Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-11-25
NOTHING WILL BE TOLD
A administration Discusses Ha-
waiian Affairs In Secret.
CABINET TALKED OVER THE NEWS.

The Presidents Forthcoming Message Is
Not Expected to Contain Any Definite
Announcements OF His Policy-Ths News
Must Come From Honolulu First.
wAsHINGToS, Nov. y. If President
Cleveland is disturbed over the Hawaiian
situation, he does not show il. At the
close of long cabinet meeting Secretary
Lamont remained with him for some time.
Then Secretary Gresham called and re-
manned n short time. After his departure
the president and Mrs. Cleveland came
down stairs and entered a carriage to enjoy
drive in the crisp air. The president
looked healthy and robust. His smile to
those about the White House door indi-
Gated that there was nothing that had been
reported from the Pacific or any other
place that disturbed him in the least
There has been a general belief that the
president would discuss the Hawaiian
question in his message, and more interest
than ever has been manifested in the docu-
ment on this account No news can be ex-
pected from Hawaii until after the message
is sent to congress, and it was thought that
in discussing the matter the president
would necessarily refer to the instructions
that had been given Minister Willis and
inform congress of what he expected had
taken place in the islands in view of the
instructions.
But it was stated at the White House
that this matter can easily be avoided by
an allusion to the Hawaiian affair in the
regular message with the statement that
it will be treated in n special message on
the subject to be submitted when further
expected information has been received.
The Public Must Wait.
This being the case, those who are await
ing direct statement of the policy of the
administration, further than which has
been officially announced in the letter of
Secretary Gresham to the president, will
be disappointed. 1t has been stated several
times at the state department that the ad-
minlstration desired that the news of its
Hawaiian policy should come out from the
other end of the line. That being the case,
it was very likely that the president would
pass over the affair until he had received
more definite information as to what had
been done. This would be entirely eXcusa-
BILE, as nothing has been officially stated of
the intention of the administration, al
though il is known to be the intention to
restore the queen.
With the matter still in doubt, and
especially if the reports from Honolulu be
true that Minister Willis said he would
wait until he received further instructions
after the arrival of the Alameda before he
took any action, the president could easily
say that further Information was necessary
before the Hawaiian matter could be dis
cussed by the executive. 1t seems very
likely that anything more upon Hawaiian
matters must come from the islands and
not the administration.
1t was hoped that after the cabinet meet
ing Secretary Gresham would consent to
give out some additional information on
Hawaii, but when seen in his Office after
the meeting by a number of newspaper
men he said that he had no news to give
out and seemed TO resent even an inference
that he had any information. There is
good reason for believing that the dispatch
received by the steamer Alameda was con-
sidered ut the cabiuet meeting The con-
sideration seemed to have resulted in de
termination not to enlighteu the public
any further on what it is proposed to do in
Honolulu or what has already been done,
but to allow it to wait upon the regular
means of communication.