Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
IsPncrAL coRREspoNDENcE OF THE MONITOR
WASHINGTON, NoU. IL, 1898.

Americas would be Caesar has tax
en- step that can not fail to give biz
administration a very undesirable
place IN history 1t was the outspok
en- sympathy and moral support OF
the government of the United States
extended to those who believe in q
republican form of government, by
every president from Washington to
Harrison, that drove monarchy and
its trappings from this continent. It
would be utterly impossible to per
tray the indignation felt in Washing
ton when it was officially announced
that Mr.. Cleveland had ordered that
the American sailors and marines, now
in the harbor of Honolulu, should as
sist in destroying the republican form
of government in Hawaii and restor-
ing that of the deposed Queen. At
first it could scarcely be believed that
the administration would dare take
such step, but it was soon found that
it was all too true, and that the Unit
ed States had president willing to
abuse the trust reposed in him by the
people so far as to aid in restoring a
deposed monarchy to power.
This is the way one of his apologists
puts it: "The president has no idea
that force of arms will be necessary.
Had he anticipated such a necessity,
instead of two American vessels in
the harbor of Honolulu there would
be half Dozen" In other words, the
president was determined that the
corrupt Hawaiian monarchy should
be restored, if it took the whole
strength of our navy to do it. Before
these lines are read the Infamous
course began by the hauling down of
the American flag will probably have
been completed lby the wiping out of
ing of queen by force and under the
personal orders Of the president Of
the United States.
The indignation felt by republicans
is fully shared by many democrats, and
more than once the remark has been
publicly made, "Cleveland ought to be
impeached for this. ~ Not few peo-
pie believe that the money of Claus
Spreckles, the Hawaiian sugar king,
has been an important factor in
bringing about this disgraceful de-
noument. Spreckles spent a week in
Washington short time ago, and he
made no secret OF his belief that the
administration would restore the
Queen, but everybody thought at that
time that the idea was too preposter
Gus to be even seriously considered.
Whether this matter is taken up by
congress will depend somewhat en-
the news from Hawaii. Should the
very unusual position taken by the ad
ministration result in bioodshed, as
naval officers and others familiar with
the situation on the islands predict
there will be some very plain talk il
congress and it will not all come from
republicans, either.
Mr.. Cleveland has long been subject
to fits Of the sulks when things did
not go to suit him, and he is now in
TIE midst Of one of the worst he has
ever had, in Washington. He has
been to the White House only once
since the election, and that was to at
tend a cabinet meeting. One Of the
cabinet was heard to remark after the
me citing, the old mans as cranky 81
sick BEAR" and it is understood that
he has snabbed nearly every maa
who has seen him since the great dem
ocratic defeats.
This administration is certainly con
trary, if it is nothing else. 1t has been
kept so busy finding fault with and
trying to undo everything that was
done by the Harrison administration
that it has done nothing itself. One
of the latest cases OF fault finding is
contained in the annual report OF the
first Assistant Postmaster General,
which declares that the experiment
of free mail delivery in small towns
is a failure and recommends that it be
suspended at the close of the current
year. The report very graciously ad-
mits that the free delivery was when
first esta blished in the small towns
and villages received with satisfaction
and delight, but it then makes the re-
markable statement that as soon as
the novelty wore off the residents |
found it more convenient to cali at |
the post-office for their mail than to |
have it brought to their houses by the |
carriers. [ have not the data to dis
pute the assertion that the village free
mail delivery is a failure, although l
believe that the residents of the vii
lagos IN which the experimental SER
vice now exists, will, through their