The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-19

tho provisional government by the
United States minister until alter the
queens abdication and when they were
in effective possession OF tho govern
ment buildings, the archives, the
treasury, the barracks, the police sta.
tion and all the potentia! machinery OF
the government"
But a protest also accompanied said
treaty, signed by the queen and her
ministers at the time she made way for
the provisional government, which ex-
plicitly stated that she welded to the
superior force OF tue United States,
whose minister had caused United
States troops to be landed at Honolulu
and declared that he would support
such provisional government.
The truth or falsity OF this protest
was surely of the first import
ance. Ii true, nothing but the conceal
mens Of its truth could Induce our gov
ernment to negotiate with the sem
blauCe OF government thus created,
nor could treaty resulting from the
acts stated in the protest have been
knowingly deemed worthy OF considera-
ton by the senate. Yet the truth or
falsity OF the protest had not been in
yestigated.
PARAMOUNT BLoUNT
conceived it to be my duty, there
fore, to withdraw the treaty from the
senate for examination, and meanwhile
to cause an accurate, full and impartial
investigation to be made OF the facts
attending the subversion OF the con-
stitutional government Of Hawaii and
the installment in its place OF the pro.
yisonal government. l selected Tor the
work OF investigation the Hon. James
H. Blount, OF Georgia, whose service OF
eighteen years as member OF the house
Of representatives, and whose exper-
ieuce as chairman of the committee OF
foreign affairs in that body, and his con-
seauent familiarity with international
TOPICS, Joined with his high character
and honorable reputation, seemed to
render him peculiarly fitted for the
duties entrusted TO him. His report
detailing his action under the instruc'
tions given to him and the conclusions
derived from his investigation accom-
pany this message. These conclusions
do not rest for their acceptance entirely
upon Mr.. Blounts honesty and ability
as a man, nor upon his acumen and inn
partiality Us an investigator; they are
accompanied by the evidence upon
which they are based, which evidence
is also herewith transmitted, aud from
which it seems to me no other deduc-
tions could possibly be reached than
those arrived at by the commissioner.
The reports, with its accompanying
proofs, and such other evidence as ia
now before the Congress, or Is herewith
submitted, justifies in my opinion the
statement that when the President was
led to submit the treaty to the senate
with the declaration that "the over
throw OF the monarchy was not in any
way promoted by this government"
and when the senate was induced to re-
ceive and discuss it on that basis, both
President and senate we're misled,
The attempt will not be made in this
communication to touch upon all the
factswhich throw light upon the pro-
eress and contamination Of this scheme
Of annexation. A very brief and inn
perfect reference to the facts and evi
dence at hand will exhibit its character
and the incidents in which it had its
birth.
HOW HE VIEWS IT.
It is unnecessary to set forth the rea-
sons, which, in January, 1898, lead a
considerable portion of American and
other foreign merchants and traders re-
siding at Honolulu to favor the annex
alton OF Hawaii to the United States.
1t is sufficient to note the fact and to
observe that the project was one which
was zealously promoted by the minister
representing the United States in that
country. He evidently had an ardent
desire that it should become fact ac-
complished by his agency and during
his ministry, and was not inconvcnient-
" scrupuious as to the means employed
to that end. On the 10th day OF No
vember, 1892, nearly two months before
the first overt act tending towards the
subversion OF the Hawaiian govern
ment and the attempted transfer OF
Hawaiian territory to the United States,
he addressed a long letter to thesecretary
of state, in which tho case tor annexa-
ton was elaborately argued on moral,
political and economical! grounds. He
reiers to the loss to the Hawaiian sugar
interests from the operation OF tho Nc
Kinley bill, and the tendency to still
further depreciation of sugar property
unless some positive measure OF relief is
granted. He strongly inyeighs against
the existing Hawaiian government and
emphatically declares for annexation.
lie says: SIN truth the monarchy
hero is an absurd anachronism. 1t has
nothing on which it logically or legit-
imately stands. The feudel basis on
which it once stood no longer existing,
the monarchy now is only an impede
ment to good government, an obstruc-
ton to the prosperity and progress Of
the islands"
He further says: "As a crown colony
Of Great Britain or territory OF the
United States the government modifcG-
tions could be made readily, and good
administration of the laws secured.
Destiny and the vast future interests OF
the United States in the Pacific clearly
indicate who, at no distant day, must
be responsible for the government OF
these islands. Under territorial gov
ernment they should be as easily gov
erned as any Of the existing territories
OF the United States.
"Hawaii has reached the parting of
the ways. She must now take the road
which leads to Asia, or the other which
outlets her into America, gives her an
American civilization and binds her to
the care OF American destiny" He also
declared: zone of two ways was to me
absolutely necessary to be followed, /,
either bold and vigorous for annexation
or a customs union, an ocean cable from
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