St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-13
KEEP HANDS OFF HAWAII.
SUCH rs THE OPINION OF 0UR PROM
MENT MEN,
GREsHAm,s FAMOUS EPIsTLE

Should Uncle Sam Annex, Declare
Pretectorate, or Restore the
Monarchy p Seven American
Vessels Can Be Concentrated
There-Policy Of Minister Will
lis-Latest From the Islands.
From the SUNDAY GLoBE.]
WASHINGTON, Nov. l1.-Expressions
of opinion by public men now in Wash
ington, upon the letter of Secretary
Gresham regarding the Hawaiian affair
are varied and numerous. Some EN-
phatically approve the sentiment eX-
pressed in the already famous epistle,
and others denOunce it with great We
hemence. Aside from those who have
radical views there are many politicians
and public officials who from modesty
or courtesy or policy refuse to talk upon
the question at all, Senators and rep
resentatives of this latter class say that
when the matter appears in due form
before congress, they Will then declare
themselves, Whether the majority of
Washington's officeholders favor the
stand taken by Secretary Gresham, or
whether they oppose it, every one of
them is discussing the matter. Every
one. in fact, is waiting for further de-
Velopments.
Senator Morgan, chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign relations, is not at all
we'll pleased at the turn affairs have
taken in the Hawaiian situation. 1t was
at banquet given in honor of Secretery
Carlisle by the United States senators
before the Inauguration. and shortly
after the treaty with the provisional
government had been sent to the senate
by President Harrison, that Senator
Morgan made speech in which he
commended the action, and expressed
hopes of great things for the United
States government in it's new acquisi-
tiGn, which at that time seemed as good
as made. He was then ON the eve of
his departure to Paris as one of the
Behring sea arbitrator. He expressed
the hope that when he returned the
Hawaiian matter would be settled, and
that
THE AMERICAN FLAG
would be floating over most valuable
acquisition. Today, he said, this gov
eminent could not restore the queen.
Two administrations had recognized the
provisional government, accredited its
representatives, and it could not restore
the former condition. Mr.. Morgan said
he had his views on the question. but it
was not for senator and member of
the committee on foreign relations to
say anything about the action the gov
eminent had taken or the course it
would pursue in the future.
Congressman Hill. of Illinois, who
was assistant secretary of state in 1881,
when Secretary Blaine, in dispatch to
United States Minister Comfy, defined
the policy of this government towards
Hawaii. was also chairman of the
house committee on foreign affairs of
the Fifty-frst congress, and has occu-
pied diplomatic positions abroad. He is
member Of the foreign affairs COM
mlttee of the present house of repre-
sentatives. He takes deep interest in
the subject, and in reference to it today
he said: 81 believe that the policy of
interference by our government in be-
half of a monarchy, and discredited
one at that, one that went down in
violent effort Of the queen to overthrow
the Hawaiian constitution, is contrary
to every tradition and impulse of the
American people.
LAS to the question of veracity be-
tween this administration on one side
and Minister Stevens. Capt. WiItse, now
dead, and the five commissioners on the
other side, all of whom were eye wit
nssses. we ought TO have very full testi.
mony before holding them guilty of
false statements and conspiracy to. be
carried out by
FORCE AND FRAUD.
''As yet we have no testimony what
ever against them. Mr.. Stevens bore
high character as discreet and able
representative of this government.
''AS fact, he was in another island
and did not reach Honolulu until about
noon of Saturday, the day of the queens
violent demonstration and the exciting
scenes between her and her cabinet
and the diSorderlY crowd around her
palace. The meeting on Monday, Jan.
16, of alarmed citizens is said to have
been the most important in number and
character ever held in the islands, re-
presenting property and business of all
kinds, aud the diplomatic correspond
ence states that there were many appli-
cations from Americans to the minister
to have marines landed to protect
American interests and preserve order.
"This does not look like secretly
cOntrived conspiracy by the American
minister and American commander to
overthrow friendly government by
suddenly landing armed forces. The
reports of that meeting in the Honolulu
newspapers indicate that the queens
government fell because of the almost
| universal detestation and dread in
| which it was held.
The American people would have
| but one opinion if they learn by the
next steamer landing at San Francisco
that this caSt-off monarchy has been set
up again by other armed forces, perhaps
amid bloodshed, and that the provision
al government, whose chief offense
seems to be that it is friend
| ly to the United States and Amer
| lean interests is destroyed. For forty
years the instructions from our state
department. by Webster, Marcy, Evarts,
Blaine, Freylinghuysen and Bayard
| have held one tone. Our ministers have
been instructed to encourage, rather
than discourage, sentiments favorable
to the United States and its interests,
| and to bear in mind and impress upon
that government the overwhelming Su-
periority of the interests OF the people
of the United States in those islands as
compared with the interests of
OTHER NATIONS,
and the manifest and ultimate destiny
of that government with all its ques-
tionS to meet in the end an American
INSTRUMENTATION"
Representative Oates said that the
question presented in the report of the
secretary of state on the Hawaiian
matter was one of law as well as of fact.
Certainly this government would not be
justifiable in taking any steps toward
the restoration of The queen if we were
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