Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27

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can not help being a little sorry for
our great tariff reformer, Grover Cleve-
land. Every one of his efforts in a
"Governmental' direction las he calls
it makes things worse and worse. All
his Democratic supporters who are en-
gagged in manufacturing business save
a few along the seabord in reach of
foreign free coal and ores, are telling
him their representative in Congress
and every body else, if your Wilson
bill goes through, it will ruin our bust
ness. We must either reduce our
pay to operators about one half or
close our factories. And local business
troubles are but a small percentage of
the flies, gnats and hornets that are
buzzing about the ears of Grover. His
worst trouble is, that both the Senate,
House have called him and Gresham
to long head taw on the Hawaiian cues
ton, compelled him to tell what he has
done, and what he is going to do
about it," When the close scratch
came, but three Senators we're bold
enough to want the matter STAYED of
30 as to give Grover time to ''sorter''
cover up his tracks; and even those
three didn't dare to vote against the
resolution of inquiry. And then, to
make things worse and worse with the
two G's (Grover and Gresham Minis
ter Thurston at Washington from the
Provisional Government at Hawaii did
some mighty straight talk to w. o. G.
last week telling him you are mistak
en- when you decide that our Provis.
ional Republic is at an end, when your
administration decides to reject our
offer of annexation. 1t may be years,
yet, before our expected annexation il
accomplished and you must under.
stand, distinctly, that we have not
made, nor do we recognize United
States Government as an arbitrator OF
umpire in the matter. Because the de.
posed Queen said that she yielded to
the Provisional Republic until the
United State Government could act on
the question does not commit our Gov.
eminent to her wish or idea, We de.
throned the Monarchy and established
a Republic for all time to come and
we have troops and arms to sustain
and defend it," l dom exactly know
what Grove is going to say on the sub.
ject but, when his instructions To
Minister Willis come out in broad
Senatorial day light they are sure to
show one of two things to-wit, that
the two Administration G's (Grovel
Gresham either directed an act of wal
against a friendly Government, or an
actof usurpation of authority both gross
and unauthorized. l see but one way
out for Grover. That is, in his special
Hawaiian message embrace a special
demand of inquiry by Congress as to
ourpurchase and acquisition of territory
from France, Spain, Mexico and Russia,
charging that they were fraudulent be.
cause not authorized by majority vote
of French, Spanish, Mexican and Rus.
sian subjects and that, therefore, the
status quo whatever the phrase may
mean shall be restored and then to
clinch the matter with a double action
sledge hammer blow call up and reopen
our revolutionary action in '76 by which
the English Monarchy was despoiled OF
a large amoun of amount of valuable.
tilable, timber, grazing and mineral
land adverse to the wishes of the Tory
and Indian "Kanack" wishes. Now,
Grover and Gresham, go it!
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