Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-22

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correspondence relating to Hawaii sent b.
the President to Congress yesterday. hal
! increased the unfayorable impression - 4
the Pfeaident's course. ClevelsBd's only
chsrse4eriEs iion Of the letter of Presiden
Dole 10 to refer to it ~ IN .sextraordinary
letter." The letter tells The truth, does mo-
seek to deceive any body .sn1 is courageous
In that respect, ~ compared with TN
sneaking methods resofted to by the Presi
dent in his correspondence, it may we'll b
regarded - On. extraordinary letter." Bu
it is q painful reflection for Americans tha
that the President of the United States
should characterize as extraordinary let
ter that is honest, courageous and tells tht
truth. -
The correspondence submitted hal
created painfnl impression in another re
spect. 1t shows that Minister Willis 10 1
plant tool to the administration, and tina
he has adopted the sneaking methods Of hi
master; that. ignorant Of the fact thst hii
suppressed dispatch, Nos, On which ht
narrates his unsuccessful efforts to CON
! spire with the Queen for her restoration
was to be published, he challenged Presi
dent Dole to specify particulars 10 whic'
he, Willis. had been hostile to the Pfovis
ional Government
The suppressed dispatch No. 8 10 in Ha-
vail by this time, and Mr.. Willis dissemb.
ling letter will be confronted by his own
report of the interview, in which the dusky
savage insisted upon Dole's head ~ one Of
the consequences Of her restoration by the
government of the United States. This
letter will be sufficient proof for President
Dole to send to Minister Willis IS evidence
of his conspiracy against the government
to which he il accredited.
The reception of the correspondence by
the Democrats in the House seems to indi-
cate another fact namely, that the admins.
tra'ion has used the party lash, and that IT
the Hawaiian question shall come up in the
House, the Democrats, who, in private, has
denounced the President and his Hawaiian
policy, will surrender their convictions and
subordinate their manhood in the endeavor
to shield Cleveland from the results of his
usurpation.
There was another Hawaiian incident 81
the Capitol which was in striking contrast
with the humiliating revelations Of the cor
respondence which shows that Minister
tive methods of the administration. Ven.
crdUN, bt0Iuys Se1uc eA-luIuteecA otCs-
ems was before thu Senate inves-
tigating committee. H. testifi. d fully,
frankly without reservation and without d,
sire or intent to conceal anything. Hi
state ment was as open as the daylight
1t showed that the diplomacy of the last ad-
ministration was sincere and honest and
not characterized by deception or trickery
The general statement Of Minister Stevens
so far as it is permitted to be made public is
told elsewhere.
There is one secret of the present admin.
istration which Minister Stevens disclosed
He intimated plainly that in his dispatch,
which President CT. velapd has continuously
withheld on the ground that is ''incompati
bic with the public interest" to publish it,
should be made public il. v ould be found to
contain conclusive proof Of the immorali
ties of Queen Lii and her degraded charac-
ter. The plain inference, from Minister
Stevens ststemen. is that his suppressed
dispatch contained information designed
for the use of the government, which, il
ma lie public, would not be advantageous to
the President when he was endeavoring to
res-ore the Queen. To give this dispatch
to Congress, which has, the right to it.
would be incompatible. not with the public
interest, but with the private purpose OF
President Cleveland.