Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1894, Page 1

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AN EXCITING WEEK nail at Havaians Apprehesi of Min- ister Willis’ Actions FEAR OF FORCE BEING EMPLOYED — Naval Officers Uewi ling to Par- lic'pate. MR. DOLE WANTS REASSURANOES. Royalists Puffed Up With Hopes of Speedy Triumph. WILLIS MERELY MAKING A “BLUFF. indignation Among Americans at His Conduct. Copyright, 1804, by the United Press. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 9.—The steamship ‘Warrimo of the Canadian Australian line arrived at 9 o'clock last evening, seven days from Honolulu. The United Press represen- tatives boarded her in the straits from a pi- lot boat, and placed the first news of the situation in Hawaii in the hands of the papers. Warzimo lay at Honolulu Decem- ber 31 and January 1. While there beyond the sight of a few provisional government soldiers parading the streets there was nothing to indicate that the country was in the midst of a political crisis upon the out- .come of which rests its future. ‘The Warrimo brought no passe! from Hawaii. B. Thompson, one of th itish commissioners of Fiji, was a passenger. He said to the United Press reporter: “My stay was ve-y short and my investi- gation into the situation necessarily super- ficial. *The provisionals or annexationists evidently taking a cue, now advance the claim that their government is fully organ- ized and properly constituted, and any act of the United States tending to restoration is an act against a recognized power. There f# not the faintest doubt that a vote of the People would overthrow it. Provisional sol- diers are paid $40 a month, and while a lucrative salary is paid, the ranks will al- ‘ways be full. The natives are inactive, and I do not wonder at it. They are given all sorts of reports, and I doubt if they appre- ciate the true situation. They are held in check, mo doubt by the pressure ofthe American, Japanese and *British mgn-of-| war fn the harbor. The landing of the Unit- ed States marines at the time of-the over- throw had its effect on them.” Minister Thurston will return to Washing- ton at once, where his services will be much needed. While Willis’ menacing attitude has cut off sales of bonds, the treasury has been amply replenished by tax collections, and the available cash increased from $143,562.- 87 to $212,346.67 during the week ending December 27. The government is keeping the answer of Dole to Willis’ demand secret until it shall have had time to reach the President. President Dole’s Reply. The following summary, however, has been obtained from good authority: Dole begins by noting that this is the first official communication this government has had intimating in any way the policy of President Cleveland toward Hawali, By no action of this government has any matter connected with the late revolution been sub- mitted to the authority of the United States. Whis is carefully argued. No intimation has ever been made to the provisional govern- ment of anything having been done or con- Bidered in the premises until the alleged conclusion of the President now presented by Minister Willis. An exhaustive resume is given of the series of political struggles leading up to the revolution, including the acts of Kalakaua before 1887, and his ob- structing and dictating legislation by fill- ing the legislature with office holders. The climax was reached in the opium scandal when Kalakaua took a bribe of $71,000, previously prepared for the legisla- ture. The citizens then united to overthrow the monarchy. This was averted by submission to a new constitution, which took most of his ar- Ditrary power away. Thence on till his death he constantly chafed and sought to evade those restrictions. The inside his- tory of the attempted revolution of 1880 4s then recited, and of Liliuokalani’s par- ticipation therein. The opposition then shown by her to the rights and interests of the foreigners was after her ascending to the throne constantly emphasized. It became violent during the latter part of 1802 as shown by her perverse appoint- ments of her cabinets in opposition to the will of the legislature. The events of the last week of her reign are recited, the resuscitation of the defunct lottery bill, the removal of the Wilcox cabinet, all through the queen’s personal influence. Dole re- cites the attempted coup d’etat, the action of the committee of safety and the two mass meetings of the foreigners and the natives. The committee deemed the pres-| ence of the American forces necessary for | the protection of life and property, and re-| Quested Stevens to land them. Dole de- Bounces in the strongest terms the false-| hood that Stevens was ever asked to have| his forces assist in the revolution or that be ever did so. The government disclaims having ever Buthorized Damon or any other person to make terms for the queen’s surrender, and Genies that he ever reported or was asked to report such terms. Damon made those terms on his own responsibility. Never before or since the revolution did the mem- bers of the committee of safety confer with Stevens about the overthrow of the govern- ment. The provisional government is re-| sponsible only to those who constituted | eS are now maintaining it in power. It/ amenable to no foreign power on earth. it has always been faithful to its constitu- ents, and by no acts or intimation has ever offered to submit its rights to the United States or any other power. For these rea- @ons this government must refuse to con- Bider the proposition of Minister Willis. No| allusion is made by President Dole to Wil- Us’ appeals to their patriotism and moral | gense nor to terms of amnesty secured from the ex-queen. A Week of Intense Excitement. The week of December 17 to 24 was one ef great excitement at Honolulu. @unday, the 17th, passed quietly, althougi