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BY J. J. MARTIN.
The Herald
LOS ANGELES, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1894-
WILSON BILL TAKEN UP.
Democrats Successful in Get
ting a Quorum.
Absentees Brought in by the
Sergeant-at-arms.
Boutelie Vainly Attempts to Avoid
the Inevitable.
Tariff l>sbate Begun After a Memorable
Parliamentary Ntrujrelo - Wilson's
Opening Speech — Other
Addresses*
By the Associated Pre:s.
Washington, Jan. B.—When the honse
met today the chances appeared to be
that the deadlock, for lack of a Demo
cratic quorum, wonld be broken and
that the tariff debate would begin today,
and eucb proved to be the case. Tbe
deputies of the sergeant-at-arma had
brought back to Washington enough
members nnder arrest to fill the quorum.
BOUTELLE'S LABT ASSAULT.
Aa soon as the reading of the journal 1
was completed, tbe speaker recognized
Catchings to call up the report from the
committee on rules. Boutelie de
manded recognition to call up his leso
lntion to the effect tbat tbe president's
Hawaiian policy invaded the rights and
and dignity of the house. Tbe speaker
was disposed to ignore bim, as he bad
doneon thetwo previous days, but this
morning Boutelie made the point of
order, bat the speaker in attempting to
give precedence to the report from the
committee on rules over a question of
privilege, himself invaded the privileges,
dignity and honor of tbe houae, and this
point having been made, the question
muat bo eubmitted to tbe house itself
to determine whether its privileges were
absolutely abrogated.
Tbe startling nature of this point of
order canted tbe greatest excitement
and confusion. Members crowded down
about tbe speaker's rostrum. Boutelie
in tierce terms insisted tbat this point
of order should be submitted directly to
the houee. It was notorious, he went
on hotly, tbat thie question which he
had before the house was essential to its
dignity. .The flagrant acts committed
by the executive abroad were known to
every member, and it was also known
that the president's disgraceful policy
had culminated.
At this point McMillin vainly at
tempted to call Boutelie to order, but
the gentleman from Maine continued
more impetuously than eve: "If my
point of order does not intervene," he
proceeded to say, "then these proceed
l'j'js can iff, r . ri!'. *?.ry;y, thwi fiyaftigif
frora the preeident declaring he usurped
imperial power, and the house is abso
lutely manacled."
Speaker Crisp, in ruling on Boutelle's
point of order, went into an elaborate
discussion of the parliamentary situa
tion, in order, he said, "to give life and
effect to the privilege of the house to
change its own rules. The rules require
that when a proposition to change tbe
rules is before tbe bouse nothing shall
be in order except a motion to adjourn.
If the gentleman from Maine can evoke
tbe existing rule to prevent it from pro
ceeding to consider a change in the rales
then the bouse ties itself hand and foot.
If the houae feels its honor and dignity
assailed by the speaker or by the execu
tive, then the houee can vote down this
report and the chair will recognize Mr,
Boutelie to call up his resolution."
Boutelie tried to continue, but Speaker
Crisp refused to recognize bim further.
reed omrs IN.
Boutelie was still clamoring when
Heed arose to a parliamentary inquiry,
desiring to know whether the speaker
refused to entertain Boutelle's appeal on
the gronnd that it was dilatory.
The speaker replied tbat he had sim
ply given Boutelie a hearing on a point
upon which he ruled on two previous
occasions, in tbe belief, possibly, that
he had something new to present.
A colloquy between the speaker and
Reed continued for, some time.
The speaker then atated the question
to be on tbe demand for the previous
question, on the report irom tbe com
mittee on rules, and a vote waa then
taken. The Republicans refused to
vote, as they did last week, and several
Democrats, headed by Sperry of Con
necticut, also declined to answer to
tbeir names.
THE TARIFF TAKEN UP.
The demand for the previous queetion
on taking up the tariff bill carried, 189
to 0, 10 mors than a quorum. Thirty
minutes debate waa allowed under the
rules.
Catchinga opened with 30 minutes'
debate for tbe Democrats, and was re
plied to by Reed, wbo urged that there
waß no necessity for crowding this meas
ure. Wilson followed, insisting tbat
tbere wae ample time 'or a fall and in
structive discussion of the bill, provided
that general debate was continued
throughout the present week, with
night seeeions. Wilson said he would
! agree tbat debate under tbe five-minute
i rule should begin next Monday and a
j vote be taken January 29th. Reed would
not agree to this proposition, and moved
to recommit the order, with instructions
to amend, giving four additional days
for rebate and permit the bill to be
amended by paragraphs. Reed'a motion
was lost and the special order passed,
175 to 1. The houae tben went into
committee of the whole, Richardson of
Tennessee in the chair.
