Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-01-20

newspapers, which is said to have beef
the chief motive for postponing tn
message until yesterday, notwith
standing that this postponement de
priyed the senate, which adjourne,
Friday till Monday, of the opportunit.
of receiving the message at the sam
time as the house.
The Message.
The presidents message OF transmit
tai was as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Jan. n, 1884,
To THE CoNGRESS-l transmit herewith cop
les Of all dispatches from our minister at Ha
waii, relating in any way TO political affairs II
that country, except such MS have been hereto
fore laid before congress. | also transmit
copy OF the last instructions sent to our minis
ter, dated January Il, 1894, being the only in
structions to him not already sent to the con
press,
In tranmitting certain correspondence will
my message dated December Is. 1898, with
held u dispatch from our minister numbered
and dated November Is. 1893, amt also n dis
patch from our former minister, numbered -
and dated October 4, 1872. Inaslnuch as the
contents of the dispatch of November IL, 1898
are referred to in the dispatches OF a more re
cent date now sent to congress, and inasmuct
AZ lutTt Sttlln iO iuUEtI W ut SllllGI'Ii ItdsDt
for Withholding said dispatches, a copy Of tbs
same is herewith submitted. The dispatch
numbered 10 and dated October s, 1897, above
referred to, is still withheld for the reason
that such a course stillappears to be justihable
and proper,
Signed GROVER CLEVELAND
The most important features of the
correspondence was, of course, Mr..
Willis strong dispatch No. 3, of No
vcmber l6, 1893, which the president
had previously withheld from publica.
ton, Next TO that in interest was Mr.,
Dole's caustic reply to Mr.. Willis de-
mand for surrender, which, however,
had previously been anticipated to
some extent in United Press dispatches.
Between these two terminal points
in the correspondence, Mr.. Willis
graphic history of current events, and
his documents upon the character of
the queens advisers and the kind of
government she desired to MAINTAIN,
if re-established, form a running thread
Of absorbing interest,
No. 3-Mr. Willis to Mr.. Gresham.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
HONOLULU, Nov, Is, 1Sg5.
SlR;--ln the forenoon OF Monday the 18th
inst. by prcarrangemcnt, the queen. accom-.
panied by the royal chamberlain Mr.. Robert
son. called at the legation. No one was pres
cnt at the half hour interview which followed
her chamberlain having been taken to another
room, and Consul. General Mills, who had in.
viled her to come, remaining in the front Of
the house, to prevent interruption.
After a formal greeting, The queen was in
formed that the president Of the United States
had Important communication to make to her.
aud she was asked whether She was willing to
receive them alone and in confidence. assuring
her that this was for her own interest and
salty. She answered In the Affirmative,
lthen made known to her the presidents sin.
ccre regret that, through the unauthorized III
terVentiOn Of the United States she had been
obliged to slrrendcr her sovereignty. and his
hope that, with her consent aud CO4oIeration,
the wrong done to her and to her people might
be redressel To this she bowed her acknowl.
edgements, ! then said to her; '1he preSi-
dent expects and believes that when YOU are
relnStalod you Will show forgiveness and
magnanimitp; that you will wish to be the queen
OF all the people, both native and foreign born;
that you will make haste to secure their love
and loyalty and to establish peace, friendship
and good government
To this she made no reply until after waiting
n moment ! continued 'lhe president not
only tenders you his sympathy but wishes
to help you Before making fully known to
you his purposes. | desire to know whether you
are willing to answer certain questions which
it is my duty to ask
She answered: II am willing"
! then assured her: Should YOU be restored
to the throne, would you grant full amnesty as
TO life and property to all those persons who
have been or who arc now in tho provisional
government, or who have been instrumental In
the overthrow OF your government
Snc neSltalru a moment, ana then slowly and
calmly answered: There are certain laws of
my government which | shall abide by. My
decisions must be as the law dictates, that
such persons shall be bcheaded and their prom
erty conlscated to the government"
l then said, repeating very distinctly her
words: 1T is your feeling that these people
should be beheadod and their property coniis-
catedf"
She replied: 1T is"
| then said to her: DO you fully understand
the meaning OF every word which | nave said
to you and OF every word which you have said
to me, and If so, do you still have the same
opinion
Her answer was: II have understood and
mean all | have said, but | might leave the de.
