Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-03-01
). REPORT ON HAWAII.
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee HOGS
EVERYBODY BaneeSs.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. Ex-senator
Morgan, chairman of the Senate com
mittee on foreign relations, to-day pre-,
scented the report of the investigation OF
that committee made under the follow
ing resolutions:
Rtsolred That the committee on foreign rela,
tons shall inquire and report whether any, ana
if what, irregularities have occurred III the
diplomatic or other intercourse between tne
United States and Hawaii in relation 10 the re-
cent political revolution in Hawaii; ana 10 tnls
end said committee is authorized to send 1ol
witnesses.
The report prepared by Senator Morgan
is concurred in by Senators Sherman, Frye,
Dolph and DAVIS, the Republican members
of the committee, who also make sup
Elementary report taking more pos, h;.e
Senators Butler, Turpie, Daniel and Gray,
all Democrats, submit minosity report,
These reports, with the testimony taken III
the secret investigation, make bulky doc-
ument and are comprehensive reviews OF
the Hawaiian question made alter THOR
ough investigations:
Senator Morgan in his REP ort says that the
inquiry related, first, to the conduct OF the
government as shown in its official acts and
correspondence; and second, to the conduct
of the civil and military officers OF the gov
eminent in the discharge OF their publlc
duties and functions. These are matters
which do not concern Hawaii at this tune.
He also says that the future policy OF the
government as to annexation has been eX-
Guided from the consideration of the COM
nittee, except where it is alluded to as an
incident to the investigation. Mr.: Morgan
lays down this proposition on the llrst page
OF the report:
AS 81 government dealing with Hawaii and
with any form of government in that country
the United States can have no separation or
break in its line of policy corresponding to any
change in the incumbency of the office of Presl-
dent. 1t is in all respects as much the same GOV :
ernment in every right and responsibility as II
it had been under the same President during the
in Hawaii and the succeeding events. The
President however, has right to change MS
opinion, and a change of policy on the part OF
one President from that inaugurated by his
predecessor must be regarded simply as IL
change of mind in the same person.
The report finds that Mr.. Stevens was
away at the time of the revolt and was III
no way responsible for it; that the landing
OF troops was a proper act and In no way
to be blamed; that the only fault of
Stevens was in declaring the protectorate;
but that this was injurious to no one:
that President Cleveland's appointment Of
Mr.. BlOunt as a special commissioner was
proper; that Blount performed his service
in a satisfactory manner; that President
Cleveland pursued the proper course in his
Steps 10 restore lne queen, lllaV Nilnis'ol
Willis may have overstepped his orders, but
that he is blameless because of distance and
long delays liz the transmission OF dis
patches.
The Republican minority report holds
that the appointment OF Blount was unlaw-
full; that the lowering of the American flag
at Honolulu by Blount was unlawful and
wrongful; and that it was the intention Of
the President to use force to restore the
Queen.
The Democratic minority report scores
Mr.. Stevens for declaring the protectorate.
The testimony taken by the committee on
foreign relations on which the report is
based covers 739 printed pages, and includes
the statements of large number Of wit
nesses who appeared personally before the
committee as we'll as at1idavits sent from
the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere.
The witnesses include eXMinster Stew
ems and Brount, a large number of
naval officers, a number of residents of
Hawaii, and several Americans who We're
present on the islands at the time of the
revolution and soon after it occurred.
Mr. Stevens explained that his reasons for
declaring a protectorate were that the
japanese and the British both purposed
and the latter making overtures Tor an
alliance with the native population