WILSON OPENS THE DEBATR.
The preliminaries having thus been
settled, Chairman Wilson of tho wave
and means committee roee and opened
the debate on the tariff bill.
Wileon Baid the American people had
given thia administration ilvfinite in
structions regarding tbe tariff question.
The bill about to be considered present
ed a scheme of tarifl reform to be dealt
witli aiooiding to the deliberate jndg
ment oi the house', covering so Wide a
field ol legislation, aud dealing witb so
many subjects, that all muat necessarily
represent in details come compromise of
opinion. Any bill passed by congress,
under the present conditions, at least,
must necessarily represent euch a com
promise. The great commercial distress
which had come upon the country, par
alysing so many industries and throwing
so many thousands out of employment,
made the task oi reform more difficult,
while it made the necessity for reform j
more imperious than ever. At what j
time could taxes be lessened with ;
greater justice and greater humanity !
than nt a time when thousands are :
struggling for the bore necessaries of •
life? And when could we with greater
timeliness aud benefit strike come fet
ters from production and trade than
when production is suppressed by bur
deue and trade hampered by restric
tions?
EMPTINESS OF THE TREASURY.
A third difficulty waa the emptineae
of the treasury. "We are called upon
to reduce taxes at a time when the gov
ernment funds are running co low that
the revenues have ceased to meet the
expenditures." He believed he could
not better consume the time of the bouse
than by giving the story of the depleted :
treasury, and by placing the responsi
bility for the present straits where the
reaponbility justly belonged.
"During the four years of the laßt
administration we plunged headlong
from an overflowing treasury to a bank
rupt treasury, and that, too, without
any leasening of the burdens of taxation
upon the people, but rather by a most
substantial and oppressive increase in
taxes."
THE SURPLUS DieSIPATED.
Wileon then gave figures showing how
the surplus revenue bad been dissipated
since the secretary of the treasury under
Cleveland's first administration tamed
over a balance ot 15185,000,000, The Mc-
Kinley bill reduced the internal revenue
taxes on manufactured tobacco, abolish
ing special taxea on dealers and manu
facturers of tobacco, and wiped oat the
duties on raw sugar which for yeara paßt
had been one of tbe chief revenue pro
ducing articles on the customs list.
Both these taxea were ju6t and proper
in the sense of revenue taxes, and neither
should have been touched, so long as
the ratea of duty upon clothing and
other necessary articles of consump
tion were bo enormously oppressive.
Tobacco taxee were reducsd under the
theory that tobacco had become a ne
cessity for tbe poor ac well ac the rich,
but new and heavier taxes were laid op
the woollen clothing of the poor man.
Sugar was untaxed to give the Ameri
can workingman a free breakfast table,
but new taxes were placed on hie cup?
and saucers, plateß and dißhea, coffee
pota, knives and forka, food and table
cover —in a word, he was relieved from
taxea paid the government, in order
that he might be made lo pay much
greater taxes to the beneficiaries of that
bill. These released taxes would have
yielded ub an internal revenue, since
their omission, of more than $150,000,
--000, and would have saved us from
HOW IT WAS BLOWN IN.
The magnitLent anrplue turned over
by the Cleveland administration waa
thus scattered. A large portion wae
uiad to purchase at high premiums,
bonda not yet due, but even tbia did not
dissipate the surplus, and the fifty-first
congress was obliged to try a hand upon
it. It refunded the direct tax to the
states. Thie was a pure gratuity, but it
has taken out of tbe treasury over $14,
--000,000. Next came the sugar bounty
act under which sums amounting to
$17,000,000 have been paid to sugar
growers. Last of all as the chief means
of distributing tbe aurplua, wae the de
pendent pension bill, under which the
annual pension expenditure has rieen
more than $60,000,000.
If then to more than $200,000,000
thue made away with by the last ad
miniatration we should add $150,000,000
loss of revenue by the omission of the
taxee on tobacco and sugar alone, we
should have a clear idea oi the rapid
and headlong steps by which we had
been brought to the present empty
treasury.
THE TARIFF TO BE REDUCED.
