Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 30, 5 February 1894 Edition 02 — COMMING EVENTS. [ARTICLE]

COMMING EVENTS.

TRUTH IS MIGHTY AND WILL PREVAIL. Some More Suppressed News, W hen al! tbe facts in tbe Hawaiian matter are fullv devel0}>ed tbere will l>e fouud iu W ashingtou espicialiy u uumber of so oa!!ed statesiuen who will feel pretty ehoap. Some of tbese. sorry as it is to bo said, belong to tbe Democratic party, thongh tbe iatter bave been airing tbeir views aud criticizing the adraiuistration in privute.' It is a poi>r party tbat will not sustaiu its «>wu adiuiuistration up.>n a foreigu policy, aud tbere is j>er- , baps no preeedeut wbere a party ! bas not stood by its administra- | tion when involved in a foreign dispote as to the best, wisest and most conservative policy to pnrsue. It will be seen in tbe end. however that not a Democratic meraber of tbe House or Senate will be fouod agaiust tbe Cleve land and Gresbara attitude in < tbe Hawaiiau matterr. Some of tbem who bave gone off ‘*half eoek” and ioioed with Repnbli- ] eans iu tbeir hne and cry that 1 this governmeot was tryiug (o « upbold a comipt Qaecn on a i

! ... i | rotten tbrone Tr«it' have to take ' «ster snd »ctnowirdge th»t ther were foolishly ignoraat o£ the j einct s taation aml conseqaently I m:-.de do!t» of themselves. As . > for the u tu:ng Lut iiea and misrepresentatioa» is exiected frcm them in rec irl to •, i f ... h ! any paohe policy on any qaes- , tion that a Democmtic adminis-

tion m.:y scpjH)rt. As they lie i« and eoneeal the truth abont ' ' tbeir protective policy. so do < thev lie and eoneeal tbe truth s ab‘*at the plans of the adrainis- 1 trution in the Hawaiian basiness. * The Democratie party, as a party f exj<ects nothing fairor lionorable 1 fn>m tbe Republican partv, aiul 1 if it did it vroald be dis=»ppoir.t- 1 ed. Since the palilieuiion of the 1 Gresham Ietter to tbe PresMen* 1 uothing bat misrepresentition and abnse has eome from the Republican press, and for sorae reason a number of Democratic 1 newspapers have maiutained a cowardlv and ransterlv silence.

In this neek of the woods the people have been able to get bnt one side of the qnestion from the newspapers, and this side has been a gross and shamefn! distortion of the facts in the case. The Pros’dent has been charged with , au attempt to use the annedforce of the government to uj>hold a j monarcfay, and everything else ; thnt was undemocratic. 0f course I tliese cbarges are untrue. for the President has had uo thought of doing sncli a thing. The facts aro simply these: . The Presideut hnd an iutimation from a perfectly trustworthy source soon after his e!ection iu 1892 that a couspiracy existeil iu 1 Hawaii to overthr<>w the Queen ! 5 «nd annex the islands to the i ’ United States. The same reliable i 1 authority told him that the then { * United States Minister, Mr. j ' ' Steveus, was lencliug his high { t positiou to encourage this eon- | ‘ spiracy. The President being j • then a priv«te citizen eonhl do ; " nothing but watch events as they ■ 1 occurred upon the islands aud t draw his own conclusions. The s deveIoimicnt of evontssubsequentt ly convinced the President thut the United States had not played • a fair and sqnare deal witb a friendly power. īt did not : t matter to th« President. as it ’■ does not matter to the raind of - any be^ a goveniment of Lilinokalani, for that eoukl have nothiug to do \ ‘ with the merits of the case, aud ’ he only determined when President to fiud ont tl«e facts and deal 1 with them in a fair aud honest L> way. He knew if the agents of ■ the United Stales Oovernment eouhl plot and couspire to overthrow the goverumeut of a * friendly power, a precedent wouM be establisbed whieh wou!d t in the end make the Government i of the United States a meuaee to , all natious. Mr. Blount is a fair, honest. and conscieutious man. His record in Congress has proved him to be such. He eouhl not hnve had tbe slightest motive for misrepresenting tbe situation as . lie fonud it iu Hawaii, and those who know the man feel cert«in tbat he has uot done so. His re- . port has been priuted, aml it is full aud eomplele, containing 084 pages. making a documeut of . immense proportions. Tbe whole conspiracy of Stevens i and the gang is sbown conclusivtly, as any one who hns the time and inclination tognthrough | the report will attest. Affidavits j by the score are printed from ! g«Kxl, reputab!e tnd iaw abiding citizens of the isiands proving the f cunspiracy. The report proves | that tbe Harrisnn Admistr«tion. | for the purp«»se of gainir.g a Iittle eheap notn>ietx', bad goue i duwu to *“Jmgo” staiesmanship | i aiui al!owed its Mmister abruad | to degrade his office and disgrace | his Government in order to better the fortnnes of a clique of gamblers *nd speculators. Mr. Willis was se>ected for the j plaee because it was believ«xi that i he was * man of good, eool judgment, conservative in action, secretive. painsiaking and welliufurmed upon puhlie questions. He w«s also known as a man of peaee, and it was believed that . he woo]J noi lose hie head nor cummit a rash act Sach a thing ;! as ea ermed force for the poipoee ;«

