Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 218, 9 May 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

- • -r€ms t<> us that that “ Princ« fi) plotnaU r ’ U. 8. Mini«ter > *t v H9, at Hiinolulo, ii n#w be* g g to receiT« hia juat deserla. Ilf va» ouoioieleW ignored by C > ,is»ioner Blounl in tbe ui ,tt r of tbc hauling down of the Am r een col>>r9 over ihe Hawaiian Bu <i.ngi. Mr. Stevens will now b g to ,aj>preciate that he is not m, i e admiui9tralion ol' Jame9 U ’ne. and that it wiil lake m->r than the good wishe9 and «iii ; rt of the ieland bood!ere to -,v .i» official head and reputat OM ” > . ->av9 the San Franci9CO Newa and lhat Mimster Stevens is in ngry and disappointed man i e fullv s;leaned from hia int- rv v with the correspondent of th>> >an Franc!8Co Eiam:ner wh cti we republish here. SXEVES8 I.N THE SfLS8. Minister Stevena wae not notified „{ m intended haulingdowu ofthe ll:i*r >nd evidenlly doea not like b»ii-g ignored. He eurely will ret'irn to tbe Uuited States on May 24th, though he hai not beeu re ealleil. When asked hi» opinioa regarding the hauling down of the Stari aml Stripe« iasl Saturday morning Mr. Steveui aiiBwered as followa: ‘ As yet, I have uo official inf>rmation thal the flag haa b«en Uken down. I have not been paat the (_iovernment buildiug ainee S.»turday, &nd noone inany officiai C;*pacity has to!d me that the act 1ihs doue. This may ?eem etn»i.ge to you, iu fact it doea to me. but iueh is tbe eaae. The Sptcial eommiaeionen Mr. Blount, whom Preaident Cleveland aent here, aaw me »everdl time» before lh,s iotioD wa» laken and has eeen uie several time# »ince. hut neither bef re nor afterward did he »ay a w.ml nboutthoactiun heintended to take nr had taken. Yet Iam the aeen dited Minister to this country, and the Ku»b, wliieh brougbt C-mmiseioner Blount. broug!;t me a e-mmunioalion from Secretarv «>f St;tte Gre9ham askii,g me to coi tii ne on m myofficial capacity. ”Tiie Ietter that Mr. Blount ha«d d to President I)ole, said that his orders were tobe considerrd p:iramount on a11 question9. Tba meana that by special act of tbe Pre»ident he is my »uperior, and lie ie al»o practic»lly in eommand of the navy that is in the bay.” ”Of cour9e you believe, Mr. Steveu», that Mr. Blonnt acted aa direct« d by ihe President in thi» matt' T ? ” -Y. 9. 1 d->,” 9 iid he. *“ PresiCleveiand hae heen mi?inf nu' das to the nat ,ire of t e 5ituation >*ere Daring his firat few d.iV9 iu office, and, i-nor thereto, when tbis queation first eame up, Le w..s bi»sy witb poiilieal aiiU.i;* iu t!ie States and cou»d not glve th>9 »ubject the nec-9»ary attention. Ue has uudoubted!y iietcned iuore to the adv,>c.itos of the Q.ie«u. than he hae t. the repre-M-ut.it ves of the Pr vi»Ional Govermueut, and I dare say thal be ha* been influenced in his action bv »everal article» whieh have appeared lately in the foreign prv99. “f do not *ee the nece»;ily for Ukiug down that tlag. nor did the ex Sccretary of the Siate who d!ed in Wasbinfton a few uionlh» ago. Perhaps there w*s a per»oual ieo-

