| United States - 1996 - 1085 pages
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| Linda S. Parker - Social Science - 1996 - 276 pages
...that he declared an American protectorate over Hawai'i, Stevens wrote to the secretary of state that "the Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it."74 Congress delayed action on the annexation treaty until President-elect Grover Cleveland took... | |
| Richard Drinnon - Social Science - 1997 - 614 pages
...view given concurrent visual form in this cartoon — the US minister to Hawaii pronounced it finally "fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it." A succession of golden hours seemingly struck when Hay joined McKinley's administration, though Canada... | |
| Richard H. Immerman - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 252 pages
...Stevens and Marines from the USS Boston proved decisive in the revolution's success in January 1893. "The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is...the golden hour for the United States to pluck it," Stevens wrote.* Harrison wholeheartedly agreed, and negotiations for a treaty of annexation fell to... | |
| Edward P. Crapol - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 188 pages
...submitted it to the Senate for approval. At the time, Stevens enthusiastically wrote the State Department: "The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is...the golden hour for the United States to pluck it." The incoming president, Democrat Grover Cleveland, who had defeated Harrison in the 1892 election,... | |
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