The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-28

tuition Of 1893 was that of Minister Stevens
in declaring a protectorate Of the United
States over Hawaii and in placing the
ing of the country upon the government
building I'M Honolulu. No actual harm re-
suited from this unauthorized act, but as
. precedent 10 is not to be considered as
being Justified. The committee have not
considered 1T necessary TO present any
resolution stating the conclusions that
are indicated In the report and ask that 1t
bc received and adopted by the senate
and chat they be discharged from further
consideration of the resolutions under
which this report is made"
THE REPUBLICAN, MEMBERS
agreeius to Mir. Blounts report submit
the following as supplemental thereto ana
more fully expressive OF their views:
I'VE are in entire accord with the essen
tal findings In the exceedingly able re-
port submitted by the chairman of the
committee on foreign relations; but 1t is
our opinion:
a. That the appointing, on March II,
1893, without advice or consent of the
senate. of Judge Blount as "a special com
missioner to the Hawaiian government UNI
der letters of CredenCc and those OF in
structions which declared that in all mat
tcrs Affecting relations with the govern
meut Of the Hawaiian Islands, his author
lily is paramount, was an unconstitutional
act in that the appointee, Mr. Blount,
y
was appointed without its advice or con-
sent. although that body was In session
when the appointment was made and con-
tlnued TO be In session FOR a long time i'm
mediately thereafter
''2 The order OF the executive depart-
mcnt by which the naval force of the
/ United states in the harbor OF Honolulu
was in effect placed under the command
o. Mr.. Blount or OF MIR. Willis, was with
on authority or warrant OF law.
"3. The order given by Mr. Blouut to
/ Admiral Skellltt to lower the United
States ensign from the government build
ing in Honolulu and embark the troops
on ships to which they belonged was an
order which Mr.. Bount had no lawful
authority 10 give. Its object was not to ter
inmate proteCtorHtc That relation had
been disapproved by President Harrison
urun receiving Information OF its estab-
1 iishment. The aas and troops Nren such
order was given by MIR. Blount were
In the positions from which he ordered
/ them to- be removed FOR she purpose OF
maintaining order and protecting American
/ life and property. Their presence had
I been ertoctual to these ends and the re-
moval tended to create and did create ex-
I element and 10 "a degree, disrust of the
I power of Tho provisional government ~
| preserve order 20 maintain itself. Tho
order of Bi0uut was susceptible OF being
construed as indicating an mfren,.. dis
position on the part OF the United States
toward ghe provisional government, and it
was so consTe~ particulrly 10y the peo-
pie of Hawai-.
"a The question OF the rishlIuiuess of
the revolution, of The lawtuiness OF the
me.us hy which the deposition and adj
dication OF the queen We're effected and
the rl-'ht of the provisional government to
eAisl, was ConoMsEcly settled, as the re-
port so torctbly states, against the queen
and in favor of she provisional govern
lUru. 10y 7he act OF the admiuistra don OF