i | lay unnecessary. Mr. Carter visited the queen afterward. Being a trustee of Central Union Church, he made a private search of that building for concealed arms, but found none. This was done by him at the ex-queen’s re- Quest, as the towers of the church overlook- ed her residence at Washington place, across the street. The 18th opened amid great and general excitement of all parties. It was given out by the royalists that the queen would be restored that morning. The British troops were to land early, but did not. The Amer- iean officers and men were refused shore- leave. The prisoners, who come out daily at early morning to labor upon the roads, were kept within their prison walls. Twen- ty-three of the native policemen refused duty early in the morning and their places were supplied by others, who were ready to stand by the government. From 7 till 10 a.m. the wharves were crowded with natives and others, who were expecting the forces of the Philadelphia and Adams to be landed. Meantime, Capts. Nelson and Barker of those ships drove up to Nunan. Palace after 9 a.m. with Mr. Willis, returning at t P.m., expressing surprise at the expecta- tions of the natives. At 9:30 a.m. the German consul, Glade, visited Mr. Willis, and importuned him to say something which would allay the ex- treme tension of the ‘public mind. Mr. Willis declared that the exis:ing fears were without foundation. There would be no trouble. He was laboring might and day and was progressing :>ward a satisfactory result, happy for all parties. The minister would not cay the one word which would allay ‘fear, namely, that he would not employ force to restore tne queen. At Mr. Glade's imvorzunity ive named forty-eight hours as the shoriest time at which a conclusion could be arriv- ed at. Other leading men visiting the min- ister during the day to set before him the distressing effect of the disquiet upon all business, also the daily increasing danger to plantations, manned chiefly by :gnorent Asiatics, who were acquiring the belief that the government was paralyzed by the imin- ister’s course of action. President Dole’s Note of I; airy. During the afternoon a ‘iecisive step was taken by President Dole, who uddressed a note to the American minister, ecying that the government had received positive iafor- mation that he was carrying «cn negotia- tions with the ex-queen. Although they could not credit such a course upon his Part, their information was so positive that they felt compelled to ask him if it was true. It had become quite certain through royalist intimations and from other indi- | cations that Mr. Willis’ negotiations were mainly for the purpose cf securing from the queen certain oledges of moderaticn in her conduct, prior to -naking Lis demend for her restoration. It became generally believed that the unexpected contingencies mentioned by him as necessitating his fur- ther reference of matter to Washington per Alameda’s mail of Novener 16 related to obstinate refusal on the part of ihe queen to concede amnesty and other con- ditions required by Mr. Willis. As the minister had had six weeks in which to adjust other conditions and stipu- lations with her, and as he had now been working hard with her for several days since receiving fresh orders, the inference was that she was resisting his efforts for moderation. ; ~Tuésday, tte 19th, opened with continued excitement and apprehension. The Ameri- Cant officéFs“and-men were strictly retained on board; and it was ascertained that they had been equipped for landing. At the in- stance of the agents of the Eiva plantation, where several hundred Japanese laborers are employed, the Japanese superintendent of immigrants, together with an agent of | Consul General Fujii, visited the plantation im the morning and instructed the people to Keep order. At 10 a. m. Consul Mili: visited President Dole and asked audience fer Mr. Willis, at 1:30 p. m.’ At the ap-/| pointed hour Minister Willis entered the foreign office, where were assembled the four ministers with a stenographer. The American minister at once proceeded to read a communication, couched in courteous terms, but closing with a request for the provisional government to retire from office and make room for the restoration of Queen Liliuokalani, in accordance with the decis- fon of President Cleveland, upon the case between her and the provisional govern- ment, which had been virtually submitted by both parties to the arbitration of the United States. He then retired after an interview of twelve minutes. During the 20th and 2ist, the government was work- ing upon the reply, which was to be made to the minister’s demand, this being inspired by Mr. Willis’ reference to an implied ar- bitration. It is the first time that this position has fairly dawned upon the minds of the Ha- walian public and was at once seriously tak- en. The expressions of surprise and indig- nation brought out by it have been almost ludicrous. This is so, notwithstanding the cogent refutation of its absurdity made by Vice President Hatch at the mass meeting November 28. He seems to have been the only public man who fairly appreciated the fact that it was Mr. Gresham's funtiamental point. Undoubtediy this point will form a Prominent feature in the reply of the gov- ernment. ‘Trying to Send Dispatches on the Cor- ‘ wins. The Corwin had arranged to sail on the night of the 18th, but was detained. Strenu- ous efforts were made by the various corres- | pondents to smuggle dispatches by her. On the 20th every officer was put upon his pon- or and compelled to return to the writers every letter intrusted to them. An tronciad embargo was laid upon all transmissions cf Papers and letters by the Corwin. it was the intention to have Minister Willis’ dis- Patches to Washington anticipate all other news to the American public. Plans were laid to dispatch a small fast