He did not believe those who voted to
put tbe last administration in power
expected any revision from it in the
direction ot increasing raiee. The cam
paign of 1888 was fought on the ques
tion of reforming and reducing the
existing tariff, and not on the question
of revising and raising the tariff of 1889.
No single interest in the country, either
in congress or elsewbere, bad the hardi
hood to assert tbat it meant to demand
any increase of the protection accorded
by tbe bill of 18S3, and it was only
wantonness, sell-greed, rapacity and
selhsbnees and the knowledge that
their demands, no matter how exorbi
tant, Would be graciously accorded, tbat
brought them to Washington in 1890 to
write in their own interests the succes
sive ecbedulea of the McKinley bill.
Under the operation that bill takes in
every one of the important schedules
bas been mercilessly and needlesely in
creased. In manufactures, wool, has
been raised from the average of 70 to the
average of 100 per cent; manufactures of
glass have been raised from an average
of 64 to 04 percent; uianufactnrea of
iron and steel, although the year 1887
had been a year of immense production
and prosperity to those interests, the
tariff was raised from an average oi 30 to
03 per cent; ou colton goods, although
tbe tariff of 1883 bad been made by the
manufacturers themselves, the duties
bad been incensed from an average of
40 to 57 per cent.
"Such is tbe bill we have been called
on to revise in the interest of tbe people
who consume, the people who labor
and of the people comprising the coun
try in general, and of the prosperity of
the country itself."
The sergeant-at arms' report was then
read, showing the arrest of 40 members.
Catching/eaid the object for wbicb the
warrants were issued had been accom
plished, and moved to discharge all
those in custody. The motion waa car
ried without objectiou.
At 5 o'clock the house took a recess
till night. The night seasion was de
voted to act epeeeb.es. At the con
clusion of a speech by Bowers of Cali
fornia the hcuaa, at 10:25, adjourned.
I Thurston's Millinery and California
Straw Works, fiof S. Main etreet, oppo
j b'.to Third.
THE WHITE CITY'S DOOM.
World's Fair Buildings Dis
mantled by Fire.
Several of the Magnificent Pal
aces Destroyed.
Flames in the Manufactures and Lib
eral Arts Builuiiifrs.
Mttny of the Beautiful Foralgn Kxh'blts
Burnwci—lmmense CJrowdi View
the Conll»er»tion—An Awfal
Speatacle*
By tbe Associated Press.
Chicago, Jan. B.—The world's fair j
Pompeii came tonight. A rushing vol
cano of flame; a huge Gothic architect
ure tumbling into chaos; bewildered
mobs of people, all were there. Under
a great starry sky of Italian clearness,
with Lake Michigan's broad expanse a
second Mediterranean, probably no more
magnificent, yet terrifying spectacle, has
ever been witnessed this side of the At
lantic.
It waß long after dark tonight when
belated people returning from work to
their homes in the Bouthern Buburbs
along the elevated road, familiar to hun
dreds of thousands of the world's fair
visitors, noticed a constantly enlarging
column of fire and smoke ascending
sky-ward in the east.
"The world's fair is on fire," was the
cry, and few, indeed, of the fascinated
watchers from the train windows alight
ed until the famous terminal at the ex
position grounds waß reached. The last
half mile of the journey is directly east
to the fair, bo that all view of the
BLAZING PLEAat.'BK HOUSES
of tbe world wae shut off for the time
completely.
Directly past the scene of the frightful
fire of the cold storage warehouse hun
] dreds of spectators harried from tbe
train into the celebrated court of honor.
There suddenly the conflagration came
in full view. Whirlwinds of blazing
' embers were being carried from the end
of the court of honor farthest from the
administration building, high over the
roof of the mammoth liheral arts build
ing, tne Urgeat Structure on eann. The
great golden statue of the republic
could be seen lifting her liberty cap de
fiantly aloft through the clouds of smoke
and flames.
The fire had been burning lesß than
an boar when a thunderous crash of
falling timber and a tremendous shout
from the crowd announced the
COLLAPSE OF THE PERISTYLE.
A moment later a terrific yell from the
crowd told that the liberal arts building
was on fire and the whole exposition
was threatened.
A dramatic incident marked the de
struction of tbe peristyle. One of the
ladders bearing up firemen fell with the
columns and one heroic fireman went
down to death, while a number of
otbere suffered injuries more or less
severe.
