The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-10-02
THE RoYALIsr COMMISSION.
Tia Mission Declared 20 Have Failed
Ali Round.
(Erom The chi ago Mtcr-Oceon.)

(From The chi ago Mtcr-Ocedn.)
WAsuryaroS. y. c.. August 90
Special Telegram is now possible
TO make q definite statement as to
tho purposes OF the recent visit here
Of the commissioners OF the daposed
Queen Iii, Of Hawaii. Their mis-
sion resulted in absolute failure. but
that is less surprising than that it
should ever have been undertaken.
Astounding as IL may seem to the
American people. this delegation
crossed tho Pacific Ocean and the
continent in order to obt ain a def
Mite, 6ual, personal statement from
the President of the United States,
whether under any circumstances he
intended to make good the declara-
ton OF many months ago in his
famous proclamation that Queen Lii
should be restored and tho great
wrong of January righted. This
visit illustrates how firm was the
conviction on tho part Of the Hawai-
ian Royalists that the Cleveland adj
ministration intended to support
their claims until the dusky Queen
should he rc.establisbed aud placed
upon the throne, and how great has
been the failure Of the Hawaiian
! policy Of Mr.. Cleveland.
These Royalist commissioners did
not obtain personal interview with
the President, whatever they may
have said in San Francisco, and in
that respect their mission was an
utter failure, but they did see the
Secretary Of State and unfolded to
him their plans. The request was
that the object Of their mission
should be kept absolutely secret.
And IL Is not probable that any com.
munica'ion in writing has been fled
at the State Department which will
he made the basis Of any future com
munication to Congress, or that
there will appear anywhere In the
annals Of this Republic anything to
Indicate what the object Of the visit
was. But these commissioners did
see Secrets airy Gresham aud explain
ed to him that they desired this per-
sonal interview with the President
for the purpose named.
Tho Secretary OF State, IL Is re-.
ported, expressed the greatest as.
constituent that, under the circum.
stances, the Royalists should have
been so foolish as to have under.
taken 80 absurd mission rs to have
come from Honolulu to Washington
10 ascertain what they desired "a
know. Secretary Gresham informed
them that the administration wa,
done with the Hawaiian question
That the Republic had been Tecog
nizcd, that all other matters relating
to that great question had been re-
ferred to Congress, and IL would dt
them no good to see the President
That, moreover, tho Hawaiian r.
public having been recognized, !,
would not b. in accord with diplom
attic usage or courtesy to q friendly
power " hose Minister had been 70
cognized her. TO allow any repre-
scat stivo of the dcposed Queen III
official audience.
Tho Hawaiian Commission die
not absolutely put the question I,
Secretary Gresham whether or moi
they should attempt counter revo
luton aud should endcavor To over
throw the republican govern uicut il
Hawaii, or whethc President Clev.
land would inform them that b,
would keep his hands or aud permi
The Roy alis;s 10 accomplish any pur
pose that they might entertain, ever
: the original purpose, which he an
nounced was his own, OF rstorin,
Queen Lii to the throne in th.i
, own way. But il is known that thes
Royalist commissioners felt thei
way aud ondcayored to ascertain
whether or not the government her
would Interfere u preyeut tho sue
cess Of a possible revolution to over
throw the Hawaiian Republic. The
made no definite requests aud r.
ceived no definite answer, but tn
answer which they did get was no
satisfactory to them.
Aud thus ended the last chapte
Of the efforts Of the Hawaiian Royal
lists to secure the active or passiv
intervention OF the United States i
behalf OF tho deposed Queen. tn
Royalist commissioners were no
even given al interview, official @
n private, with the President Of tn
United States. They seemed part
. cularly anxious to have such an ia
y terview in order that they NIGH
carry back to Hawaii statemeu
that they had seen personally tn
President Of the United States an
had heard from his own lips the al
swcr to the question which the
came here to seek.
Those who had interviews wit
L these commissioners say that the
seemed to be very earnest in the
cause and that they had by n
means abandoned hope OF the ult
=, mate restoration OF the Queen.
- is known, however, that their failul
, to obtain this personal intervie
I with tho President, which they can
30 many thousands Of miles to e
cure, mado them very greatly d.
pressed. An official OF tha 81 al
Department says that they will =
turn to Hawaii and announce Ia Il
3 supporters Of the Queen tLs iailul
OF their mission aud that, said h
will probably DO au eud To the &
forts at restoration. For il is Il,
expected, IN the State Deparimeu
at least, that tho RoyaliS,s will q
tempt to overthrow The Republic
Hawaii with force. There is Il
10 authority OF an official nf thu Sta