New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-15
LILIUOKALANTS PLIGUT
SHE WILL BE THE GREATEST SIIF-
FERER FROM THE POLICY OF
INFAMY
MR.. CLEVEIAND'S HUMIIIATING FAILURE EX
CITES ONLY DERIsroN AND con-
TEMPT AMONG PUBLIC MEN
WASHINGTON
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBrNE.l

LBi lLLEbhAih ~ IhL IKlBi NJ.
Washington, Jan 1.-THE feeling with which
the ADMINISTRATORS confession Of the total fail
ure Of its Hawaiian restoration programme is
received by all classes OF public men here can be
most accurately described as either facetious or
contemptuous. ON the showing made in yester-
days report to Congress the Presidents manage.
ment Of the Hawaiian question must be ad-
mitted to have been. from any point Of view.
almost incredibly weak fatuOus and paradoXical.
Starting with utterly false assumption Of
authority and responsibility. the Executive has
beon led from one cumulative blunder to another,
till his whole programme has had TO be aban-
doncd H. humiliation and disaster.
Iy his furtivc and IN n,andd course with Con-
gress and the country. the President has justly
exposed himself - the grayest suspicious of
t:ickery and attempted abuse Of his Constitu-
tonal powers. BY his absurd and unwarranted
demand upon the legal Government Of Hawaii
to surrender IT'S authority in favor of the deposed
Queen he has subjected this country to the
indignity Of a mer!tcd and unanswerable reproof
from one Of the fccbl,st nations Of the civilized
world Undertaking. in half Of a personally
disrredited and semi-barbarous eX-soycrciGn. a
QuiXotic project Of rcparaton and restoration, he
has succeeded in bringing her fortunes to the
lowest cbb they have yet reached, deprlying her
rcaped from acqui"scence in the annexation
movement and casting her adrift with the sole
resource o. q suit for civil damages against her
political champions and kuights-errant-a suit
which is now to he laughed derisivcly out OF
court.
No more abor,ivc or ludicrous ending to a
hair-brained diplomatic programme can well
be conceived than that confessed in the Iia-
waiian dispatches which went 90 the Capitol
yesterday. That no attempt AZ justifcation was
made or no appeal 10 the mercy OF Congress
y.nfiITa1 Spa1ks volumes 10 the lt
ate realization by the President that his intcn-
ton to restore blo0lthlrsty and yindictive
sovereign - power. which she had dcservclly
LOST. cannot be- defended before any bar Of civ
izcl opinion. and thct the only chance Of
eventual condonation Of his bunders lies in
their speedy CONSIGNMENT tp political oblivion.
Secretary Grcsham's ncoh"rcnt instructions #
surrender To- Minister Willis. sent on Friday by
thc Mariposa. are a III conclusion 10 IA" bur
lcsqur programme now sought 10 b" buried in
fNreeuuln 1888. FOR they t'atersr every principe
assumed originally by IN" Administration I'm It's
project II secret monarchical restoration. and
accompany the cancellation Of Mr.. Williss
original orders with the practical admission Of
the total failure ~ tho Administration to carry
ont single feature ~ it's underground policy
% the Last nine months.
what VIII %. done in Congress I'm positive
way % rebukc the President FOR his diplomatic
fllllcs is stil uncertain. tn" Hous" ~ Repre-
s.ntatiycs. being tied hand ana foot by the cX-
ieting special order f'r th, tariff debate. cannot
act upon any phase OF ihr Hawaiian question for
the next two weeks. IL the Scr1t" various r"s-
ohl'i" are p'hplHE. dhi t' l4F '1t4N'tti'.i .'i-
Quoted by the Committee on Foreign Relations
Is sill In active progress There being no press
ing necessity - block further Threatened steps
toward the rest ioratiou - th" pg'cn. immediate
action ~ any sort IL scarcely To he expected |
The Senate WILL however as the session length !
cns express IT'S voice on The Presidents recent |
poll " and this expression is pretty certain - be
ono = emphatic dislpproVal ami condemnation.
tn" mail that l"ft hero last night carried |
qeveral bulky packages addressed 10 Minister /
Wills which viii hc forwarded % him by the /
steamer Australia. which sails f'r II 'nolulu on /
SATURDAY. Included I'm these dispatches H. a /
communication from the Treasury department !
upon "a matter I'm which Nj Wills is much in |
i"resic,l when d" lrft here p" was attorney /
for tho city of Louisville In a $4,000 claim be- /
fore the Treasury Department First Controller |
Bowler has disallowcd Sl,.oJo of this. and Mr.. /
Willis hearing of n. sent worl T. hold up the |
matter until he could return home \ package /
containing Mr. Bowler's decision. $1,000 words. |
with letters on the subject sent him 10y |
last nights mail