in
the Senate, although it is expected to |
receive attention from time to time on |
the various pending resolutions crIti- |
cising the administration.
A dramatic episode was injected into |
the early proceedings of the day by q |
spirited reply from Lodge, of Massa-
and Frye, of Maine, to the |
criticisms Of Mills, of Texas, yester-
day, in alleging that mercenary mo-
tives inspired the New England Sena-
tors in their support of Hawaii. Frye |
was particularly severe in his ar
raignment Of Mills, but peace was re-
stored later in the day by mutual ex-
Il m