Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-14
SENTIMENT UNCHANGED
In Regard to Interference With the Ha-
waiian Government
To Sustain the Presfdenrs Policy
Means Democratic Defeat-Mr.
HOlman's Views.

News from Hawaii is awaited with i'm
patience, of course, and pending its ar
rival no Information can be had. Nothing
that has been said by the friends Of the ad-
ministration or the administration itself
up to this date has had the effect Of chang
ing sentiment in any way. and the best
informed men hold to the opinion that no
matter what sort Of testimony Is brought
IN IN support of the assertion that the for
mer government of Hawaii was overthrown
oy fraud and conspiracy they cannot dis
close any state Of facts which will war;
rant the restoration of the queen.
The return Of Minister Thurston to WASH
lngton shed no new light on the situation,
since he has been kept as much in Ignorance
or the purposes of the administration as
were any others. There is nothing that he
can do to affect the situation, and his oc-
Supation is gone or on the point Of going
The assumption that the policy of the adj
ministration has already been carried out
and the impossibility of speedy comfnunica-
tion render every notion of anything being
aone at this time out Of the question, and
the whole matter will probably stand as it
Is until Congress meets.
The Peril of Party Defeat.
The opinion is very freely expressed by
democrats that II the party in Congress
sustains the administration it will be at the
peril Of defeat for the party whenever the
pie a chance to express their sentiments
Even those who are opposed to annexation
and are strongly of the opinion that there
was great deal of improperly on the part
of American citizens and representatives in
connection with the overthrow of the queen,
condemn In unmeasured terms the proposi-
tion Tor this country to invade Hawaii for
the purpose OF overthrowing the recognized
government. This was the sentiment ex-
pressed freely on every hand when the pub
ncatfon was first made, and 1t has not
changed.
Representative Holman'a Views.
Representative Holman, speaking Of the
Hawaiian affair. said that the most and the
least that this country could do was simply
to take hands off and permit the people in
Hawaii to govern themselves by such ever
method Of government as they thought
proper. He said that 1t was not known
definitely yet what the Instructions to
Minister Willis actually were. and 1t was to
be hoped and he believed, that 1t would be
found that they were such as had been rep
res - cd. He said that 1t would be mani
fest, improper and in violation of inter-
national law, and the propriety of the
case, for us to attempt the restoration Of
the queen.
He said that he thought the action of the
last administration in the Hawaiian matter
was of questionable propriety, but that
whatever the administration had done was
very indirect in character, and certainly
any attempt to correct any possible
wrong done at that time by an Interference
now with affairs of the Hawaiians would
be condemned by popular sentiment and
justly so.
No Sentiment in Favor of Interference
He said that he did not believe there was
any popular sentiment in this country in
favor of annexation of Hawaii. but that
there certainly could be no sentiment in
favor of an Interference by this government
to restore the queen.
The only thing that We could do In way
of reparation for any possible wrong We
had done them would be to refrain from
any demonstration of force or inter-
ference and simply declare emphat-
ically to the world that we would
not interfere and that We would not
permit any foreign country to interfere
with the rights of these people to govern
themselves; that We regarded the Monroe
doctrine applying to these islands as
properly a part of the western continent
and that we would not permit any foreign
government to disturb these people or
NEEDLE with them in any way in the exer-
else of their right of self-government. We
should then, he said. leave them alone to
govern themselves. AS for the restoration
OF the queen, he said that We would have
no more right to restore the queen of Ha-
wall than we would have to go down to
Brazil and re-esta blish the monarchy there.