Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-11-17

! Washington, Nov 11.-A letter of
secretary Gresham to the Dresident
GATED the 18th inst, oonoerninr u.-
"aii'in affairs, has been given ont for
publication.
IN IL he takes the ground that tn.
marines landed from the United St.+os
steamer Boston ut the tima Of ~
! le'oullon We're not landed to protect
american life and property, but to aid
III overthrOwins the existing govern.
mtht.
1Helf very presence, he said, implies
coerclve measures against it. The nro-
NfSlonat government was Established
ny the action of the American minista,.
ana the presence of troops landed from
me BOSTON, and its continued existenc.
Is due to the belief of the Hawoiians
lnat IL they made an effort to ove,.-
'ni"" IL they would encounter the
'lnieu forces of the United States.
me state and navy department of
hcli'lS are extremely reticem regard
Ing what action is to be taken to carry
OUT the policy announced by Secretary
Gresham i'll the Hawaiian question
Line navy department processes to
KNOW nothing of any order issued ia
carry out the restoration of tbe o,,o,,
IL ule united States minister has in
slr'icllolls TO carry out the policy OF
'he government he can call upon tha
governments naval forces to assist
MN. But i'll this case that would dc
VoiVe upon Minister Willis, ii being his
uuty TO Present his credentials to tbo
present government and then nro-
ceedlng to take steps to deposr Is
from power. This embarrassment is
poii'eu out by persons convrrsant
WITH diplomatic efforts MS sufficient
10 preclude that method of procrou,~,
ihcfH are also rmbarraS >lt,, IS i'm
anpther possible course Which h,s
been suggested, which is thu, Minis
'ef Wills may be accredited 10 t,yccu
Lllloukai;n: herself AND follow hc,
form OF government. Seer darv ,;rcsh
am a.@ucS that it m:.;ht involve ir-
h'r!hG tn" present government, but
inc present government has been
equally recognized by tho limit nj
| 'fI'''S as a government dc iIIrp
Probably the instructions of Minister
Willis are to ascertain if the provisional
government of Hawaii will consent do
retire pchceably and make way for the
Sestoratl0n of the queen If they re-
fllSe TO yield thus, Minister Willis will
probably be told to wait for further in
structions
Minister Willis was duo to arrive at
Honolulu last Saturday The United
States is now represented ut HonoIula
by the flagship Philadelphia and by
ADAMS cnlSage They are regarded as
sufficient to enforce any contention Of
this government
The expressions of opinion by public
men NOW in Washington upon the let
ter of Secretary Gresham are varied.
Some emphatically approve the senti-
ment expressed i'm the epistle and
others denounced it with great vehe-
mence. Many politicians and public
officials from ymOdcSty, courtesy, or
policy refuse to talk upon the question
at all. Everyone Of them, however, is
discussing the matter, and all ard
eagerly waiting further Developments.
| Senator Morgan, chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, is pot
at all pleased at the turn Of affairs He
said this government could not restore
the queen.
Congressman HIT of Illinois, takes
q deep interest in the subject and i'm
reference to it today said: 81 believe
the policy of interference by our gov
eminent on behalf of monarchy is
contrary to every trlu.uon and i'm
pulse of the American people"
! He opposed annexation, but the
proposition to restore the queen pre-
sents a different question and he is
not prepared to discuss it beyond this
point.
| Judge Turner, of Georgia, who is
one of the best lawyers i'm the house.
said he had early opposed the an
neXation of HHwaiia and inclined to
agree generally with what the secre-
tary of state has said in connection
with the Hawaiian affair
Representative Cobb, of Missouri
opposed annexation, but did not think
we ought to interfere to restore the
queen.
Representative Boader, of Louisiana,
said he did not think this government
had amy right to- interfere in the af-
fair and if it appear ed 10 be the case
that the queen was deposed with the
assistance of this government we
should do everything in our power to
correct the wrong.
James Hyde Pratt, Of Albany, is in
the city. There is family relationship
between the president and Mr.
Pratt. Pratt also has a family
relationship in the Hawaiian is
lands and feels much exercised at
the policy towards the islands enunci-
ated in Secretary Gresham's letter.
He drove out to Woodley this after
noon and had a half hours talk with
the president ON the subject. AS re-
suit of the talk he learned that Mr..
Cleveland approves thoroughly Ind
wholly Of Secretary Gresham's retter
and all that is contained In it,
Mr.. Pratt has lived much in the is
lands and does not agree at all with
Secretary Gresham's ideas or with his
belief as to the facts of the case He
stated to the president that Mr. Grash-