Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-02
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HAWIIAN REPORT.

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WAsHINGToN, Feb. GA volume
OF nearly SEQ printed pages (exclus-
i've of maps) was laid before the Sen.
attn todny representing tho testimony
taken by the Senate Committee on
foreign relations, and their findings
OF the fact thereon, under resolu
ton directing them to inquire wheth.
or any, and if 30, what irregularities
have occurred in the diplomatic in
tercourse between the United States
md Hawaii. in relation to tho recent
revolution. The report of the mn
iority of the committee, prepared by
the chairman, Morgan, of Alabama,
exhaustively reviews tho facts, laws
and precedcnts, justiiies Stevens nc
tions, except in proclaining protect.
crate, and finds nothing irregular in
tho appointment of Mr.. Blount, but
in effect snys the evidence taken by
the committee under moro favorable
circumstances leads the committee to
different conclusions than those
which he formed.
This report is cnncnrred in as to
all of it's essential findings by the
Republican members of tho commit.
tee, Sherman, Frye, Dolph and Da.
Wis. They characterize it as an OK
ceecingly able document, but they
dissent on five points:
, First. They condemn tho appoint
ment OF Commissioner Blount as un.
constitutional.
Second. They say the Executive
o'ders plncing the navy in the har
'or of Honolulu, under the orders of
MIR. Blount or Minister Willis were
without authority of law.
Third. That tho order of Mr..
Blount to Admiral Skerrctt TO lower
the flag was unlawful, and suscepti-
bio OF being construed as unfriendly
to tho Provisional Government, and
they regard the intercourse of Mr..
Blount and Mr. Willis with the dc.
posed Queen us IL violation of tho in.
tcrnationnl law and unwnrranted.
Fourth. They consider that the
President had no right to reopen
the predetermined question ns TO the
legality Of the Provisional Govern
lient.
Fifth. They regard any discussion
of the personal intentions of the good
fnith of either Mr.. Blount or Mr..
Willis as immaterial, inasmuch as
what they did in regard TO the rein.
statement of tho Qneen ns simply tho
performance of n task plaiuly com
manded Of them by this ndministra
lion.
The report of the minority, signed
by Messrs. Butler. Turpie, Daniel
and Gray, without denying or con
ceding the correctness of the other
portions of the report, dissents from
that portion of it which declares that
only substantial irregularity in the
conduct of MIR. Stevens, late minis
ter, was his declaration of the pro.
tectorato by the United States over
Hawaii.
while exempting from ccnsure
Capt. Wiltse, of the Boston. and his
officers because their position was
one of extreme delicacy and difficulty
and we appreciate their anxiety to
afford protection to the lives and
property of American citizens" they
add, "we cannot avoid the conviction
that the inopportune zeal of Minister
Stevens in the project of the annexa
tion of the Sandwich Islands to tho
United States caused him to exceed
the proper limits of bis official duty
and his diplomatic relations to the
government of those islands. His
course as a public representative of
this government was directly conduc-
i've to bringing about the condition
of affairs which resulted in the over
throw Of the Queen, the organization
of the provisional government, the
landing of the United States troops,
and the attempted scheme of annexs
tion; and, upon this conclusion, his
conduct is seriously repreheDsible
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