The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-28

sei scbane of q Provisional Gov
arnn,eut was perfected, ana procta-
nation naming its ofhcers was Oh .uo
same date prepared and read IN lne
Coyernment building; that tneIeupol1i
The limited States Minister Recognized
H. Provisional Government thus
areated: that two days afterwards, the
Ia,h dav of January, the COMMISSION
ra1rasentinp such government
sailad for the United states IN
steamer specially chartered LOT Ine
occasion, arriving at san rancl So Ih
- osth day of January and In WASH
sroton on the Sd day OF Feoruary'
thet on the next day they had their
ct interview with the Secretary OF
G,eta and another on the 18th, when
80 treatv of annexation was practi-
caIIv agreed upon; on the l4tn IL was
Formally concluded and on the l9tn
transmitted to the Senate. Ihus pc
prnviaionaI Government of Hawaii
On the I4th day of January and the
transnission to the Senate OF the
treatv of annexation concluded with
such Government, the entire lntervai
was thirty-two days, fifteen OF when
were spent by the Hawaiian commas
sioners in their journey 10 Washlhg
ton- In the next place, upon the lace OF
the papers submitted in the treaty, 1t
clearly appeared there was an open
and Undetermined issue of the most
vital Importance. The message OF
the President accompanying the
treaty declares: "The overthrow or
the monarchy was not In any way
prompted by this Government" and
In the letter from the President to the
Secretary OF State, also submitted to
the senate with the treaty, the follow
ing passage occurs: SAT the time the
Provisional Government took possess
sion of the Government buildings no
troops or officers of the United states
were present or took any part what
ever In the proceedings, no public re-
counition was accorded to the Pro-
visionaI Government by the United
states Minister until after the Queens
abdication, and when they were in
effective possession of the Govern
ment buildings, the archives, treasury,
barracks, Police station ana all po-
tential machinery of Government"
ssBut protest also accompanied 1t
which said the treaty was signed by
the Queen and her ministers at the
time she made way for the Provisional
Government, which explicitly stated
that she Welded to the superior force
of the United States, whose Minister
had caused United States troops TO be
landed in Honolulu, he declaring that
he would support such Provisional
Government. The truth or falsity of
this report is surely of the f1rst I'M
portance; the truth or falsity OF the
report had not been investigated. L
conceived it my duty, therefore, 10
withdraw the treaty from the Senate
for Investigation to be made. L sug-
pested for the work of investigation
Hon. James III. Blount, of Georgia,
his report detailing his action under
the instructions given him and the
conclusions derived from this investi-
CATION to accompany this message.
These conclusions are accompanied by
the evidence upon which they are
based, which evidence also is here
with transmitted, and from which il
seems no other deductions could pos
sibly be reached than those arrived n
bv the Commissioner"
The President said that when he