boat to San Francisco to reach there before the Corwin and frustrate secret machinations at Wash- ington. Later developments made the out- On the 2ist the general impressions were that no actual force would be employed by the minister, but that he would continue to keep up a menace of it. The naval officers were understood to be united in a sentiment of extreme distrust and indignation at the abhorrent task of making war upon Americans which seemed about to be forced upon them, especially as this would gratify British royalists, who seemed to be in Mr. Willis’ confidence, while Admiral Irwin was not. The admiral is believed to share the sentiment. It was learned that the naval officers had agreed that if the admiral issued any order which was unlawful or derogatory to the United States they would want it to be made in writing and would then sign a joint pro- test against such order, so as to free them- selves from blame. Should the admiral then persist in his order they would exe- cute it. Information Asked of Mr. Willis. The Portuguese consul, Canavarro, visited Mr. Willis on the 20th, saying he represent- ed the largest element 7 the white popu- lation and asking tha‘ ‘-¢ might be inform- ed in confidence wr-- action was intended. The minister tei-+1 sharply upon him with the reply that he had not informed even his owr <dmiral. The expectation of (Coutsnued on Seventh Page.) FOR PROTECTION. First Speech of the Opposition on the Tariff Bill. REPRESENTATIVE J. C. BURROWS. The Democratic Policy of Free Trade Arraigned. FACTS AND FIGURES. —— 2 The opening of the debate in opposition to the Wilson tariff bill was accorded to Representative J. C. Burrows of Michigan, @ member of the committee on ways and means. He began with the following words: “Mr. Chairman, the measure now under consideration has for its avowed object a radical modification of the tariff act of 1890. It involves not only a change of rates, but a complete reversal of an economic policy. The law. of 1890 was enacted not only with a view of securing revenue for the support of the government, but for the further purpose of giving encouragement to the creation of new enterprises and pro- tection ta American industries and Ameri- can workingmen against unequal and in- judicious foreign competition. In its prac- tical workings it accomplished both these results.” If the Election Had Resulted Differ- ently. Proceeding then to an examination of the working of the act of 1890, he presented a@ statement of the receipts and expendi- tures of the government in the past sev- eral years and he asserted that so long as the operation of the bill was undts- turbed, as a revenue measure, it met the requirements of the government. The de- cline of revenues this fiscal year, he sug- gested, was not due to any defect in the law of 1800, but to the general depression of business brought about by “the ascend- ancy of a political party pledged to the de- struction of our protective policy. This has not only crippled and suspended the Operation of our domestic manufacturers, but the importer of foreign fabrics natura ly curtails his importations in the hope of securing their admission into our markets upon more favorable conditions. 1 confi- {dently assert that if the election of 1802 had resulted in the retention of the republi- can party in power, accompanied as it would have been with ihe assurance of the continuance of the American policy of pro- tection, the effect upon the public revenues as well as the general prosperity of the country would have been entirely reversed.” Benetits of the McKinley Act. In justification of this assertion Mr. Bur- rows quoted from various sources, including President Harrison's last anual message, and dwelt especially upon the development of the tin plate irdtstry. “In no single particular,” he said, “did the act of 1800 fail to secure the beneficent results its authors designed, and every prophecy of ill in which its enemies irdulged utterly failed of fulfillment. You said it would develop no new industries—it created them by the hundreds. You said it would bring re- sultant bepefits to our workingaey lurged for en! employ ma creased wages. You said. it would enhance the cost of the protected article—it cheap- ened It to’ the consumer. You Said it would diminish our foreign trade—it ‘augment it in 1892 to $1,857,680,610, an increase over the previous year of $12¥,283,004. You said it would shut out our products from for- eign markets—our expcrt trade increased $145,707,288, swelling its volume to $1,U:t 278,145, the largest ever known in the hi tory of the country and exceeding the estic trade— it was never more vigorous than that in the ears immediately folicwing its enactment. And so every prophecy of ill found swift |and complete refutation in increased in- dustrial activity on every hand and en- hanced individuai and national prosperity.” And further: “This industrial depression came, therefore, not as the result of exist- ing tariff rates, but from an apprehension (it seems now to have been well founded) that these rates were to be so modified as to overthrow and destroy our protective policy, exposing our domestic manufactur- |ers to a ruinous foreign competition and*in- augurate in this country an era of free trade with all its attendant evils. How to Restore Confidence. “How easily you might demonstrate the beneficial effects of restored confidence. | You have but to abandon the policy upon which you have entered, recommit t bill and permit existing tariff reculetions to re- main undisturbed, and all our industries will quickly revive. But such an exhibi- tion of wisdom and patriotism is not to be expected of a party pledged to ‘tariff re- forrf,’ and American workmen must tramp and starve, great industrial plants must go into disuse and decay, while the democratic | party is attempting ta secure revenue from imported goods without conferring protec- tion upon American capital and American labor.’