Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-02-08
Tho Hawaiian Pizzla.

The Hawaiian Fizzle.
The most shameful and most in.
famous diplomatic blunder that has
occurred In the history Of this country
Is that made by the present administers
ton in It's humiIiating effort to over
throw democratic form Of government
on the little island " Hawaii and estab-
lish monarchy IN It's stead. In the clos
ing hours of the last administration
treaty was negotiated with the newly
arisen republican government Of the
Hawaiian Islands satisfactory to all
parties concerned, including the
trusted agents Of the deposed queen.
The newly inaugurated president,
scarcely seated in the executive chair,
assuming to be judge and jury in this
case, withdraws the treaty from the
senate, leaving nothing for their con.
sideration or upon which they could
act.
Then, unbeknown to the senate,
while still IN session. be dispatches his
own agent, clothed with paramount
authority over the duly mmis-ioned
officers OF the navy aud the cnnsttu.
tionally appointed agents of the gov.
eminent. When this agent lands in
Hawaii he finds floating peaceably there
the ilig Of the stars and stripes and
hauls 1t down and proceeds to pay his
respects to the deposed queen.
This was the first act Of the new
administration in its crusade for resur-
recting defunct monarchies. The war
ships and revenue cutters of the nation
with shotted guns were sent post haste
glowing the waste waters of wide
ocean, In execution of this new born
zeal. A dusky maid Of half civilized
race Is the Ducinea del Toboso Of our
modern knight errant, who, inspired
by that supreme sense of honor and
morality inherent in his nature, salies
forth, Don Quixote like, with hisfaithful
qulre, the secretary of State, to redress
to supposed wrongs Of dead monarchie3
overthrow by their liberty loving sub
jects. When this conspiracy is ripe
| for execution this same agent Of the
craven and recreant representatives Of
American liberty demands that the
new republic shall abdic it's powers,
and knaalina, in abi.,t g,,hniaainn nj
the foot of their restored throne, kiss
the extended hand Of this dusky queen.
But by the firmless and courage Of the
Lilliputian provisional government Of
the island, the executive of the United
States is left in the position Of a huge
and insolent bully completely balll ID
and made the butt of the whole worlds
ridicule. There ia not an extenuative
word to he said for the policy of Mr.
Cleveland and his man Friday. 1t
involves a duplicity In the two missions
of Minister Willis, to the provisional
government aud to the deposed queen,
hat has no parallel ir the history of
the country, II places this govern
ment in the attitude Of not only that
Of a coward but what is more that of
sneaking bully-for while Willis was
accredited friendly minister to the
established government, he was in.
structed to secretly undermine and
destroy It.
II Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Gresham
have not from the start been conscious
Of the utter untenabeuess of their
attitude In this matter will some one
please inform us why they have not
pursued the one obviously lawful course
by which they could have restored the
monarchy without a blow. Had Mr..
Cleveland asked congress for authority,
surely IL his position was in n thousand
miles Of just or right his cuckoo" con-
Rress would have all the war power of
the government in motion and the
helpless little band of patriots who
have 30 bravely battled for civil liberty
on the Island of Hawaii would have
surrendered without the firing Of a
shot and the great United States bully
would have had the satisfaction Of
restoring a degraded and dsso,uIe
harlot to a throne. But knowing full
well the injustice Of their cause and
the indignation which it would arouse
among the liberty loving people of
America, Cleveland and Gresham un-
dertook TO accomplish by sneaking
cowAdly trick, that which they knew
they never could get the consent or
permission of congress to do. Their
trick has iizzled.
EX'County Commissioned j. W.
Baker writes from northern New York
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