The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-14


WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The President
sent in tho Hawaiian correspondence to
Congress just as soon as the House met
a5 IL o'clock this morning. AS the
steamer Mariposa. conveying the
latest telegraphic instructions to Min
lister Willis, advising that no might
now consider his especial instructions
fully complied with" and that further
action must be dictated by Congress-,
sailed from San Francisco at this
morning there was no danger Of those In.
structions reaching Willis first through
the newspapers, which is said to have
been the chief motive for postponing
the message until to day, notuithstand-
ing that this postponment deprived the
Senate (Which adjourned yesterday till
Monday of the opportunity Of receiv-
ing the message at the same time as
the House.
All estimates OF the length OF the cor
respondence were far exceeded by the
documents themselves. Ten or twelve
thousand works was the est mated limit
OF their length but the documents as
laid before Congress will probably make
from forty to fifty thousand words when
printed in full.
The Important Features OF the Cores
pondence.
The most important features OF tn
correspondence was of course Willis
strong spe ech No. 3 of Novem Der I6,
1893. which the President had pre-
viously withheld from publica ton.
Next TO that in interest was Dole's
caustic reply to Willis demand for SUI
render, which, however, had previously
been anticipated to somo extent in the
Honolulu ispatches
Between these two terminal points
in the correspondence Willis graphic
history of current events and his com
ments upon the character of the
queens advisors and tho kind Cover.
ment she desired to maintain if re-
established, fromed running thread of
absorbing interest.
Tho single exception mentioned by
President Cleveland as being still
with. held from Congress is OK plained by
Representative McCreary. O: Kentucky,
chairman of the house committee on
foreign affairs to be letter from
Minister Stevens to Secretary Foster
| dated October Sth, 1882. McCreary
| said that although he had read tina,
letter he, OF course, could say nothing
about it. McCreary said he would call
up The question for consideration i'm
mcdiateiy after the tariff bill mad been
disposed of-that had been promised
him.
Tho President's Message
The Presidents message, accompany.
ing the CORES pondence, is as follows:
10 THE CONGRESS: | transmit here.
with copies OF all dispatches from our
mi"ister at Hawaii relating i n any way
TO political affairs in that country ex
cept such as have been heretofore laid
before Congress.
II also transmit copy OF the last
instructions sent to our minister, dated
January II, 1894, being the only instruc
tons to him not already sent to the
Congress
I'm transmitting certain correspond
ence with my message dated December
is, 1893, L withheld dispa tch from our
present minister, mum ered and dated
November l6. 1893, and also dispatch
from our former minister, numbered 70
and dated October s, 1892.
"Inasmuch as the contents of the
dispatch OF November 16, 1898, arc re-
ferred to in the dispatch and Of a more
recent date now sent to Congress, and
lnasmuch as the re- seems no longer to
be sui1icient reasons for withholding
SAID dispatch, copy Of same is here
with submitted.
The dispatch numbered 70 and dated
October 8, 1892, above referred to, is
still withheld, for the reason that such
course still appears to be justifiable
and proper.
(Signedj GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion, Jan. 10, 1894"
Wills Dispatch, No. 3.
Dispatch No. has been made the
basis of several resolutions of inquiry
originating in both houses of Congress,
and of great deal of speculative com
ment. So it is here given in full.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
HONOLULU, Nov. l6, 1893.
SIR: In the for aDoon of Monday, the
18th instant, by prearrangement, the
queen, accompanied by the royal cham.
osrlain, Mr.. Robertson, called at the le
CATION. No ono was present at the half
hour interview which followed, he
chamberlain having been taken to an
other room and Consul General Mills,
who had invited her to me, :emain-
ing in the front OF the house, to prevent
interruption.
AFTER formal greeting the Queen
was informed that the President of The
United States had important communi-
cation to make to her and she was asked
whether she was willing to receive
them at once and in confidence, assur-
ing her that this was for her own inter.
est and safety. She answered in the
affirmative.
81 then made known to her the Presi.
dents sincere regret that through the
unauthorized intervention of tho United