* Considering the general character and purposes of the bill, Mr. Burrows called at- tention to the similarity between the demo- cratic platform of 182, as to the subject of protection, and the declaration on the same subject in the South Carolina ordinance of nullification. The fssue between the p2r- ties was stated as follows: Party Policies Contrasted. “On the onc hand, the democratic party insists that revenue is the only lawful pur- pose for which any duty can be imposed, and that such exactions, therefore, must be for revenue only, regarless of the conditions or necessities of American industries or American labor, and to that end they would admit free of duty, indiscriminately, all products which they are pleased to denomi- nate ‘raw material’ and impose a rate of duty on manufactured articies sufficiently low to insure their importation into our market, and thereby secure the only pur- pose of a democratic tariff, namely, ‘reve- nue.’ On the other hand, the republican party believes in a tariff which, while yielding revenue for the support of the government, shall at the same tite be so adjusted as to promote the establishment and maintenance ot domestic industries and the protection of the American workmen; and to that end would admit free of duty all articles, raw or manufactured (except luxuries), coming from any place on the face of the globe, the like of which are not or cannot be ad- vantageously produced in this country, and impose duties only on the things that we do or can produce, and make that rate high enough to measure the difference between the cost of the foreign and domestic pro- duct, and by that means stimulate the de- velopment of all our resources and insure the employment of all our peopie. Cireumscribed within these narrow limits lies the whole field of the controversy, and on this ground contending political torces confront each other in open and determined hostility. The repubiican party stands, 1 believe, securely intrenched behind the bul- warks of the American policy of protection, and will resist to the last the combined forces of free trade from whatever quarter they may come, confident of ultimate and triumphant support by the enlightened judgment of the American people.” Mr. Burrows then entered upon a defense of the constitutionality of a protective tar- iff, quoting from Webster, Fisher, Ames, (Presidents Washington, John Adams, Jef- ferson, Madison, Monroe and John Quincy Adams, as to the construction of the Con- stitution upon this point, and concluding from the citations, “that the want of power under the confederation to impose duties on imports with a view not only of raising revenue, but of insuring the development and protection of domestic manufactures, was one of the most potent reasons urged in favor of the adoption of the Federal Con- stitution, and that these powers were em- braced in that instrument and promptly in- voked by the national government without hesitancy or question. ‘ A Definition of Tariff Reform, Passing from these general matters, Mr. Burrows began a consideration of the sub- stance of the measure, prefacing it with this definition of “tariff reform:’ And here we have at last translated into apt phrase the hitherto mysterious .doc- trine of ‘tariff reform.” You have now con- jured with these words for the last time. Having ceased to be mysterious, they. will lose their magic power to deceive and mis- lead the people. ‘Tariff reform” is finally interpreted to mean “free raw material” and reduction of duties on competing for- eign products entering our markets below the protective point, regardless of the con- sequences to American industries or Ameri- can labor. This is “tariff reform.” The bill proposed, he said, the transfer of 131 articles from the dutiable to the free ist, nearly one-half of which are the fruits of domestic husbandry. As a whole, the proposition is to open our markets to the free importation of nearly $46,000,000 of for- eign products, accompanied with the volun- tary surrender of nearly $13,000,000 of an. nual revenue. “It is free trade gone ma The present free list ought to be sufficient to satisfy the demands of the most ad- vanced free trader. The act of 1890 enlarged to the very limit of safety to. American in- dustries and American labor. The value of our free imports increased from $266;103,048 jin 1890 to $44,172,064 in 1893, while our dutiable imports fell off from $07,571,764 in 1890 to $400,282,519 in 1898. And yet it is proposed to increase our free imports to more than $490,000,000, while reducing the dutiable to $354,000,000, Effect of the Proposed Free List. The speaker discussed at length the effect of the proposed free list, setting forth many alleged inconsistencies that must ensue, prejudiced classifications of “free raw ma- terial,” two illustrations being these: “One would suppose that hoop iron would be the same, regardless of the uses to which it 1s applied. Not so. On the farmer's bucket it is taxed, around the planter’s cot- ton it is free. Washed wool and washed clay ought to hold the same place in dem- ocratic philosophy. Yet the wool of the northern farmer is ‘raw material,’ while the washed clay in the hands of the south- ern producer is a highly finished product.” Considerable time was devoted by Mr. Burrows to a presentation of the effects of the bill upon the wool and iron ore indus- tries, which articles are among those pro- posed to be transferred to the free list. “When this shall have been consummated,” he exclaimed, “the manufacturer of woolen goods will surely secure his raw material in the cheapest market. He will draw his supply of wool from Australia, South Amer, ica, Turkey and South Africa, where lands are practically free and climatic conditions conduce to the cheapest