Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-12-21
HAWAIIAN MESSAGE.
President Cleveland on tho Hawaiian I'm.
broglio-- Ho Defends His Former Troat.
ment OF the Question.

tEeSIOeue Cleveland on tho Hawaiian Ins
broglio-He Defends His Former Treat.
mont OF the Question.
o&VvAsHINGToN.sD. O., Dec. elo.-In his message
on Hawaiinn affairs President Cleveland states
that he Is convinced that The difficulties lateIv
Created both here and in Hawaii and now
standing In the way Of q solution through ex.
ecut!ve action OF the problem presented render
1t proper and expedient that the matter should
be referred to The broader authority and dis.
erection OF congress, with full explanation OF
the endeavor thus far made to deal with the
emergency, and statement OF the considerar
tons which have governed his actions
II national honesty is to be disre9arded and 8
desire for territorial extension. or dissa tisfac.
lion with o form OF government not our own.
ought TO regulate our conduct, the president
says he, has entirely Inexperienced the mis-.
sion and character Of our government and the
behavior which the conscience OF our people
demands OF their public servants.
Speaking OF the pending annexation treaty he.
tore congress when he entered upon his duties
as president, he says 1t appeared. from tho
documents accompanying the treaty when sub
mitted TO the senate, that the ownership Of
Hawaii was rendered to us by provisional
government set up to succeed the constitution.
OIL ruler OF the islands, who had been dethroned
and it didfnot appear that such provisional
government had the sanction Of either popular
revolntt ton or suffrage.
He then alludes to what he characterizes as
the extraordinary haste. marking all the tran.
sactions connected with the treaty, stating
that between the initiation of the scheme TO
provisional government In Hawaii on the i4th
day Of January and the submission to the sen.
Q te Of the treaty OF annexation concluded with
such government.lthe entire interval was thir.
1.-TWO days, fifteen of which were spent by
the Hawaiian commissioners in their Journey
Z to washington.
He says upon the face otthe papers submit.
ted with the treaty. It clearly appeared that
there WAS open and undetermined an issue OF
fact OF the most vital Importance The mes
sage accompanying the treaty declared that
"I.e overthrow OF the monarchy was not in
ely way promoted by this, government" and
In u letter from the presidens TO tho
secretary OF state, the former had stated that
possession of the government buildings no
troops or ofacers of the United States were
present or took any part whatever in the pro-
ceedings and that no public recognition was 90.
corded to the provisional cover nmeut by the
United States minister until after the queen q
abdication and when they were In effective pos.
session of the government buildings. the ar.
chlves; the treasury. the barracks, the police
station, and all the p1tential machinery OF the
governments n ~
But President Cleveland says. asprotest also
accompanied said treaty. signed by the queen
lnd her ministers ut the time she made way
for the provisional governments, which explicit
~ stated that she yielded to the superior force
Of the United States, whose minister had
caused United States troops to be landed at
Honolulu and declared that he would 81 ,1ort
such provisional government
The truth or falsity OF this protest the presi.
dent regarded Of the first importance, and he
conceived it to be, his duty to withdraw the
treaty from the senate TOR examination and
meanwhile TO cause an accurate, full and i'm
partial Investigation. to be made OF the facts At
tending the subversl0n of the coustitu uonal
government OF Hawaii and the installment in
It's place Of the provisional government
He selected for the work Of investigation
James II. Bloun,, of Georgia. who seemed to him
to be peculiarly fitted for the duties intrusted
to him. Mr.. BIount 8 report, toge Their with the
evidence upon when his conclusions were
BASED, and which accompanied the present mes
sage, seem to the president to leave no other
deductions possible than those RrrSed at By
the commits sOner.
The president says Minister Stevens evidently
bad an ardent oesire for annexation of the
island, and was not inconveniently ecrupulous
rs TO the means employed to that end. He
sur iect before the hrst overt act was com,
mitted evidence OF the truth OF this assertion,
Mr. Cleveland concludes his message as fol-
lows: .@S
z "The check which my plans have thus en-
countt red has proven ted their presentati ton to
the members Of the provisional government
while the unfortunate public misrepresenta.
tiOns and exaggerated statements OF the senti
ments Of our people have obviously injured the
prospects OF successful executive mediation
II therefore submit this communication with
Its accompanying exhibits, embracing Mr.
Blount's report, the evidence and statements
taken by him at Honolulu. the instructions
given to both Mr. Blount and Minister Willis.
and correspondence connected with the affair
In hand.
I'm commenting this subject to the xtended
powers and wide discretion Of the congress, 1
desire to add the assurance that shalt bo
much gratified to cooperate In any legislative
plan which may be devised for the solution OF
Z the problem before us. which is cons istent
with American honor. integrity and NOR Ility. y