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Sri ill i ' fc' 01 itef1 . ' t "i s : EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL, NO. 289. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, 0)1 THE TOP WAVE OF SUGGESS 'Nothing Succeeds WHI'JiN a person un dertakes to accom plish something, whether it b) (n a limited or elaborate scale, and then accomplishes the point sought ior, ho can well say that he is on the top wave of success, whether ho continues on for time to ride it, or is engulfed by the next. While for 1S93 my business has not exceeded that of for mer vcars. it has come f,s near aa any other house on the time, and is still offering the same advantages for Christ mas as in former years. I. L,. OSGOOD, The One Price ter and Furnisher, Cor. Tliird nncl West ytli Sta., opp. Pourd St Stokes, Games, Dolls, Toys, Juvenile Books, Leather Goods, Albums, l?Qncy Goods, Ilooklets, mid everything for the GRIFFIN & REED - Astoria, Ore. 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CuttinSmCo....;.n Kr.ncUco , I Mmniolln Elmore, tinborn itoril I Inmrc Samuel Astoria -j yyuiu! Star -.. & Co . , ... ! f E Iriire ralm..'Ceori:0 Barker itorl George SBaiker Astoria '1 fx-.lcuion- M J 0. HabHi.mii & Co. Astoria. Jj.O.llanthorn&Co J. 0. Hanthorn .... Astoria J.G ,glertC roolfield t.g.St. Gcorge.Jj. C. Meglcr 'fcooMtld W. l Ifr'Uhermen . pi.hcrmen'i Astoria Scariinavin rkgCo Kiihcrmeu Like Success." Pacific Coast, for the same Clothier, Hat WINE HOUSE. and Mqtiors. IWain Street, Astoria, Oregon. ELMORE MPMRF.R OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS 1SBA.NM. JkOKSTS. AT HE Open Avowal of the Intention to Restore the Monarchy. . A VIGOROUS DEFENSE IS MADE Cleveland Admits a Material Change Has Occurred in the Aspect of Afl'airs. Associated Tress. Washington, Pec. IS. President C'levc land today sent his Hawaiian messing: to congress. The president says. "Though I am not able now to re nnrr a definite chance in me uctuui situation, I am convinced the difficul ties lately credited both here and in Hawaii render it proper and expedient, that the matter should be referred to the broader authority and discretion of congress, with a run expianuium m the considerations which have governed my action. I suppose ngnc ana jus tice should determine the path to bo 1'ollowed In treating the subject. IC national honesty is to be disregarded and the desire tor territorial extension or dissatisfaction with a form of gov ernment not our own is to regulate our conduct, I have entirely misappre hended the mission and character of our government and the behavior which the conscience of our people demands at the hands of their public servants. "When the present administration en tered upon its duties, the senate had under consideration a treaty providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian Is lands. Additional Importance is attach ed to this peculiar treaty of annexa tion because it contemplated' a depart ure from an unbroken American tradi tion in providing for an addition to our territory, of islands of the sea, more than two thousand miles from our nearest coast. It appeared from documents accompanying the treaty v-hen submitted to the senate, that the ownership of Hawaii was tendered ini l.y th provisional government, which had the sanction of neither popular revolution or suffrage. Two other re markable features of the transaction naturally attracted attention. One was the extraordinary haste, not to pay pre cipitancy 'characterizing nil transac tions connected with the treaty, be tween the initiation of the scheme for a provisional government in Hawaii on the 14th of January and the submission to the senate of the treaty of annexa tion, there wa& only an interval of thirty-two days, fiftenn of which were spent by the Hawaiian commissioners in their journey to Washington. In the next place, upon the face of the paper submitted with the treaty, it clearly appeared that there was an open and undetermined question in the Issue, a fact of most vital importance: The message of the president accompanying the treaty declared that 'the overthrow of the monarchy was not in any way promoted by this government.' "A protest also accompanied said treaty signed by the queen and her ministers which explicitly stated that fhe yielded to the superior force of the United States, whose minister had caused the landing of the United States troops at Honolulu, and declared he v.ould support such provisional gov ernment. The truth or falsity of this protest was surely of first importance. I conceived It my duty, therefore, to withdraw the treaty from the senate foi" examination, and meanwhile to cause an accurate, full, and impartial investigation to be made." The president then refers to the ap pointment of Dlount, and says his "re port detailing his actions under the in structions given him, and the conclu sions derived from his investigations accompany this message. The conclu sions do not rest for their acceptance entirely upon Blount's honesty and in tegrity as a man, nor upon his acumen and Impartiality as an investigator. They are accompanied by the evidence upon which they are based, and from which It seems to me no other deduc tions could possibly be reached than those arrived at by the commissioner. The report, with Its accompanying proofs, and such other evidence as is Hi now before congress or herewith sub' nvitted, justifies, in my opinion, the s'.'lemrr.r. ilvf vhf--i pn-Mdcnt w: led to submit the treaty to the senate, both the president and senate were misled. "The annexation project was one i-ealously promoted by the minister rep resenting the United States in that country. On the 10th day of November 1S92, nearly two months before the fust evert act tending towards the subver sion of the Hawaiian government, he addressed a long