cision of this to my minister's
To this | replied: Suppose it was neces.
sary to make u decision before you appointed
any ministers, and that you were asked to issue
a royal proclamation of general amnesty would
you do it,
She answered: Il have no legal right TO
do that, and | would not do it," Pausing
u moment she continued: These people
were the cause OF the revolution
never be any peace while they are here. They
must be sent out Of the country and punished
and their property contiscated."
! then said: Il have no further commun ga
ZION 10 make TO you now. ana will have none
until | hear from my government, which will
probably be three or four weeks
Nothing was said for several minutes when
! asked her whether she was willing to give me
the names of four OF her most trusted friends,
as | might, within u day or two, consider it my
duty 10 hold u consultation with them In her
presence. She assented, and gave these names:
j. y. Carter, John Richardson, joseph NaWaki
and \. {. MaclNarlane.
l then inquired whether she had any fears OF
her safety at her present residence, Washing
ton Square, She replied that she did have
some fears; that while she had some trusty
friends that guarded her house every night,
they were armed with clubs only, and that me-
shabblly dressed had been often seen proving
ABOUT the ADJOINING premises-a schoolhouse
with D large yard. | informed her that | was
authorized by the president to offer her pro.
lection either on one Of our war ships or at the
legatlon. and desired her to accept the offer ut
once. She declined. saying she believed il was
best for her at present TO remain at her resi-.
dence' then said to her that at any moment,
night or day, this offer OF our government was
open TO her acceptance. The interview there
upon, after some personal remarks, was
brought to'a close.
Upon reflection, l concluded not to hold any
consultation at present with the oueen's
friends, as they have no official position, and,
furthermore, because | feared, If known to so
many, her declarations might become public.
TO her great dctriment, II not danger, and to
the interruption OF the plans OF our govern.
ment.
Mr.. J. o, Carter is a brotner OF MI. II. A. p.
Carter, the former Hawaiian minister 10 the
United States, and is conceded to be a man Of
nigh character, integrity and intelligence.
ne Is about % years old. He has
had no public experience. Mr.. Mac.
F'arlane, like Mr.. Carter. is OF white
parentage, is an unmarried man, about
=! years old and is engaged in the commission
business. John Richardson is a young man of
about % wears. He Is u cousin Of Samuel Par.
ker, tne nali.caste, who was q member of the
queens cabinet at the time Of tho last reyolu.
tion, he is aresldent OF Maui. being designated
IN the directory Of 1889 MS attorney at law.
slock'raiser and proprietor Bismarck livery
STABLE. Richardson Is "half-caste." Joseph
Nawaki is u full. blooded native, practices law.
as he told me, in the native courts, and has a
moderate English education. He has served
twenty years in the legislature. but displays
very little knowledge Of the structure
ana philosophy Of the government which he so
long represented. He is III years old and presi.
dent OF the native Hawaiian political club.
Upon being asked TO name three OF the most
prominent native leaders, he gave the name of
John E. Bush. r. w. Wilcox and modestly
added :! am u leader john Il. Bush is n man
OF considerable ability, but his reputation is
very bad. II. w. Wilcox is the notorious half.
breed who engineered the revolution OF 1850.
" all these men, Carter and MacFarlane arc
the only Two men TO whom the ministerial
bureaus could be safely intrusted. In CONVEX.
satloi, with sam Purker and also with Joseph
Nawaki, II was plainly evident that the queen :
condemnation OF the constitution OF 1887 was
fully Endorsed by them.
From these aud other facts which have been
developed, I feel satisfied that there will be d
concerted movement In the event OF restora.
tion Tor the overthrow OF that constitution.
winch would mean the overthrow OF constitr.
tlonai and limited government, and the abso.
lutte dominion Of the queen.