The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-03
4 MINISTER OR A GOV
ERNOR.

ex-Congreman Willis TO he Min
lister TO Hawaii should serve at
once to bring before the senate the
whole question of our policy toward
the future of that country. The
government of Hawaii-and there
is no longer any doubt that the
men who conducted the revolution
there to a successful conclusion
and have since administered the
affairs Of the islands are the gov
ernment-have asked admission
for their country into the Amer
lean Union. A prompt reply to
their petition was made by Presi-
dent Harrison in the negotiation
of an annexation treaty, bat for no
reason publicly expressed, though
upon numerous pretences put for
ward by those who claimed the
right of speaking for the present
administration, this treaty was
withdrawn from the consideration
OF the senate, and from that time
to this no Indication of his policy
toward Hawaii has been made by
President Cleveland. Hawaii is
entitled to have her answer, and
she is entitled to have it right
away. The question of the acquisi-
ton of territory is not one to be
determined by the executive ex-
clusively, though we daresay that
difficulty will be encountered in
impressing this fact upon Mr..
Cleveland. 1t is his evident con-
ception of his relation to the affairs
of this country that he is some
thing little short of a heaven-in-
spired dictator, to whose mandates
senates, congresses and courts
must give humble obedience
Thus far since the convention of
the present congress many events
have seemed to justify him in his
exalted notion of himself. With
the aid of some judicious bribery
in the way of patronage he has
succeeded in inducing grave and
profound statesmen, who were ma
tional leaders of his party when he
IS a country sheriff, to take posi-
upon public questions precise
~ the reverse of that which they
had previously held throughout the
whole of their public careers. There
was more than jest In the remark
of Mr.. Allen, the congressional hu-
morist from Mississippi, that after
the parity between the money met
ais had been successfully restored,
it might be well to bring in bill
to restore the parity between the
executive and legislative branches
of the government. If the senate
has not abdicated its functions al
together, it will not vote on the
nomination of diplomatic repre-
sentative to Hawaii until it has de-
termined of it's own judgment
whether that is the kind of repre-
sentative we need and desire there.
1t is not just on the part of the
president to withhold longer from
congress and the public frank ex-
preston of his views concerning
Hawaii's application for admission.
1t can no longer be pretended that
the government from which that
application has come is incompe-
tent or unrepresentative. 1t can
not be pretended that the revo-
luton, out of which the application
proceeded, was brought about by
other than natural and inevitable
causes. There is no statement of
the original commission that came
here Immediately after the revolu-
ton the literal truth of which has
not been fully indicated, nor has
any fact material to their petition
been brought forward since they
came which they did not them
selves reveal. 1t can no longer be
said that we require information
Mr.. Cleveland's special commits
sioner has made his visit, has re-
turned to America and has sub
mitted his report to the govern
ment. The case in its entirety is
before Mr.. Cleveland, and has
been for months. If he has po-
licy, or is capable of defining one,
it is high time he made it known.
The senate is entitled TO inquire
what answer he has made or in
tends to make to the Ha,
waiian petition. 1t is entitled
70 ask for Mr.. Blount's report, for
the amended and recent PROPOSE
ton of the Hawaii government, and
for all other documents or informa-
ton in possession of the depart,
ment of state. All these should
be laid before the senate and gwen
out to the people for their exam
ination before a vote is taken on
the nomination made yesterday.
We require a representative in Ha-
wall, but whether he should be
minister accredited to a foreign
country or a governor admins
tering the laws of the United
States is the question:. y. Trib-
une-