...before the fourth of March. In announcing his "protectorate" of February first, Stevens had written that "the Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is...the golden hour for the United States to pluck it." * But the Senate was not quite prepared to do so. Distant annexations raised various constitutional...

...events the time had now come for this formal extension of American interest. In 1893 Mr. Stevens said: "The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is...the golden hour for the United States to pluck it." In 1898 President McKinley said: "We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California....

...Stevens, whom Blaine had sent over in 1889. By February 1893, Stevens was in a position to tell Blaine: ' The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it '. Meanwhile the large planters, in control of the government, had sent a minister to Washington to...

...exultant enthusiam with which in a letter to the State Department dated February 1, 1896, 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...

...which in a letter to the State Department dated February 1. isltt. he declares: "The Hawaiian peur is now fully ripe and this is the golden hour for the United Stales to pluck it." As a further illustration of the activity of this diplomatic representative, attention...

...Legation in Honolulu wrote to Secretary of State John W. Foster on February 11, 1893, and I quote: The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it. Gentlemen, the Hawaiian pear was indeed plucked, with the help of armed forces of the United States,...

...exultant enthusiasm with which in a letter to the State Department dated Feb. 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 dipolmatic representative, attention is called to...

...US forces, proclaimed an American protectorate, and raised the American flag; he wrote Washington: The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United Kbit*)* to pluck it. However, due to the subsequent informed opinion of President Cleveland and Secretary...

...exultant enthusiasm with which in a letter to the State Department dated February i, 1893, he declares : "The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe and this is the golden hortir for the United States to pluck it" As a further illustration of the activity of this diplomatic...

...and proclaimed Hawaii to be a protectorate of the United States. He wrote to the State Department: "The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it." (9) The Provisional Government's commissioners arrived in Washington, DC on February 3, 1893 and were...