Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-01-18

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Tho President rrnnsrnlts the Hawa,lau
Correspondence He Has No Comments
20 Make.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 The presl.
dent has transmitted 10 congress oil
correspondence relating TO the lTa-
waiian complications since his mos.
sage OF December 49, The message
transmitting the correspondence is as
follows:
To the congress. transmit herewith copies
of all dispatches from our minister 10 Hawaii
relating IN any way to p ilitical afllirs in HI.
vail, except such as have been heretofore
transmitted TO congress also send copies OF
distractions sent on January u, 1924 being the
only instructions 10 him that have not been
sent 10 congress-
In my former messages 10 congress with.
held dispatches numbering three, under date OF
November is, 1898 AMI also disp itch No ~, ua-
der date OF Ostober =, is1a inasmuch as the
contents Of dispatch No are all referred TO In
dispatches Of moro sccent date, and inasmuch
as there seems to be no longer reason for with
ho ding n, the same Is herewith submitted
Dispa,ch No. 20 Is stil withheld FOR reasons
that seem to bo iushhabie and proper
GROVER CLEVELAND
MINISTER WILLIS COMMENDED.
The last Instructions 10 Minister
Willis referred to in the presidents let
ter of transmittal as the only instruc-
tions not sent TO cong ess are dated
yesterday.
They were sent under cover of tele-
gram TO W. a. Cooper, the dispatch
agent at San Francisco, instructing
him to forward the following telegram
to MIR. Willis, by the steamer Mariposa
tomorrow lto-day)i
January ~ l'aL 10 Wiils dinister Homo
lulu. Your numbers, "a TO Is inclusive. show
that you have rightly comprehended the scope
Ct your instructions and have as far as was In
your power, d shared the onerous task con
hded in you. The president sincerely regrets
that the provisional government refuses 10 ac-
qulcscc IN the conclusion which his sense o:
right and duty and q dle regard for our ma
tional honor constrained him to reach aud sub
init Il Ms a measure Of justice to the people Of
the Hawaiian islands and their deposed SOW
creign.
While It is true that the provisional govern.
ment was created TO exist only until the isl.
ands were annexed TO the United States and
that the queen finally bu, Ictanty surrcn-
dered TO an armed force OF u government Il.
legally quartered In Honolulu. md representa-
tive Of the provisional government which real
ICED 1 $ impotence aud. anxious 10 get control OF
the queens means Of defense, assured her that,
II she would surrender, her case would be subse-
Quently considered by the United States the
president has never claimed that such action
constituted him an arbitrator in the technical
sense or authorized him to act in that capacity
between the provisional government You
made no such claim when y u acquainted that
government with the presidents decision.
The solemn assurance given to the queen has
not been referred 10 as authority for the presi.
dent to act as arbitrator, but as a fact material
to a just determination Of the presidents duty
In the premises
In the note which the minister OF foreigi az.
fairs addressed to you on the I'D ultimo Il Is
stated Ia effect that even II the constitutional
government was subverted by the action OF the
American minister and an invasion by
military force OF the United States,
the presidents authority is limited 10
dealing with our own unfaithful onieials, and
that lie can take no steps looking 10 a correc-
ton OF the wrong done The president enter.
tain. different view OF his responsibility and
duty. The subversion OF the Hawaiian govern.
meni b. an abuse OF the authority OF the Unit
ed States was in plain violation OF the lnterua-
,ional laws and required the president to dis
lv1w and condemn the act OF our offending
onclals and within the limits OF his constitu |
tioall power TO endeav0r 10 restore the lawful |
On the 18Th ultimo the president sent a spe. |
cill message TO congress- communicating copies |
"a VT 'A1hhk = N'FotAa anu Aut lNsiIuNAlour
given to him and TO you On the same day, an
sweriug resolution OF the house OF rep.
he sent copies OF all correspond |
snce since March 4, 1852, on the political |
Affairs aud relations OF Hawaii, Withhold |
ing for sufficient reasons only Mr. Stew
ms No ~ OF O,tober & o. and your No 3 OF |
Is 1874 Toe president therein an. |
lounccs that the conditions Of restoration sug- |
rested by MIN TO the q leen not having proved |
! ceptable 10 her and since the instructions |
'ent TO you 10 insist upon those conditions h. |
has not learned that the queen was willing 10 |
lss mt 10 IN m
ect 10 the moro extended powers and wide dis |
'retion OF congress, adding assurance that |
le would be grauned TO cooperate in any |
egitimaie plan VIII ch might be devised for n |
Iolution Of the problem. consistent with Amer. |
can hcnbr, integrity and morality.
Your report shows that on further reflection /
he queen gave her unqualified assent 10 /
writing, 10 the conditions suggested, but that /
he provisional government refused 10 a. /
Iuiese IN the presidents decision The mat /
er now being In the hands OF congress the /
'rcsident will keep that body fully advised Of |
he situation and will lay before Il from |
ime 10 time the reports received from you, in.
luding your No. q heretofore withheld ani /
IL Institutions sent 10 you. In the meantime /
'hile keeping the department fully Informed /
Z the course Of events, you will until further |
oice conside. that your special instructions
lpon this ssbiect have been fully compiled |
With CRE.HAM