St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-27
REPUBLICAN REPORT.
Sherman, Frye, Dolph and Davis
Make a Few Remarks.

MAKE REV. homaPkS.
The Republican members agreeing to
Mr.. Morgan's report submit the follow
ing as supplemental thereto, and more
fully expressive of their views:
We are in entire accord with the es-
sential findings in the exceedingly able
report submitted by the chairman of the
committee on foreign relations. But it
is our opinion
First-That the appointing, without
the advice or consent of the senate, of
Hon. James BlOunI. as special commits
SiOner to the Hawaiian government, was
an unconstitutional act, in that such
appointee, MIR. Blount, was never nomi-
mated to the senate, but was appointed
without its advice and consent, although
that body was in session when the APP
pOintment was made, and continued to
be in session for long time imme-
dtately thereafter.
SecOnd-The orders of the executive
department by which the naval force
of the United States in the harbor of
Honolulu was, in effect, placed under
the command of Mr.. BIOunt or Mr..
Willis, were without authority or war
rant of law.
Third The order given by MIR. BIount
to Admiral Skerrstt to lower the U nited
States ensign from the government
building in Honolulu, and to embark
the troops on the ships to which they
belonged, was an order which Mr.
Blount had no lawful authority to give.
That the order. of MIR. Blount was
susceptible of being construed as indi-
eating an unfriendly disposition on the
part of the United States towards the
provisional government, and it was SO
construed, particularly by the people of
Hawaii. s-.zs qsss;.ca- so
Fourth-The question of the rightful-
ness of the revolution. OF the lawful
ness of the means by which the deposit
ton and abdication of the queen were
effected, and the right of the provisional
government to exist and to continue to
exist was eonclusiyely settled, as the
reSports so forcibly states, against the
queen and in favor of the provisional
government, by the act of the admins
tratiOn of President Harrison recognize
ing such provisional government; by
the negotiation of that administration
with such provisional government of
treaty OF annexation with the United
States; by accrediting diplomatic rep.
resentatives by such,adminiStration and
by the present administration to such
provisional government; therefore, it
incontrovertibly follows that the presi-
dent of the United States had no au-
thority to reopen such determined queS-
tions, and to attempt by any means
whatever to overthrow the provisional
government or to restore the monarchy
which it had displaced.
While it is true that friendly power
may rightfully tender its good offices of
mediation or advice in cases such as
that under present consideration. it is
also true that the performance of such
office of mediation or advice ought not
to be entered upon without the consent
previously given by both the parties
whom the action or decision of the
friendly power may affect. Such con-
sent was not given in the present in
stance.
Fifth-The avowed opinion of the
president of the United States. in sub
stance. that it Is the duty of the govern
ment to make reparation to the queen
by endeavoring to relnstate her upon
her throne by all constitutional meth
DDS, Is clear definition of the policy of
the present administration to that end.
The instructions to MessrS. Blount and
Willis must be construed to be other
and more ample forms of expression of
that policy. No other presumption is
permissible tnan that their actions at
Honolulu were with intent to carry out
that avowed policy. Those considera-
tons make immaterial any discussion
in this connection Of the personal inter-
tons, cireumspection or good faith of
these gentlemen in performance of the
task to which they had been plainly
commanded by the present adminiStra-
ton.
[Signedl JOHN SHERMAN.
WILLIAM p. FRYE,
]. n. DoLPH,
CUSHMAN K. DAMS.