The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-21

SENATOR MORGAN has completed
the foreign affairs committees report
on the Hawaiian question. 1t has not
yet been made public, but it is under
stood to be of such character that the
republican members of the committee
are willing to subscribe to it. Mr.. Nor
gan does not accept Commissioner
Blount's statements as the true story
of the Hawaiian revolution, and is dis
posed to give full credence to the tes-
timony from the side of the supporters
of the revolutions; but party loyalty
may move him to let Mr.. Blount and
the administration down as easily as
possible. The report, it is understood,
will favor annexation of the islands
and will render it possible for Mr..
Cleveland to favor a new treaty of an
nexaton. -
JOHN Y. MCKANE, the Tammany
chieftain who defed the civil power of
the Empire State at the election last
fall when it interposed to arrest gross
election frauds committed by McK4ne,
has been convicted of conspiracy and
sentenced to six years. confinement at
Sing Sing. Unless some judge is so
permeated with Tammanyism as to
sign the certificate of doubt for which
McKane's counsel has applied, the
Gravesend boss will begin at once to do
penance for his sins against the rights
of his fellowmen, and all lovers of JUS
tice aud good order will say "amen."
McKane's conviction and punishment
will do more than any recent event to
secure an honest election in a commu-
nifty where every public act has an odor
of corruption. -
Mr.. ALPHA MEssER, the new lecturer
of the National Grange, is receiving
very hattering notices from the men,
bers and the press of the order. Mr..
Messer is actively engaged in the per-
Torrance of his duties. He has been
recently in Pennsylvania. In the course
of notice of his labors, the Grange Ad-
uocate of fredericksburg, Penn, says:
"He has magnetism because of his
earnestness, simplicity and directness
that command the hearts of his audi
ence. He shows good judgment in his
choice and treatment of topics and has
good delivery" In this connection
we are glad to learn that the state
grange, of which Mr.. Messer is master,
is flourishing. West Randolph expects
to take in ten new members at it's
next meeting, Brookfeld nine, Essex
Center as many more, and there is &C
tivity in the state at large. The Brat
tlebOro grange has membership of
$50. This activity is promise of good
to the interests of the state.
IN letter to Minister Willis, dated
December 81, President Dole laid the
responsibility for the disturbed state of
the public mind in Honolulu, with the
attendant disasters to business, suffering
to individuals and encouragement TO
lawlessness, at the door of the minister
and the government he represents. A
word from him, which he was able to
speak but which he withheld, would
have Gained the public mind and
quoted apprehension. This serious
charge impelled Minister Willis to ask
for specifications. President Dole has
furnished them-not one or two of I'M
certain tenor, but twenty-eight in num-
Der, and each clear-cut and cOnclu sive.
Specifications hailed down upon the
minister's luckless head. Knowing so
we'll what reason there was in President
Dole's charge, the wonder is that the
minister had the hardihood to call for
specifications. In rehearsng the rea-
sons he had for holding the United
States responsible for the public dis
quiet and the added cost and difficulty
of administering the provisional gov
ernment, President Dole maintains a
courtesy of manner and temperance Of
language that are remarkable under all
the circumstances. One specification
follows another in logical order, giving
cumulative force and effect to the presi
dents arraignment of Mr.. Clevelsnd's
administration of his "policy of in
fanny" "Thrice is he armed who hath
his quarrel just" and this triple arma
ment had the head of the Hawaiian
provisional government. Such vantage
ground has always the strong defender
of freedom. 1t is not surprising tina
President Cleveland has delayed max
ing the specifications public, and tina
E.at he al