The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-23
STEVENS ON HAW All.
The Ex-Minister Discusses the
Much Mooted Question.
sPREOKLEs SEVERELY SCORED.

WEST SoMERvILLR. Mass, Nov. 23-
John j., Stevens, LII. d., of Augusta,
Me, exUnited States minister to Hawaii,
lectured oil Hawaii and Hawaiian affairs
in Lyceum course at West Somerville,
Mass, last night. The Baptist church, in
which the lecture was delivered, was
crowded to its utmost capacity. Tickets
sold at premium of sl each and there
were nearly as many Boston people pres
ent as from West Somerville. The lee
turer refrnined from making any direct
allusion to criticism of the recent de
velopmerts in regard TO the Hawaii ques-
tion. lie did not so much as mention the
name of the president or any of his minis
tiers or envoys. He said he had firmly re-
fused to consider the Hawaiian question a
partisan question in any sense. If others
saw lit to make it so they did lit on their
own responsibility. He proceeded;
"Our interest in Hawaii appertains to
at least three questions more or less dis
tinct from each other, though they cannot
be considered entirely separate. There is
the question of Christian civilization,
there is the question of American future
commercial power in the Pacific, and the
third involves the issue OF responsible
government un%,r the American fling, in
'''''''iil Hi'' pltNEF'l +NllltIltill itllllp
the best American anteccdcnts, and the
plain logic of American history and
American opportunities. 1t is the aim Of
the present provisional government to cut
up the crown government lands and dis
pose of them to men of limited means
who wish to make for themselves perm
aucnt homes and become responsible
citizens on American lines of develop
mcnt. Under the monarchy these crown
lands were leased out, often to palace fa-
yOrtcs, AT much less than their real value
aud not unfrcIucntly were the means of
political corruption.
while Kalakaua was facile and good
natured he had never asscnted to the CON
stitution in good faith. He sought oppoI.-
tunity to change it and regain his lost
power Dying in January, 1880, his sister,
by his appointment, became the sovereign.
Deep in the conspiracy TO remove the Viii
son, Jones ministry. who all the best men
of the islands wished to continue, she
signed the lottery and opium bills, ap-
pointed to her cabinet the men who had
been the chief parties in bribing the lot
terry bill through the legislature, and this
was Immediately followed by her attempt
to proclaim constitution giving herself
arbitrary power, Overturning an incor-
rnptihle and capable supreme court, and
giving to herself the appointment of new
judges, with he final appeal TO herself,
This was on Saturday, Jan. II. From
that hour the Hawaiian monarchy WAS
absolutely dend, and no restoration is pos
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