letter to the secretary of state in which annexation was elab orately argued or moral, political, and economical grounds. To a minister of this temper, full of zeal for annexation there reemed to arise in January, 1S93, .he precise opportunity. We were quite prepared for the exultant enthusiasm with which, in his letter to the state department dated February 1, 1893, he declares: 'The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it. As a further illustration of the activity of this diplomatic representative attention Is called to the fact that on the day the above letter was written, apparent ly unable to longer restrain his ardor, ho. issued a proclamation whereby 'In the name of the United States', he as- sumed the protection of the Hawaiian Inlands, and declared said action was taken 'pending and subject to nego tiations at Washington.' Of course this assumption of a protectorate was promptly disavowed by our govern ment, but the American flag remained over the building at Honolulu, and the forces remained on guard until April, nnd after Blount's arrival on the scene, when bolh were withdrawn." The president then reviews the cir cumstances of the overthrow of the queen, nnd the establishment or the provisional! government. As to the landing of the trocps, the preside says: "If any peril to life and prop crty calling for any fciieii u artial array had existed, Oivat Eritaln and the othor foreign powers Interested would not nave been behind the United Plates in their activity ti protect thilr citi zens. Thus it frpear:j tha: Hawaii was taken possession of by the United States forces without the consent or wishes of the government of the Is lands or anybody else, as far as Is shown, except the United States min ister. Therefore, the military occupa tion of Honolulu by the United States was wholly without .iufc-tlflcatlon, e'thor as an occupation by consent or necessi tated by dangers threatening American li''e and property. When our minister recognized the provisional government, the only bi sis upon which it rested was the fact that a committee of pub lic safety had declared It to exist. It was neither a government de facto nor de jure. The queen yielded her author ity to prevent a collision of armed forces and loss of life, and only until such time as the United States should review-her cause. The provisional gov ernment, with this unanswered protest In its hand, hastened to negotiate with the United States for the permanent banishment of the queen from power for the siko of her kingdom. Our coun try was in danger of accepting the pos ition of having actually set up a tem porary government on foreign soil for the purpose of acquiring through that agency territory which we had wrong fully put In our possession. We are i ot without precedent showing haw scrupulously we avoided an accusa tion in the case of Texas. "As 'I apprehend the situation, we rre brought face to face with the fol lowing condition: The lawful govern ment of Hawaii was overthrown, with out th3 drawing of a sword or the fir ing of a shot, by a process every step of which, it may safely be asserted, wa3 directly traceable and depended for Its success upon the agency of the United States government through its diplomatic and naval representatives; but for the lawless occupation of Hono- i lulu under false pretexts rjy uim.- Ftatcs troops, and but for Minister Stc-v-nis" recognition of the provisional fcovernment and the action of the Unit ed States forces, Its solo support and constituted Its only military strength, the queen and her government would never have yielded to the provisional government even for a time, and then only for the Bole purpose of submitting her case to the enlightened Justice of the United States. Believing, there fore, that the United States could not, under the circumstances, favor annexa tion of these Islands without Justly in . .. curnng me imputation of acquiring them by unjustifiable methods, I shall now again submit the treaty of annexa tion to the senate for its consideration, and In the Instructions in Minister Willis, a copy of which accompanies this message, I have directed him to Informed the provisional governmen But In the present Instance our duty does not, in my opinion end with re fusing to consummate this questionable transaction. It has been the boast of our government, it seems, to do Justice In all things, without regard to the strength or weakness of those with whom It deals. I mistake the American people If they favor the odious doc trine that there Is no such thing as In ternational morality, that there Is one law for a strong nation and another for a weak one.. The substantial wrong has thus been done, which with due re gard for our national character as well aa the rights of an Injured people, re quires we should endeavor to repair. The provisional government has not assumed a republican or other consti tutional form, but has remained a men executive council or oligarchy set ui with the assent of the people. It ha not Been fit to .find a permanent basis of popular support, and has given no evidence of an intention to do so. Indeed, the representatives of that gov ernment (assert that (the people of Hawaii are unlit for a tKipular govern ment, and frankly avow they can best be ruled by an arbitrary or despotic power. "I Instructed Minister Willis to ad vise the queen and her supporters of my desire to aid Inrthe. restoration of the status existing before the' lawler lundlng of the United States forces, if such restoration could be effected upm terms providing for clemency as well as Justice to all parties concerned. The conditions suggested, as the lust In structions show, contemplate a general amnesty to those concerned In making rp the provisional government and a lecognltlon of all Its bona fide acts and obligations. In short, they require tnat the past should be burled and that the restored government could resume Us authority as If Its continuity had not been Interrupted. These conditions have not proved acceptable to the . . i 1. 