The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-21
HERE IS BLOUNT'S REPORT.
THE oNLF BAsIS ON WHIcH rms
ADMINS IRA TIoN SEEKS TO SET
UP A MONARCHY.


Iiis Policy without the Consent OF the
Pre.ident-Tbe Report Like n Lawyers
Special Plea for ITS Clientele Fre.ents
the RoysIi.t Side OF tn. Cas-. Only, and
Utterly ignores the Other side, ..s Il
BASED Solely on the Evide.es OF Reysls
lists or Disappointed once Seekers U.dss
the Provisional eovernmest-B iounrs
Defeuce or the Queen. Moral Chsr.e-
ter Cau-es Naval Omesr. who Have
Been Stationed ut Hawaii 10 s-ii..
WASHINGTON. Nov 2o.-Tho action OF Scores
tary Gresham in having extracts from the
Blount report published this morning In q
few newspapers which bllndly endorsed the
Administration policy on the Hawaiian aues-
tion, even before they knew its scope. has noe
in any way changed tho situation or added To
the public information. The report itself.
which was given out In full 10. night. has
fallen fat. as 1t includes nothing not already
made use OF by Secretary Gresham in the lettsR
which he wrote to the President, dated Oct. 10.
and which made known to the public that the
policy Of the Administration was to restore
the Hawaiian Queen. The Blount report
rests chiefly upon the affldavlts OF two or three
men. to prove that state OF things existed al
Honolulu at the time OF the revolution in Jan-
uary last that ex- Minister Stevens and others.
in equally Trustworthy af1idavits. swear did
not exist: and there the matter stands. with
nothing whatever to cause the American people.
who have so overwhelminRly condemned the
Administrators policy to change their optn-
lon. Having published extracts from the re-
port In the Administration organs, the Secres
tary to- night condescended to give all tho res
port. The publication OF part OF the report
this morning howayer. may have vary ssrioua
consequences for the Secretary OF State pers
sonally. as 1t is apt to lead to amisunderstands
ing between him and the President that may
end In the Secretary's resignation from the
Cabinet Presidents and Cabinet officers have
parted company for smaller oiIences
Ever since Nov. II. when the policy OF resto.
ration was made known to the world By the
publication OF Secretary Gresham's letter. the
condemnation OF the peoplc has been growing
more bitter. and Tor the past fortnight Scores
tary Gresham has boon convinced that somes
thing must be done to stem the tide OF adverse
criticism. one week ago to-day. on the 18TH
inst. he had the Blount report made ready for
puplcation, ana was ABOUT 10 hand IL TO tho
press associations. when ne received Deremps
tory orders from the President to withhold It
from that day TO TINS the secretary has been
urged py MS iriehds 10 publish the reports as
Vindication OF MS course and he has pleaded
1890 -~.' 49, bSfN2oeAOs ~ ~NAAbsS
with their ADVICE
Inc iresluent remained obdurate however.
peing convinced that It was due to Official
euquette that congress- should nrst know Oh
'he contents OF the blount report Ihis view
OF mo ou' Oh the Administrator was httis
lar ietchea. In the race OF the TACT that secre-
tary uresham hau auoted hoerany from the
Diount report In MS letter 10 the PRESIDENT.
"hieh was puoiSheu "ithou. the consent OF
khowieuge OF congress AFTER that Dody had ads
'ourhed. BUT the Dlouht report being the
ohiy Iustihcatioh ior secretary uresham pols
icy ne was determined that IL should be pub
lsheo' ana ne ieit no stone uhturned until ne
accomplished MS object
Inc s'a.emens Id niaae TO-DAY oniciaily thav
the o'ate Depar'neh' oid not give OUT the ex-
tracts from inc biouht report last night TOE
publication ana mas no knowledge OF how
'heS oecahe pubic rms - misieading ana
not strictly true. secretary oresham knew on
SATURDAY 'hat the report was IN tho once OK
certain he"SpapoIs iriehoS 10 'he huminis.
ra,iohs hawaiian pohcy. ana ne know lasu
night that was to be published this morning.
lhere are very lew newspapers OF thiS
class. 10 Do sure. but that only aggra@
Vated the eeeretarVs ouence' Inc news@
papers when nave criticised secretary dresh@
ANS HAWAIIAN policy. but which. news
ertheless pupHshed MS synopsis this
ihornlns' optaiheo IL from sources over WHICH
he had no control. and through the ordinary
methods OF news getting and publishing. 10
Is always necessary. however. In case OF this
kind. to have at least one scapegoat. and Sec-
Rotary Gresham has attempted to have sey-
eral. In order to throw dust into the eyes OF
those who opposed the publication OF the
Blount report. and In the eyes OF the news
paper men who did not get COPY OF it. the
Secretary adopted the tran parent trick OF de-
lIvering to each Democratic Senator In Wash.
ington on Saturday evening q copy OF the
Blount report marked in strict conf.
dence." Now. when the question is asked
how the report happened to be made publiO
without the consent OF the State Do
partment with sly wink OF the
eye the reply is made that the
Senators must have leaked" The Sens
ators did not leak. however. II for no
better reason than that there was no occasion
for them to do so. copy Of the synopsis Of
the report was in the possession Of the Adj
ministration newspapers at the time II was