The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-23
LODGE MAKES A CASE.
Senators Go On Talking About the Ha-
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The policy of the adj
mlnlstration to Hawaii was again the sub
ject OF sharp attack and defense in the Senate
to-day. The personal element in the contro-
versy drew large crowds to the galleries, which
at times overfowed into the outer corridors.
1t indicated no diminution of public interest
in Hawaii now that the course of the admins
tratlon is the main question of discussion.
Gray and George justified the administration,
and Gray dwelt upon the persistency and vim
dictiveness with which the President was Will
fed and misrepresented.
Lodge and Hawley made the critical speeches
OF the day, the former urging the extent OF the
foreign British aggression in the Pacific, while
Hawley made pointed comment on the con-
sideration given to Queen Lliuokalani's rep
| resentatiyes who visited the State Department
after the United States had formally recognized
the Hawaiian republic.
The debate was still in progress when the
morning hour expired, and the Nicaragua
canal bill was taken up. Turpie spoke against
the measure for three hours and had not con-
! cluded when the Senate adjourned.
The pooling bill was favorably reported to
| the Senate to-day by Butler of South Carolina.
| Chandler stated that the report was not unani-
nous, and gave notice that when the bill was
taken up he would offer an amendment con-
corning the submission of freight and pas
| senger rates to the Interstate Commerce Com
| mission.
| Allen of Nebraska presented large bunch
| of petitions from citizens of Alabama claiming
that they were deprived of republican form
OF government, and asking the intervention OF
Congress.
Wolcott of Colorado submitted resolutions
from the Legislature of Colorado reciting the
circumstances OF default in paying the Pacific
dabt md fba
ment of the Governments rights.
| A resolution was passed skiing the Sec
rotary of the Interior for information as to
| permits to cut timber from public lands. An
other resolution was passed asking informa-
| ton as to pension suspension and applications.
This cleared the decks for the renewal of the
| debate for Hawaii. Mr.. Thurston of Hawaii
was again in the diplomatic gallery accom-
panied by his secretary Mr.. Hastings. The
| subject came up on Kyle'S resolution, which is
| one expressing generally the disapproval OF the
Senate of the action of the administration in
Withdrawing warshfps from Hawaii. Gray of
Delaware again took the floor to further
| answer, he said, the aimsy attacks made in the
Senate upon the administration. The Senator
referred to the statement by Senator Hawley
made yesterday as to the President seeing the
royalist delegation which visited Washington
last August. Gray reiterated that the President
had never seen these delegates, being sick at
the time.
care you prepared to say that they never saw
the Secretary of State?" asked Frye.
Gray said he had no information on that
point and Hawley rose to reply, holding in his
hand newspaper slip containing President
| Clevelands authorized statement of the facts
concerning the royalist delegates. Hawley
said he had not intended to maintain that a
personal interview between the President and
the royalists had occurred. He was reliably
informed that there had been no personal in
terview, but continued reading from the Presi-
dents statement to show that the royalist
delegates had seen Secretary Gresham. It
should be kept in mind that these delegates
were the representatives of those conspiring to
restore deposed Queen. They were in Wash
ington either as conspirators against the exist
ing Government of Hawaii, or else they were
here on an honest mission If it was honest
they ought to have been referred to the
Hawaiian Minister. If they were conspirators
they should not have been received by Ores
ham. Hawley read from the letter of the roy
alist delegates to the Secretary of State: owe,
the undersigned commissioners, sent by the
deposed Queen, request an interview with the
President"
Gust think of the audacity," said Hawley;
"think of this request of the Secretary of State
after we had formally recognized the Govern
ment of Hawaii
The Senator said he desired to make no per-
sonal arraignment of the President, but he
! (Hawley) believed the Presidents whole course
on Hawaii had been wrong.
| Gray again answered the criticisms upon the
President. He said these attacks were so con-
| slant, the animus SO evident, that it was per-
| haps useless to controvert them. Some people
seemed determined to attack the President
| whatever the subject be- If he sat down he
was too long; if he stood up he was too short
These critics were bound to find fault The
Presidents letter to the royalist delegates was
purely unofficial. 1t was part of the course by
which the President, with strong hand was
endeavoring to conduct business. 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 it would help their cause.
The Samoan question was Unexpectedly inter-
| jected into the debate at this point. Gray
referred to the fact that the United States was
now bound by international agreement to keen
barbarous King in power in Samoa Itwould
not do to disclaim against a barbarous Queen
when we at the same time were protecting and
maintaining such King.
George declared that the Hawaiian Govern
ment was republican only in form. 1t was a
| Government of force. 1t had been established
Lodge presented a new phase to the subject
by submitting long list of the islands in the
Pacific which Great Britain had gradually alb
| sorbed. In pursuance of a settled policy Eng
land was taking every foot of territory she
could lay her hands on. They were now trying
to get Neckar Island of the Hawaiian group.
This was part of the British policy of aggres-
sion. British influence was back of the royal
list element in Hawaii. The heir to the throne
was Princess Kaiulani, daughter OF an English
man and now being educated in England Her
guardian, Theophilus Davies, was an English
sympathizer and was to some extent identified
with the recent uprising of the royalists.
"The arms used in this uprising were bought
by an Englishman,' declared Lodge "Thev
were shipped in a British ship from Canadian
port. The insurrectionists were largely Eng
lishmen. When the Alameda left Hawaii.
fifteen Canadians were under arrest and the
British Minister was interceding in their
behalf. This" said Lodge, "made the case that
British influence was behind the royalist
element in Hawaii"
The Senator then proceeded to criticize the
action of the administration for taking ships
from Honolulu and then comforting with the
royalist delegates who came to Washington.
He thought it peculiar incident that war
ships were withdrawn just at the time the