The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-29
TIE HAWAIIAN MESSAGE.
Comments of Prominent Journals on the
Document.

Comments of Prominent Journals ON tho
Document.
The presidents me ssage will impress neither
congr ess nor the people favorably. The pres
ident has not popularized his policy nor re-
moved any objections to his course He still
fails to demonstrate that he Is moved by pa
triotic Influences or guided by q knowledge OF
the principles of American statecraft-N. Y
, Advertiser.
It Is almost impossible to read IL with pa
tienca 1t Is the argument not Of o statesman,
but Of o baffied, soured, disappointed man who
has ignoby failed in carrying out in the secrecy
OF an abhorrent darkness policy that he fool
ishly believed would have commended itself TO
American popular spproval-N. Y. Recorder.
No man in his senses can fancy that congress
will consent to declare war on the existing
government of Hawaii In order to carry out the
presidents policy Of justice" and restore tho
dethroued queen, and without the employment
of overwhelming force herrestoration Is impos-
sible. The sole fruit therefore. of the Blouns
embassy and its upshot Is gall and humiliation
Boston Traveller
Mr.. Cleveland's Hawaiian message is IN elao-
crate defense of what by the very process Of
defending IL, he admits to be o failure. Above
and beyond erythtng else In the message Is
Mr.. Cleveland's characteristic representation
OF himself as substantially the only person
charged with responsibility for the conduct Of
PuoiC ouhlfS WHO. Is hDlc W cuLcEldlu ulSu
views OF things.-N. Y. Tribune.
1t will be received with delight by every mon
srchist throughout the world and with shame
and Indignation by the American people. It IS
the most disgraceful document that has eman.
ated from an American chief magistrate. L
contains deliberate and Transparent fslsifica
ton Of facts, displays lamentable ignorance Of
international law, and as q special plea for an
utterly discredited cause IL is unworthy Of Q
fourth-rate attorney.-N Y. Press
Probably the most notable feature Of Presi.
dent CT evelands long and rather ill-tempered
message Is Its total lack OF reference to the
conditions which ex ist at Honolulu at present
The queen failing TO accept the plan OF proce-
dure laid down by President Cleveland, our gov.
eminent Is put in the ridiculous position of I'M
dertaking the impossible There is no doub3
that the provisional government viii ive-Dens
yer Republican
The message of the president upon the Ha-
waiian situation Is not worth reading, so far as
any new facts 60 He has made the mist AXE Of
accepting as true and repeating the charges.
lnsinuations and false testimony for which
Mr. Blount, the paramount" one. 10 RESPONSE
Die Utterly routed. the president surrenders
and pleads with congress 10 save him from his
folly. Congress will do no such thing II the
president cannot treat with the government Of
Hawaii let him keepout Of the business Of set
ting up repudiated, disgraced and licentlous
queens and mind his own business-Philsdel-
phia Inquirer.
The special message of President Cleveland
On the Hawaiian matter may be described as
IN elaborate and uncandid attempt TO discredit
republic and vfndicate the monarchy which ir
superseded The story OF his interference in
The case, even as told by himself, is one tha {
exposes him to severe reproach 1t suits Mr..
Cleveland to contend that our government is In
Justice and honor bound TO put the queen back
On her throne: but he Is much mistaken II he
,upposes that public sentiment can be broughs
TO favor proceeding so obnoxious to the spirit
Of our institutions and so Inconsistent with the
lessons and presidents OF our history. He has
made bold play in diplomacy and he has lost
He Is not the sort OF q man who acknowledges
mistake. but the mistake stands against him
all the same-St Louis Glohe-Democrst
The very first paragraph of the Hawaiian
message shows the presidents inherent and in
.xtingu ishable contempt for the authority Of
congress. He prefaces his message not with
Straightforward statement that 1t 10 submit
ed In consequence Of and in obedience to the
command Of the federal legislature but with
the sneaking pretense that this message orig
mates solely in his own volition The main
point to be noted Is the presidents careful
avoidance OF any Ineligible explanation Of the
methods by which he originally intended to &C.
,omplish the restoration Of monarchy in the
Stands at the time when he hoped to pus
LiliuOkalani back upon her throne before con-
yress or the country should know his plans
Gresham's dispatches TO Willis are not accom-
panied by Willis dispatches TO Gresham. Per
hsps the answer could be found In the latter
documents The inquiry is not hnished.-N.
Y. Sun Dem).