The herald., 1893-12-31
A Criticism of Cleveland's
Hawaiian Policy.
The President and Secretary
OF State Roasted.
Report Of the Minority of the House
Foreign Committee.
A Substitute offered for the McCrsary
Resoiution-A Sweeping Arraign-
mont of TIL he,Administration's .,
Acts and Purposes.
By the Ass ociated Press.

By the Ass ociated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-The Republican
members of the house foreign affairs
committee have completed a minority
report on the resolutions presented by
Chairman McCreary ON the day congress
adjourned. The report was prepared by
Storer OF Ohio and signed by Hit,
Harmer, Blair, Draper and Van Vorhis
OF New York. 1t is very voluminous
and goes in detail into the whole history
of Blount's appointment as commits.
sioner paramount and the course of the
administration.
THE PARAMOUNT COMMISSIONER.
."When President Cleveland was in
augurated March 4, 1893" says the
report, ''the Hawaiians were under
the control of Republican government,
already recognized not only by the
United States but by every civilized
nation. This government was in name
provisional, but in fact was to remain
in existence for an indefinite period,
until the time when terms of union with
the United States should have
been agreed upon. The minister plen-
ipotentiary of the United States to
Hawaii was in person at his post and
the United States congress was in ses-
sion. The president sent to the session
the name of GreEham, secretary OF state,
and that body on March 9th confirmed
the appointment. 1t was at that time
publicly stated, though 80 yet not off,
cially known, that James M. Blount had
started from Washington March 7th ON
mission to the Hawaiian islands, with
verbal secret instructions from the
president. If this be true, his subse-
qnent written Instructions, not made
public until November last, must have
been forwarded to Blount after his de-
partuYe from Washington, az they bear
date March 11th."
THE APPoINTIvE POWER.
The report discusses at length the
presidents eower to appoint, diplo-
matte officer, armed with the power
given Blount. without the con-
sent OF the senate. "Thie," the re-
port says, ''covers all that is needed to
show how the president ignored the
plain language Of the constitution.
He has assumed to appoint OF his own
volition, without tho advice of the sem
ate, diplomatic agent with paramount
powers. The real purpose Of Blount's
mission was not expressed in written
words, but cannot be concealed. He
was to make case against the Ameri-
can minister and discredit the friendly
government he was accredited to. He
WAS apparently, to use the words OF
President Cleveland to President Dole,
to advance the interests and prosperity
OF both governments in reality he was
to try and discover such state OF facts
as might appear to be a etain both on
that friendly government and the views
and recommendations OF the former ad-
mlnistration of his own government.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL METHODS.
"Not content with withdrawing the
Foster treaty from the senate, which
may have been his constitutional right,
the president was led to employ uncon-
stitutional means and unconstitutional
ends to reverse and discredlt the policy
of the preceding administration. This
is more than an innovation in our
| foreign policy, hitherto consistent and
steady since the first days OF the repub-
| lie. 1t is an unwritten, but universally
accepted law, that no administration of
any representative government ever
condemns the international policy Of
| the preceding administration, for In so
doing it would attack its own govern
ment.
PUBLIC DIsAPPRovAL.
"The secret and confidential instruc-
tons to Minister Willis were made
known to congress- only after resolution
calling ON the executive for the same
had been unanimously adopted by the
house. The official report OF the secre-
tary OF state was kept secret from the
1lth of October until week after the
November elections. and when then
published they aroused an almost uni
versal expression of disspproval and
resentment among the American peo-
| Pile.
"The language of the report OF the
secretary of state, admittedly approved
by the president and currently believed
and stated to have been dictated by
him, was clear and explicit. Nothing
short of reinstating the deposed queen
| could reach the level OF Justice. A
friendly and firmly established, univer-
sally recognized government was to be
| deposed. The tinsel OF monarchy, q
queen OF 'shreds and patches was to be
set up by minister of the United States
in the name of justice.
FALSE SITUATION
"The falsenees OF the situation thus
created, by giving secret instructions to
a minister OF the United States. to in
trigue and negotiate for the overturn Of
the government to which he had been
formally accredited, does not seem to
have struck the administration. Ii did
strike the people of theUni stat es,
however; public opinion has spoA sn
and would speak still louder, and if sue.
cess was to be gained it must be gained
quickly.
Therefore, ON November Gath. 10
days before the assembling OF congrees,
the secretary of state telegraphed Wilns
to put an end to delays. You will in
sst upon amnesty and the recogniti, n
OF the obligations OF the provisional gov
| ernment, as essential conditions to re-