Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-29
Sa,lv xerEebcc 3ournal.
IN THE SENATE.
c.u.rv informs the Senate What Nc Thinks
Of Hawaiian Annexation.

washington, une 2S.--Almost the en-
srssion Of he Senate, today was
aa,nied by Caffery, Dem. La, in a
,t;nuation of his 81 ch against the
.,,n,.xation of Hawaii At O'Clock, he
"a nat concluded. bu ielded the floor
IN order that the gene deficiency bin
night be considered. lie bill was read
80, "a. committee a. ndments SO far
&c they have Neen of ed were agreed
- consideration of bill will be re-
sumed tomorrow mol ng.
T, tho Senate today, after the pass
.,ra If several bills. The Hawaiian an
naxation resolutions were taken up and
CAREY. La, resumed his speech in op
nosition this afternoon.
shortly after ro'ciock. while Mr.. CAT
ferv was exp unding Il legal PROPOSE
lion. bearing ipon the question in dis
cussion. Jone Ark, who was tenn
norarily in tn chair. said:
..The senate from Louisiana will sus-
nend. It is II nifest to the Chair that
!, ouorum of Senate is not present.
,rbe chair thu efore decides that there
he = call of Il Senate. The clerk will
call the roll.
This unusual direct n from the Chair
created some surpri 2. The roll call
disclosed the presen G of "a senators
and Caffery proceed | with his argu-
ment.
While discu ssing v at he deemed the
wrong done d the lstituted authori-
~ during the HaN ian rebellion If
1sq3 Caffery 1eclar | that it was Il
hitter and r,-corou- spirit Which di
,acted the attack made upon President
cleveland for the bold, patriotic ANA
RIGHTEOUS stand taken by Mr.. Cleve-
land in attempting right the wrong
dane bv Minister Stevens and the band
If Hawaiian revom ionists. Concern
ms. tn, formation of he De Facto gov
ornmrnt Of Hawaii. Caffery declared
there was never anything like it in the
history Of nations. No government
was ever made so easily or elevated 50
quickly.
within half an hour" said Caffery
MIR Stevens had acknowledged that
the reyolutionsts had overthroWn the
regularly constituted government. The
Hawaiian government had under It's
authority sever islands, some of them
SO miles apart 1t was impossible for
Minister Slcv to know that thu
revolution had cen successful. Inter
national law ! Iuires that a de facto
Government 81 Il be strong enough 10
maintain itself With the consent of the
neonIe. hui W. hin 10 hours after tha
revolutionary government had leel4
created il dor, lnded the protection Of
the United Sta -es."
Catfery maint aimed that it was mere
X 2 paper GOV ,rnnent and never had
anaunfrd 10 UGH. He declared that
WITHIN rbr4a avs.after- the aclnoWl-
cdgenent by he United States minis
fer that the new: government hal
been formed members of the govern
ment were III ron to this country.
with a treaty. Of Ii aeXation in their
rockets.
"The Interior Dur So of the revoia-
tionists from the t." said Caffery.
was annexation to e. United states. "
He s3id that all tn constructors were
sugar men md the ariff law then in
operation in The III d States was in
Until =, .hoir In, ct. 10 ,ddni
that a good deal fa been said, recen1=
". about the in st Of thu slrssa
trust in tn, uu n of annaxatiota.
The STATEMENTS T.. were illusnrv ;Ytp9