The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-11-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Hawaii Matter all Right.-Work of
Sub Committees es-The President in
Good Health.
tF'rom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov. 40, ISv,

The cumplacent smiles of President
Cleveland and Secretary Gresham
since the last news from Hawaii was
received indicates that it contained
nothing displeasing or disappointing
to them. But no smiles are seen on
the faces of those who had previously
worked themselves into frenzy over
the policy Of the administration in
dealing with Hawaii, without knowing
what that policy was. They expected
to hear a sensational story of the driv-
ing of the Provisional government of
Hawaii from power and the restora-
tion of the queen, by U. S. marines
and sailors under command of Minis
ter Willis, and hoped that it would be
accompanied by bloodshed. There.
fore when the dispatches which reached
Washington Saturday afternoon con-
tanned nothing more sensational than
the formal speeches of Minister Willis
and President Dole, delivered when
the former presented his credentials
as minister to the Provisional govern
ment, the sensation mongers found
themselves without leg to stand on.
The administration has never been
more dignihed than during all of the
senseless excitement and criticism
which followed the publication Of Sec
retary Gresham's recommendation
concerning Hawaii. 1t had mapped
out its programme before Minister
Willis LETT Washington and notwith-
standing numerous contrary state
ments it has not made the slightest
change in that programme or in its
instructions to Minister Willis. 1t has
from the first been convinced that its
course would be fully endorsed by the
unprejudlced public when the facts
upon which action was taken become
known, and it has declined to allow
public clamor to cause it to change
its plans as to when these facts should
be made public. That feeling is as
strong to-day as it ever was, and when
the proper time comes the people will
be taken into the confidence Of Mr..
Cleveland and they will endorse what
he has done, as they have so often
done before, and then, his would be
critics will be sorry they did not wait
awhile.
The sub committees which have
been preparing the various schedules
of the new tariff bill have finished
their work and the completed bill is
now being considered by the full dem.
ocratic membership of the committee
on ways and Means. While some
minor changes may be made in the
bill before 1t is made public it is prac-
tically finished and the republican
members of the committee will prob.
ably be furnished with printed copies
of it within ten days, so that it will be
ready to report to the House during
the first week of the session. The bill
has been approved by the President
and his cabinet and by the executive
committee of the National Democrat
ic committee, and will not be submit,
ted to caucus before being reported
to the House. l am not at liberty to
give any details of the bill at this time
but can say without violating conf
dence that it is from beginning to end
thoroughly democratic measure. Ii
is not intended that it shall in any
sense supercede the Congressional
campaign committee, but that it shall
act In conjunction Herewith.
In all Of the departmental annual
reports which have been completed
there is one noticeable feature that is
essentially democratic-re recommends
tons looking towards economy in pub
lie expenditures. Wherever reduc-
tions are possible under existing laws
they will be made, but it will take
time to undo the results of long ser.
les OF extravagant republican legisla-
ton, but it will be done, and at the
earliest possible moment.
President Cleveland was never ap-
parently in better health than at this
time. Since he moved his family
from his country residence to the
White House he spends about an hour
every day in walking around the ex-
tensive grounds in the rear of the
White House and he is almost invari
ably accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland,
who is again the very picture of health,
while the nurse and the two babies are
usually not far of. Owing to the
presence OF an unusual number of
cranks and iramps in Washington
these grounds are closed to the public
most of the time, but there is no truth
In the stories printed of Mr.. Cleve
lands being followed around by a lot
of private detectives.
The indications point to the sue
cess of Chaorar of