The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-12
THE COAST PRESS.
How the Democratic Party Can Attain
to Immortality.

PORTLAND, Nov. 1.-THE Evening Tel
egram (D.) will say: Under the advice Of
his able Republican Secretary of State Mr..
Cleveland will probably recommend to
Congress that the Queen be restored to
her throne and the monarchy be re-esfab-
lished in Hawaii. Unless there is vig-
Orous protest from the American press
and people this will doubtless be the
policy of the administration. The Gresham
letter was evidently thrown out as a
feeler. Two weeks ago the President
would not have condescended TO ask for
an expression Of popular sentiment, but
the recent elections have had the salutary
effect of decreasing the Presidents ego
tistical pride and he now has more respect
for popular sentiment than formerly. OF
course We understand that the primary
influence at work on behalf of the Queens
restoration is Claus Spreckels d his
sugar trade. Another influence is Secre-
tary Gresham's persons al i'll feeling toward
ex-President Harrison, which is so bitter
that he actually preferred to sacrifice the
fundamental principle of American insti-
tutions in order to score a point against
his late political antagonist. The power Of
the sugar trust, coupled with Ores hams
spite, will shape Cleveland's policy on
Hawaiian affairs. Inasmuch as it seems
to be Mr.. Cleveland's policy TO kill the
Democratic party, that party will have
nothing to hope for from him or from his
administration. II the party can survive
the Cleveland administration it will have
established its claim to Immortality.
The Oregonian in an editorial on Secre-
tary Gresham's letter on the Hawaiian sit
uatiOn says: Why should not the Queen
restore herself? The Secretary advises an
interference with the autonomy OF the
islands as great as that of Minister Stevens.
The autonomy of the islands is shadowy
fiction in both cases. Restoration of the
Queen will establish a protectorate as COM
pletely as recognition of the Provisional
Government. Hereafter the real sovereign
of Hawaii will be the American Minister,
whether a monarch or President sits in
the Government house.
Los ANGELES. Nov. 1.-The Times of
tomorrow will cay editorially concerning
the Hawaiian situation: Secretary Gres-
ham presents the case clearly and forcibly,
stating the position and the acts of this
Government as well as the attitude Of the
Queen and the so-called "revolutionists,"
with accuracy and without partisanship or
passion. He fortified his position by the
official records and takes unequivocal
ground for the restoration of the legiti-
mate government. the queenly regime
Of Liliuokalani, which was overthTown by
the direct Intervention of the military and
civil power of the United States and could
not have been overthrown without that
power. The Secretary takes the familiar
and tenabie ground that such interference
in the domestic affairs of a nation with
which the United States was and is at
peace was unwarranted and that as an
act of reparation and simple justice this
Government should undo the wrong it did
to a friendly power and place the Queen
again on her throne so far. at last as il can
be done by the United States restoring the
status quo in Hawaii. We believe that
Secretary Gresham is right, Let justice
be done, even to a monarchical power,
though the heavens fall"
The Herald in an editorial on the Ha-
waiian question says In part: "Mr.
Gresham throws the whole controversy
into greater confusion than ever by vir-
tually taking the stand that it is the duty
of our Government to restore Liliuokalini
to the throne. This is a most extraor-
dinary proposition and one that cannot
for a moment be entertained even il our
authority was abused by Minister Stevens
To do so we would have to resort TO force
to set up an actually deposed Queen. who.
by her perverse and dpspotic course had
given rise to the revolution from which
the provisional Government sprang.
But how are we 10 undo the acts of our