New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-22
RENEWING THE ATTACK
C1Evr1ANp.s HAWAIIAN POLICY AGAIN
AssA1LEp IN THE SENATE.

oc1sr TALKS AGAINST TIME TO
...,,,.,, n,RECT VOTE OF CENsURE-THR
..,,,,,r,s EXPLANATION" A MASS OF
,,v,s1oNs AND MIssTATEMENTs.
,nx TELEGRAPH TO THE TRInUNE.l
r.or Ian 2l-Dissatsfaction in Con-
"',,t president Clcveands peevish and
e...,,c Hawaiian policy continues unabated.
- ore was surprised 10 see the attack upon
,dministratlon's blunderng programme re-
..,.od to-day with increased vigor In the Senate.
,,-h.,aver good effects nay have been produced
~. Tho Presidents hurried surrender on Saturday
O., the demands Of an indignant public opinion
- b,s abiect reconsideration Of his refusal 10
.srd a United States warship to the Hawaiiah
.,a,,on seemed TO have been obliterated oy the
oonfused and contradictory statement issued iats
,ast night from the White House. in which Mr..
cleveland sought with characteristic vanity 10
.,aa IN some vague phrases the personal humi!ia-
.,. =, b,s hastv confession OF error and failure.
NJ odee cleverly shifted the ground of attack
, hv substituting for the earlier resolutions
,,.,od ogoinst the Administrations perverse
.,,., ors General resolution sardonically declar-
,ho canates cordial approval Of Mr.. Cleve-
,,, action in sending the Philadelphia to
,.,o,r1p asserting the desirabty OF construct
a.. . suhn,arine cable from San Francisco TO
,Iarau Insisting on the retention OF all TINS
oo,,rtrv's exclusive privilege In the islands, ana
eoo,,v urging the speedy annexation or Hawah
o. rho United States The "cuckoos' In the de
lucrative branch" resorted. Of course. to their
usuaI tactics 70 delay action on any and all
aacIarations hostile TO the Administrations dipio-
matte programme. and Oh objection from MI
blackburn and Mr.. Vest the new resolution was
carried over until tomorrow.
ro rravent q vote on the Frye resolution of
Saturday last Mr.. Gray, the cuckoo spokesman
q, the Senate under whose urgent warnings and
-o,,o,,o,ions the President was driven reluctantly
to abandon his cherished purpose to deprive the
rIouaiian Government as far as possible OF this
countrvs moral support undertook the heavy
,asp ~ nalliating and minimizing the blunders OF
,ho Administration. and this onerous duty he ac-
o,nlished TO the extent at least Of preventing an
,,ad,ota voie Of censure on his self-deluded
.c,ient" In other words he talked out the morn
,,y bour I'm a verbose eulogy of the Presidents
sunereminent sense Of International delicacy-a
sense Of deicacy which has compelled him to SUCK
with obstinate devotion TO the lost cause OF
Iiliuokalani and the Hawaiian constitutional
monarchy" Mr.. Frye tried impatientiy 10 secure
a vote on the resolution under debate, but had 10
submit unwngly to the intrusion OF CONFER
ence report on the Urgent Deficiency Appropria-
ton bill and the subsequent shelving OF the "hoie
subject until tomorrow. The discussion as
whole was interesting. inasmuch as MT rray
Welded TO many interruptions ana interJectiohs
from the Presidents critics on the RepuoNcan
side. There seems to be. however. little iikehhood
of the "cuckoos' allowing vote on any Oh '"e
resolutions far presented
NJ CleveIands remarkable interview Of last
the demand of Congress and Of the country that
United States warship return TO Honolulu mas
been freely criticised to-day as one OF the feeoes'
and Ainnsiest pieces Of evasion yet put forth IN
nal,,ation OF his Quixo,ic Hawaiian programme.
The 'explanaton' abounds in paradoxlcal anu
misleading statements, scarcely sentence OF me
Explanatory" matter being free from gross ms
representations. To begin with. Mr.. Cleveianu Cliu
says: mo information has Deeh receiEeu 49, VIZ, a.
indicates that anything will happen In Ha"an
making the presence OF one OF our haVaI Ncose,a
necessary unless prepared TO enter upon ,nr'
policy and course OF conduct Nioiau' l,. i,s,i6a
rule OF international law and utterly uhJus'' a.
HE" Why then, was the Philadelphia sem 10 W
Hawaii? Mr. Cleveland convicts hinsel piaiurs I'm,
by his own language either OF narDort',s
himself by sending warship TO point "heie !"
was neither necessary nor desirable .,.., -
IAN who take any interest IN 'he les w. view
the fact that Hawaii is entirely lnoepehIeH' VI
u.s. and that in its relations TO us II Is lorslsi
country" Yet only few Gays ago the Iiesiuet, ta
sent a message to the Senate, requesting the
release OF the Government Of Hawaii from me
obga lions of a section of the existing reciP!oci.y
treaty which makes the consent OF the nv sa,,
States necessary even for the leasing or iew
square yards OF Hawaiian territory TO any other
Power Mr.. Cleveland must be aware. aiso tnae @
the legislative branch Of the Covernheht ila'
laid down the doctrine that Il will not tolerate
any Interference by foreign Powers IN the poit,I-
cal affairs OF Hawaii-a declaration which clearly
conflicts with the Presidents deceptive assertion
that Hawaii sis entirely independent OF US. anu
that 'in its relations u.s. 1t is on the same
footing as any other foreign country;
The Philadelphia has been dispatched 10 homo
lulu Mr. Cleveland asserts not because IL is
needed there. but simply In pursuance OF the
policy of the Administration ''!n every case OF
the kind"s-a policy evidently of sending snips OF
war to points where there is no necessity ioi
their presence and Withdrawing them from sta
tions OF prime Importance. Yet 1t seems IN 'he
following sentence Of the interview that there
is possibility that disturbances may De re-
newed." in Hawaii. and on this vague PRESENT.
nent which he has already dismissed at the
outset as absurd and dnfounded the President
bases the panic stricken and Illogical ABANDON
ment on Saturday Of his absurd and untenable
theory Of disdainful indifference to the welfare
OF the new Republic.
The explanation closes WIN Wna' ereii's SET -, "
be patent and glarng misstatement. The dis
pa tch OF the Philadelphia to Honolulu, MT Cleve-
land says was "at once determined upon an soon
as Information reached the Government o, M .ne
recent revolt" News Of the revolt reached the
President and Secretary Gresham unoficially on
Friday night and officially early Saturday morn
ing. yet as late as o'clock on saturday alteI-
noon Secretary Gresham was making statements
to the public that no ship had been ordered 10
Honolulu and that there was no prospect that
one would be ordered there: and II is wen uhoer-
stood that hut for the urgent appeals Of Senator
Gray and others who say In this step the ony
possible means to avert the huma ton o!
vote OF censure In Congress, the President and
Mr.. Gresham would probably have persisted IN
the suler and obstinate policy of indifference
and unconcern which they have adopted since
the failure or their schemes for the restoration
OF their great and good friend" the opera bouffe
Queen. No statement could well be vul
nerabe or more open to charges OF msrepre
sentation and illogical absurd,y and the Presi-
dent will be fortunate II his latest deliverance
on The mysteries of his Hawaiian policy Is not as
sailed with keener criticism than has yet been
visited ,,Don any OF his unofficial Interviews