The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-14

Washington, Jan. 1S-The presi-
dent this morning sent to the House
the correspondence asked for on the
Hawaiian matter, unaccompanied by
any special message aside from the
letter of transmittal, which is as fol-
lows:
To Congress:
I transmit herewith copies of all
dispatches from our minister to Hawaii
relating in any way to the political
affairs in Hawaii, except such as have
been heretofore transmitted to Con-
gress. 1 also send copies of the in
structions sent Jan. u. 1892, being
the only instruction to him that have
not been in Congress. In my former
messages to Congress I withheld dis
patch No. 5, under date OF November
Is, 1898, and dispatch No. 20, under
date Of October s, 1893. Inasmuch
as the contents of the dispatch No.
3 are all referred to in dispatch of
more recent date, and inasmuch as
there seems to be no longer any reason
Tor Withholding it, the same is herewith
submitted. Dispatch No 20 is still
withheld for reasons that seem to be
justifiable and proper.
(Signedl GROVER CLEVELAND.
The last instructions to Willis and
the only ones not heretofore sent to
Congress are dated yesterday. They
We're sent by telegraph to w. A. Cooper,
the dispatch agent at San Francisco,
TO be forwarded to Willis by the
steamer AIariposa today. The dispatch
is as follows:
Your numbers, II to is inclusive,
shows that you have rightly compre-
hended the scope of your inStrucs-
tons and nave, as far as in your
power, discharged the onerous task
confided in YOU The president sin
cerely regrets that the provisional gov
eminent refuses to acquiesce in the
cOnSluSiOn which his sense of
right and duty and due regard for our
national honor constrains him to
reach. and submit as measure of JUS
tice to the people of the Hawaiian is
lands and their deposed sovereign.
While 1t is true the provisional gov
eminent was created to exist only until
the islands were annexed to the
United States. and the queen, not as a
finality. but reluctantly, surrendered to
the armed force of this government
illegally quartered in Honolulu, and
that the representatives of the provis-
Importance and were anxious to get
control of the queens means ot defense
assured her that if she would Surren-
der, her case would be considered by
the United States, the president never
claimed that such action constituted
him an arbitrator in a technical sense
or authorized him to act in that capac-
tty between the queen and provisional
government. You made no such
claims when you acquainted that
government with the presidents de-
cision. The solemn assurance given
the queen has been referred to, not as
authority for the president to act as an
arbitrator, but as a fact material to the
just determination of the presidents
duty in the premises.
In the answer which the minister of
foreign affairs addresses to you on the
23rd ultimo, it is stated, in effect, that
even If the constitutional 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 unfaithftll
officials that he can take no step look
ing 10 the correction of the wrong
done. The president entertains
different view of his responsibility
and duty. The subversion of the Ha-
waiian government by the abuse of the
authority of the United States was in
plain violation of international laws
and required the president to disayow
and condemn the act of our offending
officials and, whiting the limits of his
constitutional power, endeavor to re-
store the lawful authority
'On the 18th ultimo, the president
sent special message to Congress
communicating copies of Blount's re-
ports and instructions given him and
you. On the same day, answering the
resolution of the House of Represenra..
tives, ne sent copies of all corresnond-
ence since March 4, 1889, on the poIit
1cal affairs and relations of Hawaii.
Withholding for sufficient reasons
Stevens No 20, Oct. S, 1892. and vo,Ir
No 3, Nov. is, 1893. The president
therein announces that the conditions
OF reservation suggested by him to the
queen did not prove acceptable to her
ana that since the instructions were
sent you to insist upon those condi-
tions, he has not learned that the queen
was willing TO assent to them. The
president thereupon submitted the sub
Ject to the more extended power. and
wide discretion Of Congress. adding the
assurance that he will be gratified to
cooperate in any legislative plan which
might be provided for the solution of
the problem, consistent with American
integrity and morality
Your reports show on further ref1ec-
ton that the queen gave unoualified
assent in writing to the conditions
suggested, but that The provisional
government refused to acquiesce in the
presidents decision. The matter now
being in the hands of Congress. tbe
president will keep that body fully adj
vised Of the situation and will Law he
fore it, from time to time, the renorts
received from you. including your num-
Der three heretofore withheld and all
instructions sent you. In the mean
time, while keeping the department
fully Informed of the course of events
you viii until further notice consider
that your special instructions u this
subject have been fully Complied
with
The last dispatch from Minister VIII
lis, enclosing President Dole's replv to
his demand for the retirement of the
provisional government is as follows
under date of December %:
President Dole has just delivered
in person at this hour, midnight, the
answer Of the provisional government
declining, for reasons therein stated.
TO accept the decision Of the president
of The United States, a copy of which
IS herewith enclosed. The revenue cut
ter Corwin is under sailing orders and