The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-19

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for the contempt with which Mr.. Cleveland
has treated the right of Congress and of
the Nation to be Informed concerning ma
tlonal affairs Is the evidence contained in
this message and the accompanying docu-
ments that he foresaw that the truth, when
revealed, would constitute a tremendous in
dlctment Of his own administration.-NeW
York Press (Rep)
This is certainly a unique proceeding in
diplomacy. The provisional government
mad been recognized by Harrison's admin
istration and by the various powers rep
resented at Honolulu. Mr.. CleYelands add
ministration recognized il I'm due form by
accredlting minister TO 1t. Yet that min
ister Is Instructed TO keep the government
To which he is accredited in complete Off
cial ignorance Of the plans OF the govern
ment he represents while carrying on ne
gotfationS with an individual woman who
has been RELOCATED. TO private life by that
recognized provisional government. If any
European power essayed any such proceed
be bundled out or the country without GER
emony. The message disclOses a pitiful pol
Icy of mystery. perversity bonbast and
weakness. No wonder Mr.. Cleveland wants
10 turn over the business he has bungled
to the management of Congress.-San Fran
cisco Bulletin QRep)
The Presidents plan, as he calls It. was
to secure the peaceable restoration of the
deposed Queen with guarantee or gen
eral amnesty to those concerned in the
and a recognition by the restored monarchy
or all the bona fide acts and obligations OF
The provisional government The plan failed
at the start because the conditions did not
prove acceptable to the ex-Queen Ii was
impossible from the American point of view
as well The people of the United States
will never approve Of the active agency OF
their government I'm setting up throne
and placing a monarch upon It, no matter
how the throne came to be overturned or
the monarch deposed. Carried 10 its log
ical end, the Presidents contention would
restore this continent to the Indians and
surrender TO the English. the Spaniards
ha lar ~ of orr fnr-
ritory.-New York World Oem)
The message will impress neither Con-
gress nor the people favorably. In the first
place he makes no reference. as common
courtesy would suggest, TO the fact that
the Senate had asked for information. In
the second place. he persists in basing his
that the Hawaiian revolution was inspired
and melted by United States Minister
Stevens. But the most characteristic piece
OF Mr.. Cleveland's performance Is found in
his letter of instructions to Minister Willis.
Why should not the reply TO the provisional
Sovernment be specific as that to the
That the provisional government should be
permitted to think the troops would be
on the throne. The minister was TO be care
ful not to say this. and he was TO exercise
equal care not TO say the reverse or this.
New York Advertiser QRep.)
IL the Presidents message on the Ha-
would be gratifying to his party from its
trenchant dealing with 0iticiouS Minister
the Republicans are for stevens and an
nexation, let them say so. IL they dare
to defend the immortality OF the unprovoked
hear how they get at the law OF their po-
sitlon.-St Louis Republic DEM
| land on the Hawaiian matter may be de-
scri0ed as an elaborate and uncandid at
tmPt to discreet republic and vindiG at
committed a blunder that strangely dam
ages his reputation for observation-disclosures.
and and. II will take him long time time to re-
diplomacy and he has lost.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat Rep)
President CIeveIand's Hawaiian message
Is couched in a tone of studied hostility TO
the existing government of Hawaii, now
recognized not only by the United States
but by the other nations of the world. II
is as thoroughly partisan Mr.. Blount's
report or AIR. Harrison's CHILEAN message.
Its animus Is so undisguised as 10 defeat
its own objects Every event. however I'M
waiian revolutionists is slurred over or en-
tirely ignored. Congress ought to wash it's
hands OF the whole miserable business II
President Cleveland wants instructions for
his guidance let Congress pass a Joint res
olution declaring nonintervention in the in
ternational politics Of other nations TO be
the established policy Of the United States.
Let Minister Willis be plain diplomatic and
not pro-consuL-San Francisco Examiner
(Dem.)
MT cleveland has preconceiyed opinions
or notions on Hawaiian affairs. He sent
his paramount commissioner with in
structions TO get their testimony 10 sus-
tain this preconceived opinion. He was pre-
determined to restore and to uphold cor
rdpt and degraded royalty. He found he
could not do this. and his message to Con-
gresS is Il prolonged whine over his failure.
Mr.. Cleveland does not know the American
people. He is not Democrat, nor Re
publican. He is representative and cham
whole people OF the United States are de-
lighted when he speaks OF 1.-The check which
my plans have encountered in Hawaiia.
Portland Oregonian (Rep.)
At mas been plain for nearly month past
that President Cleveland's obnoxious poll
cy OF restoring the throne of the shameless
failure. 1t has been repudiated by the
American people and had collapsed in Ha-
wall. Never before in this generation has
any measure OF an administration been so
odious and unpopular The only question
left was how the President would seek to
extricate himself from his dismal dilemma
with the least humiliation. His message
sent to Congress yesterday is a desperate
attempt, not to save his policy, which is
! hopelessly crushed. but to retrieve it's tat
Philadelphia Press (Rep.)
The message Of the President upon the
Hawaiian situation Is not worth reading, so
far asa as any y, new facts 60 He has made the
| the charges, insinuations and false testi-
| mony for which Mr.. Blount, the para
which has been thoroughly refuted testi-
| mony which was derived from one source
| only. testimony which was largely manu-
featured to support a theory. The only
point OF interest in the entire message is
| the revelation to the world of the Pres-
| dents own particular policy-a policy which
| has been repudiated by the great body of
| American citizens - Philadelphia Inquirer
(RepD
Accepting his facts from Mr. Blount the
President makes out plausible case, so far
| as his own action Is concerned. He does
a one hand when Congress was in session
| and ready 10 assist. but the assumption is
fair that he thought when the special ses-
| sion came TO an end that he could win
| without help. Americans without dIstnc-
ton of party will feel regret that an Amer
| lean President should discuss matters grow
| ing out OF a revolution from the stand
point that a ruler could do wrong: that
II wrong was attempted or committed Il
| had no bearing whatever upon the events
| that followed.-San Francisco Call CRepD
President Cleveland has at last
made public the instructions of
| Secretary Gresham to Minister VIII
| sired information with long rigmarole in
| defense Of his Hawaiian policy. The prof.
ect OF reinstatement by waving the wand
of diplomacy was absUrdly chimerical. If
Walter -. Gresham and Grover Cleveland
| had had any conception of the real facts
| themselves international butts of ridicule
| by going into a scheme so preposterous.
Chicago Inter Ocean (Rep)
The message is much more like a law
yerS brief than a state paper. 1t is an
eX parte argument in which evidence of the
| other side is entirely ignored. 1t proceeds
upon the assumption that there would have
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