The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-03

aSeS approves recognition ct the .xss sting
provisional government OF fas Hawas.a1
sslanis BY the last and present al tninfst~a-
ton, and sata view 20 the satisfactory
maintenance c; policy xhsch shall tend
so eonsaFaa1ase n the near future wlth
sne consent o. the people, annexation of
ne y .AEds 20 ta4s COUNTRY or Sonie other
pelssscaA srraH gernen. whsrn al 4 fs5!y nre-
serve and promote the mEiaa interests o:
s1awAh ami the UalSea @sates"
Hit. leader ot the Repabs car, minority
on The foreign as@irs committee. replisi
20 McCreaFy. H;s made the point that
ihe majority resolution vas discussion
Of dead issues. while the propasissam % TIE
minority considered live, vital questions
which every ore recognizes IN connection
with recen; affairs In Hawaii. The astI.
tade Of the administration on the great
Question OF annexation vas nos We, known.
Hitt spoke Of the strength Of the pyovis.
ional government. which had maintained
Itself even as against medd.ing agents Of
The United States. and yet the present ad-
minis'ration had attempted hariksrl in a
foreign country fully capable of governing
Itself Our Intervention was to restore to the
throne queen whose horrii character sd
shocked the civilized world. lt was in
behalf OF woman sho haa tod Minister
Willis. While sh vers ran down his back.
that she woald behead great number of
her people. Bomba by his fierce craeities
bad awakened the horror of Enrope, but
his brutalities did not compare with the
81. Bartholomew day massacre with
which this queen intended to celebrate her
return 10 the throne Willis had acted
like soldier and had performed the loath-
some duty assigned him. His dispatches
showed how his innate decency rebelIed
against the performance of such a task.
Hit pictured the condition of affairs dur
ing the reign of terror existing up 10 the
time Willis purposes were disclosed.
Hit concluded with most terrific ar
raignmcnt OF Cleveland He said:
Think of it. Think of it'll While he
had in his hand that letter from Willis
reciting the story of that brutal inter-
view with the queen in which she de-
manded a holocaust of property and
slaughter Of American citizens, hc sent
ous still another order to overthrow the
Republican form of government and put
back that wretch in power. Republican
applause. Willis instructions amounted
to this: Go. find that woman. whose
vice. folly and extravaganza was checked
by the people last January: tell her of the
determination OF the president to restore
her; ask for amnesty for the revolution
lists and then go to the provisional
government to get il TO reiin-
quish its power. That was the
programme, and all there was OF it.
but the best-laid plans of mice and
men gang aft aglee.' Republican ap-
plause.l This romantic queen of the beau
tifui was not what she had been pictured.
Willis had found her monster incarnate
and Cleveland had been censured more for
not giving to the public that letter of No.
vembsr 16. which would have given her
true character to the world, than for all
else IN connection with this disgraceful
proceeding"
Hit concluded the first part Of his
speech this evening with splendid tribute
TO the brave and resolute men of his own
race in charge of the provisional govern
ment, who. when called upon to surrender
in the name of the United States, instead
Of making terms. piled up sandbags. pro-
ceeded to arm themselves and prepared to
die If necessary rather than forfeit the
property they had earned and surrender
the rights given them by God. Without
concluding, at 5 o'clock Hit yielded to
motion 10 adjourn and viii conclude
farnavrow