Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-14

%THE taxpayers of Waterbury are in no mood to De -tTified. with. . That is evident from the emphatic manner. in which the proposition to pay the bills for work upon the almshouse was voted down in town meeting last night. Many who believed that the bills will eventually Ihave to be paid voted for the appointment of the Decial committee, because the whole thing is irregular and suspicious. The fact that the selectmen made no mention of the outstanding indebtedness in their annual report was taken as evidence that there was something rotten in Denmark" The attempt to pack the town meeting didn't help matters, and, finally the effort made by MT Daily to secure the amount of bis bill without holding an investigation made people who in the beginning were supporters of the selectmen believe that all was not we'll, and the result was the ap- pointment of a non partisan committee to examine the claims. The other matter embraced in the call for the meeting was voted down without much ceremony. It is too late in the season to begin any ex- tensive work upon the roads. The 5000 at the disposal of the selectmen may be 1 used for that purpose if they see fit, or if they wish to relieve the distress of men out of work, during tine next few weeks. It would have been folly to put more of | the peoples money in the hands of the selectmen at this time. Jn the light of re cent events the DEMOCRAT would counsel giving them appropriations in homeopathic doses.
 THE presidents action with regard to Hawaii was bold and fearless step, but those who know Mir Cleveland are not sur prised that he preferred being right to
 being popular. He has been doing that sort of thing ever since he has been in public life. If. as the administration be-
 lieves, the provisional government only
 existed because the native Hawaiians be lieved 1t to have been created and sup ported by the power of the United States, | it would at once cease to exist as soon as Minister Willis officially announced the 1 contrary, as he doubtless did as soon as he arrived at Honolulu. If the queen should | then be unable to maintain herself in power that will be her own affair, as neither she nor those who might attempt 1 to overthrow her government would re ceive aid from the United States. In other words, the action of the United States is merely intended to allow the ] Hawaiians to govern themselves in any
 way they may see fit without any outside i interference, and as the first step towards that end it was necessary that things | should be restored to the same condition | in which they were when Minister Stevens | interfered to overthrow the old govern
 ment. The question of monarchy or re- public had nothing whatever to do with it,
 nor was sentiment allowed to intrude. It
 was only question of right and wrong,
 and the administration, acting upon the information gathered by Mir Blount during his long stay and investigation in Hawaii, has only done what it believes to be right,
 and what it believes the American people,
 regardless of politics, will in the end en-
 dorse. The power of the United States is
 too great to be exercised to the detriment
 of it's weaker neighbors, and the sense of
 fair play is too prevalent in the United
 States for the people to wish wrong per
 petuated, because it was done by a United
 States official.