St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-14
mother at / O clock. aid yIsine her by no

ouu .iidl he must uellvef up the posses
sion OF the station house, which he did.
ne protest of the queen was accepted
with indifference. as. Indicating her
objections to retiring from that power
winch she had so luthlessIy abused, and
which she had hoped to increase by vio-
renee until it became absolute. That
the trlcKsters who prepared it for her
signature Incorporated therein a wan
ton lie. which operates as no eStoppel
upon the provisional government, and
no bar 10 its onward progress toward
lIDerty and clean government. National
aHalrs, Mr.. Secretary, are not controlled
as are litigations in courts OF law. The
acceptance of a protest by the provision
al government, without an express de-
rial of its contents, does not preclude
IL from establishing and maintaining
the mighty truths that had inspired its
cause. Furthermore, / am sorry that
you have not heard that that morning
9t O'Clock Mr.. Damon went to her
majesty. courageously renowned his
allegiance, and told her he had CONSENT
ed to Join movement which had for its
object the
ARaOGATIoN OF MONARCHY.
to which she replied that sne had
learned of the movement; had been adj
.ylsed. and had decided to submit. This
is circumstance which made the old
armory > nperfuons as a rendezvous,
and Justified the committee OF public
safety in selling the government build
ing without armed force.
Paragraph Seventeen ssThe, ex-
animation OF the whole of Secretary
Fosters communication of Feb. 10 to
the president, will prove that your
scanty quotation is not consistent with
the facts, and the statement, if made,
was never made for the purpose of de-
ceiving or conceaiing the truth. The
open candOr with which Mr. Foster con-
ducts his share in the negotiations tor
annexation is in marked contrast to the
retieence that has prevailed for the past
few months, and is sufficient TO guaran-
tee that be could have had no such pur-
pose.
Paragraphs Eighteen and Nineteen
You speak of the special commissioners.
sent TO Washington by the provisional
government to negotiate the treaty OF
annexation, aud you say their state
ments are utterly at, variance with the
evidence, documentary and oral, con-
tanned i'll Mr.. Biount's report" Those
commissioners had no opportunity from
you to MAZE any statements. You alb
sol .lt,l and psrsistently eyaded any
opportunity for that purpose. Commits
sioners Wilder and Marshen were the
first to leave Washington, which they
did about the time of the Inauguration.
Mr.. Castle stayed but few days longer,
having but one interview with you, in
which you declined TO say whether or
not you cared to have the commissioners,
as body,
REMAIN IN WASHINGTON,
when Mr.. Castle left. Mr.. Thurston
went to Chicago and / was alone in
Washington, where remained for two
months. You constantly declined to
allow me an interview for the purpose
of making statement for the commits
sioners, Or on behalf OF the provisional
government. At an interview which
we did have, you pointedly evaded all
attempts which made at giving you
statement, once going so far as to inter-
rnpt me by rising from your seat. ex-
cuSing yourself, and leaving the room.
The day that the news reached WASH
ington of the lowering of the flag, l
called upon you and asked If the report
were true. You stated that you had
no official information on the subject.
but assumed that the newspaper dis
patches were correct, and asked whether
in my opinion the course followed by
Mr.. Blount would be likely to lead to
bloOdShed or violence in Honolulu. /
replied to you that the provisional gov
eminent was amply able to take care of
Itself, and that there would be no dan
ger unless the lowering Of the flag were
the first step toward the restoration of
the queen. You stated positively that
there was no intention of restoring the
queen. a statement which you repeated
at one of my last interviews with you,
at the same time that you told me that
you expected Commissioner Blount to
return to Washington In June.
Paragraph Twenty-Be good enough,
| MIR. Secretary, to give Admiral Skerrett
an opportunity to explain whether he
ever made the bald statements so ruth
lessjy condemning the action of one of
your
NAVAL COMMANDERS.
Otherwise, what / have already said
disposes of paragraphs 90 81 and 20.
Paragraph Twenty-three: You speak
of earnest appeals to the Am
erIcan ministers for protection by
the officers or the provisional gov
eminent. and consider them con-
fession of weakness and timidity.
The fact that we continued without
that aid after 1t had been twice refused,
after we were In possession, ought to
show you that the band was composed
of courageous men, conscious of their
strength and the righteousness of their
cause"
Paragraph Twenty-fuur: You state
that it Is now claimed .sthat the
majority of the people who had
the right OF voting under the
constitution of 1887 have never
favored the idea of annexation to
this or any other government You
now approach the ground upon which
admit you have the right to speak, and
concerning which this government
confidently assumed and were al
lowed to believe Mr.. Blount
was to report. You repeat the
statements made by Mr.. Blount that he
did hot meet a single annexationist IN
Honolulu who expressed his Willingness
to submit the question to vote of the
people, or one who did not insist that il
the island should be annexed, suffrage
should be restricted. In one of the
interviews with you, in which few
hasty expressions were allowed me, you
did ask how [ thought vote ON the
question of annexation would result.
Do you recollect my answer? l told
you on behalf of the commission, and
! the government which it represented,
that the natives were children; that
they had even violently opposed a
reciprocity treaty with your govern
ment, until more than year of pros
perlty led them to acquieseence; that if
the
QUESTION OF MONARCHY
were left out, the country would be
unanimously for annexation; that if the
issue OF annexation or monarchy were
put to the people, the result would
probably be very close, that 1 would not
like to predict precisely which way it
would go; that j desired to be candid,
and would confess that. owing to an
element of low whites who had a right
to vote. and who in recent years had
acquired great influence over the Ha-
wailans, the probable result might be
slightly in favor of the monarchy, but /
said to you: IF you test the question
by the brains, intelligence and prop
erty of the community. instead OF by
counting noses, annexation would pre-
vail overwhelmingly" These, however,
are matters which have absolutely moth
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