New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-02-28


intervention to restore the queen is ex-
cused on the ground of distance from
the seat of authority and time taken for
Instructions to reach him.
Mr.. Stevens recognition of the new
government is justified, AMI the report
holds that the time of the recognition is
not material factor. 1t was his duty
at the earliest possible period to ter
inmate the interregnum The opinion
OF Minister Stevens as to annexation
was OF no consequence and could no.
have affected the attitude of the Unite.
States.
The Flag Episode.
The action of Minister Stevens in de-
claring protectorate and raising the
United States flag, the report says, was
without authority and was void for
want of power. It was disavowed by
Secretary Foster and rsbuked by Secre-
tary Gresham, and the order to abandon
the protectorate and haul down the flag
was in accordance with the duty and
honor of the United States. To haul
down the flag of the Unitel States was
only an order to preserve its honor.
Annexation Indirectly Favored.
The matter OF annex 1lion Is discussed
at some length, and while the whole
tenor Of the report relating to the sub
Ject is favorable to the annexation, no
direct statement was made therein
Next the report states that recogni-
ton OF the provisional government Was
lawful and has contributed to the peace
of Hawaii.
The report takes the side of the pro-
vlsional government as respects the
counter revolution, which the queen pro-
voked. It is exceedingly severe on the
ministers of the queen. The right of the
president to appoint Mr.. Blount is dis
cussed, the report stating the conclu-
sions to be that such d right no doubt
existed, and that the authority given to
Mr.. Blount and which he exercised was
proper.
Mr.. Willis mission is taken up and
the position of the president referred to
in the following: IF, in this course of
proceedings the president of the United
States. had intended to compel the obe-
dience to what is termed decision in
the matter of using the force of the
United States to assist the queen regain
ing the throne, that would have been an
act of war, entirely beyond his power,
and would not have received the sane
ton Of any considerable part of the
American people, and would have no
warrant in international law. But such
was not the intention of the president,
as is shown by contemporaneous acts,
by his declarations and by his subse-
quent treatment of the subject.
Therefore your committee conclude to
report that the president of the United
States has not in this particular in any
wise been party to any irregularity or
any improperly of conduct in his high
office. The committee finds nothing
worthy of criticism in the negotiation
of the treaty of annexation with the pro-
visional government of Hawaii. The
revolution in Hawaii had the effect
simply of displacing the chief of the e1-
ecutive department. and substituting an
other.
when this was done and the fact
was recognized. the government of
Hawaii was as competent to treat for
had ever been, or as it will ever be,
until the United States, shall decide that
1t will annex no more territory unless
with the consent Of the people to be an
nexed, to be ascertained by plebescite
The report concludes, with reference
to the charge of undue haste in the mat
ter OF negotiating treaty Of annexa-
ton. The matter is disposed of by say
ing that the haste was warranted by the
condition Of affairs in Hawaii and was
desirable to terminate the injurious dis
turbance of commerce in the islands,
Republican Supplemental Report.
The Republican members of the COM
mittee who signed the Morgan report
submitted supplemental report, in
which after stating that they fully
agree with the report submitted by Mr..
Morgan, as chairman OF the foreign re-
lations committee, say that it is their
opinion that the appointment Of Mr..
Blount without the consent and advice
of the senate was an unconstitutional
act; that the orders Of the executive de-
partment by which the forces Of the
United States were placed under the
command of Mr.. Blount or Mr..
Willis were without warrant of law;
that the order given by Mr.. Blount to
Admiral Skerrett to lower the United
States ensign was one which Mr.. Blount
had no authority to give; that the pres
ident had no authority to reopen Ques-
tons Sc led by the treaty negotiated by
President Harrison with the provisional
government, or to attempt by any
means the overthrow of the provisional
government.
The Minority Report.
The minority report dissents from that
part OF the report which justifies Minis
ter Stevens. MIR. Butler adds to this
that while the question of annexation is
not raised he is in favor of the acquisi-
ton of the islands. Mr.. Turpie is also
of the same opinion.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
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