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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1894
Page
3
A contested report by Mr Blount is impugned while minister Willis faces approval of a course amid defiant replies from President Dole. The article notes the nation’s stance against interference and asserts formal action with political tension persisting.
President Grover Cleveland sent to Congress the dispatches and instructions related to the Hawaiian situation since December. The message includes withheld dispatches and notes on minister Willis and the provisional government, with the aim of presenting a careful, legal accounting to Congress and keeping lawmakers informed of ongoing developments.
President Dole rejects the United States demand to retire the provisional government and sends a formal reply via Minister Willis. The dispatch notes upcoming movements of a revenue cutter, signals from San Francisco, and intentions to inform the U S president and Queen of the results while awaiting further word.
Prolonged dispute over official stance on proposed practical union with the United States surfaces. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani challenges US interference doctrine, cites Jacksonian non intervention, and questions president’s authority to decide Hawaii’s fate.
Minister Dole denounces American interference and declares the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands will not submit to US arbitration. He outlines that revolutions were driven by native and allied forces, denies responsibility for queen Liliuokalani’s fall, and asserts loyalty to the officers who supported the provisional regime.
Secretary Carlisle warns Senator Voorhees that without immediate measures the Treasury cannot cover public expenses and pensions. He urges issuing bonds under existing law, outlines deficits and December through February receipts and expenditures, and notes nearly 5 million in sugar bounty claims under review. He proposes a bill to authorize bonds of 25 denominations at 3 percent for five years.
The reading of the Wilson bill extended over two hours and twenty three minutes with clerks rotating every fifteen minutes. Chairman Wilson proposed three days for amendments in sections, while several minor changes were adopted by party vote amid debate. Also reported is a New York dry goods note citing lower jobbing prices for Amoskeag and Lancaster fabrics.
The text notes record low prices not counting the September 14 1893 auction sale when average prices hovered near five cents for available goods. It mentions agents lowering the jobbing price of American sheetings to three and three fourths cents net, a low point aside from a brief spring 1891 period.
The House opens tariff debate with Springer seeking correction of an Illinois report about Tolliver. Amendments advance on furs for haters, hydrographic charts on free list, and a condensed milk duty cut provoking dispute over sugar of milk and price effects as Bowers flings raisins amid lively scrambling.
San Francisco January 17. In Nawaki correspondence on the steamer Australian it was claimed the deposed queen would sue the United States for damages for actions of former officials during the government change. Parker and Peterson denied the report as unimportant and said the queen would seek arbitration in the United States, awaiting verdict. They noted meeting the queen shortly before sailing and affirmed her resolve to maintain her throne claim. no mention of pursuing pecuniary damages was made.
In Walmaton Jan 17 the absence of the vice president left the president pro tem Jarvis presiding at Albany. Hoar moved printing of the Hawaiian message and its reference to foreign relations, and announced he would address the senate on the Hawaiian question after the morning hour. Manderson reported a petition against the Wilson tariff bill, noting most signers were Democrats and Populists. A separate note reports a Methodist minister Benjamin Baldwin confessing to the William Henshaw murder near Ricamono, Indiana, three years earlier. The case suggests Baldwin's jealousy and alleged collaboration with the girl’s father. Senate finance committee heard Secretary Curlish’s outlook letter but adjourned without action, with a future meeting planned.
Kansas Congressman Jerry Simpson argued for the Wilson bill in a tariff debate, saying the Democratic party is influenced by money power. He claimed free trade as the People’s Party platform and used a vivid coat-edge object lesson to illustrate the burdens on farmers under protection.
Mallory Son Zimmerman issues a crop report covering Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Ohio Wisconsin Kansas South Dakota and others. It shows ten percent fewer hogs to be marketed in the first quarter of 1894 versus late 1893, a three percent rise in pigs for spring and summer, light cattle declines for the first half of 1894, and an eight percent higher corn on hand than a year ago.
The Republican National Committee executive committee formally seeks Hornblower’s confirmation prompted by Bliss of New York. Party leaders Carter and Manivy with Me Mubart have been working to present the action as a Republican instrumentality benefiting the party despite a slow process and uncertain prospects.
The Dalton gang proposes a two year sentence for each member to settle the matter with the department of justice. United States Marshal Nix of Oklahoma placed the offer before the attorney general. The interested parties include Jill Dalton Bill Doolen George Newcomb Dynamite Arkansas Tom and Slaughter Ed.
Secretary Carlisle has received a definite offer from a syndicate of Ohio capitalists to become president, general counsel and solicitor general of a new corporation planning a chain of national loan associations with headquarters in Washington. The offer includes a salary of 25000 dollars per year and a deadline of February 1804 for consideration. It is not yet clear whether he will accept.
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