1 Un In. queen, ana mougii bmu u formed they will be Insisted upon, und that unless acceded to the efforts of (he president to aid in the restoration cf her government will cease, I have not thus far learned she is willing to yield to them her acquiescence. The check which my plans have thus en countered has prevented their presen tation to the powers of the provisional government, while the unfortunate pub ic representations of the situation and the exaggerated statements of the sen tlments of our people have obvlous.y Injured the prospects of a successful executive mediation. WILLIS LETTEKS WITHHELD. Washington, Dec. 18. In his letters of transmission to the Benate the yit- ident slates that under tho clnusi nf the Inquiry for the correspondence al lowing him to withhold matter which he considers compatible with the pub lic welfare, he retained the messages from Minister Willis. THE SMUGGLING CASES. Portland, Dec. 18. In the Chinese consulracy trial today the defense plac ed Collector Lotan and Thomas Jordan on tha stand. They made a general and specific denial to all the allegations rharelnK them with unlawful acm. Whitney Uolse testified that he some- Highest of all in I?avcning Tower. MM ABSCiUiTEiif pans times acted as attorney for Blum and Dunbar in landing Chinese, for which he received the usual attorney fees, and no mor3. DOINUS OF THE HOUSE. The Message Causes an Unusually Heated Debate. Washington, Dee. 18. The fight over the Hawaiian matter In the house fol lowed fast and furious on the heels of the reading of the message, which was delayed on account of the pension de bate until 3:30 this afternoon. The first skirmish occurred over the ques tion of hearing the Instructions to Min ister Willis, which was Insisted on by Boutelle. The house finally agreed to this Immediately after the conclusion of the reading. Boutelle renewed his assault by bringing forward a resolu tion declaring the administration uolicy Inconsistent with the spirit of the con stitution and the traditions of the gov ernment!. Excitement ' reigned and In the confusion Boutelle failed to follow up his parliamentary advantage and was ruled out of order. A resolution of Cochran for the ap pointment of a committee of seven to Investigate the alleged Invasion of ter ritory by the United States under tha last administration also went down under a retaliatory objection of Bou telle. The confusion was so great that the sergeant-at-arms was called in to preserve order. An adjournment was caused by lack of a quorum on motion to go Into committee. Party feeling ran very high at the close of the session, and no doubt the struggle will be continued as soon an opportunity offers in the house tomor row: Boutelle'B resolution was: Whereas, the executive communi cations Just read to the house clearly declare the rights and dignity of the house of representatives aa a co-ordinate branch of congress have been Invaded by the executive department In furnishing secret instructions to a minister plenipotentiary of tho United Status to conspire with representatives of the deposed and discredited mon arch for the subversion and overthrow of the established republican govern ment to which he was accredited, and to which his public instructions pledged the good faith and sympathy of the president, the governient, and the peo ple of tho United States, 'therefore, re solved, It Is the sense of the house, that any Instructions by the executive of the United States, its civil or mil itary representatives, without the au thority of congress, In tho international affairs of a friendly recognlaed govern, ment to disturb or overthrow, and to aid or abet the establishment of a mon archy therefor, Is contrary to the pol icy and traditions of this republic, and cannot be too promptly or emphatically reprobated." Cochran'8 resolution was as ioiiowb. "Whereas. It appeare from the message of the president, an attempt has re cently been made by the executive de partment of this government to affect a change In the territorial limits of the United Stat?a without consultation with the house of representatives, ami without making uny stipulation or, pro vision for obtaining the consent of the house; nnd whereas. It is essential to the stability and safety of this govern ment that the powers and duties of the house on all matters and proceedings! Involving any change In the limits of the United States, or by cession of ter ritory, be asserted, BetUed, nnd de fined; therefore, be it resolved, that a committee of seven mem bers be appointed by the speaker of the house to examine into the rights, pow ers, privileges, and duties of the house of representatives on all questions and proceedings aneciing or uivu.,... v.-. territorial integrity of the Ulnted Stales." NOTICE. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Masonic Land d Bulld .ng Association of Astoria, will be held on Wednesday, December 20, 1893, at 2 o'clock p. m.. at the usual Place, tat the purpose of electing five directors to serve for the ensuing year, and for tne transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. S. T. McKEAN, Secretary. Astoria, Or., Nov. 18. 1893. A SURE CUIIE FOH PILES. Itching Piles a.e known by moisture like perspiration, causing intense lie ilup when warm. This form, as well a. Blind Bleeding or Protruding, yield at once to Dr. KoZanko's Pile Remedy, which act. directly on the parts affected, absorb tumors, allays Itching and effects a permanent cure. Wc. Druggist or malh Circulars free. Dr. Bosanko 2 Arch street, Philadelphia, Fa. Bold by J. W. Conn. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Si ft