The sky was livid at this time with
falling sparks, many of which fell upon
tbe roots of the art palace, tbe woman's
building and the various etate struc
tures. Every train and etreet car added
momentarily thousands to tbe throngs,
and but for
THE TERRIFYING SPECTACLE,
it seemed as if the greatest gala night
of tbe lair wae on in all its glory.
Tbe fire started in tbe casino, just
east of the agricultural building and
south of the peristyle. The casino was
quickly devoured, and the fiamec surged
north on top of the peristyle, and drop
ping, made a second line of tire along
the base of the columne. The flames
then sprang through music hall, which
correaponda at the north aa the peri
style to the casino at the south. While
j the fire waß burning there, one of the
moat singular and fascinating sights of
the night was witnessed. Along the
1 top of the peristyle were scoree of bero
!ic statues. Tbe spectacle for those peo
| pie on the moving sidewalk eaat of tbe
! peristyle waß that of a succession of gi
gantic human beings, plunging, one
after another, headlong into tbe waters
of the lake below,
THE ORIGIN OF THE FtltK
ia aaid to have been revenge on the part
of a couple of trampa. A solitary guard
in music hall aaid juat before the flamee
broke out he kicked two vagabonds out
of the building. They left in the direc
tion of the caeino, and soon after the
fire broke out and terror and confueion
enaued.
Knars of looting added to tbe horror of
tbe acene. At 10 o'clock, witb the pos
sible loss of about $10,000,000 by the
fire in the manufactures building alone,
tbe authorities began to realize that the
large element in the crowd composed of
idlers, once started iv lawleasneaß, would
be difficult to control. Huch prepara
tions as could be hurriedly made were
set iv motion to rem we the goods and
guard the other buildings, bat all such
efforts were the raureat child'a play.
The utter hopelessness of such attouipt-i
on eucb Bhort notice was made apparent
at once. The few officers on guard could
do no more tban hope that the flames
would be speedily stayed.
The spectators at this time, partly
for safety and to prevent the wholesale
robbery of exhibits, were driven back
by the police and lined np aeainst the
electricity building. Here they could
Bee the
GREAT ni.A7.ING FRAGMENTS
dropping upon tbe exhibits below,
crushing and burning the exquisite
French section and threatening to de
stroy the Russian and British sections.
By tbiß time the fire boats and engines
had succeeded in subduing the flames
in tbe ashes of the peristyle and on the
lower southeast side of tbe liberal arts
building, and hopes were entertained
that tbe fire was subdued, but shortly
after 11 o'clock the flames got beyond
control on top of the promenade of the
liberal arts building, and tbe main aisle
of tbe building became a mass of flames.
Remorselessly the lire hurled itself
through the interstices of tile big iron
arches. At dizzy heights above tbe
flames wound, boa constrictor-like,
around the marimoth electric light cor
ona. Below, frantic horses, witb heav
ily loaded trucks, were plunging through
tbe aisles not encumbered with wreck
age or drenched with
FALLING CATARACTS OF WATER,
most of which fell far short of tbe
Sanies. Tbe clouds of emoke and vapor
tbat every moment or so shut out tbe
view of the fire, were colored in moat
fantastic fashion.
The opinion seemed general that the
lose by water waa even greater than by
fire. The federal officere put the lobs,
if the fire does not spread beyond tbe
liberal arte building, at a million dol
lars. On tbe other hand, estimatsa by
people connected with the local direct
ory made the highest figuree $150,000.
At 10 :45 the great iron archway gave
way directly above the French Bection,
and, falling heavily, buried French
wares beneath tbe burning pile.- Around
the Japanese exhibitadjoiningclustered
a crowd ct
SCARED AND FRANTIC JAPS.
Tbia, like many other exbibita, had
not been released from bonde, and tbe
goods could not be taken from the
building, but were carted to
the doors and there guarded
by the natives. All the American
exhibits were long ago removed, but the
formalities of the custom houae detained
tbe goods of foreigners. Superintendent
(jlranam of the manufactures' building
said tbe loss conld hardly be overesti
mated. "I feared this ever since the
fair closed," be aaid, "and now it bas
come worse than I ever dreamed."
All through the great structure frantic
exhibitora rushed, seeking tbe safety for
tbeir goode.
