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

COMING EVENTS.

TRUTH IS MIGHTY AND WILL PREVAIL. Some More Supprcssed Ncws. When all the facts in the Hawaiiau matter are fully devel0}>ed there will be fooud in Washingtou espicially a nomber of so cal!ed statesmen who will feel pretty ehoap. Some of these, sorry a.s it is to bo said. belong to the Democratio party, thoogh the latter have been airing their views aud criticizing the adraiuistration in privale.' It is a jxM>r party that will not susta.u its «>wu admiuistration np.>n a foreign policy, aud there is j>erhaps no precedeut where a partv has uot stood by its administra-} tion when involved in a foreign dispute as to the best. wisest and I raost conservaiive j>olicy to pnr-

sue. It will be seen in the end, howrever tbat not a Democratic memb«r of tbe House or Seoate will be foucd against the Cleve land and Gresbam attitude in tbe Hawaiiau matterr. Some of tbem who bave gone off “balf eoek" aud )oined wilh Republieans iu tbeir hue and ciy that i thi« governoieot was tryiug to upbwld a corrupt Quaao oa a

; rotten tbrone have to take I w;:tcr snd »icknowI«rdge that taev were foolisb!y ignoraat of the ex«ct s tnation aml con.seqnei.tlv made dolts of then»!»elves. As | • fortbe Hepab!icans. n< tLing Lat , lies and misrepresentatioa» is • expected from ti;em in regvri t*> | l any pahlie poliey on aoj quesj tion tbat a Democra(īc adminis- ! tion m=y scpjM>rt. As they lie . and eoneeal the trnth aboat' tbeir protective policy, so do they lie and eoneeal tbe trutb aboot tbe plans of the adrainistration in tbe Hawaiian bosiness. Tbe Deraocratic party, as a p;irtv exj»ects notbing f«iror bonorable frora *be Republiean party, and if it did it woold be disippoii.ted. Since the pnblication of the Giesbara letter to tbe Pres : dent uotbing bot raisrepresent ili«>n and «bnse bas eome from the Eepublican press, aml for some reason a number of Democratic newspapers bave maintained a coward!y and raristerly silence, In tbis neek of tbe woods tbe people buve been able to get bnt one side of the qnest:on from the newspapers, and this side bas been a gn>ss and sharaefnl distortion of tiie facts in tbe case. The Pros : dent has been charged with an atteraj t to use the arraed force of tbe governmeut to ujJiold a raonarcby, and evervtbing else ; tbat was undemocratic. Of coarse 1 the.se cbarges ure untrue, for the President bas had no tbought of doing snch a tbing. The facts aro simply tbese: Tbe President had an intimatiou frora a perfectly trustworthy i source soon after his eleotion in \ 1802 tliat a couspiracy existecl iu Hawaii to overtbr«>w tbe Qtieen aml annex tlie islamls to tbe 1 United States. Tbe same reliable ! ! authority told hiro tbat the tben | United States Miuister, Mr. Stevens, was lemling bis bigli j positiou to encourage tbis eon- ; spir«cy. Tbo President being ; tben a priv«te citizen eonhl do ‘ nothing but watcb events as they occurred upon tbe islands and draw bis owu conc!usions. Tbe ; developmentof evoutssubsequently convinced the President that ! tbe United Stutes had not played ' a fair and square <leal witb a ; friendly power. It did not j raatter to tbe Prcsident, as it does not matter to the mind of | an >: be Vbc I government of Liliuokalani, for tbat eoukl bave notbing to elo i with tbe raerits of tlie case, and i be only deterraine<l when Presi- j <leut to find out tbe facts aiul deal with them in a fair aud honest w«y. He knew if the agents of tbe UniteJ States Government i eouhl j>lot an<l cousj>ire to overtbrow tbe government of a ! friendly power, a precedent | wonM be establisbed whieh would in the eiul make the Government of tbe United States a meuaee to ( all natious. i Mr. Blount is a fair, houost | aiul conscientious man. His recor<l in Congress bas proved him to be sucb. He could not have had the s!igbtest motive for misrepresentiug tbe sitaation as ! be found it in Hawaii, aml those who know tbe man feel cert;«iii tbat be bas not done so. His report has been priuted, and it is full aiul coraplete, containing G84 pages, making a document of immonse j>roportiocs.

