He was an anti-imperialist and believe the US overstepped in Hawaii.
The marines had forced the queen of Hawaii to give up her thrown and took over the island country. They brought an annexation request to Congress and before it could be considered, Cleveland removed the request from consideration. He believed the US overstepped and stepped on the rights of the Hawaii people. Cleveland tried to put the queen back in power through his presidency but eventually McKinley would push through the annexation during his presidency.
It can be great if it ends an inflation since it's good against an inflation. This is what happened in the US in the 19th century when a very successful contractionary policy was implemented to end a deflation that was completely ruining the value of money and people were becoming extremely poor. It's because it reduces government spending all at once.
Cuase they are the ones that will gaine land out of it.