The fire department fongbt with en
ergy and skill, but the conditions were
against tbem. A fierce wind came over
tbe lake, flinging fiery embera every
where, fanning them into lite every
moment. ,
-rrv»jTO iin.trrmo 01/ FLAMES
which were manlully combated hy the
men on the roof, rolled northward. The
firemeu were handicapped by the lack
of water. An beroic effort wa<> made to
get streams to the top of the giant
structure, but the water supply waß
fearfully inadequate. Finding it impos
sible to reach tbe roof, the chief ordered
the engines into the building. With
clanging gongß and tbe clatter of hoofs,
steamer after steamer rattled through
the Bmoke, down the fire-lit aisles, until
the center of the building was reached.
There the laat struggle of the fire
men waa taken up, streams of water
were hurled upwards, but with little
effect. From above a firey halo of em
bers poured down upon the firemen and
the heaps of blazing merchandise grew
more numerous, and foot by foot tbe en
gines were forced back to either end of
the building.
The name of the firemen killed when
the peristyle collapsed ie William
Mackey of Engine company No. 61.
Captain Frederick Getz of Truck com
pany No. 10 fell from the roof of the
manufactures building, broke a leg and
received internal injuries. Eugene Du
rang, a watchman in the French Bec
tion, was bit on tbe bead by falling
debris and injured.
THE CLIMAX OF INTEREST
was reached shortly after midnight,
when a company of 50 men could be
seen edging their way along the roof of
the manufactures building. A cry of
horror went up aa a huge Bection of the
roof almost under the feet of the fire
men gave way and fell with a crash.
Tne firemen did not waver, and by I
o'clock it looked aa if their beroiera
would not be in vain. The tire ia still
burning, but it is thought to be under
control and ia not expected to Bpread
further.
THE I.OSH TO EXIIUIITOR9.
At midnight Presidont liigginbotham
; telephoned the general manager of tbe
! Aeaociated Preaa, Baying he bad been in
| tbe burning building over two houre;
| that the roof had burned and fallen, but
fortunately few exbibita were in range
!of tbe falling timbers. "I Bhonld Bay,"
; eaid fie, "the loss by water would be
! much greater than by fire. The total loss
|to exhibits will not exceed $100,000. Of
I course the loss is seriona enough, but !
| the fire ie now fairly under control, and j
l there ia no more to fear. All told, the
j contents of tho liberal arts building did
not exceed in value $1,000,000. Aa to
tbe casino, peristyle and music hall,
there ia no lobb. We ehould not regret
tbeir burning, as it ie tbe cheapest way
to remove them."
PNSIIirPED GOODS.
Three days ago the number of pack-
I ages awaiting shipment waa: Manu
factures building, 11,074 ; midway plais
ance, 1300; fine arts. 7SO; woman's,
819; horticultural, 1000; transportation,
000; mining, 1350; electricity, 1657;
agriculture, 1800, and 1686 scattered in
other buildiniic Total, 23,654 packages;
Isea than 14,000 packagee had been
i ahipped away prior to December 26th.
A line of fir.c cut glaße bottlea and
manicure Beta juat received at Little- '
hoy'« pharmacy. Call and ccc them, I
311 South Spring etreet.
Removal eale—Musical gooda. Pricea I
no object. Fitagerald's, corner Spring |
ai.d Franklin. I
THE SOLID SIX.
THEIR F!NC ITALIAN lIANoHi
STILL VISIBLE TO THE NAKPU W\
EYE IN AM. SCHOOL BOARD
TRANSACTIONS. -
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
A ROARING FARCE COMEDY.
Farcical Denouement of the
Hawaiian Muddle.
Cleveland's Futile Attempt to i
Restore the Qneen.
Minister Willis' Notice to tho Dole
lioverument.
rrmld nl Dolt'iAbU mil OlgnlfUfl Re-
ply—Kxolteineiit Quieted Down uDd
the Queen Still Oat In
tbe Cold.
By the Associated Press.
Victoria. 13. C, Jan. B.—The Cana
dian Pacific eteamer Warrimoo anived '
today bringing Honolulu advices to,.;J
January Ist. Tbe moot intense excite- |l
ment prevailed throughout Honolulu "'"A
uiitil the arrival ot the revenue cutter
Corwin. After that Minister Willi" jj
made a demand upon President Dole tO'*|
surrender the government to the queen.
The provisional government promptly <j
refused and Willis took no further step
to enforce compliance with hia order.
Excitement rapidly subsided, and for 1
the week before the sailiug of the War- ' j
rimoo there was perfect tranquility. It js
is now thought the crisis has passed.
