Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-29

upon Its duties the Senate had under cOnstd-
Of the Hawaiian islands to the territory Of tho
United states. Surely under our constitution
and laws the enlargement Of our limits Ia y
eretgntty and II entered upon rs an executive
act all things relating TO the transactions
should be clear and free from suspicion. Addi-
ttonal importance is attached to this peculiar
treaty OF annexation because 1t contemplated
. departure from unbroken American tradi-
tion in providing for the addition to our terri
tory OF Islands OF the sea more than :, 100 miles
removed from our nearest coast.
Reasons Against Harrison Treaty.
These considerations might not of them
selves. call for Interference with the COM
pietton OF treaty entered upon by pre-
vtous administration But 1t appeared from
when submitted to the senate. that the own
ership Of hawaii was rendered to us by
provisional government set up to succeed the
been dethroned. and It did not % ap,ear NJ thai hat
such provisional government had the sanction
Of either popular revolution or suffrage. Two
other remarkable features of the transaction
naturally attracted attention. One was the
extraordinary haste.not to say precipitancy
Hhe &c saeterising AL the transactions connected
committee OF safety. ostenstbiy the source Of
the revolt against the Constitutional Govern
Jan. Il; that on Monday, Jan Jan. is. 81 tue aad United
States forces were landed at Honolulu from
naval vessel lying in its harbor; that on the
WAS perfected and o proclamation naming its
ofhcers was on the same day prepared and
reat at the Government buildings; that inn
ter recoRnized the Provisional Government
thus created; that two days afterward,
on the iyth day OF January. commissioners
country In steamer especially chartered for
the occasion. arriving I'm San Francisco on the
18th day OF January and in Washington on the
Sd day of February: that next day they had
their first interview with the Secretary OF
state and another OIL the llth, when the treaty
annexing the islands was practically agreed
upon, and that on the 18th 1t was formally con-
cluded. and ON the 18th transmitted to the
Senate.
Thus between the initiation of the scheme
the i4sh 81 January and the submission % to the he
Senate Of the treaty Of annexation concluded
With With such government. the entire interval was
thtrty-two days. fifteen of which were spent
by the Hawaiian commissioners in their
journey to Washington.
Int, In the next place, upon the face Of the papers
issue Of fact Of the most 1s vital importance % a.
th The messase Of the President
promoted by this Government and and in "s q
letter to the President from the Secretary of
state, also submitted to the Senate with the
Treaty; the following passage occurs: "At the
time The provisional government took possess
siol 81 OF the government buildings no troops
took any part whatever in the proceedings. No
public recognition was accorded to the pro-
Mnsser Sps es tSs BY the Hnsa
and when they were in effective possession of
the government buildings. the archives, the
a the one the police station and
meht."
But protest also accompanied said treaty.
time she made way for the provisional eoyern- m.
ment, which explicitly stated that she yielded
to aa the snEeEior force @ OF the United States
troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared
that he would support such provisional
government.
Sending Blount to Honolulu.
The truth or falsity Of this protest was
CATION to accertain the facts had been made.
l conceived 1t to be my duty, therefore.
to Withdraw the treaty from the Sen.
CATION to be made. selected for this invests
cation James H. Blount Of Georgia. His re-
port, based upon an exhaustive Investigation,
with It's accompanying proofs, Is now before
Congress OF is herewith submitted. This re-
port justifies. in my opinion, the statement
treaty to the Senate with the decisration % that hat
any way promoted by this government" and
Sesh e and
Senate were misled.
1t ts sufficient for the purposes of this COM
W,
siderable portion Of American and other for
eign merchants residing at Honolulu favored
the annexation Of Hawaii to the United States
by our Minister to that country. He evidently
had an ardent desire that 1t should become q
fact accomplished by his agency and during
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letter to the Secretary Of State, in which the the
case for annexation was elaborately argued on
moral, political and economical grounds. He
refers to the loss to the Hawaiian sugar inter-
ests from the operation of the Mckinley bill,
and the tendency to still further depreciation
OF sugar property unless some positive meas
against the existing Hawaiian government and
emphaticaily declares for annexation. He
I'm the here is an .5sur
tiny aud the vast future interests of the
United States in the Pacific clearly indicate
Of bf
territorial government they could be as easily
governed as any of the existing territories Of
parting OF the ways. She must now take the
road which leads to Asia. or the other. which
outlets her In America. gives her an American
American destiny" Further he says: III It
was wise for the United States through Score.
tary Marcy th1rty-etRht years ago to Offer to
expend 100000 to secure treaty Of snnexa-
tiOn, 1t certainly cannot be chimerical or nm
wise to expend 500, 900 to secure annexation I'm
the near future" g. =
These declarations show his disposition and
condition of mind. In letter to the Score
itary Of State March 8. 1892. Minister Stevens
says that the existing Government may DO
overthrown and adds that. while In those cir
cunistances the ordinary rule would be to
limit the landing and movement Of Unitsd
states troops TO the protection Of American