The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-12-28
HAWAIIAN MESSAGE.
-,o Prssident Furnishes Congress
 With His Views.
TIE YlTTGR MUCH TANGLED UP.
president Says That He Has With .-,,n the Treaty for Good Because ofIts Being Due to an Alleged
 Conspiracy.

WASHINGTON, Dec' I'-AS soon us
 ,..l bouses of congress had completed
 .,vr;uary work message from the
 r,s;5,nt presented to them the long
 .,,rf., ,,I special message on the Hawaii
 consideration, The reading of the
 .,,,mrDt was attended to with the
 y,.est attention in both houses and
 r,orv members made frequent notes of
 inc salient points
 The message itself was as follows:
 Al. .slate and hJus of representatives:
 ~. ,rr recent annual message to tle congress
 ,rrtFv referred 10 our relations with Hawaii
 'r6 syprcssed the inteaton of transmitting
 S,,har information on the subject when addi
 ,.,r,l adyices permitted. Though l am not
 ,,r abe to report definite change in the
 .,,r,, situation, m convinced that the dim.
 .,,,.ss lately created both here and in Hawaii ..T nav standing in the way Of Q solution
 |.,rgh executive action of the problem pre- ,sr,4d renier 1t proper and eSpedient that the T,,,er should be referred to the broader au- N,-f,y And direction of congress, with full Il tyrarsli5n Of the endeavor thus far made to [ Ssl win the emerg sncv and a statement of he sc5rsidcrlEons which have governed action Isgpr,>e that right and justice should de. ,s-rire the path 10 be followed in treating this . sria desire for territorial extension or dissat- ..t,,t.5n with form Of government not our \ orr is Iu regulate our conduct, have entirely r;,spprchcnded the mission and character of mn gyvcrumcut and the behavior which the ,-r,.,euce of our people demands of their pub N Gf servants
 When the present administration entered rr,c is duties the senate had under considerH- ,oaa treaty providing for the annexation of L Nlaa r.aFNN Trs,-. states Surely under our constitution s,a laws the enlargement Of our limits is rsn.lss'ltion of the highest attribute of sover- Il F..ryr and it entered upon as m executive act II all things relating to the transaction should be H clear and free from suspicion
 IA At5iupra! importance Is attached to this Il reu.ar treaty of annexation because 1t con n ,eup,Itcd a Geparture from unbrollen American tradition in providing for the addition to our territory ot islands of the sea more than 2,OJJ Il [. es removed from our nearest coast
 These cons lderatiOns might not Of themselves ra. sor interference with the competitor of s & treaty entered upon by a previ us administra. Fl ro- But it appeared from the documents ac- ,oumrGiug the treaty when submitted to the senate that the ownership of Hawaii was ten II tere1 tg gs by provisional government set up Il lo succeed the constitutional ruler of the isl Br3s who had been dethrOned, and it did not spgear that the provisional government had
 iae sanction Oi either popular revolution or suf- Il iFace
 Two remarkable features Of the transaction ratgrlllv attracted attention. One was the ex. uaorlEary haSte-nOt 10 say precipitancy- Il rtaruercriz.ng all the transactions connected with ,hs treaty. IL appeared that so-called committee ot safety, ostensiOly the source of
 ha revolt against the constitutional govern
 uslio Of Hawaii, was organize on Saturday, the lrh Gar 0i January; that on Monday, the 10th,
 thc United States forces were landed st Eo1l.llu from a naval vessel lying in it's har, to- hat on the l5lh the scheme ot a provisional government was perfected, and proclamation IaLlg it's officer, was on the same dar prepared
 lzl read at the government buildings; that i'm.
 uedA,eIy thereuPon the United States minister recognized the provisional govern -lent thus cre- E,ea that two days afterward, on the 18th day fl o January commissioners representing such government ca led for this country in a steam. Ggspccia.ly chartered for the occasion. arriy- icg E Sau Francisco on the 18th day of Janu. iFJ and iG Washington on the d day Of Febru- . aFr hat next day they had their first inter. View with the secretary oi state and another
 O. tle llth when the treaty annexing the k.aaCs was practically agreed upon and that O. The i.h It was formally concluded and on 1e Ssh tra7Smit;ed to Ihe senate
 Thus between the initiation ot the scheme Ter provisional government in Hawaii on the In of January aud the submission to the sen ale Oi The treaty of annexation concluded with such goverement the entire interval was thir. r!8o days fifteen Of which were spent by the h-"at.In commissioners in their journey to Washington
 h lhC next place, upon the face of the papers suSmilie with The treaty, 1t clearly appeared that there was open aRd undetermined an issue ot The most vital importance. The message Of Ce president accompanying the treaty declared lalt the overthrow of the monarchy was not ID lanT way promoted b this government" and h letter 10 the president from the secretary Oi state !s submitte to the senate with the Heaiy the following passage occurred:
 Al the time the provisional government took possession of the government buildings. no troops or officers Of the United States were present or took any part whatever in the pro- e'ecagS No public recognition was accorded 10 The provisional government bv the United states minister until after the queens abdica- uoa and when they were in effective possession CT The government buildings, the archives, the treasury, the barracks, to police station and all ue potential machinery of the government"
 But protest also accompanied said treaty, E-ned by lhe queen and her ministe at the NAc she made way for the provisional govern. LenE which explicitly stated that she yielded
 '"N aNptEloT lOfCe or luC Oulteu states, whose minister had caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared uat ne would support such provisional govern uenL
 The truth or falsity Of this protest was surely U' tAe Arst importance If true, nothing but
 tue concealment of it's truth could induce our government 10 negotiate with the semblance of aEo'eTEment thus created, nor could treaty issl'ling from the acts stated in the protest nave been knowingly deemed worthy of consid- efduon b. the senate Yet the truth or falsily VI 'he pro est had not been investigated.
 conceived it 10 be my dNy, therefore, to "UhUra~ the treaty from the senate for exam t1a'on and meanwhile to cause an accurate, iui and impartial investigation to be made Of We facts attending the subversion of the con eutltondl government of Hawaii, and the in e""Hent in it's place Of the provisional gov e'hmenL selected for the work of investi- ta"oh Hon. James II BiounL of Georgia nLo,e service oi eighteen years as member " Inc house of representatives and whose
 ApeTeEce as chairman ot the committee on ,O'eitn affairs in that body and his consequent 'au.'"arity with international topics, joined "''h IS high character and honor ble reputa nVn' seemed tO render him peculiarly fitted for
 Ne"uues intrusted to him His report detail- ,s ,us ms action under the instructions given 10 .LN ana the conclusions derived from h.s in "sLgatlon accompany this message
 4heSe conclusions do not rest for their ac- Vp'ancc entirely upon Mir. Blounts honesty t SIu ability as man nor upon his acumen and 'uipNrNaiity as an investigator. They are ac' souMaied by the evidence upon which they hIt based. which pyidanra Ia al in