Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-25
Mr. cieseiasGs Responsibility
New York Sun. !

The ionz-ielayed publication OF Minister
BIonnt's report 10 the secretary Of state
could not, we're IL even an entirely trust
worthy document, divert the minds of the
American people from the capital point al
issue In the Hawaiian business. Can Pres
dent Cleveland. without thu previous an
tbosization of Congress, commit an act of
q ar against a government, no matter how
established. which has been formally recog
nized by the United States and other for
eign powersS That Is the question tn
which the people are sure to pin the Presi-
dent, and from which he cannot squirm
away.
Ii Mr. Cleveland nos withdraxs ske rec
oauition given 81 Mr.. Harrison, and re-
9est-diy affirmed by hims If. and seeks TO
upset BY force the government Of his
great and good friend, as he calls Presi-
dent Dole Of HAWAII. he will be guilt, of
an &C; Of war, and. consequently, of vio-
isrion of the constitution, for which it ill
be the duty of Congress 10 hold him to a
stern account.
The few organs of the administration
| hieh endeavor to defend its course in the
HsTaiisn business are careful TO evade this
/ point. although it is primary and funds-
beutal ohS, oTchosc tiry nave ipohu ous
| that every lawyer who has any pretensions
| 10 figure a. an authority on International
| and constitutional law admits that, for the
ntsd States TO attempt the overflow Of
friendly government, which they and
lther foreign powers have repeatedly re-
| cognlzed, is An act of war to which the pre-
vious sanction of Congress 10 Indispensable.
This would be the case IL Blounts report,
| considered as statement of facts, proved
upon examination to NIB dy the whole
truth, and nothing u ihe tr't In reality
II does nothing OF I = 'iid-
Upon TIE face OF t." doeumt Mt, II IS
| mere RI pnrte p "a, drlib"' a'rly eoncocted
| for tie pdrp sc OF pro'hlin2 zone shos OF
pretex' f'r predTtrrnine coarte; Inc
proof OF tiis assertion l. int all the VII
nessr- are 'nmm""d from one SIDE as IL
Mr.. blount hsd De insrut tra 70 iurhish
not lndiuHi fe'ies TUX me nfie1 OF
prosecu'ing ofh'er. All The Witnesses WIN
out exception wa testimony ~ per
mitted to hgnre IN blrupts preseh'meh.'
either from the Outset oppos'a Tue iepuoh,
can resoiutlohi'ts' OF subsequently uesef'eu
from Their ranks
IL Is known 'ta' o't'''Fn Arco"','- "' 'a'
TOOK place IN January at iiohoiuiu ere
resp c'iaiiy 'aptiittei 10 mr. p,""'' ~
members OF iiiehas Vi 'ne present ia ="
government out ho' s'ne'1 Que VI "a. sc
Is reproduce or - h'ur' ~ "'i ''oh' III
the report o"io.e ny. NTh'er any at
Tempt mane oy Mr; bi"uIt u taAe up 'f''-
atWt' ana, II possioie' ieiu'e 'ie ='a.eiheh MS
Oh iact dianethc~i opposite 10 MS orn'
which he knows nave oeen maze oy ms
predecessor Minister stevens ov oohsui-
General Severance ana by other repre-
sentatives OF the United states. In
word, Mr.. Blount proceeds on the assump
ton that all the testimony, not only OF
friends OF the Hawanah government ou'
also OF all ofilcers or MS own government
except himself, ought TO go Tor naught.
Evidently he supposes himself to have
been invested with share of the grotesque
Pooh Bah infallibility which Mr.. Cleveland,
in his wonderful ignorance of the constitu-
ton, conceiyes himself to possess.
Secretary Gresham will not dare even TO
try to humbug Congress, as he has tried
happily in vain, to delude the American
people. He cannot put off Congress with
plea exclusively made up of one-sided
testimony. When Congress demands the
production of all the papers in the case,
it will see that it gets precisely what 1t
calls for namely, every shred of documen-
tary testimony relating to the Ha~aiian
business in the possession of the state and
navy departments. Against the arbitrary