production. The manufacturer of pig iron will turn to Spain, Cuba, England and the world’s sources of cheapest supply for his iron ore. This will inevitably result in one of two things—the destruction of our flocks and the closing of our mines, or the lowering of our condi- tions to the level of our foreign competi- tors.” The destruction of the wool industry, the speaker asserted, would be. attend- ed by the sacrifice of 47,1)p0,Q00 <yine which 2,000,000 farmers have inveated $100,- 000,000, Mr, Burrows read extracts from @ memorial addressed to the President by the citizens of Bessemer, Mich., setting forth the present deplorable cohdition of ithe fron miners in the upper peninsula of that*state, and from the protest by the board of super- visors of Gogebie county, ainst putting iron ore on the free list, té show the appal-. ling effects in those regions of the mere ap- proach to free trage in that article. Besides the mining property directly involved in the investments and improvements to the value of $182,000,000 that would be impériled or festeeyed by placing tron ‘ore on the free Some Ipcongruities bf the Bin. “I shall ndt pause to call attéation to the many incongruities. in this bill. The com- mittee may be able to-explain- why ptg-iron is taxed and cotton ties are free. Why the northernfarmer, with har¥est lator at $2 a day, is allowed 20 per cent on his wheatj and the rice producer of the south, with 7 cents a day labor, secures 71 per cen! “Why tollow, wool, grease and 28 are made free as tanners’ materiah. while the suinac of Virginia and Carolina, used for the same purpos®, ts’ protected, Why the farmers’ potatoes secure only 10 per cent conside-ation, while peanuts of Vir- ginia grow in security behind a Chinese wall of 8 per cent. Why in many instances the duty on the finished article is iess or no more than on the articies entering mto its manufacture. But I cannot pursue this in- jquiry. I have cnly to say that the bill, ag |a whole, is as unscientific as it is un-Ameri- can. sui the most startiing feature of the bill, Burrows declared, was the general s:b- ution of ad Valorem for specific duties. “It is a matte: of surprise,” he said, “that |the chairman should have the courage to jfurther state that ‘specitic duties lead to greater frauds in administration,’ for count- jing and weighing at the custom houses are |done by the cheapest and most easity cor- rupted labor.” “L may be permitied to say in this con- nection ft whi be a revelation to the labor- ing peopie of this country that in the opin. fon of the chairman of the committee on Ways and means they are as a class more easily corrupted than thelr more fortunate brethren: But when the chairman ‘states that ‘specific duties lead to greater frauds in administration’ he flies in the face of a current of authority which he cannot successfully resist. The method of levy- ing duties has been the subject of thor- ough and repeated investigation and_ it is not too much to say that ad valorem uties ar2 condemned by the almost unanimous, verdict of those whose opifions are en- tled to respectful consideration. I invoke the judgment of every Secretary of the Treasury investigating the subject, from Hamilton io Manning, in refutation of the position assumed by the majority.” A host of authorities was cited to sustain the allegation that ad valofem dutiés are inferior to fic rates of duty. The system, he sald, had been condemned by a century of our own history and the ex- perience of the leading European nations. ‘The remaining portion of the speech was ted to demonstrating from statistics and history the beneiicial results of pro- | tection upon the country’s material pros- verity as compared with the effects of the free (rade eras through which it had pass- ed. After quoting figures to show the gi- gantic strides mad> in the thirty years from 1860 to 1800 under the operation of a protective tariff Mr. Burrows closed as fol- lows: Concluding Remarks. “Yet, in the face of this magnificent triumph, it is now proposed to call a halt in the industrial march and turn the col- umn backward ever the deserted and dis- astrous pathway leading to free trade. The command has already been given, and con- ternation has taken possession of all our people. The record of this single year’s dis- asters stands without a parallel in the his- tory of our country. Fifteen thousand five hundred and sixty business failures, seventy-three railways, aggregating 31,878 miles, and representing untold millions of property, gone into the hands of receivers and bankruptcy. Our mines and factories are closed, smokeless chimneys stand like monuments above the graves of dead in- dustries, while an army of the unemployed are tramping the streets begging for bread. “Yet the half has not been told. The record of this year’s industrial and indi- vidual suffering resulting from this pro- posed legislation will never be made up, It exceeds the possibilities of human caléula- tion. I implore you to abandon this suicidal policy. Have you not pursued it far enough to become convinced of its disastrous con- sequences? It is no longer an experiment— it has become a public crime. You have it within your power to instantly relieve this appalling situation. You have only to sub- stitute for the pending measure a joint res- olution declaratory of your purpose to main- tain existing law in full force and effect during the continuance of this administra- tion, and business activity would instantly take the place of business depression. It would arrest the slaughter of our ftocks. open our mines, relight the fires of our fur- maces, unchain the wheels of our indus- tries, start every spindle and loom, while factory whistles and bells would call the tramping, starving millions back from en- forced idleness to profitable employment, and the American republic would leap with a bound to its accustomed place in the van of industrial nations.” proposition, Mr. Burrows scheduled other |’ MUCH EXCITED.