Tbe whole conspiracy of Stevens i aud the gung is show n conclus- ■ ivtlv, as any one who has the tiiue and iuelinaiion togo through the rej>ort will attest. Affidavits bv the score are printed from good. repntable tnd law abidiug citizens of ihe islands proving the * conspiracy. The report proves that the Admisiration, for the pnrpose of gaining » little eheap notroieh . had goue down to ••Jlngo' , statesiuanshi|> and al!owed its Minister abroad j to degrade his office and disgrace his Govermnent in order to better the fortnnes of a cliqne of gamblers «nd speculators.

Mr. Willis was selected for the : plaeo becaose it was believcd that ( he was a man of good, eool judg- | meni. conservative in aeiion. se- ■ cretive. painstaking and weli- : iuformed npon pabiic qoestions. He was a!so known as a man of | P®*ce, and it was believed thai , he woold not lose hia head nor . cummit a rash aek Snch a thing I aa 4u armed force fur tbe pnrpoae

| . ! [ of reicstitiDj; the Qieen w.v* never ■ dreamed of by tbe Adioinistn-1 t«on; otberwise, Gen. Ed. Braggand not Mr. Willia. wonld baxe been the select- d Minist<er. Mr. M illis «lut n> t go to Hawaīi for w«r. but for peaee. H:«l j he pone for w»r Liliuok»'an:; would bave bven entbroueil tw<>| | montbs ago. He J.d bave tbt- ! . an f hority however. occnpvinga; ’ neutr.il pos:tion bttween Ihe fac ; tions, to eall opou tbe avai!able; armed force of I is Government ifj it were r.ecessiry to ir.snre him s>fe condact m negoti.it ng meaeitber of the elaim ! ants. This was a s.-«fe «nd rigbt- j f»I autbor:ty. Mr. Wil!is wu>j expected to go about bisbnsines> in a dipIoniat:c manner. He w*s to c r *nfer witli tbe rej>resent.«tive> i of the Provis:onal G«>vernment. also with (he detbroned Queeu. ■ Tbe iatter was to be agiin ptaced uj>on ber tbrone if it eonkl be* done peacefnlly by the j>en aml not by tiie swonl The Provi sion.«l Goverument was to be told | tbat tbe way tbe Queen bnd been , <letbrone<l was not agreeablo tol tbe United St«tes Governmeut| and to talk tho matter over withl its o£Bcia!s. Tbe deposed Queeu I was to be seen, aud, ujion certain| conditions, she was to be recognized as the Qtieon of the isliuds. Tbese conditions were thut she ; shoukl grant |>olitical amnesty to l all those latelv in rebeliion aml - sbou!d sustuin Ler own self an<l her kingdi m imme<liately after her recoguition. Tbe Provisonal GoT«frument officials were to be persuaded if jioss:ble to allow tius ; settleraeut to be niade. Minister Willis h«s obeyed bis iustructions to tbe letter, as tbe result whieh confronted him in Hawaii inmle it irapossib!e to \ accomplish tbe mission whieli his goverumeiit desired. lu tbe I first plaee the Queen di<l uot ! want restoration witbout dam- | ages anel protection afterward. aml tbe provisional governraet j jireseuted a determined front aml tbreatened bloodsbed before it wou!d allow the deposed Qneen to resume ber i.laee. In tbe meaulime good ci£izeus i nrged Mr. Willis to take no ! action that wou!d endanger tbe i peaee of the country until be ! commnnicated fnrtber wit!i bis own Goverument. Uuder tbese ; circurastances Mr. Willis seut u lrresl}jim, statmg tnat tnose eoucerned would uot agree to the | stij>ulations. Since then things j have remained ou tbe islands | status quo. The Sect:etary of State received a <lispatcb from Ministcr Willis iu whieli he reports the situation ! fully to tiie goverument. The ! wbo!ecorrespondence, with a mes ! sage frora t!ie President, wussent I to Congress. Tbe people ean jmlge tiie case as it exists an<l not as :« ! malignaut partis in press wou!<l j have it. Tb«t tbe President and 1 t!ie administration have onlv | <lone tbeir dnty in tbe im»tter will “ 1 finally be tbe jndgment of all | fair minded and mtelligent lueu. i I j