New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-14
THE U4U1IT4N DOCUMENTS.

THE HAUAIIAN DOCUMENTS.
If ANYTHING was lacking for perfect coinpre-
hrsio,, Of tho wiclicducss and folly Of Presi-
don't ClcvcIonds scheme for the restoration OF
tho Hawaiian throne it is supplied 10y the CORE
snondcncc which he transmitted to the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES Yesterday. That correspond
encc includes dispatches from the American
Minister describing his negotiations with LII
uol,Ioni and President Dole's letter to the
American Minister declining to resign the "oV-
eminent into her hands, together Win soilic
o,bor communications from Mr. Willis to ME-
Gresham rccitng various occurrences co''"c0'
od with thc nrocrcssive failure Of his mission.
If includes also the dispatch when the Aoli'h-
;s,rotion sont 70 Mr.. Willis on Friday last.
Before proceeding 10 other matters we ''ihc
n,oosurc in saving that the part of this last
document which. by approving the cou'Nc VI
Mr.. Willis cXcupatcs the President from 'hc
charge of seeking to cyade reSpoisipii'! Iva
thc humiliating issue of his scheme, Is Tue one
thing in all this wrcchcd business when does
him credit.
A ncrllsal of Dispatch No. 3, of November 1T
last. containing an account OF MI WILLS sun
mission to the cX-Quccn Of the President WISH
and intention to rcinStatc hex on the '"iohe'
now first made public leaves no room Ior sur
nris,. at Mr. Clcvclands desire to Keep II secret
rs long as he could. Had ii been publishou
while there was stin reason 10 believe that he
WAS hopeful of carrying out his policy, 1t wouid
have raised storm about his ears 10 WHICH
the present display of public feeling Is Il ZEPHYR
We venture TO say that nothing Ike IL Is 10 Nv
found in the records of diplomacy. The Alneri-
can Minister had secretly arranged private
interview with l.luokalani. she appeared III
the legation at the appointed hour with several
attendants They were dismissed 10 the ante
rooms and she and Mr.. Willis were left alone
1t was a solemn moment, and the soicinhl'!
rapdlv dccpcncd. The Minister vouchsafed MS
message The substance of what followed we
faithfully recapitulate in language somewhat
different from that employed by MI. HIS
VIII YOU be good 10 your enemies II we put
Won back? he asked. | will not, replied Llli-
uokalani: on the contrary. Will cut their h'auS
off and coniscate their property DO you mean
II? said he | do said she. Bless my SOUL said
he | must have time to think; but now does
yonr own head set: Rather loosely, SAID she'
In that case said he. make yourself NJ NOME
aboard one of my warshps, or here i'll the
legation. at any hour Of the day or night Coca
afternoon I'll see You later; hut. in the mean
fine there is Il telephone in my bedroom, ana
YOU can ring me up whenever you fcci IKE II.
So ended this momcntous interview. SubSe-
oucntly. the intrigue continuing under cohdl-
lions of varying hope and fear, being divcrSl-
fed toward the end by elements of pathos ana
eliminating. we understand, in tears the lady
decided that if she couldn't be every inch Il
Oucen and cut off heads she would like To j"
rs much of Il Queen as possible And so, say
ing she would nccr consent, she finally CON
scntcd and the Minister WAS at last ready 10
give the Provisional Government his utimaiun.
The nature of President Doles reply has been
known for nearly a week. The text of it is now
made public 1t is Il great satisfaction To find
that in this crisis the man who for Il year had
hecn steadily confirming his title to the respect
and admiration of the world, far from fall
ing below the expectations which his previous
conduct had aroused. enhanced his high rcpute
for Judgment. sagacity. courage and courtesy.
There is not Il word in his letter To Mr.. Wills
which any friend Of the Hawaiian Common
wealth can regret. II is frank, temperate I'M
waycring patriotic and conclusive. II puts the
President Of the United States where he be-
longs Not by invcctivc, but by the force OF
truth and reason it makes him utterly con
| tcmptible Mr.. Dole dcnounccs as absolutely
| false every one of the assumptions upon which
| the President has sought 10 sustain his trcach-
! crous proceedings, and then shows that if every
| one of them were true his course would still be
| left without n shadow Of justification in law
| or in decency.
That is the conclusion which every citizen OF
| the United States not blinded by idolatry of the
| champion Of a degraded and rcpudatcd mon
arch had already rcaclpd but President Dole s
| letter is the most complete and mprcgnabe
| defence of the free Government which he
| represents against the Vaccinations Of IN I'M
American Administration which has been
| raised by any one in the course Of this amaz-
| ing performance; Il performance Illuminating
| TO every righ-mnded citizen Of the United
| States but dsgraccful only To the vain and OBJ
| stnate tenant of the White House and 10 the
| agents who having stopped to promote his
purposes, now share his ignominy.