The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

table character, who had written in the
Hawaiian British newspaper, under
anonymous signature, articles abusive of
the United States and grossly falslfylng
our governments treatment of the In
dians. This man.had had most unsavory
record while residing in the United
States, and has been a bitter assallanJ OF
American officials in American news
papers--in the paid service of the fallen
queen he has written whatever. she and
her immoral favorite, Wilson, have asked,
him OF write. Residing at that hotel
Mr. Blount was under the constant es-
ionage of the palace adventures AS
precautionary safeguard against thus
shutting out the Americans from ready
access to Commissioner Blount, wealthy
and highly respectable widow sslady, of
the American colony was readyssto grant
the use of her house to Mr.. and Mrs.
Blount the Commissioner to pay the
same amount it would cost him to live
at the Royalist's Hotel. This private
house was situated near the United
States Legationsin the quarter of the city
where Annexationists and r oyalists
could have unosbtructed access to the
commissioner and where he could con-
veniently avail himself of the Legation
records. This polite offer of all Ameri-
can residence to an American Commis-
sioner.did not originate with the Provis--
ional government nor did the Provisional
government have anything whatever to
do with the proposed arrangement. A
committee of three American citizens,
born and educated in the United States
and manners, men who had not taken
part in the revolutionary proceedings of
the previous weeks. went on board the
Rush when that vessel came into the
harbor, while / was courteously meeting
Mr.. andaaMrs. Blount on their arrival At
the request of the three American gen.
tlemen | introduced them to Mr.. Blount.
His manner of receiving their visit re-
PEELED them, and they asked me to state
the reasons why it would be pleasant to
him and better for all concerned not to
go to the Royalist Hotel, but to take
residence on neutral ground. where he
would be master of his own surroundings
AS delicately as I could do SO, stated
the offer of the committee of his country
men, pointing out to him that by accept
ing their proposition he would be near
the archives of the Legation, which he
could conveniently use. which would
be pleased at once to place at his dis
posal. Brusquely, not to say insultingly,
he refused the courteous and honestly
intended offer of his countrymen, and at
once placed himself amid royalists and
ultra-British surroundings, the British
Legation being. near this Royalist's
Hotel, at which the British Minister
soon took residence and living.
The effort in his report to cast imputa
tion on the Provisional government and
| myself as to the offer of the American
will be estimated at it's true value by
the American public. Commissioners
Blount's manner towards me in the fol-
lowing weeks would not allude to here,
were it not absolutely necessary to do
so. 1t is well known to all who have
knowledge OF diplomatic, rules and GUS
TOMS. that when new diplomatic agent
arrives at the capital to whose govern
ment he is accredited, his predecessor
and the occupant of the Legation should
| receive him courteously, proffer his SER
| vices to his successor, inform him of the
| existing state of affairs and, as soon as
| convenient, give him access to the Le-
cation archives. This did promptly,
| and had he availed himself of the l1iud
| offer of his countrymen as to residence,
| he could have occupied the room at the
| Legation, containing the official records.
| which | was ready to offer him. He
| coldly repelled my kindly intentioned
| offers, did not allow me to show to him
| the customary forms of introducing him
| TO the fore j gn diplomatic officials and to
| the chief public men of Honolulu. How
much of his singular course in these re-
| CARDS was due too want of knowledge
| and how much to his already matured
purpose to make out q case against the
| United States Minister, the Naval Com
mander and the Provisional government
| the American public must Judge. Ali
insinuations and publications in Blount's
| report, that was averse to his access to
| the legation records, are a shameless per-
| version of facts. To show the character
of the men into whose environment he so
| quickly placed himself, | took to him
| the printed dispatches of Minister Mer-
| rill to Secretary Bayard, the printed rec
ords of the recently adjourned Lesisla-
ture, containing the recorded votes for
and against the lottery gang, the record
| ed votes as to the recent changes of Min
| listers, the official copy of the lottery
charter, evidence of decisive value, if he
had really come to Honolulu for any
| other purpose than to convict Harrison's
administration and the Senate Foreign
Affairs Committee, of hasty and i'll
advised action in January and February
last.
His manner while allowing me to leave
| these important documents In his room.
| showed that he cared not to receive them
and the general drift of his report indi-
| Gates that he did not even read them.
which, according to established rules tie
world over was below that of Minister
! Resident between Consul General and
| Charge d'Afaires with the utmost effort
! of will conrolling my outraged sensibili-
ties while suffering terrible affiiction
at the recent sad drowning of a gifted
and beloved daughter 1 endured this
insolent treatment after thirteen years Of
service as Unite States Minister without
| a stain ever before attempted to be made
on my official honor or my fidelity TO
American prestige and to American in
| terests never during my seventy-three
years of life having lifted my voice my
| hand or my rife against the flag of this
American Republic. The charges, i'm
| plicatons an insinuations of Commits
sioner Blount againstPresident Dole, Min
| ister, ,Thurston and the other chief men
| of theProvisional government are as base
| less aud as unjust as those against myself
| and Captain Wiltse now sleeping in his
| honored grave.
But it is asswell for me to be more
specific in meeting our opponents
| Recklessly Partisan and Ex-parte State
mentS
| and arguments Under the date of April
81 he says he disapproved of request of
the Provisional government that the
American forces be landed for drill.