The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-11
THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE.
This Is President Cleyeland's
Message TO the HaWaiians.

WASHINGTON, Nov. II. 1s93.-In the ab4
sence of any Information except that
derivable by inference from Secretary
Grsshan's report to the President as TO
what instructions have been given to
Minister Willis: and Admiral Irwin, there
is wide field for speculation opened as to
the mesns which in all probability have pY
this time been used to ''restoTe the legiti.
mate government" of Hawaii and thus
''repair the wrong done to a feeble, buE
Independent State by an abuse OF the
authority of the United States"
In some of the earliest intimRtions
given as to theH possibility of course Of
action such as 1s now recommended BY
Secretary Gresham and made public with
the approval OF the President
and the rest of his cabinet, q statement
was made. as il coming indirectly from
Minister Willis, who had just had per-
sonal conference with President Cleve-
land al the White House, InaI the Ques
tton which form of government they pre-.
ferred ought to be submitted to vote or
the people of Hawaii. This view of the
matter, it is noticed, is brought out
quite prominently in Secretary Gres-
hams synopsis of Commissioners Blount's
report, in which he says
Mr.. Blount states that while at Homo
lulu be did not meet q single anneXa.
ZIONIST who expressed willingness TO
submit the question TO vote Of the
people, nor did he talk with one on that
subject who did not insist that II the
islands were annexed suffrage should be
so restricted as to give complete control
to foreigners or whites. aud representa-
tive anuexstionists have repeatedly made
similar statements TO the undersigned"
Reasoning from those slender bases Of
fact aud without auy other direct official
statement to either confirm or contradict
the hvpothesis.it is thought probable thAt
Minister Willis's course mas been 20 adj
wise the provisional governments that
it is the desire of the United States
government is preferred by the people Of
the islapds-thRt ofQ IeeU LiliuokalRni or
that of President Dole-shall be submit
ted TO the vote of all those residents OF
the islands who have a right to vote un-
der the constitution of 1857.
Whether or nor. pending this appeal to
the people, Admiral Irwin and Minister
Willis have received direct instructions
to 'reiustate the constitutional SOW
ereign" will pre- Oably not be authors
tAtiyely made known until the next
Honolulu mall arrives In San francisco.
INQUIRY at the Department OF State
| warrants the statement that the Presi>
| deut has given his approval to the Sec
re ary's findings. based as they are upon
uhe searching inquiries conducted by his
speciai commissioner. Mr.. Blount. Aud
while it has not been regarded as
| expedient at this moment to make public
| the Instructions given TO Mr.. Blounrs sue
| cessor, Mr.. Willis, or the orders issued to
| Admiral Erwin, who has by this time
| assumed command of the United States
naval forces at Hawaii. it is lntimRted
that in each case the officers have gone
| TO Hawaii charged to do all that Is nec-
essary to restore the status quo ante
| bellum. There is still question as to
what may be necessary to
secure this result, but ie
is generally believed that IL the represen-
tntions made by Minister Willis upon the
occasion of the presentation Of his ere
dentials, to the effect that the Presidents
deslres that the Queen be re-snthroned,
should not be sufficient to induce the
Provisional Government to give
| effect to that desire, then Admiral Irwin
will be called upon to exercise his
functions and once more the naval forces
nov aboard the United States flagship
| Philadelphia and the Adams will be
landed, and Will march through the
streuts Of Honolulu, dragging their gat-
llngs TO the Government House.