The record-union., 1898-06-29

| bill was read, and the committee
amendments, so far as they have been
offered, were agreed to. Consideration
of the bill will be resumed tomorrow
morning.
| Among the bills passed was one des-
| ignating Titusville as port of deliv-
cry in the customs district Of Erie,
Penn.
The Hawaiian annexation resolutions
were then taken up, and Caffery Of
Louisiana resumed his speech in OPP
position to the resolutions
Shortly after 1 o'clock, while Caffery
was expounding a legal proposition
bearing upon the question in discussion,
Jones of Arkansas, who was temporar-
lily in the chair, said: 'The Senator
from Louisiana will suspend. 1t is man.
ifest to the Chair that quorum of the
Senate is not present. The Chair there
fore directs there be a call of the Sen
ate. The Clerk will call the roll"
This unusual direction of the Chair
created some surprise among Senators
from the chamber.
While discussing what he deemed the
wrong done to the constituted authority
during the Hawaiian rebellion of 1893,
Caffery declared that it was a bitter
and rancorous spirit which directed the
attack made upon President Cleveland
for the bold. patriotic and righteous
stand taken by Mr.. Cleveland in at
tempting to right the wrong done by
Minister Stevens and the band of Ha-
waiian revolutiOnists.
Concerning the formation Of the de
facto Government of Hawaii, Caffery
declared there was never anything like
it in the history of nations. Some man,
he said, read a proclamation. When he
began to read twenty five or thirty
people We're present, and by the time
he had continued perhaps 300 had gath
cred. A Government was never made
SO easily, said he, or elevated SO
quickly. Within half an hour" said
Caffery, Minister Stevens had ac-
knowledged that the reyolutionists had
overthrown the regularly constituted
Government. The Hawaiian Govern
ment had under its authority several
islands, some OF, them fifty miles apart.
1t was impossible for Minister Stevens
to know that the revolution had been
successful International law requires
that a de facto Government shall be
strong enough to maintain itself with
the consent Of the pepole, but within
ten hours after the revolutionary Gov
ernnent had been created it demanded
the protection Of the. United States. :"
Caffery maintained that it was mere
ly paper Government, and never had
amounted to much. He declared that
within three days after the acknowl-
edgment by the United States Minister
that the new Government had been
formed, members of the Government
~
this country with a treaty Of annexa-
ton in their pocket. 1.-THE ultimate
purpose of the revolutionists from the
start said Caffery, was annexation
to the United States
He said all the conSpiratorS were
sugar men, and the tariff law then in
operation in the United States was in
imical to their interests. He added
that good deal had been said recently
about the interest of the sugar trust in
the pending question Of annexation.
The statements were illusory and mis-
leading. and intended to be such.
I'm the course Of my remarks said
Caffery, II win attempt to show here
after that the interests of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company are not
better subserved by having Hawaii as
The interests of the sugar trust are not
better subserved by Hawaii being in
dependent and free, than by Hawaii
being a part Of the United States, and
the newspapers that are crying Wolf,
wolff are trying to cover their own
tracks
At o'clock Caffery, not having con-
cluded his speech, yielded the floor. The
annexation resolutions were laid aside
for the day, and Hale Of Maine called
up the general deficiency bill.
After the reading Of the bill, which
consumed an hour and a. half, the Sem
ate, at 5:35 p. M, went into executive
session.
Hale gave notice that he would call
up the measure ait the conclusion of the
morning business tomorrow.
AT $40 the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON. June 2S.-In the
House to-day the conference report
upon the bankruptcy bill was adopted
by a vote of 134 to 53, and the mea-
sure will go now to the President
Speeches in opposition to the reported
bill were made by Messrs. Terry CD
OF Arkansas, De Armand CD Of Mis-
souri, and McRae CD of Arkansas. and
in support of the measure by Messrs.
Henderson (R.) OF Iowa, Underwood
CD Of Alabama and Ray (R.) of New
York.
When the bankruptcy bill was dispos-
ed of Mahon (R.) of Pennsylvania ask
ed unanimous consent for disagreement
to the Senate amendments to the war
claims or omnibus" bill, and for grant
ing the request OF the Senate for con-
ference.
Pending the disposition of the request
Loud (R.) OF California secured the
floor, and declared general opposition to
the payment of the war. claims, criti-
cdsing severely the policy that was lead
ing to the wholesale payment Of such
claims He. said the bill, as it passed
the House, originally carried but ST.
| 100000, and the Senate had added S.
0OO. 900, but q, compact, he added, ex-
listed at the time the bill passed the
House, whereby. no other claims were
to be passed in case the 81, ,1OO.C COO
should 60 through.
Consent was given when Loud con-
cluded, and the Chair appointed as con-
| ferreea Measrxl Ma1nOn R.) Of Peunsyl-