Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-15
ANOTHER MESSAGE.
The President Sends Hawaiian
Documents to Congress.
Only One Dispatch WithheId---FuIl
Text Of Willis instructions.
Last Letters from Him-Pres. Dele's Reply to
His Demands.

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE president,
saturday. transmitted to congress all cor
respondence relating to Hawaii since hi,
/ last message. The message transmitting
the Hawaiian correspondence is as fol
lows:
To the Congress:
l transmit herewith copies of all dis
patches from our minister to Hawaii, re
| lating in any way to political affairs in
Hawaii, except such as have heretofore
been transmitted to congress. also send
copies of instructions sent Jan. 2, 1894
being the only instructions to him that
have not been sent to congress. In my
! former message to congress | withheld
| dispatch No. 3 under date Of Nov, 16,
! 1854 and also dispatch No. 20, under date
| of Oct. S, 1898 Inasmuch as the contents
OF dispatch No. 3 are all referred to in dis
patches of more recent date, and mas
much as there seems to be no longer rea-
son for withholding it. the same is here
with submitted. Dispatch No. 20 is with
held for reasons that seem to be justifia-
BILE and proper.
(Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND
The last instructions to Minister Willis
referred to in the presidents letter of
transmittal as to instructions not sent to
congress are dated yesterday. They were
sent under cover of a telegram to w. A.
Cooper, the dispatch agent at San Fran
cisco, instructing him to forward the fol
lowing telegram to Mr.. Willis by the
steamer Mariposa today:
January 12. 1894.
To Mr.. Willis. Minister, Honolulu:
Your numbers IA to IS. inclusive, show
that you have rightly comprehended the
scope of your instructions and have as far
as was i'll your power discharged the
onerous task confided in you. The presi-
dent sincerely regrets that the provisional
government refuses to acquiesce in the
conclusion which his sense of right and
duty and a due regard for our national
honor constrained him to reach and sub
nit as measure of justice to the people
of the Hawaiian islands and their deposed
sovereign. While it is true that the pro-
visional government was created to exist
only until the islands We're annexed to the
United States, that the queen finally. but
reluctantly surrendered to an armed force
of this government illegally quartered in
Honolulu, and representatives of the pro-
visional government (Which realized its
impotence and was anxious to get control
of the queens means of defencel, as
sured her that if she would render her
case it would be subsequently considered
by the United States. the president has
never claimed that such action consti-
tuted him an arbitrator in the technical
sense or authorized him TO act in that
capacity between the provisional govern
amt rnh Jot hpy
youacquainted that government with the
president s decision.
The solemn assurance given to the
queen has been referred to. not as author
ity for the president to act as arbitrator,
but as a fact material to just determina-
ton of the presidents duty in the prem
ises
In the note which the minister of foreign
affairs addressed to you on the 23d inst, it
is stated in effect that even if the consti-
tutiOnal government was subverted by
the action of the American minister and
invasion by military force of the United
States the presidents authority is limited
to dealing with our own unfaithful
officials. and that he can take no steps
looking to a correction of the wrong done
The president entertains different view
of his responsibility and duty. The sub
version of the Hawaiian government by
an abuse of the authority of the United
States was in plain violation of interna-
tional laws and required the president to
disavow and condemn the of act our offend
ing fficials and within the limits of his
constitutional power to endeavOr to re-
store the lawful authority.
On the 18th ult. the president sent
special message TO congress. communicat-
ing copies of Mr.. Blount's reports and the
instructions given to him and to you. On
the same day, answering resolution of
the house of representatives. he sent copies
of all correspondence since March 4, 1889.
on the political affairs and relations Of
Hawaii, Withholding for sufficient rea-
sons only Mr. Stevens No. 20. of Oct. 8,
1892. and your No. 3, of Nov. Is, 1898. The
president therein announces that the con-
dition of restoration suggested by him to
the queen had not proved acceptable to
her, and that since the instructions sent
to you to insist upon these conditions, he
had not learned that the queen was will
ing to assent to them. The president
thereupon submitted the subject to the
more extended powers and wide discre-
tion of congress, adding the assurance
that he would be gratified to cooperate in
any legitimate plan which might be de-
sised for a solution of the problem, con-
istent with American honor. integrity
and morality.
Your reports shoS that On further re
aection the queen gave her unqualified
assent in writing to the conditions sug-
gested, but that the provisional govern
ment refused to aoquiesce in the presi-
dents decision. The matter now being
in the hands of congress the president
will keep that body fully advised on the
situation. and will lay before it from time
to time the reports received from you. in
cluding your No. 3, heretofore withheld.
and all instructions sent to you. In the
meantime, while keeping the department
FULLY informed of the course of events,
you will until further notice consider that
your special instructions upon this sub
ject have been fully complied with.
GRESHAM.
The last dispatch received from Minis
ter Willis enclosing President Doles reply
to his demand for the retirement OF the
provisional government, is as follows: