Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-28
THE seHA1E's QUEER VOTE.
II Adopts Vests Substitute on the Hawaiian
Question. "a to 22.

Washington, Jan. St-lue 'cop SSAo
stitute on the Hawaiian question enaors
| ing the course of the administration anu
advising non interference was adopted IN
the senate ON Saturdays to sS-as iol'
lows:
Yeas-Bate, Blackburn. blanchard
Caffery. Butler, Call Cockrell, George
Gibson. GRAY, Harris, Hunton. Irty,
Jopes of Arkansas, Lindsay, Martin,
Mills. Pasco, Pettigrew, Ransom, Turpie,
Vest, Villas and Walsh-.4
Nays-Aldrich, Allen. Allison, Cam
eron, Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis,
FIVE Gallinger, Hale, Higgins, Kyle,
Mitchell of Oregon, PETER, Platt. Pritch
ard. Proctor Sherman, Stewart, Teller
and Wolcott.-22.
Inc resolution is as follows;
..That. while the people of the United
States earnestly sympathize with the Ell
fort to establish republican Institutions
wherever that effort is made, they reaffirm
the policy of absolute non-interference.
unless by agreement. with the affairs OF
other nations and recognize to the fullest
extent the right of every people to adopt
and maintain its own form OF govern
ment. unawed and uninfluenced by
foreign dictation.
"That the Administration of President
Cleveland in maintaining this policy, as
to our foreign relation, deserves the ap-
prevail and support of the American pee
Pile.
After the amendment had been adopted,
Teller. speaking on the resolution as
amended said that the policy of the ad-
ministration was not consistent with the
latter part of the resolution. 1t had not
maintained mastery inactivity, but had
sought to, overthrow the established gov
eminent! The only reason the deposed
Queen was not restored to her old throne
was the inability of President Cleveland
TO nut her there. He did not believe that
the senators who voted for this resolution
approved of the cowardly policy OF the adj
| ministration it sought to indorse.
| Before the resolution was voted on
Lodge denied and denounced the insinua-
ton that New England was Interested IN
annexation, though bond owners.
Mr. Frye (Rep.) of Maine, spoke on the
same subject and referred to statement
| in the correspondence of the evening paper
in question, that a Democratic senator
had letter from Hawaii which gave the
facts about the bonds.
Looking in the direction of Mr.. Mill
| seat, he said:
81 suppose no Democratic senator pres
ent has that letter. / am informed that
one senator absent has it, / will call bis
attention to it when he is present. The
correspondent of this evening paper also
intimates that the Democratic senator
who has the letter may before great
while, warm New England senators with
it. If any Democratic senator present
has the letter. will he kindly proceed to
warm the New England senators with it
now? They are entirely prepared for the
warming process at any moment.
Abiding again to the fact of Mr.. Mills
not being present in the chamber, Mr..
Frye said: 81 wish the senator from
Texas were present. l cannot say in his
absence what would say in his presence.
But the suggestion in his speech, yester-
day, that the matter should have an in
yestigation by a Senate committee, digni-
| fies these newspaper articles. Mr.. Presi-
dent, l charge now, in the absence of that
senator that he conveyed the infOrma-
ton to the correspondent of the New
York paper himself, and that he is the
senator who has the letter therein referred
| to. His absence prevents me from saying
anything more. l will take advantage of
his presence to say what l have to say on
that point"
| While Frye was speaking Mills came
into the chamber and took his seat. AS
soon as Frye's attention was called to the
fact, he put this question to Mills:
81 ask the senator from Texas whether
he gave to any New York correspondent
the information contained in the letter
about Hawaiian bonds being sold in New
England"
Mills-I did not, and never saw such
letter got my information from the
newspaper.
Frye ask whether he has in his
possession now or has had any letter from
anyone, in Hawaii or anywhere else,
making such a charge.
Mills-I have not
Frye-I withdraw the charge which /
made against the senator from Texas in
his absence. I charged from information
that the senator himself gave this infor-
nation to the New York correspondent,
and that the senator had in his possession
the letter referred to. l accept the sena-
tors statement, as a matter of course, and
l withdraw the charge
Mills-Thc senator knows very well
that I could not make charge of that
kind against him. l know nothing about
the letter. l saw the statement for the
first time in the evening paper. l have
given no such information to anyone, and
am very glad that the senator has with
drawn the charge.
Frye see in the press report of the
senator's speech of yesterday that he sug
gested an investigation by a Senate COM
mitee Did the senator do that9
Mills-Yes; | said that as a mere play