The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-06-17

That there was not trouble ana CiaSn
Of arms in the streets OF Honolulu IL due
not 10 the Minister Of the Interior and
his colleagues, but 10 the forbearance Of
the other side and particularly Of Ha-
waiians who were disposed TO be excited
over the extraordinary state OF affairs.
Suppose had conspired with the cap
tain OF the forces and he had sent scout
ing forces through taro patches OF Pa
lama rs the Marshal did. would they not
have said away with himl away with
himl cruelty him. cruelty him Il is
morally certain that they would have
raised Just such cry and they would
have had no justification. The clamor
for my scalp and official head would
have drowned all excuses.
To their defence l viii now address
myself. The defence In divided into two
parts. l That was conniving. 2. That
danger was impending which came from
X w. Wilcox and V. v. Ashford. Let
Us examine the evidence on which he
rests and see IL it be satisfactory TO an
impartial House. The evidence Ii
chiefly in the form OF hearsay. He has
heard things from the street or certain
persons have come to him and told GER
tain stories, and on this basis he wants
you to condenrn the men. Now ever
since the birth Of the law the men have
had the chance to appear and defend
themselves. l shall defend MIR. V. V.
Ashford as is;r ss have the facts in my
own knowledge leaving the defence OF
Mr.. Wilcox to himself.
With rgari to V. V. Ashford the Min
lister OF the lnterior has acted a adetective,
judge, jury, prosecuting officer, and now
he wishes t. be executioner. He has
gone into the secret history. must 60
into the secret history too. He that
draws the sword shall perish by the
sword. and ! shall follow him and des-
troy him with his own weapons. Mr..
President, the spirit breathed through
the report WAS that he had no personal
grievance and hostility against V. V.
Ashford. Now propose to prove that
that is utterly otherwise. They have
been hostile for three years and that
arose in the desire to found q republic
here.
Rep. Rickard-What is the extent of
the question of privileged?
ey-General-Every point must
be proved. demand Just as much space
to prove my statements as the Minister
Rep. Bru~n-I rise to point OF order.
The Attorn. y-General must confine him
self TO persons on the floor.
Attorney y-General-Did the Minister of
the Interior so contine himself
Rep. Brown-No, and he was out of
order. The President did not call him
to order, nor did any member make the
point
Minister Ashford continuing He
said the hostility between Mr.. Thurston
and V. V. Ashford originated in the
League that produced the revolution Of
1887. They were both on q committee
OF i've to prepare ticket Of officers OF
the Hawaiian Republic. Mr.. Thurston
ignored the rest of the committee and
proposed a ticket mainly made up of
servants OF C. Brewer & Co. The people
never knew how near they were to hav-
ing Mr. Daniel Foster as President of
the Hawaiian Republic. The insurrec-
ton OF 1887 planned by r. w. Wilcox
was Only 4 continuation of scheme of
the Ministers to replace the King on the
throne by his sister, Princess Liliuoka-
lani. One OF those implicated with Will
cox was kept in most lucrative Office
hy Minister Thurston, and Wilcox vas
only allowed TO escape prosecution be-
cause Mr.. Thurston did not want to
prosecute this off er of his department
A s. Hartwell, the particular friend of
the majority OF the Cabinet, had ex-
pressed his contempt of the treatment of
V. " Ashford, abusing him after going
on their belli, 10 him for protection when
in danger. The Minister of Interior, con-
trary to his statement, had interfered in
the Colonelcy election. He had made
billets for Captains Langley and Fer
rrira to get their votes for Major Heb
bari, another official in the Interior De-
partment, buT he didn't get their votes
slt-r all. As to July Both the Cabinet
were in the boneyard Which, the sun rose,
and they were resurrected because V. V.
AshfOrd's heart was in his work. The
Ministry was 10 blame for that insurrec-
lion, and the police department shared
IN the blame because of that "rotten
reed" in the station, John III. Soper,
Mar. hal. II " V. Ashford was with
the eonspirators why did the Govern
ment organ in its steamer edition" of
IIisnrrection news, give him first credit
for putting it down? The speaker quoted
The passage from the ADVERTISER to
that effect, also the advertisement Of
thanks from the Cabinet to " " Ash
lord and others, published "by author
ify" in the Bulletin
Al II :08 the House took a recess to
30 o'clock