The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-26


dence 20 the s1-aueen and her satellites:
that be co-operasei with the enemies OF
the governmest to which be vas officially
accredited: that he disclosed to them his
secret instructions. while Withholding
from the provisional governments oil ON
eiai knowledge Of bis designs and expects-
tons He refused to answer the reason
able cfscial inquiries Of President Dole.
and he lost no opportunity. ofhciaiiy OF
unofscisliy, to perplex and embarrass the
government TO which he was officially
accredited: be excited popular alarm By
his disguieting silence and his disturbing
ustersnces: he employed tbs menace OF
force which he knss he could not COM
msnd. and he attempted by bulidoxing and
disquiesing conduct to achieve . triumph
for his policy of infamy for which he knew
he dared not invoke the employment Of
force. No wonder that Minister Willis
begged Mr. Dole to withdraw his prelim-
gnary letter. which Willis was unwise
enough to answer with blcfing demand
nr specifications. and no wonder Presi-
dent Cleveland has withheld President
Dole's impregnable indictment from CON-
gress.
President Dole 10 . far sbler man than
Willis. Gresham or Cleveland. When
Willis undertook to "bluti" him he quietly
''catled down" Willis. and the result is
that Willis. Cleveland and Gresham have
been nailed TO the cross of history for all
time by the president Of the petty govern
eminent Of the Hawaiian islands It is
said that blood will tell" This il not al
ways true. but 1t Is always true that
brains viii tell In . controversy where
brains rather than brute force turns the
scale. One Of the strongest points in Pres
ident Dole's bill Of particulars Is his expos.
ure Of the impudence of the preten.e that
in his Hawaiian interference Mr.. Cieve-
land was acting A. the appointed arbitra-
tor between the provisional government
and the deposed queen. President Dole
points ont that An arbitrator 10 not de-
tective or hired expert testimony; he Is q
judge who hears both sides and decides
between them. He 10 q disinterested
party agreed upon by both sides, even a.
Emperor William the First of Germany
was agreed upon by both the United
States and Great Britain to settle the dis
pute over the possession of San Juan
island. An arbitrator takes no step which
In not made known to both sides, 90 that
each may be heard. Cleveland began his
policy of infamy by Withdrawing the
treaty Of annexation from the senate with
out word Of explanation to the Ha-
waiian minister; he sent paramount"
private citizen to Honolulu without notify.
ing the Hawaiian government: he refused
to reply to the request of the Hawaiian
minister for information as to his inten-
tons When his paramount private citi-
zen reached Honolulu he kept the purpose
Of his mission secret from the Hawaiian
government, and made his report without
giving it an opportunity to reply to his
charges When Minister Willis reached
Honolulu he maintained the same secrecy;
he withheld his confidence from the gov
eminent he was accredited to. but gave it
freely to the enemies of that government.
And this infamous policy. contrary to in
ternationai law, contrary to the business
and social intercourse Of honorable men, il
described by President Cleveiand's de-
tenders a. the work Of IAN arbitrator" If
President Cleveland acted the part of an
arbitrator" in this Hawaiian matter.
then Maj. Andre was an arbitrator" be-
tween Great Britain and her revolted
American colonies. For practicing this
kind of arbitration" George Washington
hung Maj. Andre. and for practicing this
kind Of arbitration President Dole has
gibbeted Grover Cleveland in history for
all time
Minister Willis evidently mistook Presi-
dent Dole for an upper-class siwash or
Mexican ''greaser," but President Dole is
of pure American blood on both sides. and
his Yankee brains have not been impaired
by the climate of Hawaii, whers he was
born. He is true American In spirit,
and. unfortunately for Cleveland, Ores.
ham, Willis d Co.. be knows more about
the powers of the Federal executive under
the constitution than President Cleveland
does himself. There 10 not an intelligent
man Of either party Ia congress who be-
iieyes that Dole, had he been president Of
the United States, would have made such q
binnder as clothing a private citizen with
paramount power of jurisdiction over
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