Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-02
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VINO" no was the Perpetrators.
PAwrUcKEr, II. Januarv The
'ai ne,u nepuostcan Club held bril-
oauVuet This evening, n fitting
e'ose W ene uasS Inauguration cere-
,uonIes' ui lovers were laid at the AlcaEar
.oI sVV' Mayorl Tiepke presided and
oes'ues ,ne spectral guests OF the even
'nt eA'M minister Stevens aud ex-Con-
sressnah uorr were present.
IL was O'Clock when the Mayor In
sVuuceu non John l.. Stevens, OK
M'u'ster 20 the Hawaiian islands. Mr..
oteNeus was received with prolonged
app'ause' hls preface was an eNhaus-
.'No fe''e" ol tne resources and pcpu-
.s''on Oh tho Hawaiian islands aud
,ue'r ,tr cohmercial Importance TO the
oniteu states Creating OF the present
aspec. OF hawaiian affairs he declared
.na' .ne return OF Queen Liliuokalani TO
ene throne oy any outside force
or lnVmatlon oy any diplomatic pres
u'e OF chicanery Will be n public crime
ob "homsoeNer perpetrated II would
MAKE Oh hawall second Singapore or
ions NunR. ~ Night be all very well
aor nr't'sh colony, but not adapted TO
american institutions nor intended for
an American form of government. The
executive or this Great republic has as
sumed hostile attitude 10 the
American colony In tho Hawaiian
lslspus. Why this unfriendlv
course OF action towards people who
never did us any harm? Whv this
threaa OF war against people who mean
to bring untold wealth To our doors, for
nowhere on tho globe, except in the
Northefn Pacific, Is American Com
merco so vastly I'm the ascendanoy as at
Hawaii, which IA rs American ia its
sympathies. It's hopes, it's ambitions as
california, or Washington or Maine. 1t
is deeply humlliatIng 20 every true
American so see this condition OF affairs
aud IL makfs page OF history at which
all Americans must blush.
When Cleveland's emissary reached
the islands last March there was no
part OF the United States more peaceful,
for the monarchy was dead aud official
corruption had been put TO an end.
This same emissary bore letters of
credenoe To representative Americans.
whom he subsequently, stabbed in the
back. On theN socrtuA testimony OF
enemies the raspectd members of
the provisional govor knt were con-
demned rs criminals insuited with
the promise that when the grossly i'm.
moral Queen BlliapkalaSi was restored
10 the throne they would pardon them.
Pardon such men aa Chitf Justice Judd
and Attorney -GeneApl Hatch, a sou OF
New Hampshire, and\ \thd superior legal
ly and In every othoN respect OF Seore-
tary Gresham-pardo such representa-
tive men whose pr ate aud official
characters at no II ~ in Gneir past
lives ever had q Blot upon them.
With sorrow aud shame we
look upon this sad picture
to which we have been brought
by the present administration. In the
name then of our common ancestry; in
the name OF freedom-loving races; I'm
behalf Of all who love justice and fair
play; In behalf OF the Christian clylllza-
tion In the United States, let us do our
duty In endeavoring 10 put stop 20
this extraordinary usurpation OF power
and stamp out this outrage inflicted
upon our patriotic, devoted and i'm
perilled fellow countrymen OF the
North Pacific.
EA-Congressman Horr, OF Michigan,
was next introduced and his address
being purely political and vehement
deDunciatiOn OF the Wilson tariff bill.
Brief addresses we're also delivered by
Attorney General Burbank. a native Of
the Hawaiian islands, Prof Williams,
OF Brown University, and others.