Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-14
ABOUT POLITICS IN HONOLULU,
A Talk With the Ex-AttOrney-
General of Hawaii.
Paul Neumann's Criticisms on the
Present Situation.
The Personnel OF the Reform Party-The
Situation When He Left the
IsIands-The New Re-
form Party.

Among the passengers who came IN on
| the Gaelic yesterday, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, Was Paul Neumsnn, ex'
attorney general of Hawaii and former
Californian of note. Mr.. Neumann is
here to meet his daughter, who is re-
turning from Europe, and will take her
back to the islands tine latter part OF this
month. 1t has been reported that be
will 60 to Washington on mission from
the Hawaiian government, but this Mr..
Neumal In denies. His visit has no Off
cial side to it, and he will remain here
to attend to some private business, in
cluding a quiet game of draw with his
old friend, ex-Minister Rollin NJ. Dag
gett, past master of the art.
Everything is all right in the
ielands," said Mr.. Neumann. Gin fact,
we should be as quiet as a eheepfold, if
it were not for the United States minis.
ter and Captain Wiltse of the Boston.
The former is country editor of the
kind who takes cordwood and cabbage
on subscription. and he is won't to pick
up his items about Hawaiian poll
tics on the street rather than
in quarters where something actual
is known. Naturally he collects great
amount of trash. As to Captain Wiltse
well. you may say for me that Homo
lulu is the Capua OF the American navy.
Once an American naval officer gets
there he is bound to stay, and will in
vent a revolution twice week so as to
keep the billet"
"Then there is nothing serious in the
friction between the legislature and the
queen 2" was asked.
Nothing whatever; at least nothing
that portends violence or revolt" said
Mr.. Neumann. "Wilcox is of no
earthly account and he has only two
men with him. These are J. E. Rush,
whose career in Samoa can be scented
from the Cliff house now when
the wind is right, and G. w.
Ashford, a brother of the Ashford
who commanded the Wilcox revolu-
tionary forces and is masquerading in
this country as representative islander.
This Ashford can't go back, and hear
that he thinks I would make him
trouble if he tried to. He's mistaken.
I shan't undertake to crack that par
ticular louise on the Hawaiian head"
but ae to WILCOX T"
"Well, Wilcox's revolution was mere
by-play. He got into an Italian uni
form, but when the trouble began he
crawled into large sheet iron kerosene
can. Ashford escaped to an outhonse
and was forced to surrender by base
ball player, who pitched small bombs at
him That closed out the eo-called
revolution, and there won't be an
other"
Taking up the political situation iu
Hawaii az he left it when the Gaelic
sailed, Mr.. Neumann said: "Let me
60 back little. The reform cabinet of
1887 was voted out in 1890. 1t was fol-
lowed by the Godfrey Brown cabinet,
which went out OF power on the kings
death. Then Sam Parker formed cab
met in which served as attorney-gen-
eral. The legislature made a coalition
and voted this cabinet out. After that
the queen sent back the names of
Parker, Gulick, Macfarlane and
myself and we took our seate. The re-
form party in the house tried to oust US
by a vote OF want of confidence, but
couldn't make it. Then it bribed three
Kanaka members to vote with it and
succeeded. The next step of the re-
their stripe at the queens hands, but
she stood firmly on her prerogative and
fefused to form it. think che nomi-
mated a ministry of her own last Fri.
day. She may be trusted to sustain her
constitutional rights. OF course the
legislature may keep on passing its
votes against the cabinet. aud this will
make something of crisis. But there
vyin ho M rn MI I'D
no annexation to the United States"
, Mr.. Neumann was asked to describe
the reform party. SIT is composed of
men," ha said, "who have been out of
Office good while and want to get in;
of other men who wish to renew the
cable contract; and of spectators in
Pearl river harbor lands, who desire to
give the United States perpetual con.
troll of that port so that they may work
off their town lots and acre property.
That's all there is about it."
OF the prominent Hawaiians in and
out of office Mr.. Neumann considers
Samuel Parker one of the ablest and
most useful in public affairs. "Sam lie
not only political leader, but he is
brave man. All old-time San Francis
cans remember Joe Tilden of the Bohe-
mian club, who went to manage the
Hawaiian hotel and was caught asleep
in his burning cottage. Tilden would
have been roasted alive if it hadn't
been for Sam Parker, who rushed into
the fire and pulled him out. Sam lost
part of his ears by this bit OF heroism,
which is only one of many acta which
mark his character.
LET me say one thing to the Chroni-
Gle - Mr. Neumann added :If IL haars
from Minister Stevens, Captain Wiltse,
Wv. Ashford or any other alarmist that
there is to be raising in Hawaii, let it
take the yarn with plenty of salt. The
Hawaiian kingdom ia sort OF frog
pond in which every denizen croaks,
but nobody bites, and where the surface
is never ruff1ed by more than passing
breeze"
Mrs. Belmont Dying.
NEw YORK, Nov. 13-Mrs. Belmont.