Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-24

Had the boy who stood upon the e1lafn2 Z
deck remarked to all b. s,sndefs There "a
no Ere !, 10 seiasi0n, and the hsnies sesI-
liaa from the port holes and xarpiax tsSs
deck arr nssaral phenomena MD nous 70
this Clint" saeh a resazfk vouli natural
| ~ be regarded ~ huBosoasly ah.uri until
| such time a. the fame might reach the pos
der magazine and blow up boy and bystsnd
ers together.
Anyone Who has carefully followed Hs
waiian matters m sst have been amused fire.
quantity at the ridiculous position which e@r-
tain sycophantic organs u the administra-
ton have assumed. II remained, however,
far the Boston Herald to attain 70 the eli
mar Of the ridiculous in its comments upon
Minister Tharston's reply to Blount- In
the head lines on fts news page II declared 4;
The issue narrowed dosn TO question Of
ysraeity.7 On its editorial page it devoted
limited amour, Of its valuable space to an
EDITORIAL comm ut on the letter.
Note the serenity, simplicity and a.sump-
ton Of an innocence, which II would be
charitable to attribute TO ignorance. 1T Is
a. zee had supposed We have discussed the
question At length elseu here, bot the facts
In IT'S personal bearing may as well BE- pat
into brief compass here But what fol
low. best indicates the colossal CHEEK" Of a
newspaper which masks the bitterest parti-
san rancor beneath the hypocriticai shield
Of "Iudependent :" THE attacks upon thu
administration for its course in the Sand
wich Islands are now admitted TO be en-
tirely unjustiiied by the facts of the case. "
A person unaequainted with the matter
would naturally suppose after reading this
editorial, published in one of the largest
newspapers of New England, that it has
been virtually conceded BY all that Mr..
Blount was in the right, and that everyone
else opposed 10 him had been silenced, or
had retraeted their statements and were
proven liars The absurdity of such i'm.
prudent assumption renders the Herald su-
premsIy fiiiculous 10 those Informed OF the
situation and dangerou, to those of its read
ers who are not well acquainted with the
details of the affair.
The message of Secretary Gresham Is a
public record, and all the Herald may say
or do cannot wipe it ont. That in itself be
speaks the attitude Of the administration
tow ard Hawaii. If decentralization d Ire
not carry out the policy thus outlined it is
not there by relieved of the nfsmy of nav
iig ron lived it II the ISSUE is narrowed
dow n Il, a quest ~ "f vertcity there are IN
direct contradiction OF My Commission r
Biount'. statements, not only thu declara-
tons o. Mr. st vens, bat those uf the most
reputable men Who have visited HawaIi,
Likewise IN, attitude shich Minister Willis
assum tor ard the p-ovi-iunal gov m
Gispj on arriving der stnFs uumi-takAbly
tia. ac j4uai The ,o;ol ton # If Iirs on
tfary 20 ~hat Mr, Blpuul has rrpor t'd thenl
to be. aud what Secretary Gresham has as
sumsd them h b. in fact the vast prep md
prance of reliahlr testimony that cannot b.
inc. ached Is opposed TO Blonnts exparte
state n,e nis. is opposed TO the course advo
Gated bs such papers A. tn Boston II raid
The cumulative proof opposed TO the course
Of Claus Spreckles and tn. Cleveland A.
minis,ration cannot be -Eeercd down by the
united E forts of such organs a. the
Herald. When suh non-psr'isan organs
of the Christian church A. the Congr ga
tionalist and Iudepen tent and when the
M-sionarq Hersl supplied with intubitable
proof by missionaries in Hawaii srangh
condemn Cleveland's Hsv aim policy the
Boston Hersli is. Theu it saws the attacks
upon he lministration'. policy are adj
mi ted to b. IN rel, unj titled by facts,
put in the position of gsrrulous poll parrot
which in no way can be regarded as re-
.pops,bia for tia gatherings