tive behind it, tlso. You are { well aware that Mr. Harrieon has no more bitter poiiticaI enemy than Walter Q. Greaham. and I would not be surprised were it iearned that Mr. Grteham had & hand in G • and was oaly too glad to overthrow anyth>ng that Mr. Harr.»on had done.” “ Did you receive any eommuniealion upon the subject? ” ** No; I did not, ” said Mr. Stevens. ‘* Everything eeems to be left with Mr. Biount. aud he mav be goiug about this in the right manner " “Inview of the present condition of affair». what do you think is the destiny of the islands?” “They wiil most undoubted!y be annexed, ” said Mr. Stevens. That is the haudwriting on the wail aud it eannol fail to eome true. I would that the flag could have stayed up where I had caused itto be put, hul the powera that be have ruled it otherwise and I must how in acquiescence to them. Puhlie opinion demands that these islands be annexed and puhlie opinion will »ee that ihey are in spite of what A, B or C may do. Naval authoritie» »ay, we need these islands; commercxol men say, they are nece»aary for ua if we expect to extend our sbipping; the voice of religion says, that the Caucasian race must prevaii on the Hawaiian isiands. For seventy veara thia group has heen under the care and training of devout Proteslant9. Do you wonder that these men overthrew that corrupt court of Liliuokalani, a court where debauchery and vice reigned *upreme, a court that would li»ten to propositions of thievery? “I am aatisfied to le«ve my aelion in the hands people of the Unitod Statea, and I hope for his own sake that Commi»8ioner Blount may be ahle to say the ume. Iam »orry for but one tbing, and lhat i» that while I waa on the isl»nds, the Star» and Strij-€» fhould have heen pull«d down ” It will bs seen that Mini»ter Stevens is airing his chagrin in hi»" accu»tomed tactless manuer and tbat his remarks in regard to Seoretary Gresham have not heen received with great approval in Washington as will be »een from the followmg \Vashington despatch on that subject. “Secretary Gresham has not heard from Blouut, but he haa heard that Minister Stevfciis told an Examixer r«porter that Greaham ordered the flag down heeauae, he did not like Harrison. and it ia lik«ly that when the Secretary ha» oeeaaion to make a ftw remark» about Hawaii Mmi»ter Steven» will hearof something very mueh to hi» advantage. Stevens ought to have hauled down the tlag as 9v>on as FoRter di»avowe»i tho i-roteotorate. and Gre*ham ifi jusl g:ving him the rope he ne*-ds for » prv-per ending of his diplomatīc care»r. Mr. Carter the Commissioner, made a eall on • Gresham to-day and was at some pains to tell him ahout tbe mistake» that are beiug made. He eame away, l»x>king very »ad. Therc is litt,e giory in his plaee now. and the expens<* of living in diplr>matic »tate at \Vormley’», a!ong with Bar#n Fava, i» frightful.” The iateresting part of Mini»t«r 5teven«’ iaterview, tbough, is hi» remarks “ that the l»!and» will undoubted!y be annexed.” “ That” he »ays “i» the handwriting on the wali and eannol fail to eome true ” Tojudgefrom the action»

and altitude of Mini~ter Steven* ?ince hi* arrival in these I«’.and*, he aeeoa* to have d >ne bis ievel be«t to asaist in the caligr»phjr on ihe eaid w?Il and it wouldn’t take an expert to recogni«e hi» boid ilahan (?) hand in what «o far ha* been written. But tae M:nister hae not used indelibie ink —reanits rather prove that hie writmg was done with vanishing ink, and todav he himseif fully realirea that to be a faet. If the fate of the Isiands j>ointed inevilably towards annexation why should Minister Ste\’cns still go around urging and •ncouraglng anncxitioo as the New Yors Herald c’.aims that he d»\ee. aud why should he quite lately have obtaiued a special interview with Col. Spreckela whom he evidently tho«ght was in favor of annexation. and to whom he euggested a plan to gain the point by influencing ’’ Mr. Paul Neumann the altorney of the queen to betray hcr and her eauee fir the benefit of the annexation 0chemers. No, it is obvious to us that Miniater Stevens is a pwi imcrprtter of writings on the wall as far as Hawaii is concerned. May he read hia own fate as an Amenean diplomat with more accuracy. Who is tax-asses*or-in-chief for Oahu? Since the resignation of Patriot McCandless we have seen nobody gazetted for that important office; but it is commonly etated that the duties of theoffice areonce more in the hand« of Mr. C. A. Brown, of unenviabie fame both ts a polilieian aud an official. If he rea!ly haa been appointed to the office, we ean fully under«tand the neglect of the minister of fioance to puhlieh such appointment. Any miniater ahould feel ashamed to eounlenanee in a puhlie office ■ man who haa attained aueh a notoriety as has Mr. C. A. Br«wn. We underatand that Mr. Brown haa joined the 8barnshootera who lately haye orgamzed under the patrooage the government, and we presurae that eueh a heroic act on hia part has made him deservmg of an office. Since 1889 Mr. Brown haa alwaya been reported as enjoying the ‘*ahooting of kanakaa” and w« have heard that he hadraade eome expression to that effect. It le ao characteristīc of him to forgel from whenee he derives the doliars and cents of wh'eh ho boaats ao mueh. It ia natural f«r a man of his caliber to follow the example of bis former employer and pose as •*tired of native rule.” That it w«s native chiefo who donated broad landa and large wealth to John li, the father of hia wife, is nothing to Mr. Brown. He haa got the landa and the weallh now. and he ean kiek and eneer at the native rulers on whoae bounty he is existing loday, and treat with cont"mpt the countrymen aud countrywomen of hia owu wife and child tbrough whoee weahh he waa eusbled to mak* the lightniug change from a petty bankclerk t« a Pearlharbor Iand epeculaling capitalist. If this man hae not been reappointed to the office whieh he filled -to the di8satisfaction of more than one adminiatration it ie about time f«r Mr. Porter to fill the poeilion aud we should recommend him for a change to »elect aeompetent honeat and able man in whom the t*xpavers ean have c«nfidence ratber thaa «ome aharp»hooting fool wilh no other menl tban being a loudmouthed biatherskite aud o«Iitieal humbug. W» have a great deal of *dmiration for the maniy body of men who con»titute the officers of tne

