Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-20
CLEVELAND AND HAWAII,
Eject Of The Message on Party Friends
and Opponents,
~ to N wrong TIE Has a. Least Inns
proved his Position by It's state.
meat. --uciiof Ia Hts Honesty,
THE DEsEREr NEWS BUREAU,
90 y Street, 3. f..
Warrington. ID, q.

Washington, ID. q.
WAArNdToN, Dec. 10.-fspeoial--
Tho Hawaiian question l. now the
universal topic. Public curiosity had
become Intense. 1, was relieved yes.
terdpy when az last the President
broke tho seal Of secrecy with which
he hss covered his Hawaiian policy.
ln'kecping with bis promise Ia his
regular message he transmitted a
SPECIAL communication 10 Congress
uioug with copies Of the long eoughs
instructions 10 Commissioners Blount
aud willis. In connection with these
ppcolal iua.Iuctions no has also trans.
mitioi 10 Congress copies Of diplo.
matte correspondence relative 10
Hawaiian affairs running back into
the Harrison administration. In
strict keeping with his character for
tcuAoity and nrmness he has Ignored
the opportunities Of both House and
Senate In demanding this correspond.
| encp, and yet he has In his own way
Il NHAAA NHANa v ANA NAN NhNNHNhNN VI NANAA
acquisitions.
A. might have teen expected tho
| PfoIgout makes a strong showing
against the policy Of the preceding
admi uitlTaulon iunugurated through
the Intervention OF Minister Stevens
He shows that the tubvUfsluu Of tho
mJuarchial government Of Queen LII.
OukalAni was tbs result Ui schemes
lsiu many months previous; that the
prlmary Indictment was tho induce
mcnt Offered by the sugar bounty pro.
vidud IN the Mckinley biil; that the
scheme could not have been carried
out except Tor the active encourage.
mout aud Intervention OF Minister
Stevens. lie makes a strong point la
saying tina, the superior prestige Of a
great nation has been prostituted 10
the subycraion Of friendly govern
mcnt, and that no code but that u
mere iOrUo aud national aggTandlzo.
munt can DO appealed 10 Tor Jusliiiol-
ton.
The Democrats have feared that the
President might have exceeded his
powers aud are gHtihcd that M 10
his special Instructions 10 Minister
Willis, he succeeds ia making II very
clear that he has not gone beyond tho
! lair and necessary prerogativtB OF the
executive. ON his own showing hs has
cautiously avoided iussrucung Mr.,
, willis IL do moro Than to exert hi,
kindly OfiicgS la an advisory way, and
= 10 do nothing that could be- construed
by diplomatic ussgos as an aol Of war
. Though no has instructed him %
promptly recognize the resumption OIL
authority by the queen, 10 there we're
; any reasonable prospect Of her main
taluing her authority, ana " with
! Draw the recognition heretofore eK'
. tended by tho United States 10 the
,, provisional government a. In fact ant
by TigLt the legitimate government
vet Ills Democratic friends rejoice thai
H. no case wac force author zou; AM
" they proudly claim that II must uy
acknowledged he has yindiohted HIM
toli frum tho RELENTLESS and scathinl
- criticism Of ill.temprTvd senators.
On the other hand tho Republican,
insist that tbs fact Ia too apparent fol
contradiction that the President hai
made a grave mistake In usurpinl
diplomatic powers that can only b
eKetcScd under the Constitution by
IA Congress. fney argue that tho Ptesi
1. GonpB policy has only had feeble ~ y
pOrt n0m his party In Congress, AZ,
80 lhis grave error leaves him anu hi
81 cabinet Ia hopeless minority.
n TIC Eastern papefa afe nlltd wiz
ir comments pro and cOu, but II IL evidon
=, that tho President has always hal
positive selihoOi sud strength enougl
e. 10 stand alone and maintain bis grounl
whatever might be the emergency 0
"a tho oppOsition; and this clean AM
- pBfieul viudlcstiOn VI his nrmntsi
u" Integrity aud fair dealing will gAlas
~ about him host Of those who hsy
Of been hrsitAtinR and hali'hearted 1
lhslr support Of his Hawaiian policy
Ho has thus far been working 10 dii
y advantage, but Ia the further deyeloI
~ muut Of THIS question he Will teceiV
he = fuller measure OF the confidence an
cooperation VI the American people.
q. III.