New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-20
rs THE FARCE PLAYED OCT'

The Administration in the person OF MI VIII
rs went roaring westward like Lion. but ii
seems TO have settled down at Honolulu with al
the innocent sweetness Of the Lamb. Sucn III
least was the situation up to the time At which
The Australia sailed FOR san Francisco MI
Willis. instead Of having the marines ashore
and shaking the life ont Of the Provisional Gov
eminent ~ had been expected In the hight of
the famous Gresham ~ nnciam"nto, appears
10 have waited on President Dole with great
politcness and palavcrcd him with truly ah"c'
tionate gur Two long-lost brothers who had
Just discovered the strawberry mark Oh Il des-
crt shore could hardly have been more sushy.
OF course nln".icnihs OF the rational human
beings in the country will rejoice Mt such con
summation Everybody barring few anguish
INK Mugwumps and incurable idolaters, had
been shocked Ivy the suggestion that the United
States should exert It's power to crush Il struggle
for dcccncy. civilization and morality. iracU-
cally nobody had been impressed by Mt.
Crcsham's nice little composition on poetic JUS
lice. II may he said indeed. that the American
people had received The proposition TO reinstatr
the Queen with profound asOns!'mcnt ana
dsapproval. The rejoicing will therefore be-
universal But upon what hypothesis are we
10 assume that this is 10 be the end: Certainly
not upon ANY that Involves the dignity of the
Administration. II Is true that Mr. Cleveland
himself has made no official uttcrance In the
premises lie allowed Congress to adjourn
without asking for guidance and he has not
since that event expressed himself in any pub
lie manner. But the Secretary Of State has in
a mos, ostcntatious not 10 say theatrical, way
Unmarried his views To the country He has de-
nounced the wckcdncss by which Il lovely ana
interesting monarch was dcthroned: he has
alternately wcpt and stormcd over the fall OF
Iiliuokalani; he has unfolded for orr cxal'a-
ton the whole panorama Of the tender scnsi-
b.litics: hc has risen on Il wing OF mandlin
craftsmanship and babe us follow him to IN"
heights Of purcst poppycock serene. From Mr..
Gresham we have learned the details Of the con-
spiracy by which. according to the gospel Of
Hlornt, "A hidcous outrage was put upon the
Queen From him. too, we have had the as
surancc that Justice shall be vinlicated and
restitution mndr
What does Ill this mean: Does il mean that
Nh Gresham has been amusing himself and
tickling Il merry. lighthcar,ed Administration
Mt tlc expense of the couirys peace or Ininu
Does IL mean that the American people have
been played upon in order that their consii-
laicd masters might laugh nj them? Either ii
means hat. or it means that AR. Cleveland has
enacted n particularly dscredi,able and hui
initiating farce without intending Il: that like
the faiuois and feeble Canuic Of old he has
ordered the tide of civilization 10 roll bacl, and
the tide has irrevercnily swamprd his tinscl
majesty.
There may be more folly and cruelty 10 come.
II IL still possible that The Administration will
ignore the significance OF the Provisional Gov
crnmcnl's attitude In Hawaii, and refuse TO
hear the cloqucncc Of public sentiment here.
But certainly for the present the discrepancy
between the Gresham prophecy and the fulfil
men, rs achieved By Willis is as sorrowful Il
thing as can be- found in history.