New-York tribune., 1894-01-14
CLEARLY SHOWN.
lay TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

lsY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE1
Washington, Jan. l3--President Cleveland
transmitted to-day TO the one branch of Congress
IN session-the House of RepIesentatives-the
long-delayed correspondence disclosing officially
the failure Of the Administrations ridiculous
and unwarranted policy of monarchical restora-
ton in Hawaii. The dispatches made public
cover in full the abortive efforts Of Mr. Willis
10 induce the Hawaiian Provisional Government
~ abd,cate In fevor of the deposed Queen. and
conclude with formal instructions to Mr. Cleve-
lands agent to drop the restoration programme
absolutely. II is noteworthy that in the MESA ge
transmitting the papers the President makes no
attempt whatever TO explain defend the feeble
and fatuous policy whose failure the dispa tches
confess with pita BILE frankness. 1t was perhaps
wisely Judged 10 be beyond the Executives
power TO pallate excuse the miserable blum
ders and folies of his Hawaiian diplomacy; and
This task. If ever undertaken. Will doubtless be
reserved until TIE public impression of the resto-
ration nasco becomes more blunt-to reproduce
q recent Senatorial pun
ITS LAST PROP GONE.
The -cply sent by President Dole to Mr. Cleve-
land leaves the Administration. in fact, no pos
sble leg 10 stand on. and its efforts to escape
the logic OF this decisive rejonder could not
fail 10 he utterly lame and unconvincing.
slight feeler-for the benefit Of the "cuckoos
in Congress. no doubts thrown out In Secre-
tary Greshaln's letter Of instructions dated yes
t.rday in which ii is attempted to repudiate in
part the fundamental assumption Of the Pres
idents policy that a binding agreement between
the Queen and the Provisional Government had
constituted him arbitrator to determine
which was the legal and constitutional govern
lnent of the island. But to abandon the sup
position is To surround the action Of the Presi-
dent with still greater unintelligibility. and to
plunge his cuckoo" apoogists into chaotic un-
certainty. The sole result of the Admnistra-
tons latest enunciations seems. therefore. to
he 10 assure the country that Mr. Willis has
been called off" for good and that Congress
can now take up the Hawaiian situation un-
hampered by further Executive blundering.
DoLEs REPLY 4 BOMRsHE;L.
Every oue has been awaiting with great in-
terest the appearance Of the Provisional Gov
ernment's reply to Minister Willis. The reply
is cminently satisfactorily 10 the Annexa-
tionists it being pronounced an able document.
1t is certainly a strong protest against and de-
NAL of the prejudiced statements to which Ha-
wall has been subjected by unscrupulous poll
ticians and mercenary enemies. AS TO be
expected, the reply does not find favor with the
Royalists being a veritable bombshe in their
camp. 1t completely knocks out the general
theory OF the Royalists that President Cleve
land has power to restore the monarchy. by
force. II necessary. the same as he would If
riot occurred within the confines Of the United
States, on the ground that the Provisional
Government was solely the creation Of a diplO
matte representative of the United States. with
out the sanction Of the Chief Executive. and.
consequently subject to dissolution at the will
Of the Chief Magistrate.
THE RIDICtI.Ol.S AMNESTY PROCLAMATION
II will he noticed that the Government. in its
reply, entirely ignored the amnesty proclama-
ton which Minister Willis found difficult 10
secure from the eX-oueen thereby showing Its
utter contempt for The insinuation that the Gov
oinment's action was to be based on the theory
of personal fear to their windpipes. Speaking Of
this amnesty question. il can be plainly seen
that some one has been guilty Of an egregious
blunder. The investigation would have shown
that the ex-Queen should she be restored.
would only occupy The position Of constitu-
tonal monarch, ana that ii was not in her
power 20 grant any degree Of amnesty. that
power being vested solely in ,he Ministers and
Privy COdncl The same can be said Of the
matter If the px-Quecns agreement to rccog-
nize the expenditures II the Provisional Govern
mcnt ana ali other acts made and created by
the body Tbe right So do this lies within the
power of he Legislature only. and in no sense
would The constitutional sovereign have any
voice regarding IT, Minister Wills and Pres
dent Cleveland might have spared themselves
the trouble Of securing the signature of Liliuo-
kalani 20 the amnesty document. and their ac-
tion in ,he premises only adds another blunder
10 their already large list
THE EX-QI'EEN's BTOOrTiuGsTISEss.
1t took tn" ey-Queen over n month 10 get over
her idea OF beheading all of tho members of the
Provisional Government. Her first interview
with Mr. Willis occurrei on the 18th Of NCvem-
her The second took place on the 18th Of De-
cember. and in the mean time she had been in
conference ai'h j. o. Carter. the brother Of the
eX-Minister. and the effect Of his influence Is
SHOWN when she again appeared before the
United States Minister. Mr.. Carter accompanied
her to the Legation and the stenOgraphc re-
port OF the conference shows plainly now he
prompted her TO manifest disposition less re-
sentful than she had formerly maintained.
STILL BENT on KILLING sy WHOLESALE
The third interview Of Minister Willis with
the ex-Queen occurred at the American Lega-
tlon on the 18th Of December two days after the
previous conference. ami again Mr.. Carter ap-
pedrs III the role of one VINO would have the
queen abandon her reVengfful ideas to get
mack on the throne while Minister Willis IL still
SHOWN TO be endeavorinG to extort from her an
agreement for complete amnesty Mr.. Carter
pegun by telling the Minister that he sur
Pilsed ana pdiicd "at learning the remarks
which the cX-Queen had uttered at her first in
ierv'ew with Minister Willis" He SAID tnat he