Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-03-01
REPORT ON HAWAII
Views Of ths Senate Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
The Majority Report Suseines ths Acts .,
MiDiste< esevsDs-AAso Endorses the
Presidents - Aaaezation
IL Favored.
SYNOPSIS OF THE ARTICLE.

SYNOPSIS OF THE ARTICLE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. a7.-SsDator Nor
gan, chairman of tho senate committee
on foreign relations, presented the re-
port of the investigation of that CON-
mittee made under tho following reso-
lution
"Rasolved That the committee on Soreign re-
lations shall inquire and report whether any,
and II So what Irregularities have occurred In
the dtpldmstc or other Intercourse between
the United Ssahes and Hawaii IN relation 70 the
recent polttieal revolution IN Hawaii and 10
this end said commitsoe is authorised 70 send
to witnessee-
Drn~ss wssh Mr.. Blount.
The majority dnding. written by
Senator Morgan, justi6es Mr.. Stevens
actions eDeept In proclaiming a pro-
tectoYsbs, and finds nothing irregular
in the appointment of Mr.. Biount. but
in effect says the evidence taken by the
committee under more favorable cir
cumstancea leads the committee 10 diff
ferent conclusions than those which he
formed. This report is concurped in as
to all its essential findings by the ma
jority.
Views of the Republicans.
The republican members of the com
mittee Senators Sherman, Frye, Dolph
and Davis condemn the appointment
of Commissioner Blount as unconstitu-
tional; say the executive orders plac-
ing the navy in the harbor of Honolulu
under the orders of Mr. Blount or
Mr.. Willis were without authority of
law; that the order of Blount to Adj
miral Skerrett to lower the flag was
unlawful and susceptible of being CON
strued as unfYiendly TO the provisional
government and regard the intercourse
of Mr.. Blount and Mr.. Willis with the
deposed queen as violative of interna-
tional Law and unwarranted They con-
slider the president had no right to re-
open the predetermined legality of the
provisional government. and regard any
discussion of the personal intentions
or good faith" of either Mr. Blount or
Mr.. Willis as immateriaL
They descent.
The conclusion of the Morgan report
Ito which Messrs. Sherman, Frye,
Dolph and Davis, the majority, dissent
lis as follows:
Therefore POUR commi ttee oopcludes to re-
port that the president Of the United States
has not, IN this particular, In any wise been
party to eny n-sgulaF1y or any improperly of
conduct In his high of5cA The committee also
finds nothing worthy Of criticism In the Dego-
tiation of the treaty OF sunexafion with the
provisional eovcrnmsns OF Hawaii
In the opinion Of the committee, based upon
only substantial trreguiaSity that existed In the
conduct Of any ofnoer Of TIE United States, or
agent Of the president, during or since the time
of the revolution Of 1898 was that OF Minister
Stevens In declaring q protectorste Of the
United States over Havaik and IN placing the
flag OF our country upon the government build
ing in Honolulu No notual harm resulted from
this unauthorized act but precedent 1t is
not TO be considered as being justified"
Think Stevens Was to Blame.
The report of Senators Butler, Tur-
pie, Daniels and Gray dissents from that
portion which declares
The only subs tsntial irregularity in the con-
duct Of Mr. Stevens, the late minister was his
declaration of prosectorate by the United
States over Hawaii"
While exempting IRON censure Capt.
Wiltze of the Boston and mis- officers,
they add:
I'VE cannot avoid the conviction that the in.
nc1AA
ect sof annexation csuScd him to exceed 'the
proper limits OF hts of1cta, duty. His conduct
was directly conducive 70 bringing about the
condition Of affairs which resulted In the over
throw Of the queen, thc organization Of the pro-
visionsl government the lending Of tn United
States troops, and the attempted sche.ce OF
and upon this conclusion his CON-
duct is seriously reprehcnsiole and deserving OF
public censure."
Favor Annexation.
Senators Butter and Turpie file sup
Elemental report, in which they say
they are heartily in favor of the acqui-
sition of these islands by the United
States in proper manner, but not by
taking advantage of internal dissen-
sions, for which they believe the United
States in some manner responsible
The committee has not considered it
necessary to present any resolutions
stating tine conclusions indicated in the
report, and asks that it be discharged
from the further consideration Of the
resolutions under which this report is
made.
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Want TO Secede.
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