St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-03
vens' letter of March s, 1892. plainly
Shuwa6 = that
HE WAS PLOTTING

vens' letter of March 5, 1892, plainly
showed that
HE WAS PLOTTING
to overthrow the government. The
revolution, he continued. was in the
interest of the sugar planters. who
wanted annexation in order that they
could secure the sugar bounty of
American planters under The Mckinley
law. Is it not strange, he asked. that
of all the distinguished Republicans
who defend this proceeding, not one
has raised voice in favor of annexation,
which was its object.
Here is one." interjected Mr.. Blair.
'Well, l am gl lad 10 see one at least"
said Mr.. McCreary. There was no
popular uprising in Hawaii against the
queen. 1t was not revolution; it was
conspiracy. But amazing as were the
proceedings in Hawaii, more amazing
still were the proceedings i'll Washing
ton. Two days after the revolution the
commissioners were on their way here.
They arrived Feb. 2. The Harrison ad-
ministrati0n was to go out of power
March {. They had to be expeditions.
On Feb. IL the treaty was concluded;
Feb. 10 it was sent to the senate with
Mr.. Harrlson's recommendation that it
be ratified. OF all the treaties ever sent
to the senate, this was the most remark
able. He then read parts of the treaty,
and said: "If the queen was rightfully
dethroned as the gentlemen on the other
side claim. how can they reconcile that
claim with this treaty provision 10 pay
her $50, 900 per annum, and the princess
S150,000?"
Mr. McCreary recited the manner in
which Malietoa had been restored as
king OF Samoa. partly through the in
tervention of the Harrison adminiStra-
ton. and pointed out the inconsistency
of the Republicans after that i'll berat-
ing Mr.. Cleveland for trying to do an
act of justice to Liliuokalani.
He reviewed the diplomatic events of
the
LAST ADMINISTRATION,
the incident over the New Orleans
Malta massacre, the Behring sea arbi-
tratlon the Chilian war scare, and
lastly. the Hawaiian revolution.
He then took up the authority for ap-
pontment of Comm issoner Blount,
citing numerous instances where such
commissioners had been appointed. He
discussed at some length MI. Blount's
report.
If Hawaii were annexed, we would
hnve to annex San Domingo or any
other island which asked to be taken
in. We were great enough and big
enough already. All we wanted was
just taxation and commercial freedom
and We would be the greatest nation in
the world.
THE flag that floats above this capi-
to-" he concluded. ''iS the emblem of
honor and justice, and we cannot afford
that minister shall go unrebuked who
has made it an emblem of intrigue and
q " u of n
courage spoliation; to darken the his
tory OF the United States by acting as
crusaders against peaceful country.
Let Hawaii work out its own salvation,
and let the American republic. the
champion of progress, adhere to the
traditions of the past, justice to all and
entangling alliances toward none"
At the conclusion Of Mir. McCrearv's
speech MI Blair offered an amendment
to The McCrearY resolution as follows:
."Resolved, That the house of repre-
sentatives approves the recognition of
the existing provisional government of
the Hawaiian islands by the last and
present administrations, and will view
with satisfaction the maintainance of a
policy which shall tend to conSummate
i'll the near future, with the consent of
their people,
THE ANNEXATION OF
said islands to this country or some
other political arrangement VIII ich will
fully preserve and promote the mutual
Interests of Hawaii and United States"
Mi. Hit, the leader of the Republican
minority of the foreign affairs commit
tee. replied to Mr.. McCreary. He made
the point that the resolution Of
iioils which every one recognizes i'll con-
nectioD with the recent affairs in
Hawaii. The attitude of the admins
tration on the great question of annex
alton was not yet known. He spoke Of
the strength of the provisional govern
ment. which had maintained itself even
as against the meddling of the agents
of the United States, and yet the present
administration had attempted TO compel
hari-kari in foreign country fully cap
able of governing itself. In all ques-
tions of foreign Intervention one
of two causes was recognized
as necessary to warrant the interven-
tiOn. One was self-preservation. which
warranted government in sustaining
its rights by foreign intervention itself.
The other was to prevent or overcome
cruelty. But neither of these causes
operated TO warrant our Intervention
with the provisional government. On
the contrary, our Intervention was to
restore to throne queen whose horrid
character had shocked the civilized
world. 1t was in behalf of woman
who had told Minister Willis, while
shivers ran down his back, that she
would behead great number of her
people.
Mr.. Hit was warmly applauded at his
severe arrangement OF the queen.
Bomba, by his fierce cruelties, bad
awakened the horror of Europe, but his
brutalities did not compare with the
Bartholomew's day massacre with which
this queen intended to celebrate her
RETURN TO THE THRONE.
Willis had acted like a soldier, and
had performed the loathsome duty as
signed to him. His dispatches showed
how his decency rebelled against the
performance of such task. He pict-
ured the condition of affairs during the
reign of terror existing up to the time
Minister Willis purposes were dis
closed. For hundred years the United
States had been the first to greet new
republic and the last to uphold totter-
ing monarchy. But now this policy was
changed. The gentleman (McCreary)
had set forth the doctrine for the first
time that republican institutions could
not be established or maintained until
vote had been taken and the republic
had been approved by popular vote.
Mr.. Hit referred with pride to the
business success of the Americans In
Hawaii. He concluded with most
terrific arralgnmenu of Mr.. Cleveland,
saying: s"Think of it, think of it; while
he held in hand that letter from
Minister Willis reciting the story
Of that brutal interview with the
queen in which she demanded the holo-
caust Of property and the slaughter of
American citizens, he sent out still
another order to overthrow the repub-
lican form OF government and put back
that wretch in power.
Minister Willis Instructions amount
ed to this: Go find that woman whose
vice, folly and extravaganza were
checked by the people last January;
tell her of the determination Of the
president
TO RESTORE HER,
ask for amnesty for the revolutionists.
and then go to the provisional govern