The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-07
The Hawaiian Resolutions Set Back

and cohesion which we commented on
yesterday. with severity, was again
apparent in the House of Representa-
tives yesterday, So many democrats
were either absent from their seats or
refrained from voting that the very
moderate resolutions of MIR. Geary's
committee, defining the policy of the
party-and the government, o course,
Ion the Hawaiian question, could not
be passed. This is, in a degree, a stul-
LITIGATION of the party; but when the
average kicker takes the bit in his
teeth, he does not care much about
that. He would kick the whole party
into kingdom come rather than lose
the chance of making the eagle scream
for the benefit of his constituents.
We observe that there are two
New Jersey Congressman on the n
gade list. There is Mr.. Cadmus of
Paterson, who in part represents
Hudson County, and Mr.. 6. Bragg
Fielder, whose habit of dragging i'm
portant national measures appears to
be a disease of the progressive class.
We hold both of these unworthy
representatives up to the condemna-
ton of all loyal democrats. Cadmus
has gone back OH the party, under
whose banner he was chosen both on
the tariff and the present question.
Fielder, in the long run, refrained
from stabbing the tariff measure in
the back, but, in view of his public
declarations, we are bound to believe
he only did so because he was afraid.
The more dispassionately the Ha-
waiian question is viewed, the more
absolutely right appear the con-
clusions outlined by President Cleve-
land in his message. 10 the February
number of the Forum. there is an i'm
portant contribution to the literature
of the subject. Responding to a re-
quest ito prepare, without bias or di-
rect suggestion. a succinct review" of
the story OF the revolution, and ex-
amining all the evidence with the cool
impartiality of a judge, Mr.. james
Schouler, presents an array of facts
and conclusions which support the ad-
ministration at every stage. He
shows, at the outset, in the clearest
way, that the revolution of January,
1893, was the revolt of just about
1000 persons out of a population of
i've 80, 1000. He shows that the revo-
lutionists were guilty of the basest in
gratitude towards the native popnla-
ton and the native government, in
taking advantage of extraordinary
privileges allowed them, though mere
s%ojourning aliens, to overthrow the
government, and to set themselves up
as an oligarchy over the natives.
Mr.. Schouler treats with deserved
scorn the attacks on the character of
the Queen, the truth Of which, by the
way, he shows to be wholly unproven,
and he further comments with the
severity on the design to deprive the
entire native popuiation-though in
telligent and educated above the
average of European peoples-of the
suffrage which they have enjoyed so
long. The conspiracy-he does not
use the word, his tone is far too judi
cial; the word is ours-well, the con-
spiracy, al we say. to overthrow the
monarchy, contemplated the erection
ofa state or territory of the United
States, with the franchise in the hands
of the whites or Indo- Caucasian ele-
ments of the population, and the
natives reduced to the status of the
Indians on the reservations of our
own land--the more civilized Indians,
perhaps. like the Cherokees.
1t would be impossible in the limits
of this article to follow Mr.. Schouler
in his analysis of the events preceding,
and succeeding the Dole re-
bellion. We strongly recommend
everyone interested in the subject to
read the paper. Indeed no impartial
person should make up his mind with
out perusing Its thoughtful and con-
sentative pages. We content
with quoting by way of conclu-
sion, the final summing up with which
the article terminates. We urge the
attention to. it,. and we urge
that they view the conduct Of Fielder,
Cadmus s. Co. in the light which it
If they do SO conscientiously,
political knell of both of these
gentlemen will have sound
and a Wholesome lesson in party
will be taught to future gen
eratiens Of statesmen.
Here is Mr.. Sehouler's summing up
Of the issues
Thus, then, was acquired by American So
after loss than p three days ~conjsint
and without the loss OF o single life
IT the firing of a gun. what Mr.. Stevens, most
oath to lose it, has lately described not inaptly
IS a territorial aud maritime prize'' for the
people. And il his own official dis
latch which announced the new situate veered
ather wide of the truth, the statement of the
i've Hawaiian commissioners. who we're next
of to Washington 70 negotia to an al
lance treaty, must be pronounced a positive
The Harrison Administrator had
'een plainly decslved in this whale de facto
usiness, as the statements Of two at least Of It's
,abiuet tacisly. If not positively admit; and thu