The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-21
aI,DLIES TOLD AGAIN.
1k.Ninister Stevens Character
Tres Cleyeland's Message.
.cyALlsT CLAIMS REAssERTED.
A~nuption That the Negroes Could
nsss Maintained Herself on the
Throne PreposterouA

srnrsrs. Ne, Dec. 2o-Ex-Minister
ssssrr. Is ous in reply to President Cieve-
ss.6's seyers s,rictGres upon him IN his
u.ssitan message. Stevens says:
~4he presidents criticism Is but q feeble
-~sS,ion Of Gresham's statement, pre-
sssrsIy pubIished. President Cseveiand's
800 autrue and shamef1IIy unjust aile-
k.s;ass against myself and the naval COM
rsrder rest entirely on the statements OF
- ootorioasy corrupt ministers OF the
s.sl~n queen, oil Wilson, the queens favor
- and other thoroughly dlscredsted tes-
ssaony. repeat here what has been am
- verified again and again, that neither
Z. fxrce or by threat Of force, or BY any
zion of mine, was tie fall of the mon
s,rhv urecipitated. For months prior TO
yavesoter. 1892, there had been q contln-
81 struggle between the legislature and
=. ot,eeu as 10 their respective rights.
81 oniy the remark able self-possessloa Of
a. respectable and responsible men of the
is,ands prevented an outbreak at an earlier
dsy."
Relieving there was no prospect Of diff
rulty. Stevens left Honolulu January 4 on
Trip 70 HiIo Returning January IA. in
eompsny with Capt. Wiltse. he found the
nv in great excitement and the tide Of
revolution already surging. Stevens at
tempsed TO gain access TO the queen and
oy by friendly advice TO arrest the reyolu-
ZION, bat he was too late TO prevent the
carrying out of her plan Of oyeriurning
the constitution. What took place on the
sltsrnoon OF January IA ended the mon
srehy forever. Stevens quotes Chief JUS
lee Judd. supporter Of the monarchy. In
denouncing tile falsity of the charge that
the queen was driven from her throne by
American force or threat of force in any
form or manner. As to the landing Of the
Boston marines. Stevens says he only did
chat Minister Merritt did, acting under
the orders of Cleveland aud Bayard. Au-
gust /. iss7; that Is, he hadmarines landed
ia anticipation of turbulence on shore and
for the preservation OF order.
Stevens charac,erizes As absurd the pres
dents statement that the queen and VIII
son had ST the police station sufficient
force TO sustain the monarchy, and says:
.There never was more preposterous
assumption than this assertion of the
president that the queen on January Ia
had ample force to sustain her and to en-
shle her TO carry on the government.
This studiously maintained assumption OF
the president is based on the testimony of
the notofiousiy corrupt representatives Of
the rings that surrounded the queen. The
statement that the Hawaiian monarchy
was overturned by United States forces
vas and is put forth for the sole purpose
Of bringing discredit on the preceding adj
ministraiion at Washington City and on
the action of the foreign relations COM
mittee of the United states senate. who
favored annexation. Is remains TO be
seen IL the American congress and Ameri-
esn people will approve conspiracy TO
make war on the provisional government
Ut Hawaii and use military forces OF the
United States or diplomatic pressure of
the United States for the restoration OF n
wmi-barharous queen, in wanton defiance
Of the best American opinions and ante
eedents and by excessive use Of tho execu-
tive power against o American colony
q more positive and more inexcusable
wrong than that which George III. and his
ministers sought TO impose on the Amer
lean colonies that formed the government
Of the United States"