| The Friends of the Administration Are Worried. NEWS OF HAPPENINGS AT HAWAIL Secretary Gresham Denies Having Yet Received Reports. THE DIPLOMATIC STATUS. * Despite their efforts to appear uncon- cerned at the situation in Hawaii, the mem- bers of the administration are manifestly very much excited over the news brought from Honolulu by the steamer Warrimo. They no longer express any doubt as to the correctness of the report that Minister Willis demanded the abdication of Presi- dent Dole in favor of Queen Liliuokalani and that President Dole has positively re- fused to accede to his demands. They do not now attempt to discredit that action on his part. ‘Willis Has Followed Instructions. On the contrary, they confess that he has followed his instructions from the Pres- ident, and defend what he did as the only honorable policy of the United States. According to their theory the United States was responsible for the overthrow of the queen and was in duty bound to put her back. Exerted His Extreme Powers. The President, they say, has exerted his extreme powers to bring about that result without -violating any of the co-ordinate rights of Congress, and having failed, through no fault of his own, has relegated the question to Congress. Officials of the State Department say that Minister Willis has received no instructions from this gov- ernment since December 11, when the Cor- win arrived at Honolulu with Secretary Gresham's letter of December 3, seiterating and emphazing his original instructions for the restoration of the queen, and de- fining his course of action in the event of assent or dissent on the part of either the queen or the provisional government to the nt's decision. What Willis Was to Do. He was specifically instructed, in case the queen agreed to the President's conditions, to proceed in his efforta for her restoration, and the demand for the surrender of the provisional government was the first step ig that direction. These instructions also temirded Minister Willis that he could not ¢mploy force without the authority of Con- &ress. They were published in full in The Star of Friday last, and formed part of the ‘correspondence sent to Congress by ihe President with his Huwalian message of | December 18. Secretary Gresham is gt ' a authority for the statement that no in- tructigns have been sent to Mr. Willis since tog bearing date of Washington, r 3, Painful Sensat The dispatches from Honolulu by way of Victoria created an immediate and pain- ful sensation at the uptown departments and at the Capitol, particularly among the friends of the admimistration, who find | themselves in a most embarrassing posi- tion. “I have not had a word of confirmation of the story,” was the reply of Secretary Wresham to @ query as to whether he had feceived any news by the Corwin touching the startling events in Hawaii. Despite the fact that according to Honolulu advices the instructions under which Mr. Willis acted Were conveyed to him in cipher by the Cor- win and President Dole’s peremptory re- fusal to accede to the request for surrender was brought to the United States by the same vessel Mr. Gresham gave every indi- cation that the news now published was a Sureetee and at first seemed disposed to doubt {ts correctness. Mr. Gresham again stated positively that he had not received’ a line of advice through the Corwin as yet, so that he could not properly undertake to pass judg- ment upon the truth of the statements brought by the Warrimo. It was suggested to the Secretary that in- asmuch as he was of course acquainted with the instructicns sent to Mr. Willis by the Corwin he could at least pass judgment upon the probability of the narrative. To this he replied earnestly that he had no better means of information than his inter- fogator; that the instructions referred to had been submitted to Congress, and that the. American public was consequently aware of all the facts in his possession. Necessarily this answer also fitted the ques- tion whether the Secretary knew that the | eten marines had been landed in Honolu- ju. Conference With Senator Mills. The Secretary had been in his office only a few minutes when Senator Milis of Texas came in. The Secretary immediately took him into a private room, and they proceed- ed to discuss the situation. About 10 o'clock the door of the Secretary's office opened and in walked Commissioner Blount. He looked rugged and hearty and appeared to be in a great hurry. Being tcld that the Secretary was within the diplomatic room, he cast his. white sombrero upon a conve- nient cnair, entered the room and was soon @ party to the consultation proceeding. The conference lasted about half an hour, and when Mr. Blount reappeared he was asked by the United Press reporter what he thought of the news. j Ex-Commisstoner Rlount. i The late commissioner declared that he | had not had an opportunity to look at the | morning papers, and falling into his usual | receptive habit, began to ask for informa- tion, He showed much interest in the recital | and his face became very grave when he | was’ told of the landing of the British marines. He was particularly anxious to know how that had been brought about. But after listening to all that the reporter had to say, Mr. Blount, like the Secretary, | declined to comment upon the news. in fact, he carried his reticence so far as | decline to admit that he had come to Wash- ington to answer the summons of the Sen- ate committee on foreign relations, which is conducting an investigation into the entire subject of our Hawalian relations. The Present Stat Accepting Secretary Gresham's statement that Minister Willis has had no further instructions since December 3 last, it ap- pears that the status of affairs in Hawali {from a diplomatic