St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-13


business of our cause, we depend upon
our might. and are answerable to no
other power. l brand as false the claim
that we have put in issue the question
| whether or not we were proceeding
legally in overturning a corrupt and
rotten monarchy.
"Second-Has the president of the
| United States up to this point pretended
to have been acting in judicial capac-
ity? L say his acts do not justify that
| assumption. An arbitrator or judge
would not interfere with the existing
status of the parties. On gaining his
seat, the president of the United States
Immediately lowered
| ( THE AMERICAN FLAG
and thereby changed the status of
the parties. That was not the act of
judge, gentlemen. Again, has he
| notified anybody that he was proceed
ing with judicial investigation? Has
lie given any notice that a hearing
would be held on such a date? Has
he notified anybody that wit
| neSses were being examined? Has
he given anybody an opportunity
to cross examine these witnesses or to
confront them? Now. we do not need
the acknowledgment of that distin-
| guished judge who is now secretary of
state to know that no administration
| could stand for moment in law,
however insignificant the matter which
was conducted ex parte, without
an opportunity to be heard.
| How was the late arbitration
conducted in Paris? Did number of
gentlemen get together or not? Did
they send a private agent off to Behring
sea to look about and scratch his head,
interview the neighbors and make re-
port? Gentlemen, it can hardly be con-
tended that the provisional government,
and we. representing the supporters of
that government, have submitted our
rights to exist to Col. James Blount, of
| Georgia.
The president of the United States
| had the undoubted right, so far as we
were concerned, to examine into the
status here; the situation of the coun-
| try. etc, as bearing on the question
whether or not he should continue the
negotiations pending when he
TOOK HIS PLACE.
That was oStensibly the object for
which BlOunt was sent to these shores.
| Up to this point there has been no judi
cial investigation in which both parties
have been given an opportunity to be
heard.
And, again, as showing conelusively
the utter absurdness of the position that
there has been arbitration Of such nat
ure, how could this be possible when
the government of the United States
had treaty peuding before it. between
it aud the power which it had charged
was submitting its right to
exist to the decision of one man?
We were power de facto.
we were recognized by certain great
| powers of the world, which made US a
power de jure, and we were power
having treaty relations with the United
States of America. A treaty had been
negotiated when President Cleveland
took his seat. That treaty awaited rati-
| tication to make it final, but it never
theless was treaty binding the execu-
| tive.
Now, gentlemen. L challenge the right
of the chief executive of that great ma
tion of his own motion to undo the act
of any of his predecessors. Congress
may do it. Congress has full
power, but Grover Cleveland
| had no more right, legally
or morally, to undo an act of Benjamin
| Harrison than he had to undo any act of
| Abraham Lincoln. But, waving all
| these considerations, there remains this
| fundamental one-that no court of arbi-
tration would have the right to ignore
THE GREAT QUESTION
at issue; that is, whether or not Liliuo-
kalani had violated the constitution;
| self beyond the pale and protection of
the law. To ignore all that and decide
this great issue upon purely techni-
cality as to whether or not Ste
vens recognized the power of
this community five minutes too
| soon or not, was not in the power of the
| judge. l repeat, there has been no SUBJ
mission to arbitration. Let us. there
fore, challenge all false assumptions,
| gentlemen, and let that challenge 60 on
| record. Let US hold the president to
the true issue, and then, if the
legally constituted power of the United
| States, the power which has the right
| under the constitution to declare war,
overpower us, we will go down. our col
ors flying and with no misrepresenta-
ton possible. Let it be known to the
world that if the event takes
place, it will be because the
| United States has exercised
its power, but not its right. Let us hope
that the showing we can make will have
an effect on congress i'll shaping its
course, and that it Will slso have it's
effect upon the distinguished secretary
| of state and the chief executive"
After the undecided character of the
news received by the steamer China,
| the opinion prevailed until the arrival
of the Australia, that instructions
would be received by the latter vessel
for immediate restoration. Pending the
Australia's coming. several important
cabinet and council meetings were held,
and it was determined to meet the
PROPOSED RESTORATION
of the monarchy by the combined forces
of the government. the American
league, the Annexation club and Citi-
zens' Reserve guard, whose Joint
strength is about 1000 men on
this island and within Homo
lulu. Orders were at once Civ
en- to those governments having,
or to have hereafter, war ships
in Honolulu harbor. that no nation
would be allowed to land troops with
out the written consent of the provis-
ional government. This notice was
served upon the foreign diplomatic
corps in writing on the Goth of Novem-
ber, and is intended to be final
from its date pending and after
the arrival of the Australia. The
notice applied to the Japanese cruiser
Naniwa, which arrived yesterday. and
the Japanese Consul General Fujli has