The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-06-12
because l believed II 10 DO wrong

game was up, for eaeh Minister to
dtaw ~ u "pl1u.Ib!e excuse" for
the treaty. They all went back to
Cabinet meeting with their little
patchwoiks." Some wos taken from
each but the bulk came from the
draft of the Minister Of the Interior.
The speaker admitted having been
wrong but claimed 10 be right now.
The Minister OF interior was entitled
to the credit Of consistency "lhe
logic OF fools - He was now pre-
pared to take up the matter most i'm
mediateiy important to himself,
namely, hi. alleged participation in
the insulreciion last year.
Referring 10 his action before the
King, ho said: Onc Minister in
coming away from the Palace was
so carried away by wrath that he
swore at me and sail, "Thnt action
of.y0urs will dainn you out of the
country" They therefore prepared
conspiracy and thought they could
damn me out vi the country through
my brother. I'hey circulated reports
that x. W. Wilcox and '. Y. Ash
ford were getting Up 4 conspiracy,
and that &. W. Ashford was with
them. 1t was in consequence OF
these rumors that l called the Mar
shall to my office, and in presence If
my deputy, Mr.. Creighton ,aalied him
what these rUmors were. lie said GER
tain runor5 were brought TO ldm, that
he believed they were true, and there
fore those precautions were taken.
That was on April &c. The Minis
ter Of the Interior charges ne with
obstructing measures for preserving
the peace. The first day had The
interview with the Marshal the
meeting of merchants had been held
the night before ut the Iron Works,
the Minister OF Interior as l am in-
formed being present. That. was
one day before l ever expressed an
opinion TO the Marshal rs to how
matters should be conducted. These
Ministers refused to give me any
information rs TO the source of their
information. l claim, 2sxehead of
The police department, the legal aud
ethical right to have been Informed.
Ii they hud not sufficient reasons to
cause my arrest they had not sulfi-
cient reasons for Withholding from
Inc information "a chief law officer
of this kingdom. The situation was
not as the Minister OF Interior
states. There was no scare in this
city until the Minister of Interior
raised lt--raisetl it for the purpose
Of driving me out. l have informa-
ton that it had all been cut and
dried for delegation TO go up and
urge the treaty ON the King, until
my letter came out in the BULLETIN,
when one gentleman backed out.
l charge that this whole thing was q
conspiracy got up by tie Minister OF
the Interior in order 10 discredit me
and my brother so that the treaty
could be rushed through,
The Minister of the Interior tried
to draw the conclusion from my let.
ter to the Marshal IN August, thai
because those precautions were ne
cessary then they were SO now. Ii
an election speech lie compared hi'
opponents to the Bourbons, because
they learned nothing aud forgot
nothing. He seemed TO be Of thai
kind himself in his reference 10 that
letter. There were certain things
existing at that time which made
those precautions necessary. There
were sixteen prisoners confined il
that Station then on charges Of trea
sou, and it was believed in thi!
community that, so strong was tht
sympathy of some of tue natives
that they would make a sortie ,c
rescue those prisoners. April II
there were no state prisoners in thai
Station. There were no consplra
ces. II the Ministers and the Mar
shall say they have information o.
contemplated disturbances, allow mt
to say that l doubt their word. i
such information was so sacred tina
it could not have been Gommillee
10 me, it must have existed only il
their minds. The Minister justified
that resort to arIned force on III,
ground that it was the Marshal
duty to guard against possible a
well us probable danger. That helC
| good then but not now. 1t il posi-
HE that those gentlemen outsid,
the bar might swarm in here ant
pitch us all out of the windows, Blu
/ do not believe it is probable
Now why should there not be al
armed guard to prevent those gen
tlemen from pitching us out! NJ,
instructions TO the Marshal were, i
he believed there was danger, to pu
Il sufficient guard there, but as b
refused 10 tell me what his ipforma
ton was l did not believe it. Thes
things were going on for some tim
before heard of them. 1t wa
street rumors and references in tn
native and foreign press that cause,
me to ask for that interview. Ye
the Minister tells you that it wa
when ! showed my hand that the
took the precautions. l said to m
DENNY 81 suDpOSe that fool vii