point of view, is about as follows: The queen has accepted the President's conditions in toto; the provisional govern- ment has refused to surrender, and Minis- ter Willis is acting under his original ‘to| |structions, limited by the injunction to use no force. These original instructions were dated October 18 last, and were to | the following effect: The Preswte>t having withdrawn the treaty of annexation the minister was to! | be guided by Mr. Biount’s instructions. He was to inform the queen immediately upon | his arrival at Honolulu of the President's | determination not to renew the treaty; to| express his regret at the reprehensible | conduct of the American minister (Stevens), and ask her to rely on the justice of this |government to undo the flagrant wrong. He was to secure the queen’s promise of amnesty, and then advise the provisional |govertment of the President’s determina- | |tlon of the question which their act and | that of the queen devolved upon him, and that they are expected to promptly re- | linquish to her her constitutional author- ity. So it would appear that the minister hav- ing done all of these things, having met with a refusal to surrender from the pro- ; and if she did not come to her dock it was | sion to the United States, consisting of i ° visione# government, and being explicitly instructed to avoid the use of force, must now wait until he receives further instruc- tions before taking another step. This being the case it is beileved at the State Department that there is little likelihood of bloodshed at Honolulu except in the event that there should be a rising of the royalists. It was very evident, however, that the landing of the British troops has added a new and troubiesome factor to an already complex and delicate situation and one that is viewed with grave con- cern by the State Department officials. Secretary Gresham took with him to the cabinet meeting this morning full copies of all the news dispatches that had been furnished him. TODAY’S CABINET MEETING. Its Entire Attention Engrossed by the Hawalian Matter. It is a safe assumption that the Hawaiian complication engrossed the entire attention of the President and his cabinet at today’s meeting. All the members were promptly in attendance and there were various indi- cations that the session was of unusual im- portance. In the alleged absence of official advices on the subject, Secretary Gresham submitted to the cabinet the latest press Gis- patches from Honolulu, via Victoria, giving @ full account of the meeting between Min- ister Willis and President Dole and cabinet in regard to the proposed restoration of the queen. Copies of these dispatches were fur- nished to Secretary Gresham at his request. He said he desired to submit them to the cabinet, and he repeated the statement that he had not yet received anything from Minister Willis on the subject, despite the fact that the Corwin arrived at San Fran- cisco last Friday with dispatches from him. According to Secretary Gresham these dis- Patches were mailed at San Francisco, and are not due here until tomorrow, at the earliest. Probably a Special Meeting. In case they reach here tomorrow it is likely that a special meeting of the cab- inet will be held tomorrow or Thursday. The next regular meeting will not be held until Friday. It is not at all probable that the cabinet will act in the matter on the newspaper dispatches in view of the fact that official advices will be received tomor- row or next day. In the probable event that further instructions will be sent to Minister Willis at once the Corwin will be ordered to be held in readiness for instant service, unless it shall be found that the regular Pacific ma{l steamers offer better facilities for prompt communication with Honolulu. Appeared Greatly Worried. The members of the cabinet showed their usual reticence in regard to today’s proceed- ings. They showed more by their manner than by their words that they are greatly worried at the unexpected turn of affairs in Honolulu, but no one was accosted who would say that Minister Willis had exceed- ed his instructions or had acted otherwise than in strict conformity therewith. The one source of consolation in the matter, so it is said, is the knowledge that Minister Willis is not authorized to use force and minimized that the danger of a conflict is accordingly. Paymaster J. G. Hobbs, U. 8. N., who has been summoned by the Senate committee, has arrived in the city and reported at the Navy Department. He was attached to the Boston at the time of the Hawaiian revolu- tion in January last. THE CORWIN’S INSTRUCTIONS. The Officers Not Requested by the President to Keep Away From ore. Secretary Gresham talked to the report- ers last: night in regard to Hawaii for the firat' time since the news came from Auck- land that Minister Willis had called on the provisional government to abdicate in favor of Queen Liliuokalani. His talk con- sisted almost wholly of denials. He said if there was any fresh trouble at Honolulu neither the President nor the State Department knew anything about it. He denied the report that the department had received any dispatches from the Cor- win, but stated that dispatches by the reg- ular course of the mails were expected from Minister Willis on Wednesday of this week. “And whatever dispatches are received at} that time,” said Secretary Gresham, “will} be sent to Congress at once.” The Secretary said that so far as he or the President knew there had been no un- usual restrictions placed upon the officers or men of the Corwin. The vessel was un- der the orders of the Treasury Department, but so far as he had any knowledge, the officers and crew of the Corwin could come ashore whenever they pleased. Neither did he know any reason why the Corwin should remain outside the harbor, certainly not because of any request made by him or the President. It is understood here that the request for the restrictions which have been placed upon the Corwin's crew came from Min- ister Willis. The dispatch from Mr. Willis asxed that no visitors should be allowed to go aboard the Corwin, and that none of her officers or crew shall be allowed to land until after the mail steamer shall have ar- rived on January 9. This request was not communicated to Secretary Carlisle until yesterday, when an application for per- mission to board the revenue cutter de- veloped the fact that the vessel had been isolated and her crew prevented from Jand- ing at the request of itinister Willis, —_—_. 