i f of reinst,tiag theQ’ieen »»« never : dreacied of bv tb« Ād«oin:stra- • * t:on; otberwise. Gen. E 1. Bragg. and n«jt Mr. Willīs. wonUI ha\e been the seleeUd Miuister. Mr. Willi* did n t go to H«wan for w»r. but for j>eace. Had he gone for v»r Liiiuokaleei | woold have been enthroueii twu| I months ago. He Jid Lave tbe' an*hr»rity however. occapyings; neuiral pos:tioo between the fac tions, to eall upou tbe available , armed fi'rce of l is Government if( it were necess«ry to ir.sare hiin; s<feconduct m negotiat:rg measares witb either of the elaim-i ant->. This was a s;.fe and right-; fr»l anthority. Mr. WiII5s was| expected to go about his basines> in a diplomat:c manner. He was to conferw ith the represeut«tives; , of the Provisīonal Government, also with the dethroued Qa- eu. The iatter was to be again plaeeeil i npon her tbroae if it could be done peacefnlly by the pen and uot by the sword The Provi sional Government was to be told tbat the way the Queen had been

dethroned was not agreeable to; the United St»tes Government and to talk the rontter over withl, its offieials. Tbe deposed Qut»eu was to be seen, aud, npon certain couditions, she was to be recog-l nized as the Queen of the isl:mds. These condit;ons were that she should sraiit political aranestv to all those lately in rebellion and 1 should sustain Ler own self aud | 1 her kiugdnm immediately after her recoguition. The Provisonal | Gov«irnment officials were to be persnaded if possible to allow this{ settlerneut to Le nuule. Minister Willis has obeyed his instructions to tbe letter, as the ! result whieh coiifxonted him inj Hawaii made it impossible to accoroplish tbe rnission whieh i his government desired. In the | first plaee the Queen did uot want restoration without damages aiul protection aftorward, I aud the provisional governraet; I preseuted a determined front aud threatened bloodshed beforo it would alloW tho deposed Qneeu to resume her plaee. In the meanlime good cifizeu:s ureed Mr. Wi!lis to take no action tbat woukl endanger the' peaee of the conntry until he cominunicated further with his ! own Governmeut. Uuder these ; | circumstauces Mr. Willis seut a . Kri«f, fl io >•< U’li . . Gre.sTmm, statmg tnat tho.se eoiicerned would not agree to the stipulations. Since thon thingsi huve remained ou the islands| status quo. The Sectetary of State received j a dispatch froin Ministcr Willis iu whieh he reports t!ie situation I fully t>> tiie goverument. The j whole corresp(>ndence, with a me8| ' sage froro the President, wassent | toCongress. The people ean judge the case as it exists and not as :> malignant partis.in press would have it. That the President and the administration have only done their duty in the matter will ’ finally be the jndgraent of all{ fair minded and intelligent meu. | | I