The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-21
REPORT IN PRINT
Stevens Shown Up as in the Plot Of
the ReTOlutiOliStS.

Thurston in Consultation With Him
About the Landing of the Troops Be-
fore Taking Steps to Dethrone the
The Deposed Ruler Pictured
as Very Immoral Person by an En-
glishman - Administration PAPERS
in New York Furnished Advanced
Copies of the Report.
Washington, Nov 2O-Commissioner
Blouut's report, which was printed this
morning in two New York and some
other newspapers, has been the principal
topic of conversation this afternoon and
evening. Singularly enough, the interest
displayed in it is not so much the contents
Of the report as the question, How did
it get ouU2 The report itself has been
largely discounted by Secretary Gresh-
ans report to the President, previously
printed, which contained a pretty COM
plete summary of the substance of Com
missioner Blount's report. But in as
much as Secretary Gresham said last
Friday that Commissioner Blount's re-
port would not be given out until con-
gress met, and as he denies
to-day that the report was given out from
the state department, there is great
curiosity felt to know how it came to find
its way into print Newspaper men gen.
orally are seriously dissatisfied because
the report was not placed
before the public through the press asso-
Citations, theusual channels by which of
fetal reports reach the public 1t is sup
posed that copies of the report were given
in confidence to certain public men, not
ably members of the Senate foreign re-
latious committee, who are not connected
with the state department, and that one
ofithese copies was turned over to a news
paper correspondent.
SUSPICIOUS CONDOLENCES.
1t is even said that these copies were
given out long enough ahead of publica-
tiOn TO enable them TO reach the favored
newspaper offices by the ordinary course
of the mails. 1t is significant that no
newspaper was thus provided with a
copy Of this report except those which
have been strenuous in the support of the
/ Gresham-BlOUnt policy to restore the
1 monarchy. 1t is known that every one
connected with the state department was
sOlemuly pledged last week not to impart
any information touching this report 1t
is supposed, therefore, tba it was given
out by some senator, or possibly by some
senator's clerk, who saw chance to turn
more or less honest penny.
That part of Commissioner BlOunt's re-
port in which he enters upon a defense of
"ParamOur' Wilson and the chastity of
the queen has caused much amusement
among naval officers who have visited
Honolulu and have some knowledge of the
subject. That's a strong combination, ,"
said a naval officer to-day. " Paramount
1 BlOunJ and 'ParamOur' Wilson. The
former indorses the integrity of the lat
ter, and the latter vOuches. for the virtue
OF the queen
A SENATOR'S COMMENTS.
Commenting on Blount's report, sena-
tor said to-day: "The most the report
dIscloses is that the supporters of the
queen were scared because they expected
the American marines to take part in the
revolution, ana that the revOlutionists
themselves were afraid that they would
not take part in it. The testimony upon
which Mr.. Blount seems to lay special
stress IS that given by Messrs. Wunden-
burg and Damon. 1t seems to show simply
that the revolutiOnists sought the assist
ance of the United States, and failing to get
1t were fearful of failure, and that their
success was on account of a false impress
sion on the part of the queens adher-
ents. OF course this country has nothing
to do with that. 1t is not clear how this
government can be held, in any way. re-
sponSlble for any misrepresentation
made by the revolutionists or for their
effect upon the queen and the mOnar-
chists."