The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-25
BLOUNTS LIST OF WITNESSES.
ONE OF THEM a NOTORIOUS RIA THEIR
sKIrE AND DRUNkARD

-Stntements or Men whose Word Could
Not ne Disputed Suppressed Altogether
Hts Report Based on the Statement. OF
Royniists and Their Adhercnt--Denun-
citation OF wundenbsrg aud Ills Statement.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-Nr. Henry N Castle.
editor OF the Honolulu Adrertser and Gazette
and brother Of tho Hawaiian Commissioner.
furnished tonight the following interesting
Information and comments regarding the mon
who are quoted by Com missioner Bount In his
report as in support Of the charge that Queen
Liliuokalani was dethroned by the assistance
OF the United states Government:
Statements as to tho events OF tho revoIu-
tlon and the causes which led up to It Mr..
Blount has taken from Messrs. Cornwell. Col
burn. Parker. Peterson. V. v. Ashford, and Mr..
Wundenberg, and from these men only. Four
OF these men we're members OF the e1-
Queens Cabinet tho other two are dis
appointed Office seekers and all are bitter
opponents Of the Provisional Government and
everything and everybody connected with it
first. last and all the time Not one OF them
IL OF high standing in the community or en-
titled to special credence. to put tho case with
extreme mildness. Yet one Of them did give
some evidence In favor OF the Provisional
Government, and this part OF the evidence Mr..
Blount has ignored In his report"
Did Mr.. Blount then hold no converse with
the supporters Of the Government"
Most assuredly he did lie called or re-
ceived Judge Judd. Vice President Damon.
Prof Alexander. Henry Waterhouse. Mr.. Bolte.
the Rev. s. l. Bishop. the Hon c. r. Bishop.
and Mr.. Loebensteln. lie did not. however.
seek from them any general statement as to
the revolution and its causes. His purpose
seems to have been different one. From
Damon. Warehouse. and Bolte no sought
to wiring an admission that particular
theory which he had formed Of the events Of
Jan. IL and IL was tho true ono. When no
was through with this his interest In these
gentlemen seems to have been exhausted.
Chief Justice Judd he question cd. in order to
draw from his answers some confirmation Of
his own theory that tho motives of tho revo-
lutionists OF 1887 were bad and their methods
wicked. That exhausted his interest in the
Chief Justice. From Prof Alexander and the
Rev. s. L. Bishop. who were eye witnesses OF
the revolution. and whose word would have
carried with It absolute authority. he sought
information OF q historical. statistical. md
geographical character. That exhausted his in
terest in them. Statements were furnished him
by Mr.. Glade. n merchant OF high standing: by
the German Consul; by Mr., Blasdell. manager
J. KauRane' the lev. j. K. Josepa. and the the
Hon. Mr.. Walpuilani. three OF the only four
natives who voted AGAINST the lottery bill. and
others. but he made no use OF their statements.
and he suppressed them. as he did the valua-
bio historical sketch by Prof Alexander. For
many alleged matters of fact he gives nowhere
any authority but as these matters arc uni
forml injurious to the Provisional Govern
ers. their source may readily be con jectured.
As far as can lie Rscertained from tho re-
port the list which have given practically
eNhausts the witnesses upon which Mr.. Blount
depended. One more should be mentioned.
one who called on Mr.. Bount at the head OF a
for the Com missioner a witness and star OF the
first magnitude This was the half white. John
l. Bush. a notorious blatherskite. demagogue.
drunknrd. bribe taker, and political turncoat
annexationist and ex;annexationlst. royalist
and ex-royalist, republican and ,ex-republi-
can. hero or co-hero in every disrcputablo
transaction which has stained Hawaiian az
fairs for tho last twenty years, The Commits
of him. however, but made him a pres.
ent OF certificate Of good character.
eIse. described him to the President id OF the
United States as Intelligent and respect
able" and preferred his testimony on a point
Justice OF the Hawaiian Islands. Other la.
waiians OF the reputable and honorable sort,
annexation. he has never found worthy Of
endeared him TO the heart q Blount. was not
the prime faNorite OF all The special pot OF
the Gompissionor the man upon whom no
i was from WuWRdsnSSrS that he got his BIS,
Queen SHi faram @S WsCn Was the
which led him to pass over in silent contempt
the historical sketch furnished him by tho
learned and impartial historian OF Hawaii.
from whom he derived all the evidence which
he cared t! take As to the aims. character; and
then. is the gentleman whom Mr. Blount de-
lights to honor and OF whom he is unwearied
Mr. Wunienberg is deputy clerk OF the
court and was himself ore OF the revolution
ist ,s whS f, NJ now GesG5lbGss as towards and
a man who, by his own showing. belongs to
the rim ran to the on scopripgs OF society.
preferred 10 that OF honorable and reputable
citizens OF Hawaii. Mr. Wundenberg was
the office was given elsewhere. the world was
not large enough to contain his wrath. lie
raved against the Government and everybody
with II. abandoned the party of au-
neXation. hobnobbed with the rOyallsts, and
began to dote on men whom l have M self
scribe ms thieves and yagabonds., lilo maiigns
tho revolution OF 1881 though he took q
though he shared in 1t from beginning to end.
II his story is true. II destroys his charac-
ter and fatally impeaches his credit as a wit
ness. Fortunately. or unfortunately for his |
necessary to be a Hawaiian to discover its
manifest malignity and ialsehood. Its mani |
Test ineon sistencies and contradictions A sin |
gle quotation from the report will furnish one |
VI dozen decisive Instances:
question You separated from them tths revolution.
stsl then when twas developed that they meant to
overthrow the queen
Answsr-ies stopped on Wednesday when found |
Il began to develop.
Now. the dethronement OF tho Queen was |
planned on Sunday and completely effected on |
Tuesday. or the day before Mr. Wundenbcrg |
says tho plan began to develop Mr. Wun- |
ienberg. moreover. according TO his own ne |
count. WAS present at all the meetings OF tho |
Committee OF Public Safety, in which |
the plan referred to was formulated |
and developed. There can be no ques- |
ion OF misunderstanding here-nona OF |
haste. Mr. Wnndenberg read over his entire |
statement, deliberately, vouched for its aceu- |
racy, and deliberately signed IL. Yet here is an |
rreconcilabs contradiction OF 1.-THE utmost |
seriousness in the face Of this statement. Mr.. !
Nundenberg, at one moment, for ono purpose. |
claims TO have been cogni2ant OF all the trans |
actions OF the reyOlutiOnists; al the next mo- |
ment for a different purpose. ne processes iE- !
AOTance OF what was the very heart Q core al /
heir undertaking. Can the testimony OF q /
witness who IA shown to bs pTeludicel, un- ]
'andid and untruthiul be decisive in an AFFAIR |
1t international importance against the rvl- /
tence which Mr. Blount might have had tor /
he asking. ana some OF which no lid have %
practically all the men of character. Wv!-hf.
md Intelligence In Hawaii Yet MI. liuuUt |
las plainly pinned his own faith and credit o.
md fall together.
IL would require a volume 10 follow md