they were supported by president arrison. liliuokalani's supporters sent a commission to lobby against annexation. harrison was a lame duck president. cleveland became president. he withdrew the treaty from congress and decided instead of listening to two commissions that had come from hawaii, for and guest annexation, he wanted to know for himself what was going on so he sent out a special commissioner, commissioner blout, came to hawaii, did an investigation, looked at legal documents and the constitutions and the provisional government proclamation. he did interviews. his 1,400-page report concluded as far as the united states is concerned, liliuokalani is the person we should be dealing with on a diplomatic level. in the meantime, liliuokalani supporters were making plans to restore her and her political party to power. the they began hearing rumors and arrested over 100 individuals and tried and convicted them of treason and sentenced them to death. liliuokalani was arrested in january of 1895 and she was brought here an