2+—_____ AN INTERNATIONAL CASE. The President to Decide a south American Boundary Dispate. The Controversy between Brazil and the Argentine Republic over the boundary line between those two countries will be formal- ly submitted to the arbitration of the Pres- ident of the United States on the llth proximo. The territory in dispute is known as the Missiones, and is located where Bra- zil and the Argentine touch Uruguay. It has been a subject of dispute for many years. Brazil has sent a special commis- Baron do Rio Branco and Gen. Dionizio Evangelista de Castro Cerqueria, to pre- sent and support its claims to the disputed territory. The case for the Argentine Re- public will be conducted by Dr. de Estan- islae S. Zeballos, its minister to this coun- try and Mexico. Dr. Zeballos will formally present his credentials as such special com- missioner to Sect Gresham Instant. ‘The ease will ted on the evidence and briefs of the parties, which make a great mass of printed matter. A decision cannot, of ‘course, expected some time. : ” at ——_—o+—______ FORD'S THEATER BUILDING. A Bill Donating It to the Grand army of the Republic, Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion of the District of Columbia, to be used as a memorial hall or for any other purpose that The Senate yesterday confirmed the fol- lowing nominations: Waverly Stairley, collector of internal revenué for the fourth district of Califor- nia; Terrence Martin, receiver of public moneys at Fargo, N.D., and John D. Stock- er, surveyor of customs at Atlanta, Ga. The following postmasters: Illinois—E. B. McClanahan, Waukegan; Charles Donohue,- Freeport; C. N. Smith, Belvidere; J. D. vi ; Lewis McCoy, Gol- G. Wood, Gerard. Iowa— William H. O'Connell, Audibon. Tennessee —E. H. Taylor, Brownsville. Florida—J. W. F. King, ville Frank B. Dabney of Louisiana, sulting engineer of the Mexican commission. to be con- bourdary ; this morning to present MORE TARIFF TALK. Mr. Wilson Concludes His Speech ' Advocating His Bill, HE SEVERELY SCORES PROTECTION And Urges the Benefits to Come From Reduced Duties BUSINESS IN ‘THE SENATE, When the House met today at 11 o'clock there were just forty members present, by actual count. The galleries, too, were Somewhat depleted, and there was a gen- eral air of relief manifest that the House had overcome all obstacles and had got well started on its tariff journey. After the call of committees for reports (which was without result) the House into committee of the whole, with Richardson (Tenn.) in the chair, and Wilson (W. Va.) resumed his speech, was dropped yesterday at 5 o'clock. held that any industry which was ent upon the protection of law, against the taxation laid upon other dustries, reduced the rate of wages. reduced wages, if not in the main, least by reducing the purchasing power wages. The English iron workers are three or four times as much as the same class of laborers in Russia, yet England had been able to maintain her supremacy against this competition of cheap Russian labor. The United States had exported year over 6,000,000 bales of cotton to eed a eid be sold in the markets of the world, which was sold in competition with the cotton of Egypt and India, even though the wages paid on American plantations were ten times as much as in Egypt and India. Competition With Foreign Manufac- > tures. He enumerated the exports of many other goods of other countries having cheap labor. He held that if we could com- pete in spite of this disadvantage we would be in a much better condition to compete if the American laborer had free raw terial. . Protection, said Mr. Wilson, had defined as a wall of defense, built the manufacturer of our own in order to keep out foreign-made and keep all the customers for himself. This would do they were satisfied with the wall; but if they tried those outside the wall would burden. Manufacturers who w = had two customers wit if the wall of protection from the American agriculturist would not know nor care was eaten in Memphis whether his cotton had or Manchester. Protests by In referring to the which had been presented testing against the Wilson intimated shat ‘lll i | i ii: of if i i i | i z i iis HT i i i Q : E i 4 i | | influenced by them. Mr. Apsley (Mass.) said he had attempted constituents protesting bill, and that petition was force. (Democratic cries know it?) which he had received, which the writer stared that been sent around to all the the men, women and compelled to sign it. The petition, com! from the bosses, was equivalent to a mand to sign it. Mr. Doolittle (Wash.) asked Mr. Wi if he meant to compare the intelligence of American laborer with the intelligence of the slave laborer of the south before the war? Mr. Wilson replied that no one with in- telligence above that of the slave laborer would ask such a question. (Long con- tinued laughter and applause on the demo- side). H E Geez cratic g Mr. Wilson soon afterward stated that he wished to be courteous in everything, and eye withdrew = remarks gentleman from Washington. ughter and applause). i i ! g iF i if | | : | | : if i I tk i i fr i ee g i i | : i i t aE is : 5 H E | g #8 | 5 i i Fes i ii : f | E E z i [ i | if afte : F z i af i i i i | | | Hh 5 i E wi i (f i ie } FE ‘| L §