The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-19
ANOTHER MESSAGE
President Cleveland Has Enlightened
Congress ON His Hawaiian
II ssss Policy. t III
I'm a Message Of 5000 Words He
Tells What Has Been Done and
Why.
He Strongly Advocates the Restora-
tion Of the Queen as an Act of
Justice.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The special
of the president regarding Ha-
waiian affairs has been sent to congress.
1t is as follows:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives:
In my recent annual message 10 thereon
gress, briefly referred to our relations
with Hawaii and exprp.scd the intention
of transmitting further information on the
subject when additional advices permitted
Though ] am not able TO now report q def
mite change i'm the actual situation, / am
convinced that the difficulties lately Gre
ated, both here and I'm Hawaii, and now
standing in the way of a solution through
executive action of the problem presented,
render it proper and expedient that the
matter should be referred to the broader
authority and direction of congress, with
a full explanation of the endeavor thus far
made to deal with the emergency and n
statement OF the considerations which have
governed action.
Right and Justice.
suppose that right and justice should
determine the path to be followed In treat
ing this subject Irrational honesty Is to be
disregarded and desire for territorial ex-
tension here dissatisfaction with a form
of government not our own, is TO regulate
our conduct. / have entirely misappre.
hended the mission and character of our
government and the behavior which the
conscience of our people demands of their
public servants.
When the present administration en-
tered upon its duties, the senate had under
consideration treaty providing for the
annexation Of the Hawaiian islands to the
territory of the United Stares.
Surely under our constitution and laws
the enlargement of our limits Is mani
festation of the highest attribute of SOW
ereignty, and If entered upon as an execu-
tive act all things relating to the transac-
tions should be clear and free from sus-
picion. Traditional Importance IL attached
to this
Peculiar Treaty OF Annexation
because it contemplated departure from
unbroken American tradition in providing
for the addition To our territory Of islands
of the sea, more than 2 600 miles removed
from our nearest coast.
These considerations might not of them
selves call for interference with the com
pletion OF d treaty entered upon by pre-
vious administration, but it appeared from
the documents accompanying the treaty
when submitted to the senate that ths
ownership Of Hawaii was rendered to us
by provisional government, set up tt
succeed the constitutional ruler of the
islands who had been dethroned; and did
not appear that such provisional govern
ment had the sanction of either popular
revolution or suffrage.
Two Other Remarkable Features
of the transaction naturally attracted at
tention. One was the extraordinary hast,
mot to say precipitancy -characterizint
all the transactions connected with tin,
treaty. II appeared that u so-called com
mittee of safety, ostensibly the source o
the revolt against the constitutional gov
ernment Of Hawaii, WAS organized on Sat
urday, the 18th day of January; that Oh
Monday, the 10th, the United States force
were landed at Honolulu from
naval vessel lying i'm It's harbor; tha
on the nth the scheme OF provisiona
government was perfected. and procla
mat on naming it's officers was on the sam
day prepared and read at the government
buildings; that immediately thereupo
the United States recognized the provis
ional government thus created; that tw
days afterwards, ON the 18th of January
commissioners representing such govern
ment sailed for this country in steame
especially chartered for the occasion, al
irving in this country on the 2Sth day q
January, and in Washington on the 3
day of February; that on the next day the
had their first interview with the secretar
of state, and another ON the 1lth, when th
treaty annexing the islands was pract
cally agreed upon, and that on the 18th
was formally concluded, and ON the 15t
Transmitted to the senate.
Thus between the initiation of tL
scheme for provisional government
Hawaii on the 14th of January and th
submission to the senate Of the treaty
annexation, concluded with such govern
ment, the entire interval was 80 days,
of which were spent by the Hawaiia
commissioners in the journey to Wasl
ington.
In the next place, upon the face of ii
papers submitted with the treaty it clear
appeared that there was open and nnd
Atermined an issue of the most vital In
portance. The message of the presidel
accompanying the treaty declared th,
.'the overthrow of the monarchy was ii,
In any way promoted by this Cover
ment, |" and in u letter to the presidal
from the secretary Of state, also submit,
to the senate with the treaty, the folio,
ing passage occurred: .s5 ss.4ss 's
AT the time the provisional governmel
took possession of the. government hull
ings, no troops or Officers of the Unit.
States were present. or took any pa
whatever In the proceedings, No publ
recognition was accorded TO the provision
government by the American minister ii
TIL after the queens abdication, and VIII,
they were in effective possession Of ii
government buildings, the archives. &
treasury, the barracks the police stati,
and all the potential machinery OF 4
government.
The Queens Protest.
But protest also accompanied ia
treaty, signed by the queen and her niu
ters at the time she made way to t
provisional government which explicit
stated that SHE Welded e, the ssipaN