The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-22

suance of that plot, aided. in the name
Of the United States, in overthrowing
a government Recognized by this ma
ton as legitimate and entitled to all
the rights of nations. But in that he
reflects no discredit upon his prede-
cessors
AS to the arraignment of the admin
istration which is sure to occur in Con-
gress, the President need not mind that
if he were ever so ''thin-skinned.' .
That is Republican buncombe. It is
political circus business for effect upon
the multitude. It is to be used as a
vent for the acrimony of the Republi-
can heart toward the man and the
party that routed RepubIicanism in
80. Cleveland will smile at its impo-
tency and SO will the majority in Con-
gress. The country will understand
and appreciate the matter in due time.
1t is easy to raise howl, but the
clamor will subside and common sense
and justice will have sway.
Now let us for a moment examine
the only attempt at argument made by
a contemporary overlooking with bile
on the question. Referring to the
Presidents showing as to the lack of
any characteristics of a republic in the
Iso-called provisional government, it
says:
'Of course he talks about popular
suffrage and popular suffrage applies
there just as it would to an Indian
tribe. 1t has just as much application
as it would if the Apaches should
break out of a reservation in Arizona
and the officer in command should
take prompt measures TO suppress the
outbreak. 1t would be funny to read
a solemn message from the President
of the United States that the officer
did not submit the matter to the suf-
rage OF the Indians before he acted.
That is the only attempt at an argu-
Iment in solid paragraph of a column
lof rawlings in our morning contem-
porary. Is there any parallel what
lever in the two cases mentioned? Let
US see:
10 NoiieAL esON WHcIl
Minister Stevens landed the forces of
the United States, was a constitutional
monarchy recognized as such by this
government and by all the great ma
ltions of the world. The people of
Hawaii though off color and not the
Imost Virtuous race on earth, were an
independent nation with all the rights
land immunities that International
laws and usages are bound to uphold.
A mere handful Of Americans, who de-
lsired to hand over the Islands to this
country, formed a plot, in which they
were aided by the Minister represent
ing the United States, to overthrow
by force the established and recognized
government of that country, and the
lQueen submitted to that force, not to
the few men who committed this act
of treason, but to the forces of the
United States, pending an appeal for
Justice and the adjudication of this
government.
Now if there is any similarity to that
in an uprising of Apache Indians
against the authority of the United
States. and the action of the military
in suppressing it. the likeness. must be
between the Apaches of the reserva-
ltion and the insurgents of Honolulu.
There is none between the savages in
making a raid. and the Hawaiians
who were the prey of the rebels
against their Queen and country
1t seems incredible that any journal
in its senses would say that popular
suffrage applies just the same in the
case of Hawaii, as it would in that of
an Indian tribe in revolt. But it shows
what nonsense will be advanced by a
Cleveland-hater in need of an argu-
ment
Popular suffrage is the right of the
Hawaiian people. if there is to be a
lchange in their form of government
They are not band of savages- the
wards of the United States They are
an independent nation recognized by
IAN the great governments Of the world
If they want a republic they should
Ihave it, But they have taken no part
lin this attempted overthrow of their
Queen. They have not been consulted.
They have been robbed of their con-
Institutional government by aid of
United States forces, and the President
rightly considers them in advocating
Justice in this case.
In cri'icising the curse of the Presi-
dent a Washington paper says:
| Mr.. Cleveland is President at inter-
walls and his responsibility lap5eS and
revives accordingly, but he was not
ems landed the soldiers from the Bos-
ton, and he is making a serious chron-
illogical mistake in trying to include
that episode in his administration.
president at intervals must mean
that Cleveland was President before
Harrison and is President now. But
the same paper in the same article
says:
So far as foreign matters are con-
cerned ours is continuous govern
ment. This by inmemoriai custom;
and by the obvious necessities of the
case, if not by law.
II that does not dispose of the Pres
ident by intervals" objection, we fail
to understand the meaning of plain
words. This is a continuous govern