The herald., 1894-01-02
THE HAWAIIAN MUDDLE.
THE SENATORIAL INQUIRY TO
BEGIN TODAY.
Ex- Minister Stevens Delivers an Address
at a banquet, In Which He savsgely
Attacks the Adminis-
tration.

w AbHlNGTON, y hus L. Auo 5onnto Soi,A
mittee investigating the alleged irregu7
larities in the diplomatic relations be.
tween this country and Hawaii, will re-
eume its sittings tomorrow. 1t ib be-
lieved it will be possible to have full
committee, and it is presumed hereafter
the Investigations will proceed regu-
larly. All who have yet been commu-
nicated with on the subject have signi-
fed their Willingness to come to WASH
ington for that purpose, without making.
necessary the resort to the process OF
formerly serving subp9 meas. 1t had
been expected that ex-Minister Stevenl
would appear early and give his testi-
mony, but ill-health is liable to prevent
it. Thus, even with all the members oil
the committee present and prepared to
60 forward with the work. the inquiry
may be delayed indefinitely. The COM
mittee counts an securing tomorrow the
testimony of Professor Alexander, who
ie urveyor-general of Hawaii under the
provisional government, and a native of
the country. He Is son Of missionary
OF the Dole government.
EA-MINISTER STEVENS SPEARS.
PAwrucKET, h. T., Ians l.--At a ban-
quet of the Garfield club tonight ex-
Minister John L. Stevens delivered an
address. He declared the return of
Queen Liliuokalani to the throne by
any outside force, or intimidation by
any diplomatic pressure or chicanery,
will be public crime, by whomsoever
perpetrated. 1t would make Hawaii a
second Singapore or Hong Kong. 1t
might be all very well for British
colony, but not adapted to American
institutions and not intended for an
American form of government. The
executive of this great republic has
assumed hostile attitude toward the
American colony in the Hawaiian
islands. When Cleveland's eInissary
reached the slanda last March, there
was no part OF the United States more
peaceful, for the monarchy was dead
and official corruption had been put an
end to. This same emissary bore letters
OF credence to representative Ameri-
cans whom he subsequently
stabbed in the back. On the secret
! testimony OF enemies, respectable
members of the provisional government
| were condemned as criminals and in
suited with the promise that when the
grossly immoral queen was restored to
| the throne she would pardon them !;
pardon such men as Chief Justice Judd
and Attorney General Hatch, con of
| New Hampshire, and the superior le-
gally and in every other respect OF Sec
rotary Gresham; pardon such repre-
sentative men, whose private and Off
cial character at no period in their past
lives ever had blot upon them. With
sorrow and shame we look upon this sad
picture to which we have been brought
by the present administration. In the
name of freedom-loving race; in be-
half of all who love justice and fairplay !;
in behalf of Christian civilization in the
United States, let US do our duty in en-
deavoring to put stop to this extraor-
dinary usurpation of power, and stamp
out the outrage inflicted upon our pa
triotic, devoted and imperilled fellow
countrymen of the North Pacific.
LETTER FROM MRS. DOLE.
BOULDER, Colo, Jan. 1.-Under date
of December 9th, Mrs. Dole, wife of
the president of Hawaii, wrote an in
teresting letter to her nephew, Guy
Bennett, OF this city, from which an ex-
tract is taken: 1.-THE news OF Cleve-
lanG's policy for restoring the queen
came upon US like thunderbolt. Ex-
citement was intense here. The pro-
visional government rose to the emer-
gency in a splendid way. Iadmire their
magnificent courage, even while
tremble. They fortified the executive
building more strongly and gave out
publicly that they would resist attacks
from whatever quarter. They are ready
to sacrifice their lives in this great
cause.-the cause of freedom and civil
lization in these islands. 1t all
reminds me more than anything OF
the old revolutionary times in the
United States; same spirit and much
the same cause. Is it not good how
| Cleveland's plan for restoring the queen
on the 10th of November WAS frustrated
and how the great American people
have risen up in wrath and will restrain
him! It is aline thing to do 30, and to
think of little. Hawaii causing all this
excitement. But there is tremendous
principle involved in the struggle OF
freedom and right against the monarch
ical tyranny and wrong.
! 1t is grand to see the spirit here. It
is believed now the people have taken
up the cause and we shall be all right.
We are hoping for good news from con-
gress by the next steamer"