The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
The Presidents Hawaiian Message.

The Presidents Hlwa.ian MESSAGE
together with all the documents called fol
by the resolutions of the Senate, were
sent to congress yesterday. and now Sena
tors Hoar and Frye, ami other congress
men. and the newspapers that have beer
making themselves ridiculous by attack
ing the President on the ground thai be
had undertaken to overthrow the pro
visional government of Hlwali By force,
can now retire and kick themselves for
having made such sorry spectacles OF
I themselves.
The President has never contemplated
restoring Queen Liliuokalani oy force,
and has never said be had any such pur-
pose. Senator Hoar. however. was sure
he must have meant to 10 sonethiEgo OF the
kind and, therefore. went about the Sen
ate chamber screaming that he ought to
be impeached. That the Presid Mt is a
much greater man than his critics is
shown by the calm dignity with which he
meets the hysterical attacks upon him
and the clearuess with which he point IS
/ out the fact that he not only knows the
situation in Hawaii but also that he IN
| derstands the extent of his pc yer in deal
/ ing with it.
The message will have a so 1ering effect.
/ It shows that nearly all the wild and
! reckless assertions that have appeared in
| the newspapers in respect TO Hawaiiln af-
| fairs have little or no bearing upon the
| real issue What is the issUel 1t is this.
Was the revolution in Hawaii of last Jan
uary brought ABOUT by the assistance of
the United States minister AMI United
States marines2 The President SAYS it
was The proof that it was is entirely
satisfactory. That being the case, what
is the duty Of this government in respect to
the mattsrl Mr.. Cleveland kinks the mon
archy ought to be res tored, not only because
1t is right that we should undo the wrong
which we did but also because the mon-
archy is the only form of government that
is likely to be at all successful. Even
members OF the provisional government
say that the natives are not fit for self
government. That being the case, what
folly it would be to set up a republic.
When it was suggested some time ago
that the question whether the monarchy
should be restored or a republic be
established be submitted to the
people the suggestion was e5ected by the
leaders of the revolution. They did not
want anything submitted 20 the people,
because the people, they said, are incapa-
BILE of judging as to what they want.
1t is evident now that those who led the
revolution never intended to set up new
government. They had only one object in
view, and that was annexation to the
United States Many of them are large
sugar planters, and anne cation would
give them the cents a pound bounty on
their sugar.
The President has not intended to put
the queen back on her throne by force.
The instructions to Minister Willis
are that this government would use
its influence to have her restored if
she would promise amnesty to all who
took part in the revolution against her.
and the President would not agree TO use
the United States forces to keep her on
her throne. AS far as known, the queen
has not acceded to the terms prol osed
through Minister Willis.
A funny feature of the whole business
is the frothy assertion of the opposi ion
papers TO the effect that Minis err Willis
has not carried out his instructions be-
cause he found the provisional govern
ment stronger than he expe. ted. and
therefore, did not dare use force TO re-
store the queen. 1t turns out that Minis.
ter Willis had no instruc tions to res ore
the queen by force, and that he has not
bothered himself at all about the proyis-
.,a1r Il L.
get the queen to agree to comply with
certain conditions in the event of her
restoration.
The President turns the whole matter
over to congress. That body has a di IL
cult problem to solve. 1t is clear that the
present state of Affairs was brought about
by ex-Minister Stevens. and his acts were
sanctioned by the Harrison admins .ra-
ton But what is to be doael 1t is evil
dent that there is no government ola per
manent character in Hawaii. The pro-
visional government is a sort of council
that maintains itself by force 1t is not a
republican government. II is, in fact.
nothing. And it is pretty certain that
congress will not favor annexation.
| We don't want the motley popula-
tion of Hawaii as part of
UAe population OF his country, and, be-
sides, annexation would be a departure
from our settled policy relative to the
acquisition of territory. BY aunexing
Hawaii we should establish a prsce lent
for annexing other territory having I'm
desirable popula ions.
The Presidents message and accom-
panying documents make it clelr that the
| President in this Hawaiian business has
been guided by the bes5 OF mo ives and
that his policy for its settlement is wise
one. Let us now see what those have to
suggest who wanted HIM impeached.
The man who did the mos 10 boost
Jerry Sin psop from the town marshall
ship of Medicine Lodge, Kansas into a
congress siOnal chair was a scbool erp.,;,,