Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-13
TO CONGRESS TODAY.
Correspondence on the HaTlIIal A, b
fairs Sent 10 the House,
LATEST INSTRUCTIONS 40 WILLIS.
President Cleveland D,llurs Ills Position
as an Arbitrator aud states
His DutL

wAsnSG1oN, Jan. lathe Pr'ai.
don't his morning sent u the House
t,, correspondence asked Tor on the
Hawaiian matter, unaccOmpanicd by
any special message aside from the
.,,er OF transmi,tal, which is AZ fol-
Ilwsi
Tu Congress:
transmit herewith copies Of all
Yispstchcs from our minister 10 Hawaii
frIatug Ia any way 20 the political
rn,tfs in Hawaii, except such a. have
r-cu heretofore tfausmitted 10 Cou'
oFrsa, [ also send copies NJ tho In
sfrlctions sent January -, 1892, being
bsoply Instructions 10 him that have
mol bcen ia Congress. In NY former
picstages u Congress 1 withheld dis.
Patch No. three under date November
iB. 1888, hnd dispatch No. seventy
under cate October S, 1893. lnnsmucu
ns the contsnts OF the dispatch No.
three are all referred 10 Ia dispatch oi
more recent date, and inatmuch ~
thBfe seems 10 be- no longer my reason
for Withholding II, tho same 10 herewith
Fubmittrd. Dispatch No. seventy "
tull withheld for reasons that seem TO
tu lustfablc and proper.
signed. GROVER CLEVELAND.
The lsst instructions to willii and
the only ones not heretofore cent 20
congress arc dated yesterday. They
we're fent by telegraph O. W. a.
Cooper, tho dispatch agent at San
Francisco, 20 be forwarded 10 Wills
hy the steamer Mafipoaa today. Tho
dispatch ~ ~ iolloWs;
"Yout numbers fourteen TO eighteen
inclusive, shows that you have rightly
c0mpfehended tho scope Of your iu-
sttuotiOns aud have, NJ TAT ~ Ia your
clufdud In you. The Pfesident aiD'
cerely regrets that the provisional gov.
eminent refuses 10 acquietce In the
conclusion which his sense of
right aud duty and due regard for our
national honor cOnsifAine him 10
reach, and submit as u measure Of
Justice 10 the people Of the Hawaiian
islands and their deposed sovereign.
Whileit IA true the provisional govern
inont was created TO exist only until
the ielnnds were annexed 10 the
United States aud the queen, not ~ n
nualliy but reluctantly, surrendered 10
the armed force of this government
illegally quariefed In Honolulu, and
that the representatives Of the pTovis.
ioual government which realized the
Importance and were anxious 10 get
control Of the queens means Of defense
assured her that n she would surIou.
der, her case would be- lcOnaidercd ny
the United states. The President never
claimed that such action constituted
him an arbitrator IN n technical sense,
or authorized him to act In that chpac.
ity between the queen aud provisional
government. You made no such
claims when you acquainted that
government with tho PTelidrnpa de.
ColOn, The solemn ASSURANCE given
the queen has been referred 20, not as
authority for the President to act MS an
aTDitrntIT ", but ~ fact material 10 tho
lst determination OF the Pfesi1enpa
duty In the premiso0.
"ln the answer which tho minister Of
foreign affairs addresses 10 YOU on the
2ird ultimO II IL stated In elect that
even II tho constitutional government
wac suhveitcd by the action OF
tho American minister and Invasion
by a military force Of the Uuitoi states
the Presidents authority IL limited 10
dealing with our own uniaithful
officials, that he can take no step look
ing u the correction OF tue wrong
done. The President enletihina a
different View OF his responsibility
aud duty, A aubverslon Of the Ha-
wRiiAu government by the abuse OF the
authority OF the United States In plain
violation Of international laws required
the President 10 disavow and condemn
tbs act Of our offending officials and
within the limitH Of his constitutional
power endeav0r to restore the lawful
authority.
"On the 18Th ullimo tho President
sent special message 20 Congress
communicating copies Of Blouni's 70.
ports and instructions given him and
you. On the same day answering the
resolution VI the House OF Representa-
tvts no sent copies OF all correspond
ence since March 4, 1859, ON the
political ailaira and relations Of Ha.
wall Withholding for sufficient reasons
steyens'a number 40, October s, 1899,
aud your number 3, Nov. 10, 1893.
The President thorein announces that
the conditions OF Restoration Hug.
gusled by him 10 the queen did not
prove acceptable 10 hos aud that since
the Instructions were sent you TO In
hisl upon those conditions, he has not
learnt that the queen were willing TO
ascent TO them. The President there.
"F"h hAululNtHu tnt huulttl 10 tnp luUle
extended powers AMI wide discretion Of
C1ngr,ts, adding the assurance that he
WIN he grRtltled 10 oa.npetate Ia any
legislative plan which might DO
provided for the solution OF the prob.
lem, consistent with American IN
tegrlty and motality.
Your reports show on further rtil 20.
Uoh that tho queen gave unqualified
assent ia wnting 10 the conditions
tlsgtHtci, but that the provisional
government refused TO acqulesce IN the
lf'sldenp decision. The matter now
hrlng Ia the hands OF Congress the
ftesidunt viii Keep that body fully I'd
vlsed NJ tho eiiuali0n and will lay be-
Tore II nom tlme 10 time tbs reports TO-
oeived from you, including your num-
Ter three heretofore withheld and oil
lnalructi0ns sent you. In the moan
Time, while keeping the department
Iully informed NJ the course OF events
you viii until further notice consider
thal your special Instructions upon tilt
bul Jeei have been fully compiled
Wiln.D
The last dispatch from Minister
Wlllie,enclosing Presiden, Dole's roply
To his demand for the retirement Of tn,