San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-11-18
WASHINGTON LETTER
from Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Is, 1888.

desirable place in history. 1t. was
the outspoken sympathy and NOR
al support of the government Of
the United States extended to
those who believe in a Republican
form of government, by every Pres
ident from Washington to Harri-
son, that drove monarchy and it's
trappings from this continent. 1t
would be utterly impossible to
portray the Indignation felt at
Washington when it was official
ly announced that Mr.. Cleveland
had o rdered that the American
sailors and marines, now in the
harbor of Honolulu, should assist
in destroying the Republic
can form of government
in Hawaii, and restoring
that of the deposed Queen. At
first it could scarcely be believed
that the administration would
dare take such step, but it was
soon found that it was all too true,
and that the United States had a
President willing to abuse the
trust reposed in him by the people
so far as to aid in restoring a de-
posed monarchy to power.
This is the way one of his OpOlo-
gists puts it: "The President has
no idea that force of arms will be
necessary. Had he anticipated
such a necessity, instead of two
American vessels in the harbOr of
Honolulu there would be half a
Dozen" In other words the
President was determined
that the corrupt Hawaiian
monarchy should be restored, if it
took the whole strength of our
navy to do it. Before these lines
are read the infamous course, began
by the hauling down of the Ameri-
can flag, will probably have been
completed by the wiping out of a
Republican government and the
seating of a queen by force and
under the personal orders of a
President of the United States.
The Indignation felt by Repub-
licans is fully shared by many
Democrats, and more than once
the remark has been publicly made,
"Cleveland ought to be impeached
for this" Not few people believe
that the money of Claus
Speeches, the Hawaiian sugar
king, has been an important
factor in bringing about this
| disgraceful announcement. Spreck-
els spent week in Washington a
short time ago and he made no Sc
cret of his belief that the admins.
tration would restore the Queen,
but everybody thought at that
time that the idea was too prepOs-
ferrous to be even seriously cOnsid-
cred.
Whether this matter is taken up
by Congress will depend some
| what upon the news from Hawaii.
Should the very unusual position
| taken by the administration re-
suit in blOOdshed, as naval officers
and others familiar with the stu
alton on the islands predict, there
will be some very plain talk in
Congress and it will not all come
from Republicans either.
Mr.. Cleveland has long been sub
iect to fits of the sulks when things
do not go to suit him, and he is
now in the midst of one of the
worst he has ever had, in Washing
ton. He has been to the White
House only once since the election
and that was to attend cabinet
meeting. One Of the cabinet was
heard to remark after the meeting.
"The old mans as cranky as sick
BEAR" and it is understood that he
has snubbed nearly every man who
has seen him since the great DEM
OCratic defeats.
This administration is certainly
contrary, if it is nothing else. 1t
has been kept SO busy finding fault
with and trying to 'undO every
thing that was done by the Harri-
son administrator that it has done
nothing itself. One of the latest
cases of fault finding is contained
in the annual report of the first
Assistant Postmaster General,
which declares that the
experiment of free mail
delivery in small towns and viii
lagos is a failure and recommends
that it be suspended at the close of
the current year. The report
very graciously admits that the
free delivery was when
first established in the small
towns and villages received
with satisfaction and delight, but
it then makes the remarkable
statement that as soon as the nov
pltN wore Off the residents found it