Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-19

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After the message wa concluded.
Senator Butler of south Carolina moved
| 20 refer Il 70 the eonnittes On fore.sn
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(. The inportant part q The docnment
| sohnittsd in writing Ia connesfien With
l The prcsi1ents message contains The N
/ structlous Issued 70 Minister Willis
| undsr date a December j Two points
/ having special bearing upon the alta
| stioo IN Hawaii are ct forth- Minister
| Villa il Instructed 10 SAY 10 the queen
that the ccnditions relative 10 amnesty
nust b aequiesced in BY her or 40 vii
DO nothing. II the queen should AK
What the United States viii do IA the
way a restoring her 70 power and main.
tanning her upon the throne the ninis-
Ter i directed 10 reply that the presi-
deaf viii not authorize the We q the
Unifsd States troops either 70 restore
her OF maintain her upon her throne.
Minister Willis vas told 10 inform the
queen that the use OF troops could only
b authorized By act al coogrenA
| Minister WiiIis y thea direcesd 70 tall
the provisional govsrpmsnt. should they
dsnt will do all that he can under execu-
tive authority 10 restore the queen. The
disfinction noted between thee TIVE an
swers to the same question u an absence
Of the very important mattsr of detail a.
to what the president can do and will
do under the torn executive authority.
Some Dispatches supprelssd-
The president in HE supplemental
message makes men ton 81 two documents
that have bean suppressed bscsuss their
publication st this time vas not deemed
-compatlbls with the public interest
one . dispatch from -ths former
minister to Hawaii, Mr.. Stevens.
Of October 8. 1892 and one
from the prcsent minister. Mr.. Willis. Of
date November l6 l692 Tho CORE
spoodsncs includes some dispatches OF
the last administrators. February IA,
1883 Mr.. Foster. secretary Of state. CON-
mended Minister Stevens for the posi-
ton be had taken on the Hawaiian
matter.
February % Minister Foster cent him
the following: .You viii. in co-opera-
ton with naval authorities. support pro-
visional government in maintaing Sc
curity to life aud property and good
order until action can be- taken on
treaty.
The first reference to the present con-
dition Of Affairs. January D. l69a when
Secretary Tracey telegEaphed Admiral
Sksrritt to give Stevens the following
from Foster; -four course IN recogniz-
ing an unopposed defhcto government
appears 90 have been discreet and in
with accordance with the fscts."
Pointed InstructtonA
August 10. 1893 Secretary Her bert
| sent Admiral Skerrett the following:
Protect American citizens and Amer
can property. but do not give aid, physi-
cal OF mosal to either party Tor the gov
eminent % Honolulu."
September II. 1893. Secretary Herbert
| notifies Admiral Skerrett that he had
misconstrued instructions and directs
him to afford TO British subjects and
property such protection n has always
been accorded by vsssels Of american
fleets to the subjects Of hef Britannia