The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-11
FUNDS FOR LILIUOKALANl
A Proposed Appropriation Causes
Discussion in the Senate.
An Amendment offered TO the DipIo-
matte and Consular Bill by Mr..
Hoar Tabled After Considerable
Debate Changes in the House
Measure A Junlset to Cuba.

The Diplomatic and Consular Appropria-
tion bill was passed by the Senate yester-
day with some amendments, the only pro-
traeted discussion resulting from an
amendment proposed by Mr.. Hoar to APP
propriate $50. 600 for Liliuokalani, former
Queen Of the Hawaiian Islands, and $4,000
annually during her natural life in fun
satisfaction and extinguishment of her
claims against the United States or the
late Republic of Hawaii.
Being asked to state his reasons for
offering the amendment, Mr.. Hoar said
that the former Queen was the proprietor
in her own right of much property in the
crown lands Of Hawaii. OF which she had
been deprived by her reinforcement. He
said that the former Queen had been the
subject of cruel ealumnies, which he was
assured had no foundation in fact, and
he was confident that her life had be- n
quite blameless. He implored the Senate
to adopt the amendment, because the ben
eficiary was i'll and old, and said IL was
worthy of notice that she had submitted
muir.
Opposed by Mr.. Plat.
Mr. Plat Of Connecticut moved to
strike out the part of the amendment adj
hitting the claims OF the former Queen.
He said he was willing TO vote the money
as donation and to put it on the ground
OF charity.
Mr.. Gallinger said he was satisfied that
LiliuokalaDi had no claim upon the United
States and that he did not approve Of the
proposition in any form. He denounced
the proposed appropriation as the crudest
possible kind of legislation and utterly
unjustifable.
Mr.. Lodge also spoke in defence OF the
amendment, which he said was simply an
act Of courtesy and grace. Mr.. Hoar then
modified his amendment in accordance
with the views of Mr.. Plat, striking out
the clause relative to the claim of the
former Queen.
Mr.. Thurston suggested the donation to
the former Queen of a lump sum. He
strongly opposed putting her on the PEN
sion rolls of the United States.
Mr.. Conkrell said he was opposed to the
amendment modified or unmodifed. He
declared that it would be a dangerous
precedent at this particular time, when
there were so many dethroned rulers in
the Pacific islands who would want TO be
pensioned.
IF We are to pension all OF them" he
continued I'VE are likely TO have our
hands full. There will be the Queen of
Hawaii. the Queen OF the Sulus, and the
monarchs of many other places. Head
ed by the Queen OF Hawaii with &c.,
coo. the list will go down to $4,000 for
somebody else, then to $1,000, and finally
wind up with a pension Of $1,000 for
widows of Presidents OF the United States.''
And Aguinaldo's widow Mr.. Morgan
suggested in a low tone.
LAS a matter OF course" Mr.. Cockrell
chimed in, ''the widow Of Aguinaldo will
come in. am opposed to pensioning any
kings or queens who may be overthrown.'
Mr.. Hoar remarked that wherever
monarehical government was overthrow
and the ruler deprived of his income from
the crown property, provision was always
made for him.
Mr.. TiIIman Objects.
Mr.. Tillman said he did not believe in
generosity that made the taxpayers of the
United States pay 100000 or 100000. If
there was any claim in the matter, it
should be liquidsted by the Territory OF
Hawaii.
Il have known the American taxpayer
a great many years said Mr.. Hoar. He
likes to do honest and decent things. He
likes TO behave as a gentleman. and he
likes TO have his Government behave like
a gentleman, and not to be setting UP
cheap, demagogical opposition 10 things
that ought to be done. ! understand that
a large majority of the Senate (probably
two-thirds) was in favor OF the treaty
which President Harrison negotiated tgiy-
en- ha a
which was Withdrawn by President Cleve-
land. Indeed. it was a decent thing TO do
to make this provision"
Mr.. Tillman took exception to what he
called "the cheap and demagogical' por-
ton of Mr. Hoars remarks, but Mr.. Hoar
disclaimed having any intention of max
ing personal application OF them.
On motion of Mr.. Carter, the amend
ment was then laid upon the table, with
the suggestion that it would be more IN
place in the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill.
Amendments to the Diplomatic and
Consular Appropriation bill were offered
and adopted, making the salary Of the
Minister to Siam 81 500 Gnstead OF $1,000
as provided in the bip, and providing
for a third secretary Of the embassy in
Mexico.
The House RiiI.
AS passed by the House, the bill APP
propriated sl,743, 7Os. AS reported by the
Senate Committee on Appropriations. the
amount is increased to 81, 765, 76S. For the
fiscal year 1891, the appropriation was
sl,7I0,s15, and for the current fiscal year
81, ia ,533-the annual increase for the last
ten years being very small.
Among the changes made In the Senate
bill are the following:
of
Netherlands from s. 800 to $4,000.
Reducing salary OF secretary OF legation
to Guatemala and Honduras from 5000
TO 81, 500.
Making salary Of Consul General at OF
tawa $4,000; of Consul General at Guste-
mala, 81 900: at Dawson City, $780, at
San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, $4,000; at
Barbados, Rotterdam, and Bierat, $500;
at London Canada, Genoa, Milan, and
Berne. $4,000.
The bill was passed without division.
A resolution authorizing the Committee
on Relations with Cuba, or a sub-commit-
tee thereof. TO visit that island. was re-
ported from the Committee on Contingent
Expenses by Mr.. Gallinger. and went over
on objection by Mr.. Cockrell, who spoke of
visits OF Congressional committees to Nor
folk, Va, Cuba, and elsewhere until IL ap-
peared. he said, that almost the entire
Senate and House will be on some expedi-
ton OF this kind employed in some per-
sonal inspection"
He said be did not behave there was any
necessity for the proposed visit to Cuba
and he entered his protest against the
resolution. Mr.. Gallinger said he had no
knowledge Of the other expeditions alluded
to- although he had seen some mention of
them in the newspapers. The pending
resolution. he said, had the sanction Of the
Committee on Relations with CUBA very
conservative committee-which had not