Americ*n navy, but they tcust in »ome degree laek the rc'p* d'csprit which;slhe haekhone *ud pride of the European »rmies *nd navies, A laīe in«t*nce ha* confirme\i u» | in this behef. where an *tuck on | the g««d name «f an abs j at officer seem» to have been receired with indifference and w;th«ut notice by hia brother-officer». A new»p*per c*lled the Star publ *he<.l in H«noluln of whieh Dr. i. S. McGrew is the re«pon*ib.e editor offered an in»ult to Oapiain I.udlt»w of the Mohiean the d*y after the deparlure of thal wssel. TIie Captain was accueed of beiug devoid of patriotism as an American eiliaen and of ability as au Amenean officer. and we eannol imagine any more sever*» charges against any s«ldier, le*ve alone a C'-rnuiander of a man of war. His brolher officer» who remain here have ailowed the insult t« pass by nnnoticetl. No retraction or aj»olcgy bave aopeared in the said paper. but we have on the contrary seen several offioers fraternizing and aas»x'iating wrth the man who is responsible for the insult. So long as the American officera laek the proper corps d'esprit, so long aa «n inaull to a brother officer is not considered as an »n«ulttothe whole 1 eorpt to whieh he ,belongs. »o long will ihe Araerican navy be inferior to the navie« of tbe European : countries. and there will be some- j thing lacking in the respect to whieh tbeir intelligence. bravery. and ekill otherwise entitle them. Th« Honolulu poliee b*ve heen furnished with buttona on whieh the American eag!e is engraved. I«n’t that a Iittle premature? The Star aaya that when we are anneied the butlona need not becbanged. Perhaps so but if we are uot annexel who ie to foot the bill for thi« new waste of money? W ill Mr. \V. O. Smith or Mr. Hitchc«ck dig ! up, or do they expectthe Hawaiian t«xpayers to p«y f«r Arnerican e«g!ea? -- The opium steal has now been gettled, and it has been proven that jit was no royalista who were im- | plicated in that deal. Opium lhefts j as the Advertiser should know, by j j thia tirae, have always heen eom- : | mitted under the reform regime, 1 «nd there are no reasons why lhere | «hould be a change in thal rule . j uow. Bnt how ab-jut tne crowti- : jewels? The Atlorney-G«ueral Mr. W. O. Smith is gtated in the Exi rainer to have to!d a correspondent of that paper that ‘*We eha’.I ferret the matter out juat as we would any other robbery. and arrest th« guilty partie». If we find that the ex Queen haa received the stolen g.»ods »he will be arre«te<l under a law whieh provides for «ueh au offence.” S«j far **w-.-” haven’t ferreled h« robbery out. b;t the government snbaid;zed org • s have contiauL-d their infamoua :nsinaations again.-: the Queen and the royaIist* in t'ie «ame «tr*ia *s that in whieh Mr. W. O. Smith «poke to Ihe Ex&miner ma n. Mr. W. O. Smith uever believe»d that ihe Queen waa oonversanl with the matter. but be did not beaitate m tbroinng out hi« b\§e «lurs an<i talking about arresting her aa a reoeiver of stoien g <od*. What kind of man la that Mr. W. O. Smith we «ou!d like to know? WUl he deny th*t he to-day ia in poeaeaaion of ■ inform*tioa whieh point» «troogly, the f*ct that toe robbery «uenm- j mitted by a penoe or penon» in

no war oonnocted with th« f. rraer *dmini*trattoo. If Mr. i# * man he will eome out and op«n!j retriOt *11 *nd ertrj insinu*tion uhieh h« h«s expr-8tf«d andc»n#ed to be*pubū*hed *t;*tnt the Qu*en *nd thtn he wi.I gv-»on “ftfrretinf*th« matter out“ tnd we wish htm tucc;’*8. — t -na-e K‘. 'no’mm tit ua in #m»ri* per<treran bestiaU.