New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-29
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
THE REGULAR REPORT.
SENATE.
SENATE.
MR. CAFFERY SPEAKS AGAINST ANNhAh-
TIA. crNrcP AL. DEFICIENCY RILI

IAhEN ~
wssh,nston June 2s.-Arnong the bills passed py
,na Senate soon after Il met to-day was one dese-
mating Tltusve. Penn. as port o. u''l'e'' :"
the customs district OF Erie. Penn
Tn. Hawaiian annexation resolution was then
taken up and Mr. CAFFERY Dem La resumed
nj. speech in opposition
Shortly after o'clock while Mr.. Gallery was ex-
pounding legal proposition bearing on the ques-
ton Mr. ZONES Dem Ark). who was tenn
,oror1r N tho chair said The Senator from
Louisiana will suspend II Is manifest 70 tho Cnnr
that a quorum o, the Senate is not present Inc
Chair therefore directs that there IA call ~ the
senat. The clerk VII call the roll"
This unusual direction from the Chair created
.ome surprise Tho rocaY disclosed tho presence
q, hfiv-four Senators. and Mt an"'N pro'''
with his argument
While discussing what he considered the wrong
done 70 the constituted authority in the Hawaiian
rebellion OF 1895 Mr. Carery declared that II was
a bitter and rancorous spirit which directed INC
attacks on President Cleveland Tor the bold. patri-
otic and righteous stand taken by him IN attempt
Ing TO right the wrong done by Minister stevens
and the band Of Hawaiian revolutionists Concern
ing the formation Of the dc facto Government OF
Hawaii Mr. Cancry declared there was never any
thing Ike II in the history % nations some man
he said read n proclamation. when he began 10
read twenty-five or thirty people were present and
by the time he had concluded perhaps three hun
dred had gathered. No government was ever made
so easily said he. or elevated so quickly. within
hall an hour" said Mr.. Caffery. Mr.. Stevens rad
ACKNOWLEDGED that the rcvolutlonists had over
thrown the regularly constituted Government. The
Hawaiian Government had under 80 authority sew
eral islands some OF them h'tv miles apart. II was
Impossible FOR Minister Stevens 20 know that The
revolution had been successful International .aw
requires that de facto Government shall Re strong
enough to maintain Itself with the consent ~ tho
people bat within ten hours after tho revolutionary
Government had been created IT demanded the pro
lection q, tho United States
Nj CaTery maintained that . merely
paper Government and never had amounted 20
much lie declared that within three days after the
Acknowledgement ny tho United States Minister that
the new Government had been formed members ot
the Government were on board A steamer en- route
10 this country With treaty - annexation IN their
pockets The Interior purpose Of tho revolution
lists from the start he said. annexation to
men ana Tho farlT law fhcn IN operation iu tie
United states was nimical 20 their interests. he
the Interest 81 ;hc Sugar Trust ~ annexation Tho
statements wcro illusorY and misleading and IN
tended 20 be SUCH IN mo cours" ~ 1iy remarks
ho continued II will attempt show hereafter that
pauy are not better subscrved by having Hawaii
as f. is than by having Hawaii annexed. The in-
o, tho Sugar Trust not better suhservcd
by Hawaii being independent and free than by
Hawaii being Z. part OF the United States. and tho
newspapers that are crying wolf. wo!. arc trying
TO cover her 1,,Hn LEX. ,.,s., -. 49,
annexation resolution was laid aside FOR the dnv
and Mr.. HALE rep. Me- called up the General
Deficiency BIZ After N" reading ~ tho MI tho
Senate went into eIecut,o session. M Hale
gave notice that ne would cal up the measure az
the close ~ morning business tomorrow. Al 80
?. the Senate adjourned