The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-30
WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY
ABOUT US.
Opinions from the Eastern Publications
Relating to the Hawaiian
question.

The New York Sun says: The first
paragraph shows the Presidents in
herent and inextinguisnable contempt
for the authority OF Congress. He has
been brought up with round turn in
his secret pursuit of a policy of in
fanny. Congress, by the resolution
passed by both Houses, has demanded
to know what he has done, what he
intended to do and what he Is still
doing on his own responsibility. In
Hawaii hLr. Cleveland affects to ig-
more the peremptory call OF Congress.
He prefaces his message of yesterday,
not, as Is customary, with straight
forward statement of truth, namely,
that 1t is submitted In consequence of
and in obedience to the command of
the Federal Legislature, but with the
sneaking pretence that this message
originates solely in his own volition
and is now written in pursuance OF
previously expressed Intention OF
transmitting further Information on
the subject when additional advice
permitted.
This document, q really reluctant
response to the sharp call from Con-
gress, Mr.. Cleveland sends to the Cap
itoi as if it were voluntary act of
condescension and grace on his part.
tentions," said the coon loftily, 81
now proceed to come down and hold
further amicable intercourse with
Captain Scott" Five-sixths of the
message is a restatement in Mr..
Cleveland's own language OF his argu-
ment for his policy OF infamy, render
ed familiar to everybody through the
previous efforts of BlOunt, Gresham
and various other hirelings of Claus
T.. dc 20,
ton is no stronger than was Secretary
Gresham's. Mr.. Gresham's carried no
more weight than Blounts; what
Blount's is worth the whole country,
including Congress-, now perfectly I'M
derstandS.
The first instructions to Willis show
q perfectly unwarTanted assumption
of authority on the part of the execu-
tive, with an attempt to bolster that
assumption upon falsehood without
even the sem blance of truth to support
it. The instructions speak of "the
Presidents determination of the ques-
ton which their (the Provisional Gov
ernment's) actions and those of the
queen devolved upon hIrn, and that
they are expected to promptly relin-
quish to her constitutional authority"
There is not scintilla of evidence
anywhere that the Provisional Gov
eminent had devolved upon The Presi-
dent OF the United States the question
of its right to exist, and for Mr.. Cleve-
land to cay that it had shows the des-
,oerate subterfuge to which he has
been driven. He had no more right
to send such message to the Govern
ment of Hawaii than he would have
to forward it to the Government of
England or of France, and he has ex-
ceeded the Constitution and disgraced
and abused the executive authority in
sending such a message. If 1t did not
directly threaten force it contained
and implied a menace that force would
be used. For this attempt to coerce a
friendly and recognized Government
by menace and fear the President
should be held strictly accounta BILE.
The New York Tribune says: Mr.
Cleveland is not the sort of man who
frankly acknowledge mistake. His
Hawaiian message is an elaborate de-
Tense of what by the very process of
descending it he admits to be failure.
Above and beyond everything else in
the message is Mr.. Cleveland's char
acteristic representation Of himself as
substantially the only person charged
with the responsibility for the con-
duct of public affairs who is able to
entertain high views of things. He
gracefully admits that he shares this
REGULARITY with those whom he des-
cribed as 1.-THE people," meaning that
scanty frection of the public which Is
controlled by his views and lends
humble obedience to whatever he de-
clares to be proper policy.
The New York World says: I'M
possible as would be the restoration
OF a respectable and capable mon
archy by the "good offices" of this
republic, the setting up of the prepos-
ferrous Hawaiian queen upon her
mimic throne would add the absurd
ity of opera bouffe diplomacy to the
fragrant qualification of the Demo-
cratic principle.
The New York Morning Advertiser
says: The Presidents me- ssage in re-
Spouse to the resolution of the Senate
asking for information concerning the
Hawaiian imbroglio will impress nei-
Their Congress nor the people favora-
bly,. He makes no reference as COM
mon courtesy would suggest, to the
fact that the Senate had asked for the
informatlon.I 1t is bit of small I'M
graciousness that will not win him
any friends in that body. He persists
in basing his whole case upon the
falsely alleged fact that the Hawaiian
United States Minister Stevens and
that officials exhibition OF armed
forces of the United States to overawe
the people. The President has not
popularized his policy, nor removed
any of the objections to his course.
He only makes more evident the
fact that he used the power and influ-
ence of the Republic in an attempt to
restore the monarchy. He still fails
to demonstrate that he is moved by
patriotic influences or guided by a
knowledge of the principles of Ameri-
can statecraft.
The New York Recorder says: In
his message on the subject to Congress
President Cleveland laid down the
scepter of his dictatorship and recog-
nized the fact that under the organic
law of the Republic there IS
department of Government CO.
equal in power on questions of this
character with the one over which
he has been elected to preside,
and that in their solution he cannot
play the role of autocrat. This Is the
first lesson of the message. He has
bowed to Congress; in other words he
has submitted, at the end of nearly
ten months of autocracy, to the will of
the people whose servant he is.