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A KIDICULOCS FIASCO.
Minister Willis' Farcical Attempt to Ue- %
store the Queen.
[Copyrighted hy the Associated Press.]
llo.Nui.i :.t , Jan. 1. —Since the sailing
oi the United States revenue cutter Cor
win at 3:50 oa the morning of December
21th no advices have left here for the
coast. That vessel took press dispatches,
against the orders of the United States
legation, but it is doubtful if all of tbem
are landed, as it is understood a etrict
watch will be placed on tbe veseel as
soon as she arrives near the harbor, and
that she will be likely ordered at once on '?
a crnise. Application was made by
the Associated Press and the special
correspondent of the New York World
for permission to forward dispatches by -
tho Corwin. Thiß was in each case
sternly refused, and the dispatches were
only put aboard afterward, through the i
courtesy of those who shall forever be ;
nameless, even though the United
States should endeavor to investigate
tbe matter.
THE DEMAND TO SURRENDER.
The Corwin took tbe demand of Mm- j
ister Willie on the provisional govern- ]
ment to etep down and out, which waa j
CuubilDJ ... I lie luiiunuiK nuiuo.
Mr. President and Gentlemen:
Tbe president of tbe United States has
very much regretted the delay in tbe
conaideration of the Hawaiian queation,
but it hae been unavoidable. So much
of it aa tins occurred aince in.' arrival
has been due to certain conditions
precedent, compliance with which waa
required before I v;aa authorized to con- ;'|
fer with yon. The oresnlent alao re
grets, and most assuredly uo 1, that any
eecrecy should have surrounded the in- l
terchange of viewti hetween our two j
governments, 1 may any t.Ma, ho.-.ever, |
that the secrecy thus lar i-bserved hss j
been in tlie interest and for the I
safety of all your people. " n •
hardly premiee that tho pr
action upon tne Hawaiian queel i>u has j
been under the dictates of honor and dim
duty; it is now, and. baa been from 'ho %
beginning, abaoluteiy free from <»-«.%jt»—.38
dicea and resentment, and entirely
sistent witb tbe Ion,: established Jriem
ship and treaty ties which have auJS
closely bound together our respective
governmentß.
The president deemed it his duty to
withdraw from the senate the treaty of
annexation which has been signed by
tbe secretary of state and agents of ycur
government, aud to dispatch a trusted
representative to Hawaii to impartially
investigate the caueeß of your revolu
tion and to ascertain and report tbe t rue
situation in theae islands. This in
formation was needed to better
enable him to discharge his j
delicate aud important duty. Upon
the facta embodied in Mr. Blount's re
port, the preeident has arrived at cer- J
tain conclusions, and determined upon ' ,
a certain course of action, with which it " - ;
becomes my duty to acquaint you.
The provisional government was not
established by tbe llawniian people or
with their consent or acquiescence, nor •
haß it existed witb tbeir consent. Tbe
queen refused to surrender her
powera to the proviaionai gov
ernment until convinced that j
the minieter of the United States naoV's/1
recognized it. as tbe de fatto authority,
and woule>support ami defend .: with
military lorce of the liuited States, and
that resistance would precipitate av.fj
bloody conflict with that force. She wad t
advised and assured by her ministers
and the leaderß of the movement for
the overthrow o! hot c.ov:.miient,
that if she evtrreudeml •.indor
protect, her caß6 would afterward he
fairly considered by the preeident of
the United States. Ti-o queen liusiiy
yielded to the armed fort-en 01 a .«
United Stales then quarreled in I.
lulu, relying on the good faith aonH
honor of tbe preeident, when ia-ortruaaa
of what. :.rtd occurred, to undo tbe uctiOfMH
of the minister and reinstate her ar.il 1
the authority which she claims as the *
constitutional sovereign oi tt.c Latvian i\
islands.
After a patient ex*min:it'.'-n .! 'Jr. A
Klount'B report ttie president ' a- j
Mcd tbat the movement ai;amat tne 4
queen, if not inetigateJ, was encouraged '
and supported by tbe representative, of
this governmental Honolulu: tbat he j
promised in advance, to aid her eiiuieiee
■ii an tlh.-rt to .iv»rilir'.>w Lie iia* j
waiiau government at: I- t ;i 1
by force a new government in J
ita place, and th*' .-». ins' jj
promise by causing « •:<;-. c.'uiem vl j
troops to be lauded fitni i..c tkotcu on j